Board of Directors
Reg Clause yw'r bedwaredd genhedlaeth i reoli Fferm Teulu Clause Jefferson, Iowa. Mae'r llawdriniaeth yn codi corn, ffa soia, gwartheg a neiniau.
Reg volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network and is currently serving as Chairman. Mae gan Reg brofiad helaeth mewn ymgynghori â busnes, yn arbenigo mewn datblygu busnes gan gynnwys astudiaethau dichonoldeb, cynllunio busnes a strwythuro ariannol ar gyfer cleientiaid mor amrywiol â biodanwydd, gwindai, prosesu cig, marchnata arbenigol a llawer mwy. Mae ei waith wedi caniatáu iddo deithio'n helaeth ledled y byd i gynnal dadansoddiad manwl o systemau cynhyrchu amaethyddol.
Mae Bill Horan yn tyfu Å·d, ffa soia a grawn eraill gyda'i frawd ar fferm deuluol yng Ngogledd Canolbarth Iowa. Mae Bill yn gwirfoddoli fel aelod o fwrdd y Rhwydwaith Ffermwyr Byd-eang.
Carol has worn many hats in the food and agricultural industry over her life. But her passion has always revolved around beef cattle and mentoring the next generation of agricultural leaders, therefore playing a part in shaping policy affecting food, agriculture and business management on both the National and International levels. Carol and her family called Illinois home for the majority of her career, but her scope of leadership and involvement has been anything but local.
Carol now focuses on current issues of interest to our Global Farmer Network relative to innovation, sustainability and valued trade of red meat and other livestock products.
Ffermio ers hynny 1978 ar 200 hectar – cnydau hadau gan gynnwys gwenith, rhygwellt, peiswellt, moron hybrid, radish hybrid, sbigoglys a sicori; defnyddio synhwyro cnydau, mapio pridd, cymhwysiad cyfradd amrywiol o wrtaith, cemegolion a dyfrhau. Partneriaid mewn a 1200 llaeth buwch. Craige volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network.
Raised on the Saskatchewan prairies, Cherilyn Jolly-Nagel and her husband David continue their love for the land while growing grains, corbys, oilseed crops, along with two daughters in Mossbank. Elected as the first female President for the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association, Cherilyn challenged government policies that affected the business of agriculture and is a leader on issues that impact farmers on grain transportation, governance, trade and public trust. As board member for the Global Farmer Network, Cherilyn advocates for strong global trade relations and for farmers use of technological advancements. Yn 2021, Cherilyn was recognized as one of Canada’s Top 50 People of Influence in Agriculture. Cherilyn was interviewed in the documentary ‘License to Farm’ where she encouraged other farmers to share their stories with the public, was featured with Canadian Chef Michael Smith in a video to promote lentils and featured in an episode of Canadian Better Living on the topic of pesticide use and promotion of plant biotechnology. Invited by the Mattel Toy company, Cherilyn was a mentor in the ‘Barbie: You Can Be Anything Mentorship’ program for young girls who dream of being a farmer.
Dan grows corn and soybeans in partnership with his brothers and son. Hanes hir gyda systemau cydweithredol amaeth, darparu arweinyddiaeth i GROWMARK a CoBank. Dan volunteers as a board member and treasurer for the Global Farmer Network.
Joanna Lidback volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network, and has been recognized by the GFN as a 2021 Kleckner Award for Global Farm Leadership award recipient. She is a dairy farmer, Prif Swyddog Ariannol, a business consultant, a mom, and a wife. Joanna and her husband own and operate the Farm at Wheeler Mountain in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, UDA. It’s an 80-cow herd of Holsteins and Jerseys, where they also raise their own replacements and have a small beef cattle herd. Mae Joanna yn CFO yn ADK Farms, lle maen nhw'n gofalu am drosodd 7,500 gwartheg godro a stiward drosodd 8,000 erw o dir. She is also the principal consultant at Adirondack Management Services, coaching 10 other dairy farms toward reaching their own goals.
John Rigolizzo, Jr.. yn ffermwr o'r bumed genhedlaeth, previously raising 1,400 acres of fresh vegetables and field corn in southern New Jersey. The family farm now raises 70 acres of field corn and John advises local farmers on growing and marketing retail vegetables. John volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network and has provided leadership to the Farmland Preservation Board, the Vegetable Growers Association of New Jersey and New Jersey Tomato Council. Fel cyn-lywydd Biwro Fferm New Jersey, cefnogwyd ei ddiddordeb a'i gefnogaeth amser hir i fasnach rydd gan ei ran yn 11 teithiau masnach rhyngwladol ac ymgysylltu yng nghyfarfodydd Sefydliad Masnach y Byd yn Seattle a Genefa.
