Board of Directors
Reg mzera ndiwo m'badwo wachinayi kusamalira mzera Banja Farm Jefferson, Iowa. The Aukitsa ntchito chimanga, soya, ng'ombe ndi grandkids.
Reg odzipereka ngati membala wa board ya Global Farmer Network ndipo pano ndi Wapampando. Reg ali agwira ntchito kufunsira ntchito, okhazikika mu chitukuko ntchito kuphatikizapo maphunziro kuthekera, mapulani malonda ndi structuring ndalama makasitomala osiyanasiyana biofuels, wineries, processing nyama, kagawo kakang'ono malonda ndi zambiri. ntchito yake zinamupatsa kuyenda kwambiri padziko lonse khalidwe mozama kusanthula machitidwe ulimi.
Bill Horan amalima chimanga, soya ndi mbewu zina ndi m'bale wake pa famu banja zochokera ku North chapakati Iowa. Bill odzipereka monga membala gulu la Global Farmer Network.
Carol wavala zipewa zambiri pazakudya ndi zaulimi m'moyo wake wonse. Koma chilakolako chake nthawi zonse chimakhudza ng'ombe za ng'ombe ndikulangiza atsogoleri a ulimi wotsatira, choncho kutenga nawo mbali pakupanga ndondomeko yokhudza chakudya, ulimi ndi kasamalidwe ka bizinesi m'magawo a National ndi International. Carol ndi banja lake adatcha Illinois kwawo chifukwa cha ntchito yake yambiri, koma kukula kwake kwa utsogoleri ndikutengapo gawo sikunali kosiyana ndi komweko.
Carol tsopano akuyang'ana kwambiri pazatsopano zomwe zili ndi chidwi ndi Global Farmer Network yathu zokhudzana ndi zatsopano, kukhazikika ndi malonda amtengo wapatali a nyama yofiira ndi zoweta zina.
Anakulira m'mapiri a Saskatchewan, Cherilyn Jolly-Nagel ndi mwamuna wake David akupitiriza kukonda nthaka pamene akulima mbewu, nyemba, mbewu zamafuta, pamodzi ndi ana aakazi awiri ku Mossbank. Anasankhidwa kukhala Purezidenti woyamba wamkazi ku Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association, Cherilyn adatsutsa mfundo zaboma zomwe zimakhudza bizinesi yaulimi ndipo ndi mtsogoleri pazinthu zomwe zimakhudza alimi pamayendedwe ambewu, ulamuliro, malonda ndi chikhulupiriro cha anthu. Monga membala wa board ya Global Farmer Network, Cherilyn amalimbikitsa ubale wolimba wamalonda padziko lonse lapansi komanso kuti alimi agwiritse ntchito kupita patsogolo kwaukadaulo. mu 2021, Cherilyn was recognized as one of Canada’s Top 50 Anthu Amphamvu mu Agriculture. Cherilyn was interviewed in the documentary ‘License to Farm’ where she encouraged other farmers to share their stories with the public, adawonetsedwa ndi Chef waku Canada Michael Smith mu kanema wolimbikitsa mphodza ndipo adawonetsedwa munkhani ya Canadian Better Living pamutu wogwiritsa ntchito mankhwala ophera tizilombo komanso kupititsa patsogolo sayansi ya zomera.. Anaitanidwa ndi kampani ya Mattel Toy, 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. Mbiri yayitali ndi machitidwe othandizira alimi, kupereka utsogoleri ku GROWMARK ndi 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, ndipo yazindikirika ndi GFN ngati a 2021 Kleckner Mphotho ya Global Farm Leadership wolandila mphotho. Iye ndi mlimi wa mkaka, Chief Financial Officer, mlangizi wa bizinesi, ndi amayi, ndi mkazi. Joanna ndi mwamuna wake ali ndi famu yomwe ili ku Wheeler Mountain ku Northeast Kingdom ku Vermont, USA. It’s an 80-cow herd of Holsteins and Jerseys, kumene amawetanso malo awoawo ndi kukhala ndi kagulu kakang’ono ka ng’ombe. Joanna ndi CFO ku ADK Farms, kumene amasamalira 7,500 ng'ombe zamkaka ndi woyang'anira 8,000 maekala a nthaka. Ndiyenso mlangizi wamkulu ku Adirondack Management Services, kuphunzitsa 10 mafamu ena a mkaka kuti akwaniritse zolinga zawo.
