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SPI Advisory Team

2021-22 Advisory Team

  • Steven Lukefahr, Texas A&M Kingsville
  • Robert Maggiani, NCAT
  • Doug Havemann, Mesquite Field Farm
  • Tim Traister, Capital Farm Credit
  • Hallie Casey, Sustainable Food Center
  • Tim Auld, Producer & TXST Grad Student
  • Daniel Leskovar, AgriLife Uvalde Research Center
  • Thomas Schroeder, National Audubon Society
  • Kyle Garmany, Nature Conservancy
  • Jenifer DeAtley, Sustainable Food Center
  • Jarred Maxwell, Foodshed Investors

2019-20 Advisory Team

  • Elliott Bass, Alamo Gardens
  • Frankie Bayne, TX Organic Farmers and Gardeners Assn. (TOFGA)
  • Sue Beckwith, TX Center for Local Food
  • Alex Canepa, Sustainable Food Center
  • Willie Durham (NRCS Liaison)
  • Jamey Gage, B5 Farms
  • Kara Kroeger, National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT)
  • Robert Maggiani, NCAT
  • Susie Marshall, TOFGA & GROW North TX
  • Jarred Maxwell, Foodshed Investors
  • Judith McGeary, Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance
  • Tim Miller, Millberg Farm
  • Collin Mitchell, NCAT
  • Pedro Schambon, My Father's Farm
  • Scott Sroufe, TX Dept. of Agriculture
  • Tim Traister, Capital Farm Credit
  • Eric de Valpine, Foodshed Investors

Previous Advisory Team Members

  • Robin Barthen, Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA)
  • Jay Bragg, Texas Farm Bureau
  • Brian Bruner, Texas State University
  • Lorig Hawkins, Middle Ground Farm
  • Marissa Lankes, ACC - Elgin Sustainable Agriculture
  • Lois Kim, PPC Farms
  • Andrew Smiley, TOFGA