Farming in West Liberty, Iowa, Mark Heckman volunteers as a board member and secretary for the Global Farmer Network and is past committee member for Iowa Corn and Advisor for the US Grains Council. He and his family partnership farm raises corn and soybeans with a focus on soil health. The family farm also includes pork and cattle production. Heckman Farms uses technology that supports the sustainable use of hog and cattle manure while maintaining water quality standards and good relationships with his neighbors. His businesses utilize chemistry and microbials to enhance natural systems produce more products for safer and more abundant food.
Mark is focused on improving sustainable production of food, bwydo, a thanwydd, and off-the farm is a Strategic Development Director for EcoEngineers of Des Moines, Iowa. Mark is a past member of the Soil Health Partnership and has dedicated much of his career assisting producers and companies focus on specialty markets and renewable fuels. He also has expertise in Strategic Risk Management, Commodity and Energy Procurement, Policy Development, and Raw Material Exposure Coverage.
Mae Mark Wagoner yn ffermwr teulu o'r drydedd genhedlaeth yn ne-ddwyrain Talaith Washington lle maen nhw'n tyfu hadau alffalffa ar gyfer pedwar cwmni hadau mawr. Dibynnu ar y wenynen alcali, gwenyn nythu daear frodorol, a gwenyn torwyr dail i'w peillio, Mae Mark yn gweithio gyda'r Gynghrair Genedlaethol Alfalfa a Porthiant ac Asiantaeth Diogelu'r Amgylchedd (EPA) i yswirio bod pryfladdwyr diogel ac effeithiol ar gael i'w defnyddio wrth hedfan gwenyn. Mark volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network.
Marciwch wirfoddolwyr fel aelod o fwrdd y Rhwydwaith Ffermwyr Byd-eang a nifer o fyrddau eraill sy'n mynd i'r afael â materion dŵr a defnydd tir. He has been appointed to the Washington State Department of Ecology Walla Walla Valley 2050 Committee, a planning group to improve water availability in the Valley. Mae'n gweithio'n ddiwyd i ddatblygu a gweithredu strategaethau cydfodoli ar gyfer cynhyrchu confensiynol, alffalffa organig a gwell yn enetig.
Paul Temple volunteers as a Vice-Chairman for the Global Farmer Network and farms in the north of England in the United Kingdom. The farm practices conservation agriculture on a mixed beef and arable family farm. Mae Paul yn tyfu gwenith am had, haidd, treisio hadau olew, gwin pys a ffa. They’ve recently added grass leys back into the arable rotation. On the beef side they utilise a wide range of environmental grasses with suckler cattle, rearing calves that are either fattened or sold as stores. Yn ogystal, the farm is in a high level environmental scheme with educational access.
Mae Roberto Peiretti yn ffermwr o'r bedwaredd genhedlaeth, gyda'r bumed genhedlaeth hefyd yn ymwneud â'r fferm deuluol, wedi'i leoli yng nghanol yr Ariannin lle maen nhw'n tyfu ŷd, ffa soia, gwenith, haidd, ceirch, sorghum a blodau haul ar wyth mil hectar. Gyda 25% i 35% o'r fferm yn cael ei chnydio'n ddwbl bob blwyddyn, gallant hefyd ymgorffori rhai corbys a cheirch yn rheolaidd fel cnwd gorchudd yn flynyddol. Wedi'i hyfforddi fel agronomegydd, Mae Roberto yn arweinydd mewn systemau amaeth No-Till, ar eu fferm ac fel cynghorydd a pheiriannydd yn gweithio'n genedlaethol ac yn rhyngwladol.
Mae Roberto Peiretti yn gwirfoddoli fel aelod o fwrdd y Rhwydwaith Ffermwyr Byd-eang ac roedd yn aelod sefydlol o AAPRESID (Cymdeithas Ffermwyr No Till yr Ariannin) a CAAPAS (Cydffederasiwn America o Gymdeithasau Ffermwyr Dim Till). Roedd Roberto yn un o saith ar hugain o ffermwyr a sefydlodd Bioceres, cwmni biotechnoleg sy'n gysylltiedig ag amaethyddiaeth. Mae'n cymryd rhan weithredol yng Nghymdeithas y Byd Cadwraeth Priddoedd a Dŵr (WASWAC) a chafodd ei chydnabod fel Gwobr Estyniadau Nodedig WASWAC yn 2016.