John Rigolizzo, jr. ndi wachisanu m'badwo mlimi, kukweza kale 1,400 maekala a masamba atsopano ndi chimanga chakumunda kum'mwera kwa New Jersey. Famu yabanja tsopano ikukula 70 maekala a chimanga ndipo John amalangiza alimi akumaloko za kulima ndi kugulitsa masamba ogulitsa. John amadzipereka ngati membala wa bungwe la Global Farmer Network ndipo wapereka utsogoleri ku Farmland Preservation Board, Bungwe la Vegetable Growers Association of New Jersey ndi New Jersey Tomato Council. Monga kale New Jersey Farm Bureau Pulezidenti, chidwi ndi nthawi yaitali wake thandizo la malonda ufulu inatheka chifukwa cha nkhani mu 11 mishoni mayiko malonda ndi chinkhoswe mu Trade Organization World misonkhano Seattle ndi Geneva.
Kulima ku 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. Famu yabanja imaphatikizaponso nyama ya nkhumba ndi ng'ombe. Mafamu a Heckman amagwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo womwe umathandizira kugwiritsa ntchito manyowa a nkhumba ndi ng'ombe mosalekeza ndikusunga miyezo yamadzi komanso ubale wabwino ndi anansi ake.. His businesses utilize chemistry and microbials to enhance natural systems produce more products for safer and more abundant food.
Mark amayang'ana kwambiri pakukweza chakudya chokhazikika, kudyetsa, ndi mafuta, and off-the farm is a Strategic Development Director for EcoEngineers of Des Moines, Iowa. Mark ndi membala wakale wa Soil Health Partnership ndipo wapereka ntchito yake yambiri kuthandiza opanga ndi makampani kuyang'ana kwambiri misika yapadera ndi mafuta ongowonjezwdwa.. Alinso ndi ukadaulo wa Strategic Risk Management, Kugula Zinthu ndi Mphamvu, Kupititsa patsogolo Ndondomeko, ndi Raw Material Exposure Coverage.
Mark Wagoner ndi wachitatu m'badwo banja mlimi kum'mwera chakum'mawa Washington State kumene kukula mbewu nyemba kwa m'magulu anayi akuluakulu mbewu. Modalira njuchi soda, nthaka mbadwa kukaikira mazira njuchi, ndipo leafcutter njuchi chifukwa kubereketsa zomera, Mark ntchito ndi National nyemba ndi chakudya Alliance ndi Protection Agency Environmental (EPA) kutsimikiza kuti muziteteze ndi ogwira tizirombo zilipo ntchito pa ndege njuchi. Mark volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network.
ongodzipereka Mark monga membala gulu la Global Farmer Network ndi matabwa ena ambiri akukambirana mavuto ntchito madzi ndi dziko. Wasankhidwa ku Washington State Department of Ecology Walla Walla Valley 2050 Komiti, gulu lokonzekera kukonza kupezeka kwa madzi ku Chigwa. Iye amagwira ntchito mwakhama kukonza ndi kugwiritsa njira coexistence yopangira ochiritsira, organic ndi chibadwa kumatheka nyemba.
Paul Temple volunteers as a Vice-Chairman for the Global Farmer Network and farms in the north of England in the United Kingdom. Famuyi imagwiritsa ntchito ulimi wotetezedwa pafamu ya ng'ombe yosakanizika komanso yolima banja. Paulo amalima tirigu ngati mbewu, balere, oilseed kugwiriridwa, mphesa nandolo ndi nyemba. They’ve recently added grass leys back into the arable rotation. Kumbali ya ng'ombe amagwiritsa ntchito udzu wambiri wa chilengedwe ndi ng'ombe zoyamwitsa, kulera ng'ombe zonenepa kapena zogulitsidwa ngati sitolo. Kuphatikiza apo, famuyi ili m'dongosolo lapamwamba la chilengedwe ndi mwayi wophunzira.
Roberto Peiretti ndi wachinayi m'badwo mlimi, ndi m'badwo wa chisanu chinkhoswe mu munda banja, ili chapakati Argentina kumene kukula chimanga, soya, tirigu, balere, Mapila, manyuchi ndi mpendadzuwa pa mahekitala zikwi zisanu ndi zitatu. ndi 25% kuti 35% ya munda awiri cropped chaka, iwo amathanso zonse kutchula zina nyemba ndi Mapila monga mbewu chivundikiro chaka. Kuphunzitsidwa Katswiriyu ndi, Roberto ndi mtsogoleri No-Mpaka machitidwe ulimi, pafamu awo ndipo ngati mlangizi ndi injiniya ntchito m'dziko lonse ndi padziko lonse lapansi.
Roberto Peiretti odzipereka monga membala gulu la Global Farmer Network ndipo anali kukhazikitsidwa membala wa AAPRESID (Argentinian No Mpaka Alimi Association) ndipo CAAPAS (American Chitaganya cha No Mpaka Alimi Mayanjano). Roberto anali mmodzi wa alimi twente-seveni amene anayambitsa Bioceres, ndi ulimi zokhudzana umisiri kampani. Iye nawo mwakhama Association of Ntaka ndi Water Conservation World (WASWAC) ndipo anazindikira ngati WASWAC wolemekezeka yophunzitsa linapereka mu 2016.
