VIDEOS

- a webinar series produced for students, emerging professionals, and professionals in transition -

SEASON 9

SEP 3, 2025 - Robert Lee, Rescuing Leftover Cuisine (NY); Mara Momenee, City of Toledo (OH); Brian Calvert, Civil Eats (National). View recording.

OCT 8, 2025 - Michele Thorne, Good Meat Project (National); Emily Reno, Mezclada (MN); Melissa Terry, University of Arkansas (AR). View recording.

NOV 5, 2025 - Gabriela Soriano Varela, Univ of Puerto Rico Ext (PR); Joe Childs, Crawford Stewardship Project (WI); Sasha Palmer, Brookline Public Schools (MA). Recording coming soon.

DEC 3, 2025 - Audrey Kaul, FarmWise Indiana (IN); Ariel Rivers, National Association of Conservation Districts; Thomas Smith , Kansas City Food Hub (MO). Recording coming soon.

SEASON 8

MAR 19, 2025 - Laura Smith, Chef Ann Foundation (CO); Jennifer Hashley, New Entry (MA); Tera Ashley, The Nashville Food Project (TN). View recording .

MAR 26, 2025 - Dr Jordan Blekking, Cornell CALS (NY); Jaclyn Pace, Utah Farmers Market Network; MaríaElena Alvarado-Rodríguez, DAISA Enterprises (PR). View recording.

APR 16, 2025 - Alondra Cano, Marbleseed (WI); Maddie Kempner, Northeast Organic Farming Association Vermont (VT); Nora Miller, Farm Aid (MA). View recording.

APR 23, 2025 - Hakeem Holmes, NCAT (FL); Zainab Pixler, Cleveland Depart of Public Health (OH); Tiffany Bellfield El-Amin, Kentucky Black Farmers Assoc (KY). View recording.

SEASON 7

SEP 18, 2024 - Lydia Hsu, Georgia Organics (GA); Ryann Monteiro, Organic Farmers Assoc (IL); Katrina Klein, Where Food Comes From Organic (CO). View recording.

SEP 24, 2024 - Rachel Brandenburg, Indiana Department of Ag (IN); Bridgette Byrd, FoodCorps (NJ); Isaac Arriaga, Wholesome Wave Georgia (GA). View recording .

OCT 16, 2024 - Dawn Spears, Ashawaug Farm (RI); Jared Krawitz, Closter Farm & Livestock Co (NJ); Tianna Rose Neal, Starlit Roots (GA). View recording.

OCT 22, 2024 - Dhalia Bumbaca, WellFed Community (FL); M Antonio Silas, University of Maryland Extension (MD); Benji Ballmer, Yellowbird Foodshed (OH). View recording .

SEASON 6

FEB 21, 2024 - Roberta Cosentino, The Best Route (PA); Justin Barclay, Rodale Institute (PA); Zachary Korosh The Ohio State University, Knowlton School (OH). View recording.

FEB 27, 2024 - Delaney Gobster, Nelson Institute (WI); Kathia Ramirez, Pinelands Preservation Alliance (NJ); Ben Rasmussen, Nat'l Center for Frontier Communities (NM). View recording.

MAR 20, 2024 - Marion Mosby, Tennessee State SNAP-ED (TN); David Gianino, VA Depart of Ag & Consumer Services; Raghela Scavuzzo, Illinois Farm Bureau (IL). View recording.

MAR 26, 2024 - Joe Sewall, Central Coast Food Web (OR); Nathalie America Muñoz, Berkeley Food Institute (CA); Lina Ghanem, Saba Grocers Initiative (CA). View recording.

SEASON 5

SEP 20, 2023 - Kate Fullam, East End Food (NY); Keisha Rainey, Carolina Farm Stewardship Assoc (NC/SC); Lana Chehabeddine, Florida Organic Growers. View recording.

SEP 26, 2023 - Duane Stanton, Hudson Valley Agribusiness Dev Corp (NY); Elyse Perambo, Green Mountain Farm- to-School (VT); Sammie Paul, MEANS Database (DC). View recording.

OCT 18, 2023 - Sara Shipley Hiles Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk (MO); Liz Whiteman, Blue Ridge Women in Ag (NC); Sue Beckwith, Texas Center for Local Food (TX). View recording.

OCT 24, 2023 - Patty Laskowski Morren, Grassworks Inc (WI); Melanie Wong, Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities (MI); Ash Glover-Ganapathiraju, Ojaswe Co (WA). View recording.

SEASON 4

MAR 29, 2023 - Radhika Sharma, Studio ATAO (NY); McKenna Hayes, Food Connects (VT); Sarah Wentzel-Fisher, Quivira Coalition (NM), View recording.

APR 5, 2023 - Marie Spiker, University of Washington (WA); Alissa Bilfield, University of Washington (WA); Eli Wheat, University of Washington & Sky Root Farm (WA). View recording.

APR 6, 2023 - Lucy Bradley, North Carolina Extension; Nathan Kleinman, Experimental Farm Network (PA); Nora Rodli, Laughing Springs Farm & Botanicals (NC). View recording.

APR 18, 2023 - John Wang of The Food Project (MA); Jesse Rye of Farm Fresh Rhode Island (RI); Stef Funk, Chicago Food Policy Action Council (IL). View recording.

