Planning Committee:
Candice Shoemaker, Ph.D.
Department Head and Professor
Department of Horticulture, Forestry, and Recreation Resources
Kansas State University
Assistant Professor, Fruit and Vegetable Extension Specialist and Director of Olathe Horticulture Research & Extension Center
Kansas State University
Research Associate and Urban Food Systems Symposium Coordinator
Department of Horticulture, Forestry, and Recreation Resources
Kansas State University
Eleni Pliakoni, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Urban Food Production and Postharvest Handling
Department of Horticulture, Forestry, and Recreation Resources
Kansas State University – Olathe
Londa Vanderwal Nwadike, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and State Extension Food Safety Specialist
Kansas State University/ University of Missouri
Judy Favor, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor – Adult Education
Department of Educational Leadership
Kansas State University – Olathe
Scientific Committee:
Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work,
Kansas State University,
sdwood@ksu.edu
Nozella L. Brown
Family and Consumer Sciences
K-State Research and Extension
Wyandotte County
nlbrown2@ksu.edu
Rhonda Janke
Professor, Extension Specialist & Sustainable Cropping System
Kansas State University
rrjanke@ksu.edu
Martin-Anderson, Sarah M.
Assistant Professor of Health Administration
University of Missouri Kansas City
martinandersons@umkc.edu
April C. Mason, Ph.D.
Provost and Senior Vice President
Kansas State University
masona@ksu.edu
Jessie L. Vipham
Assistant Professor
USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab
Collaborative Research on Sustainable Intensification (SIIL)
Kansas State University
jessiev@ksu.edu
Kerri Ebert
Coordinator
Kansas Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Alternative Crops
Kansas SARE PDP
Kansas State University
kebert@ksu.edu
Ganga M. Hettiarachchi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Soil and Environmental Chemistry
Department of Agronomy
Kansas State University
ganga@ksu.edu
Katherine Kelly
Executive Director
Cultivate Kansas City
katherine@cultivatekc.org
Greg Garbos,
President and co-founder of Four Season Tools and owner of the City Bitty Farm
greg@smallfarmtools.com
Jecob Aaron Wagner,
Associate Professor/ Director of Urban Studies,
Department of Archit & Urban Plan & Design
University of Missouri-Kansas City
wagnerjaco@umkc.edu