Tim amalima chimanga, chimanga chanthe, soya ndikupanga nkhumba. Adachita nawo chidwi kwambiri ndikutukula kwa Mtsinje wa Mississippi ndipo adapita ku Brazil kukafufuza mtsinje wawo, Kusintha kwa njanji ndi misewu. Tim volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network.
Ted imakweza letesi, thonje, tomato, anyezi, pistachios, mphesa zavinyo ndi adyo pafamu ya banja. Wapampando wa Akuluakulu a Horizon (pistachios). Chidwi cha nthawi yayitali komanso kusungitsa ndalama pakupezeka kwamadzi ndi zabwino. Talandila Mphotho Yatsopano Yoteteza Madzi. Ted volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network.
Pa famu ya maekala makumi asanu ndi limodzi, Ravi amakulitsa mpunga, Nzimbe, Thonje ndi zamkati. Kugwiritsa ntchito bwino madzi mu miyezi ya chilimwe, amagwiritsa ntchito mafakitaya ndi zida zodontha. Wawonjezera ukadaulo kuti athane ndi kusowa kwa ntchito; 12 antchito. Wopambana Mphotho ya Kleckner Global Farm Leader mu 2013, Ravi odzipereka ngati membala wa board ya Global Farmer Network. Dinani kuti muwone zamoyo
Banja la Holtkoetter lakhala likulima zoposa 10 mibadwo. Pambuyo pochita pulogalamu yodziwika bwino ya ophunzira, Marcus adaphunzira zaulimi ku yunivesite ya Osnabrueck. Amayendetsa famu ya nkhumba (3,000 nkhumba zodyetsa) komanso 400 maekala a tirigu wozizira, barele yozizira, chimanga ndi canola. Adalandira ogula, alimi ndi andale pa famu yake, as well as sharing the farm’s story at conferences. Amagwira ntchito zapa TV komanso TV. He helps connect other farmers across Germany to get more voices heard through co-founding Frag den Landwirt (Funsani mlimi), AgChat Germany ndi mapulogalamu osinthana okhazikika a GACC. Anakhazikitsanso msonkhano wa World AgVocate womwe unabweretsa pamodzi kuchokera ku Europe ndi North America. Iye ali ndi luso lomvetsera pamene anthu ena ali, kupeza zomwe timagwirizana ndikusuntha zokambirana kuchokera pamenepo. Marcus has been recognized by the GFN as a 2023 Kleckner Mphotho ya Global Farm Leadership wolandila mphotho. Marcus volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network.
Mlimi wochokera ku Iowa yemwe amalima chimanga chamalonda, soya, nyemba, manyuchi, ndi oats. Komanso amadyetsa ng'ombe. Bill odzipereka monga membala gulu la Global Farmer Network.
Gabriel Carballal ndi agronomist komanso 'mlimi wopanda famu', kulima dzinja mbewu za tirigu, balere, canola, Mapila, mbewu za udzu ndi zachilimwe za soya, chimanga, ndi manyuchi pa 1,500 mahekitala obwereketsa ndi mahekitala owonjezera mogwirizana ndi banja lake komanso magulu awiri osiyana ku Uruguay. Carballal odzipereka ngati membala wa board ya Global Farmer Network. Gabriel adadziwika ndi GFN ngati a 2021 Kleckner Mphotho ya Global Farm Leadership wolandila mphotho.
Advisory Council
Dr. Chana S. Prakash, Dean wa College of Arts ndi Sayansi (NYENGO) ku Tuskegee University (USA) komwe adagwirapo ntchito pa faculty kuyambira pamenepo 1989, ndi professor of crop genetics, sayansi yamakono. Dr. Prakash ndi mtsogoleri wotsogolera chitukuko chaulimi pogwiritsa ntchito sayansi, makamaka pakugwiritsa ntchito njira zama cell kuphatikiza mbewu zosinthidwa ma genetic ndi engineering genome. Labu yake inali m'gulu loyamba kupanga mbatata ndi mtedza wa transgenic ndikuchititsa maphunziro apamwamba a genomic pa mtedza.. He volunteers as a GFN Advisory Council member.
Dr. Prakash wakhala mtsogoleri wapadziko lonse lapansi popititsa patsogolo chidziwitso cha anthu pazakudya ndi nkhani zaukadaulo wazakudya padziko lonse lapansi kwazaka pafupifupi makumi atatu.. Dr. Prakash adadziwika chifukwa cha ntchito yake yabwino kwambiri: 2015 Borlaug CAST Communication Award, odziwika ndi Huffington Post ngati pakati pa Pamwamba 30 okhudza chikhalidwe cha anthu mu biopharma ndi biotech. Padziko lonse lapansi amawerengedwa ngati nambala #1 influencer on ‘agricultural biotechnology’ issues.
