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Michael Sparby, Master of
Ceremonies
Project Development Director
Agricultural Utilization
Research Institute (AURI)
PO Box 188
Morris, MN 56267
320-589-7280
Ken Meter, MPA
President
Crossroads Resource Center
PO Box 7423
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55407
612-869-8664
Robert Marqusee
Director of Rural Economic
Development
Woodbury County, Iowa
First Trust and Savings Bank
Moville, Iowa
712-279-6609
Carol Ford
Owner
Garden Goddess Produce
Milan, Minnesota
Ruth Ann Karty
Counsel
Southwest Small Business
Development Center
2309 350th Street
Clarkfield, MN 56223
Dorothy Rosemeier
Executive Director
West Central Regional
Sustainable Development Partnership
46352 State Hwy 329, PO Box
471
Morris, MN 56267
(320) 760-3735
http://www.regionalpartnerships.umn.ed
Dan Struxness,
Double D Natural Meats
3034 Highway 40
Appleton, Mn 56208
320-752-4733
http://www.localfoods.umn.edu/doublednatural
Todd Churchill
Owner
Thousand Hills Cattle
Company
PO Box 323
Cannon Falls, MN 55009
507-263-4001
todd@thousandhillscattleco.com
http://www.thousandhillscattleco.com
Jessi Gurr, Manager
Pomme de Terre Foods
613 Atlantic Ave
Morris, Mn 56267
320-589-4332
Terry VanDerPol
Program Organizer
Land Stewardship Project,
Western MN Office
103 West Nichols
Montevideo, MN 56265
(320) 269-2105
tlvdp@landstewardshipproject.org
http://www.landstewardshipproject.org
Robert P. King
Professor and Department
Head of Applied Ecnomics
University of Minnesota
231E Classroom Office
Building
1994 Buford Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55108
(612) 625-0231
http://www.apec.umn.edu/faculty/rking
Sandy Olson-Loy
Vice Chancellor for Student
Affairs
University of Minnesota,
Morris
600 E. 4th St.
Morris, MN 56267
(320)589-6013
http://www.morris.umn.edu/greencampus
Jim Ennis
Midwest Program Director
Food Alliance Midwest
Blair Arcade West, Suite Y
400 Selby Ave
St. Paul, MN 55102
(651)265-3684
(651)228-1184 Fax
Don Kulick
District Manager
Sodexho Campus Services
3140 Neil Armstrong Blvd,
Suite 309
Eagan, MN 55121
(651)454-8210
(651)454-8741 fax
Jim VanDerPol
Pastures A Plenty Farm &
Co.
4075 & 4077 110th Ave NE
Kerkhoven, MN 56252
(320) 367-2061
http://www.prairiefare.com/pastureshp.htm
Fred Kirschenmann,
Philosopher
Leopold Center for
Sustainable Agriculture
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011
515-294-3711