SEASON 3

OCT 4, 2022 - Maggie Smith, Sustainable Agr & Food Systems Funders (KY); Lisa M Fernandes, Food Solutions New England (NH); Bryan Sobel, Johns Hopkins University. (MD) - View recording

OCT 19, 2022 - Dan Blaustein-Rejto, The Breakthrough Institute (DC); David Gibson Jr, Amy's Kitchen (CA); Betsy Rakola, USDA-AMS (DC) - View recording

NOV 8, 2022 - Joy Davis, Revel Meat Co (OR); Ryan Stasolla, Glywood Center for Regional Food and Farming (NY), Natalie Cruz, Freelance Writer & Educator (NY) - View recording

NOV 14, 2022 - Elizabeth Langgle-Martin, The Nashville Food Project (TN); Ash Dawson (GA) and Eugenia Gusev, International Rescue Committee New Roots Program. - View recording.

SEASON 2

FEB 8, 2022 - Margaret Smith, The Common Market (TX); Mickey Davis, Boulder County Farmers Markets (CO); Anne Hayes, The Food Project (MA). View record ing.

FEB 23, 2022 - Jacquelyn Evers, The Land Connection (IL); Angel Cruz, Center for Environmental Farming Systems (NC); Jacob Boehm, Snap Pea Catering (NC). View recording.

MAR 8, 2022 - Maggie Kane, A Place at the Table (NC), Richard Morris, Cultivating Charlottesville (NC); L Ron Pringle, Interfaith Food Shuttle (NC). View recording.

MAR 23, 2022 - Kara Goad, Earth Justice (DC), Lilias Pettit-Scott, The Well Fed Garden (NC); Anne Rosenthal, Great Kids Farm (MD). View recording.

SEASON 1

OCT 6, 2021 - Violet Reed, Mahwah Environmental Volunteers Organization (NJ); Natalie Cruz, North American Food Systems Network. View recording.

OCT 19, 2021 - Michelle A.T. Hughes, National Young Farmers Coalition (DC); Yeun Byun, Fresh Approach (CA); Scott Snodgrass, Agmenity (TX). View recording.

NOV 3, 2021 - Candace Clark, Hi Tech Consulting (IL); Erin Croom, Small Bites Adventure Club (GA); Tiffany Guinn of National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (DC): View the recording.

NOV 16, 2021 - Bailey Moritz, World Wildlife Fund, US Aquaculture Team (ME), Alesha Hartley, Upcyled Food Association (CO): View the recording.

This is an ongoing series.

Episodes from Fall 2021 thru Spring 2023 were produced by Nika Colley and Joy Davis, with support from Gretchen Burmeister and Hawa Barry.

Episodes starting in Fall 2023 were produced and hosted by Queen Guobadia, with support from Jordan Kuzmich, Eric Dong, and Rachel Horne.

Episodes starting in Fall 2024 were produced and hosted by Jeffrey Xue, with support from Ryann Monteiro, Benjamin Quint and Isabel Gallegos.

ON LEVEL GROUND: A WEBINAR SERIES

MAR 1, 2022 - featuring Anthony Munene and Jameson Small of the Organization for Refugee and Immigrant Success (NH). View the recording.

Oct 14, 2022 - featuring Mary Belle Zook of the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative at the University of Arkansas. View the recording.

This series was produced by Laura Lauffer, with support from Joyce Tian and Gretchen Burmeister.

VALUE CHAIN INNOVATORS: A WEBINAR SERIES

Michelle Ajamian

Dec 8, 2021

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Michelleis principal owner of Shagbark Seed & Mill, an organic grain processing facility in Athens, Ohio, that she and her partner, Brandon Jaeger, started in 2010. She is a 2015 recipient of the Outstanding Woman in Innovation award. Michelle and Brandon founded the Appalachian Staple Foods Collaborative (ASFC) in 2009, an informal network that led to the launch of Shagbark Seed & Mill. Michelle brought ASFC to Rural Action in 2019, to support new enterprises and advance high-nutrition staple crops on a regional scale. The webinar will provide ample opportunity for interactive learning from Michelle as an accomplished business owner and activist.

Rebecca Thistlethwaite

Sept 29, 2021

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Rebecca is the director of the Niche Meat Processor Assistance Network (NMPAN), an Extention community of practice for niche meat producers and processors housed at Oregon State University. She brings 23 years of experience in agriculture, including running her own successful pasture-based livestock and poultry farm for a number of years. The webinar focuses on the shift felt nationwide during COVID-19 outbreaks when smaller, more agile meat processors were able to operate and support farmers in ways that large processing companies could not. Rebecca also discusses barriers for start-ups, including the shortage of skilled labor, investment expenses, and policies.

Suzan Erem

May 27, 2021

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Suzan Erem is the executive director of Sustainable Iowa Land Trust (SILT) in West Branch, Iowa.

Suzan will speak on SILT's "Circle our Cities" campaign to ground local food systems in permanent local farms. The goal of the campaign is to surround 10 Iowa cities with 10 permanent table food farms in 10 years, and to encourage other cities to learn from and adopt the approach.

Learn how the SILT model takes land speculation and mortgage interest out of the equation for the benefit of future healthy food farmers.

Megan Larmer

Mar 18, 2021

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Megan Larmer is the Senior Director of Regional Food Programs for the Glynwood Center for Regional Food & Farming in Cold Spring, NY. This webinar will focuses on Glynwood's Local Food f