Rise & Root Farm

Restaurant Opportunities Centers of New York

Onika Abraham

Director, Farm School NYC

Khaleel Anderson

Senior Field Organizer, Rockaway Youth Task Force

Gregory Anderson

Urban Agriculture Manager, Just Food

Sean Basinski

Director, Street Vendor Project

Arika Beachy

Deputy Director of Housing, Community Access

Andrea Beaman

Holistic Health Coach; Natural Foods Chef; Thyroid Expert

Alex Beauchamp

Northeast Region Director, Food & Water Watch

Bianca Bockman

Community Healthy Food Advocate, Northeast Brooklyn Housing Development Corporation

Laundry Workers Center

Maggie Cheney

Co-Founder, Rise & Root Farm

Lorrie Clevenger

Co-Founder, Rise & Root Farm

Erin Cramm

Health Arts and Sciences Masters Candidate, Goddard College

Miquela Craytor

Director of NYC Industrial and Income Mobility Initiatives, Center for Economic Transformation Team - NYC Economic Development

Molly Culver

Farm Manager, The Youth Farm

Devita Davison

Marketing and Communications Director, FoodLab Detroit

Marisa DeDominicis

Director, Earth Matter

David DeVaughn

Manager of Policy & Government Relations, City Harvest

Belinda DiGiambattista

Co-Founder, President, CEO Butter Beans, Inc.

Mark Dunlea

Chair, Green Education and Legal Fund

Sheryll Durrant

Community Outreach/Urban Farm & Garden Director, Sustainable Flatbush

Nancy Easton

Executive Director & Founder, Wellness in the Schools

Sara Eckhouse

Chief of Staff, Agricultural Marketing Service - U.S. Department of Agriculture

Nadia Ernestus

Certified Holistic Health Coach; Owner, Hamptons Brine

Kristina Erskine

Co-manager, Social Media Coordinator at Ecostation:NY

Mohammad Faroze

Former Senior Agricultural Resource Educator, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Cornell University

Yonnette Fleming

Urban Farmer & Social Change Catalyst; Founder, Hattie Carthan Herban Farm & Markets

Imani S. Foster

Farmers’ Market Coordinator, Keep Growing Detroit

Kate Gardner Burt, PhD, RD

PhD, RD, Assistant Professor, Lehman College

Taireina Gilbert

Co-founder, The Bioheritage Collective

Mara Gittleman

Project Director, Farming Concrete

Joan Dye Gussow

Ed.D., Food Producer, Author, Professor Emerita Teachers College, Columbia University

Anna Hammond

Executive Director, The Sylvia Center

Gena Hamshaw

Food Blogger, The Full Helping

Iyeshima Harris

Co-manager, Summer Internship Coordinator at Ecostation:NY

Molly Hartman

Senior Advisor for Food Policy, Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services

Michaela Hayes

Founder, Crock & Jar; and Co-Founder, Rise & Root Farm

Elizabeth Henderson

NOFA Interstate Council Board Representative, Agricultural Justice Project

Jane Hodge

Co-Founder, Rise & Root Farm

Cris Izaguirre

Urban Farm Manager, Kingsborough Community College

Lucretia John

Food Justice Advocate

James Johnson Piett

Principal & CEO, Urbane Development, LLC.

Donte Jones

Personal Training Coordinator, Harlem YMCA

Michael Keller

VP Operations & Executive Director, North Brooklyn YMCA

Lily Kesselman

Founder, Brook Park Chickens

Sonya Kharas

Farm-to-Pantry Manager, Just Food

Lance Knowling

Executive Chef & Owner, Blujeen

Pamela Koch

EdD, RD, Executive Director and Research Associate Professor of Nutrition Education, Teachers College, Columbia University

Todd Lang

Executive Director of Education, New York City Department of Small Business Services

Shai J Lauros

Director of Community Development, Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation

Jamie Levato

Education Director, Poughkeepsie Farm Project

Ellie Limpert

Education Manager, Poughkeepsie Farm Project

Beth Linskey

Owner, Beth's Farm Kitchen

Rosalba Lopez Ramirez

Former Garden Director, Kelly Street Garden

Paula Lukats

Program Director, Just Food

Mahoma López

Co-Executive Director, Laundry Workers Center

Eugenia Manwelyan

Co-founder & Director, Eco Practicum

Socheatta Meng

Director of Policy & Advocacy, Community Food Advocates

Rural & Migrant Ministry

CC Minton

Award-Winning Healthy Lifestyle Ambassador and Contributing Editor, Harlem World Magazine