Mae Tim yn tyfu corn, corn hadau, ffa soia ac yn cynhyrchu porc. Wedi ymwneud yn fawr â gwelliannau cloi Afon Mississippi ac wedi teithio i Brasil i ymchwilio i'w hafon, newidiadau i'r seilwaith rheilffyrdd a ffyrdd. Tim volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network.
Mae Ted yn codi letys, cotwm, tomatos, winwns, pistachios, grawnwin gwin a garlleg ar fferm deuluol. Cadeirydd Horizon Growers (pistachios). Diddordeb a buddsoddiad hirsefydlog mewn argaeledd ac ansawdd dŵr. Wedi derbyn Gwobr Cadwraeth Dŵr Arloesol. Ted volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network.
Mae Terry Wanzek yn ffermwr o'r bedwaredd genhedlaeth o Ogledd Dakota. Mae'r bartneriaeth deuluol hon yn codi gwenith gwanwyn, corn, ffa soia, haidd, ffa bwytadwy sych a blodau haul. Etholwyd Terry i wasanaethu fel Seneddwr Talaith Gogledd Dakota, darparu arweinyddiaeth i'r pwyllgor amaeth a gwasanaethu fel Llywydd y Senedd Pro Tempore. Terry continues to provide leadership to the National Association of Wheat Growers and the NoDak Mutual Insurance. Mae ganddo radd mewn Gweinyddu Busnes a Chyfrifyddu o Goleg Jamestown a chwblhaodd y Texas A. & M Rhaglen Weithredol ar gyfer Cynhyrchwyr Amaethyddol.
Ar fferm chwe deg erw, Mae Ravi yn tyfu Reis, Sugarcane, Cotwm a chodlysiau. Defnyddio dŵr yn ddoeth yn ystod misoedd yr haf, mae'n defnyddio chwistrellwyr a system ddiferu. Wedi ychwanegu mecaneiddio i fynd i'r afael â phrinder llafur; 12 gweithwyr. The Kleckner Global Farm Leader Award winner in 2013, Ravi volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network. Click to watch bio
Advisory Council
Dr.. Channa S.. Prakash, Deon Coleg y Celfyddydau a Gwyddorau (ACHOS) ym Mhrifysgol Tuskegee (UDA) lle mae wedi gwasanaethu ar gyfadran ers hynny 1989, yn athro geneteg cnwd, biotechnoleg. Dr.. Mae Prakash yn un o brif gefnogwyr datblygiad amaethyddol sy'n seiliedig ar wyddoniaeth, yn enwedig wrth ddefnyddio technegau moleciwlaidd gan gynnwys cnydau a addaswyd yn enetig a pheirianneg genom. Roedd ei labordy ymhlith y cyntaf i ddatblygu planhigion tatws melys a chnau daear, a chynnal astudiaethau genomig arloesol ar y cnau daear. He volunteers as a GFN Advisory Council member.
Dr.. Mae Prakash wedi bod yn arweinydd byd-eang wrth wella ymwybyddiaeth gymdeithasol o faterion biotechnoleg cnwd a bwyd ledled y byd ers bron i dri degawd. Dr.. Cydnabuwyd Prakash am ei waith rhagorol: 2015 Gwobr Cyfathrebu CAST Borlaug, yn cael ei gydnabod gan Huffington Post fel un o'r Top 30 dylanwadwyr cymdeithasol mewn biopharma a biotechnoleg. Mae'n fyd-eang fel rhif #1 influencer on ‘agricultural biotechnology’ issues.
Gilbert arap Bor grows corn (indrawn), llysiau a gwartheg godro ar fferm ar raddfa fach o 25 erw yn Kapseret, ger Eldoret, Kenya. Dr Bor is also a lecturer of marketing and management at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Eldoret campus. Gilbert received the 2011 GFN Kleckner Global Farm Leader award and volunteers as a member of the Global Farmer Network Advisory Council.
