Food System Economic Partnership

Leadership Team

Category/Affiliation	Contact

GOVERNMENTS
Jackson County Administration	Dave Lutchka, farmer (email, bio)
Lenawee County Administration	Larry Gould, farmer (email, bio)
Monroe County Administration	Charles Londo (email)
Washtenaw County Administration	Anthony VanDerworp (email, bio)
	Sharon Sheldon (email)
Wayne County Executive's Office	Tamara Harmon (email)
Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth	Matt Shields (email)
FARM BUSINESS/COMMODITY ORGANIZATIONS
Michigan Coalition of Black Farmers	Hank Reed (email)
Michigan Farmers Union	Al Connor (email)
Organic Growers of Michigan	Rick Katterman (email)
BUSINESSES/INSTITUTIONS
The Henry Ford (Museum & Greenfield Village)	Susan Schmidt (email, bio)
Zingerman's Community of Businesses	Rodger Bowser (email)
Eat Local Food, LLC	Joan Tobin (email)
Locavorious	Rena Basch (email)
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND PARTNERS
Agrarian Adventure	Jeremy Moghtader, farmer (email)
Lenawee Economic Development Corporation
21st Century Seeds of Hope	Leslie Mortimer (email)
Legacy Land Conservancy	Susan Lackey (email, bio)
Ecology Center	Ruth Blackburn (email)
edible WOW	Robb Harper (email)
The Conservation Fund	Ginny Trocchio (email)
Huron River Watershed Council	Debi Weiker (email)
RESOURCE PROVIDERS
MSU Extension Washtenaw County	Mike Score (email, bio)
MSU Extension Lenawee County	Matt Shane, farmer (email, bio)
MSU Extension Jackson County	Phil Tocco (email, bio)
MSU Extension Monroe County	Brenda Reau, farmer (email, bio)
MSU Extension Southeast Michigan	Van Varner (email, bio)
MSU Extension Wayne County	Garry Bulluck (email, bio)
MSU Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems	Susan Cocciarelli (email)
MSU Product Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources	Dr. Getachew Abate (email, bio)
University of Michigan - Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Research Team	Deirdra Stockmann (email)

INDIVIDUALS

Tom Bloomer, Writer (email)