Featured presenters
Meet the farmers, educators, scientists, nutrition practitioners, seed savers, and storytellers shaping the weekend.
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Full Heart Farm · Ledyard, Connecticut
Allyson Angelini operates Full Heart Farm in Ledyard, Connecticut, where she grows nearly 400 varieties of cut flowers, specialty vegetables, and herbs for market.
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Tenth-generation farmer · Footsteps Farm
Craig Floyd is a tenth-generation farmer and, with his wife Sheryl, owner and operator of Footsteps Farm, Connecticut's first certified humane farm, in Stonington.
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Nutrition educator · Rhode to Health, Inc.
Kathleen DiChiara is an internationally recognized nutrition educator, author, and health advocate whose work sits at the intersection of soil and gut—two living ecosystems that thrive on diversity and pay the price when that diversity is stripped away.
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Third-generation cranberry farmer · Benson's Pond
Cass Gilmore is a third-generation cranberry farmer at Benson's Pond, an 80-acre cranberry bog in southeastern Massachusetts.
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Grower and community educator
Koralee Lawrence has gardened since childhood.
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Organic farmer · Documentary filmmaker
Mark McBrine is a visionary scratch cook, organic farmer, and collaborator who is passionate about serving nutritious meals that are locally grown and internally produced.
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Seed saver · Chemical-free gardener
Kris McCue has been a chemical-free gardener for more than 40 years, saving a few seeds but primarily growing food.
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Tobacco Road Farm · Author and educator
Bryan O'Hara and his wife Anita have owned and operated Tobacco Road Farm in Lebanon, Connecticut, for more than 30 years.
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Institute of Sustainable Nutrition
Joan Palmer is the founder and director of the Institute of Sustainable Nutrition.
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Author · Regenerative grower and educator
Nigel Palmer is a lifelong gardener and author of The Regenerative Grower's Guide to Garden Amendments.
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Soil-health educator · Natural-farming practitioner
Ruben Parrilla is a soil-health educator, natural-farming practitioner, and advocate for ecological land care.
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Assawaga Farm · Putnam, Connecticut
Yoko Takemura owns and operates Assawaga Farm in Putnam, Connecticut, with her partner, Alex Carpenter.
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Assistant professor · Connecticut College
Eric Vukicevich is an assistant professor of botany in sustainable agriculture at Connecticut College.
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Facilitator and Host · President, East Lyme Giving Garden
Bruce Cohen, PhD, spent 34 years in oncology research and development before becoming a farmer, raising livestock, and tending his own 800-square-foot garden. He joined the East Lyme Giving Garden six years ago and developed a new passion for integrating his scientific training with regenerative growing methods to connect healthy soil, healthy plants, and good health. He is currently president of the East Lyme Giving Garden and is committed to fighting food insecurity within the community.
Vice President, East Lyme Giving Garden
Vice President, Gemma E. Moran United Way/Labor Food Center
President, East Lyme Board of Education