Maria ‘Pilu’ Giraudo is a mom and 5th generation farmer who with her family utilizes a no-till system to grow soy, gwenith, haidd, corn a sorghum, as well as livestock in Santa Fe Province, Ariannin. Trained as an Agricultural Engineer, Pilu is the Honorary President of Aapresid (Argentine No-Till Farmers Association) and a member of the Global Farmer Network Advisory Committe, serving as Finance & Development Committee co-chair. She is actively involved in several national and international NGOs focused on sustainable agriculture initiatives and advocacy. Included in her advocacy is a weekly radio program, hosted by rural women, who share stories from their farms and lives every Saturday. Pilu worked for two years in support of Sustainable Development Policies for the Ministry of AgroIndustry in Argentina and in 2016 was recognized as the Global Farmer Network Kleckner Award recipient.
Treuliodd Rob Horsch ei yrfa gyfan fel arbenigwr ymchwil a datblygu amaethyddol yn darganfod, datblygu a defnyddio arloesiadau amaethyddol sy'n gwella lles ffermwyr a defnyddwyr wrth ddiogelu'r amgylchedd a chefnogi eang, twf economaidd teg a lleihau tlodi. His career has included building a billion-dollar portfolio of grants at the Gates Foundation and leading Monsanto’s plant tissue culture and transformation efforts that led to improved crops grown by millions of farmers around the world. Derbyniodd y Fedal Dechnoleg Genedlaethol gan yr Arlywydd Clinton, was appointed to the United Nations Millennium Project Task Force on Hunger and awarded Monsanto’s highest award for science and technology.
Lloyd Le Page is an accomplished and business-savvy professional with extensive hands-on experience delivering optimal results and business value in high-growth environments and building important connections with key stakeholders in the global agriculture and food industries, investment funds, international development, and climate stakeholders globally. He is Managing Director of Kincannon and Reed Executive Search and serves as an advisor to various investment funds. Lloyd began his career as a farm manager and has over 25 years of expertise in agribusiness, da byw, and food supply chains, including vertically integrated production, investment and business environment, ag-tech, and food-tech. His career includes commercial mixed-farming, agronomy, FMCG food processing and production, 15 years in DuPont Pioneer, CEO of the CGIAR Consortium, and Senior Advisor and Lead for Agri-Food at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.
Lloyd has an extensive network and is known as leader, entrepreneur, innovation broker, and powerful connector in the private, public, non-profit, and academic sectors and has vast experience on global development and sustainability issues including resource mobilization and proposal development. He holds credit for creating new businesses and markets from scratch and consistently increasing revenue, focusing on top-line and bottom-line performance. Lloyd is well known as a mentor with the ability to manage and work with cross-functional and multidisciplinary teams. Lloyd is innovative and entrepreneurial, has created several businesses, and serves on for-profit and non-profit boards.
Staff
Mae Mary Boote yn gwasanaethu fel Prif Swyddog Gweithredol y Rhwydwaith Ffermwyr Byd-eang. Wedi'i godi ar laethdy yng ngogledd-orllewin Iowa, porc, corn, a fferm deulu ffa soia, cafodd y fraint o wasanaethu fel cynghorydd amaeth i Lywodraethwr Iowa, Terry E.. Branstad o 1997-1999.
Trwy'r Rhwydwaith Ffermwyr Byd-eang, Mary works with farmers around the world to develop and deliver communication platforms that engage the farmers’ perspective and voice as an integral part of the dialogue regarding the global agri-food system. Y genhadaeth: To amplify the farmers’ llais wrth hyrwyddo masnach, technoleg, ffermio cynaliadwy, twf economaidd, a diogelwch bwyd.
Enwyd fel un o'r Worldview 100: Global Industry’s top 100 Gweledigaethwyr ac Arweinwyr mewn Biotechnoleg gan Scientific American Worldview yn 2015, Mae Mary wedi cael cyfle i deithio'n rhyngwladol, gan wasanaethu ar deithiau arweinyddiaeth amaethyddol a oedd yn canolbwyntio ar faterion mor amrywiol â chyfarwyddyd ar gynllunio strategol a chynrychiolaeth bersonol i amaethwyr wedi'u preifateiddio mewn gwledydd newydd annibynnol i ddysgu mwy am brosiectau indrawn tyddynwyr i arsylwi ar y broses negodi masnach yn Sefydliad Masnach y Byd..
Mynychodd Mary Goleg Gogledd Orllewin, Dinas Oren, Iowa a chafodd y fraint o gymryd rhan yn y 2009 Seminar Amaeth-Fusnes Harvard.
A staff member at the GFN, Jane resides on a corn and soybean farm in Eastern Nebraska. She brings 20+ years of sales and marketing program development and deployment, project management and leadership experience.