Leslie Morrison

Senior Outreach Coordinator, Union of Concerned Scientists

Ana Morán

Community Food Coordinator, Community Access

Lil Nickelson

Healthy Lifestyle Coach; Columnist, Harlem World Magazine

Jasmine Nielsen

Executive Director, Just Food

Jessica Norwood

Executive Director, Emerging ChangeMakers

Sandy Nurse

Founder, Bushwick’s Know Waste Lands Wildlife Garden, BK ROT

Patrick O'Neill

CEO, Amp Your Good, Inc.

Ngozi Okaro

Senior Associate, Cause Effective

Stacie Orell

Campaign Director, GMO Free NY

Nia Padilla

Garden Program Coordinator, Concrete Safaris

Cheryl Paswater

Certified Fermentationist, Educator, & Health Coach

Leah Penniman

Co-Director, Soul Fire Farm

Dawn Petter

Herbalist

Cecilia Pineda

Lead Educator & Organizer, RADIKO

Flayr Poppins

Rhys Powell

Founder and CEO, Red Rabbit

Anandi A. Premlall

Urban Agriculture Consultant & Environmental Educator, Sustainable Queens

Magali Regis

Sustainable Architect; Community Gardener & Garden Activist, New York City Community Garden Coalition

Amy Richards

Health Organizer, Make the Road NY

Jeanique Riche-Druses

Assistant Director of Resident Business Development Office of Resident Economic Empowerment & Sustainability

Sonte Ricks

Deputy Organizing Director, ROC NY

Diana Robinson

Campaign & Education Coordinator, Food Chain Workers Alliance

Eric-Michael Rodriguez

Co-founder, The Bioheritage Collective

Rosanna Rodríguez

Co-founder & Co-director, Laundry Workers Center

Ollín Rodríguez Lopez

Food Justice and LGBTQ Advocate

Nancy Romer

Founder, Brooklyn Food Coalition

Denise Romero

Labor Organizer, Brandworkers

D. Rooney

Co-Founder, Rise & Root Farm

Erika Rumbley

Co-Founder and Director, The New Garden Society

Lucia Russett

Director of Advocacy, Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service

Jalal Sabur

Farmer, Organizer, Educator, Prison Abolitionist, Freedom Food Alliance, Victory Bus Project, Sweet Freedom Farm

Paula Segal

Founding Director,596 Acres

Philip Silva

Founder & Co-Director, TreeKIT

Jill Slater

Executive Director, Lower Hudson Long Island Resource Conservation & Development Council

Jared Spafford

Culinary Arts Director, Drive Change

Infinitae Stockton

NYC Service Corps Member, NYC Compost Project hosted by Earth Matter NY

City Surfers

After School Program Child Gardeners, Concrete Safaris

Eitan Sussman

Wholesale Produce Coordinator, Keep Growing Detroit

Kim Tateo

Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator, NYC Compost Project hosted by Earth Matter NY,

Peace Titilawo

Co-Organizer, Northeast Youth Food Justice Network and Youth Leader

Richelle Trivedi

Master Herbalist

Sara Trongone

Program & Policy Strategist, Community Food Advocates

Barbara Turk

Director of Food Policy, Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services

Kay Ulanday Barrett

Poet; Performer; Educator

Sheryl C. Unsworth

Former Speech/Hearing Pathologist, New York City Department of Education

Ethany Uttech

Partnerships Manager, ioby

David Vigil

Project Director, East New York Farms!, United Community Centers

Marie Vulcain

School Garden Outreach Coordinator, Green Thumb

Karen Washington

Co-Founder, Rise & Root Farm

Eric Weltman

Senior Organizer, Food & Water Watch

Shahkeem &Tree Williams

Educators, Live Sip

Jeri Woodhouse

Owner, A Taste of the North Fork

Leticia "Skai" Young-Mohan

Restauranteur, Lolo's Seafood Shack