Local Grains
Local Grains

Speakers & Workshop Leaders

Speakers & Workshop Leaders

Speakers & Workshop Leaders

Rachel Laudan

Rachel Laudan
Expert on how food and culture have evolved in tandem. 

 

Sam Halcomb

Sam Halcomb
General Manager of Walnut Grove Farms in Southeastern Kentucky

 

Erica Fields

Erica Fields
President and majority owner of Brooks Grain, LLC., Louisville, KY

 

Harold Wilken

Harold Wilken
Farmer and Operator of Janie's Farm Organic (Danforth, Illinois)

 

Greg Johnsman

Greg Johnsman
Geechie Boy Mill in Edisto Island, SC

 

Bill Samuels, Jr.

Bill Samuels, Jr.
Chairman Emeritus of Maker's Mark Distillery.

 

Andy Brown

Andy Brown
Baker at Bluegrass Baking Company.

 

Michelle Klein

Michelle Klein
Working on opening a new retail location with the team at Bellegarde.

 

Stephen Jones

Stephen Jones
Wheat breeder and Director of The Bread Lab at Washington State University.  

 

Todd Barker

Todd Barker
Senior Partner and Practice Director at Meridian

 

Jane Bowie

Jane Bowie
Master of Maturation, Director of Advocacy, Heritage and Private Select at Maker's Mark Distillery

 

Brent Manning

Brent Manning
Co-founder of Riverbend Malt House in Asheville, NC

 

Aaron Reding

Aaron Reding
Homestead Family Farms in Howardstown, Kentucky

 

Chad Lee

Chad Lee
UK Grain and Forage Center of Excellence

 

Billy Van Pelt

Billy Van Pelt
Director of External Relations for the Southeast at American Farmland Trust

 

Justin Dean

Justin Dean
Chef, Amateur Butcher, Farmer, Acid Alchemist, Educator, Consultant, & Dad

 

Mindy Merrell & R.B. Quinn

Mindy Merrell & R.B. Quinn
RBandMindy.com

 

Galen Saturley

Galen Saturley
Vice President at Breadtopia

 

Andrew Heyn

Andrew Heyn
Elmore Mountain Bread & New American Stone Mills 

 

Tom Edwards

Tom Edwards
Founder and owner of LouisMill and MozzaPi in Louisville, KY

 

David Shields

David Shields
Carolina Distinguished Professor at the University of South Carolina.

 

Amy Halloran

Amy Halloran
Food Security Manager at Unity House in upstate New York

 

Chris Paumi

Chris Paumi
Co-Owner, CEO, and Head Brewer of Fusion Brewing, Lexington, KY

 

Robert and Lara Swan

Robert and Lara Swan
Owners of Great Bagel & Bakery in Lexington, KY

 

Ryan Morgan

Ryan Morgan
Owner and head baker at Sixteen Bricks Artisan Bakehouse

 

Morgan Angelle

Morgan Angelle
Head baker at Bellegarde in New Orleans.

 

Jim Betts

Jim Betts
Bluegrass Baking Company in Lexington, KY

 

Glenn Roberts

Glenn Roberts
Founder of Anson Mills

 

R.T. Case

R.T. Case
Owner South Fork Malthouse, Cynthiana, KY

 

Aaron MacLeod

Aaron MacLeod
Director of the Hartwick College Center for Craft Food and Beverage

 

Lisa Marie White

Lisa Marie White
Lisa Marie White is an award-winning pastry chef

 

Elizabeth McCall

Elizabeth McCall
Certified Specialist of Spirits and Woodford Reserve Assistant Master Distiller.

 

Contact Information

Dave Van Sanford, Ph.D.
Professor, Plant & Soil Sciences

327 Plant Science Building Lexington, KY 40506-0312