Gina Gutierrez is serving as Community Outreach Agvocate for the Global Farmer Network. She is a 5th generation dairy farmer from the central region of Mexico. Yn 2015, Gina started a Facebook page advocating for the dairy industry. Erbyn hyn mae bron i La Vida Lactea 60,000 dilynwyr. She completed a Master’s Degree in Corporate Law. She writes regularly for Ganadero and Holstein de Mexico magazine. Yn 2018, Gina won the Global Farmer Network’s Kleckner Award.
Elly Sukup serves as Global Farmer Network’s Director of Programs and as the Food Security Technical Officer for Mercy Corps where she supports gender, youth, and social inclusion activities under IDEAL, a USAID-funded food security learning award. Before joining GFN and Mercy Corps, Elly managed the Clinton Foundation’s community nutrition program in Malawi and spent two years with the UN World Food Program in Ghana and Ethiopia. She also worked for Iowa State University as Strategic Engagement Coordinator and as a lecturer in Global Resource Systems. She studied Public Service and Administration in Agriculture and International Agriculture at Iowa State University, and has a Masters degree in Social Anthropology of Development from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.
Patience Koku is serving the GFN as Regional Lead: Affrica. Patience’s farm is located on the Jere Azara irrigation scheme, Kagarko Llywodraeth leol, yn Nhalaith Kaduna Nigeria. The farm produces two crops annually under center pivot irrigation. They grow mostly seed corn and corn grain for major food processing companies in Nigeria, fel Flour Mills o Nigeria. Hi yw derbynnydd y 2019 Gwobr Kleckner gan y Rhwydwaith Ffermwyr Byd-eang a 2018 Cynghrair Cornell ar gyfer Ffermwr Gwyddoniaeth y flwyddyn. Mae hi hefyd yn gwasanaethu ar fwrdd cynghori Cornell Alliance For Science. In her time as a member of the GFN, she has advocated on major stages.
Ruramiso Mashumba is serving the GFN as Regional Lead: Affrica. Ruramiso is a young female farmer from Marondera, Zimbabwe and founder of Mnandi Africa, an organization that helps rural woman combat poverty and malnutrition. She is currently studying for an MBA in sustainable food and agriculture. The trailblazing farmer holds several accolades and achievements to her name that is testimony to the outstanding work she is doing in the Zimbabwean agricultural sector. Mae Ruramiso wedi'i gydnabod fel y 2020 Derbynnydd Gwobr GFN Kleckner.
Emeritws Arweinyddiaeth
Deceased (1932-2015)
Mae Keith Eckel yn codi llysiau a grawn yn Pennsylvania. Etholwyd Keith yn gadeirydd bwrdd Cyfarwyddwyr Nationwide Mutual a gwasanaethodd fel llywydd Biwro Fferm Pennsylvania o 1981-1996. Enwyd ef yn Brif Ffermwr yn Pennsylvania yn 1982 a Ffermwr Ifanc Eithriadol yn 1983.
Craig Lang o Brooklyn, Gwasanaethodd Iowa fel Llywydd Biwro Ffermwyr Iowa o 2001 trwodd 2011. Mae Lang yn cymryd rhan weithredol ar fferm deuluol sy'n rheoli buches laeth a buchod 400 buwch 1,000 erw o dir cnwd.
Deceased (1959-2024)
Mae John Reifsteck yn gweithredu fferm Å·d a ffa soia yng ngorllewin Sir Champaign, Illinois. Gwasanaethodd ar Fwrdd Cyfarwyddwyr Rhwydwaith y Ffermwyr Byd-eang, ac yn gyn-Gadeirydd. Ar hyn o bryd mae John yn gwasanaethu fel Cadeirydd a Llywydd Bwrdd Cyfarwyddwyr GROWMARK - cwmni cydweithredol cyflenwi a marchnata fferm sy'n gweithredu'n bennaf yn Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin ac Ontario.
Mae Bob Vice yn tyfu afocados yn ne California. Ymddeolodd Bob Vice fel Llywydd Biwro Fferm California yn 1997 ar ôl gwasanaethu am saith mlynedd a hanner fel Is-lywydd ac wyth mlynedd a hanner fel Llywydd. Yn ystod yr amser hwnnw, Arweiniodd Bob deithiau masnach i dros ddeugain o wledydd yn Ewrop, Asia, yr hen Undeb Sofietaidd a De America.
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