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Sustainable Agriculture Advisory Committee

Our Advisory Committees provide expert advice on a variety of issues to ensure that students earning degrees or certificates from JCCC are prepared to enter the workforce and become immediately productive.

Jay Antle
Johnson County Community College
Professor/Executive Director, Sustainability
 
Bob Brassard
Shawnee Mission School District #512         
Culinary/Farm Educator
 
Loretta Craig
Prairie Garden Farm  
Farm Steward
 
Kim Criner
University of Kansas  
Education and Outreach Coordinator, Center for Sustainability
 
Gerald Lee Cross Jr    
Environmental Lawyer
 
Jenny Doty
City of Lenexa
Recreation Supervisor
 
Alicia Ellingsworth
KC Farm School at Gibbs Road; KC Food Hub
Sales and Production Director and Cooperative Member
 
Lydia Gibson
Ripple Glass   
Sourcing Manager
 
Mike Hursey
Casa Somerset
Owner/Chef
 
Lindsay Jorgenson
Kansas University Institute for Policy and Social Research   
Research Associate
 
Debbie Mize
Weston A. Price KC Area and Whispering Elm Farm 
Chapter Leader
 
Keith Mueller
KC Tomato     
Farmer/Breeder
 
Eleni Pliakoni
K-State Olathe
Professor, Department of Horticulture and Natural Resources
 
Michael Rea
Johnson County Community College
Sustainability Project Manager
 
Cary Rivard
K-State Research & Extension
Director
 
Stu Shafer      
Board Member Kansas Rural Center, Member Rolling Prairie Farmers Alliance, Former Professor Sustainable Agriculture at Johnson County Community College
 
Candice Shoemaker
Kansas State University         
Professor and Special Assistant to the Dean, College of Agriculture
 
Stan Slaughter
Missouri Organic Recycling   
Education and Garden Professor, Hospitality Management
 
Terri Woodburn
Kansas University       
Program Director and Advisor for the Environmental Studies Program