Gilbert arap Bor amalima chimanga (chimanga), masamba ndi ng'ombe za mkaka pa famu ang'ono-ang'ono a 25 maekala mu Kapseret, pafupi Eldoret, Kenya. Dr Bor ndi mphunzitsi wa zamalonda ndi kasamalidwe ku Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Kampasi ya Eldoret. Gilbert adalandira 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, tirigu, balere, chimanga ndi manyuchi, komanso ziweto m'chigawo cha Santa Fe, Argentina. Wophunzitsidwa ngati Injiniya waulimi, Pilu ndi Purezidenti Wolemekezeka wa Aapresid (Argentina No-Till Farmers Association) and a member of the Global Farmer Network Advisory Committe, serving as Finance & Development Committee co-chair. Iye akutenga nawo mbali m'mabungwe angapo omwe siaboma m'dziko lonse lapansi komanso mayiko ena omwe amayang'ana kwambiri zaulimi wokhazikika komanso umalimbikitsa anthu. Kuphatikizidwa muzolimbikitsa zake ndi pulogalamu yapawailesi ya sabata iliyonse, yochitidwa ndi amayi akumidzi, omwe amagawana nkhani kuchokera m'mafamu awo ndikukhala Loweruka lililonse. Pilu adagwira ntchito kwa zaka ziwiri pothandizira mfundo za Sustainable Development Policies ku Ministry of AgroIndustry ku Argentina komanso ku 2016 adazindikiridwa ngati wolandila Mphotho ya Global Farmer Network Kleckner.
Rob Horsch adakhala ntchito yake yonse ngati katswiri wofufuza zaulimi ndi chitukuko akutulukira, Kupanga ndi kutumiza zatsopano zaulimi zomwe zimapititsa patsogolo ubwino wa alimi ndi ogula pamene zimateteza chilengedwe ndikuthandizira zambiri., kukula kwachuma moyenera komanso kuchepetsa umphawi. 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. Analandira National Medal of Technology kuchokera kwa Purezidenti 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, ziweto, 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.
Wogwila
Mary Boote serves as Chief Executive Officer of the Global Farmer Network. Raised on a Northwest Iowa dairy, pork, chimanga, and soybean family farm, she had the privilege of serving as agriculture adviser to Iowa Governor Terry E. Branstad from 1997-1999.
Through the Global Farmer Network, 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. The mission: To amplify the farmers’ mawu polimbikitsa malonda, umisiri, ulimi zisathe, kukula zachuma, chakudya chokwanira.
Named as one of the Worldview 100: Global Industry’s top 100 Visionaries and Leaders in Biotechnology by Scientific American Worldview in 2015, Mary has had the opportunity to travel internationally, serving on agriculture leadership missions that focused on issues as varied as instruction on strategic planning and personal representation for privatized agriculturalists in newly independent countries to learning more about smallholder maize projects to observing the trade negotiation process at the World Trade Organization.
Mary attended Northwestern College, Orange City, Iowa and was privileged to participate in the 2009 Harvard AgriBusiness Seminar.
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 akutumikira ngati Community Outreach Agvocate wa Global Farmer Network. Iye ndi m'badwo wachisanu mlimi wa mkaka wochokera m'chigawo chapakati cha Mexico. mu 2015, Gina adayambitsa tsamba la Facebook lolimbikitsa zamakampani a mkaka. La VIDA Lactea tsopano ali pafupi 60,000 otsatira. She completed a Master’s Degree in Corporate Law. Amalembera pafupipafupi magazini a Ganadero ndi Holstein de Mexico. mu 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 akutumikira GFN monga Mtsogoleri Wachigawo: Africa. Patience’s farm is located on the Jere Azara irrigation scheme, Boma Kagarko Local, mu Kaduna State Nigeria. Famuyi imapanga mbewu ziwiri pachaka pansi pa ulimi wothirira wapakati. Amalima makamaka chimanga ndi chimanga m'makampani akuluakulu opanga zakudya ku Nigeria, ngati ufa Mills la Nigeria. Iye ndi wolandira wa 2019 Kleckner linapereka ku Global Farmer Network ndi 2018 Cornell Alliance Pakuti Science Farmer chaka. Nayenso amatumikira Cornell Alliance Pakuti Science gulu yolangiza. Mu nthawi yake monga membala wa GFN, walimbikitsa pazigawo zazikulu.
Ruramiso Mashumba akutumikira GFN ngati Mtsogoleri Wachigawo: Africa. Ruramiso ndi mlimi wachitsikana wochokera ku Marondera, Zimbabwean and founder of Mnandi Africa, bungwe lomwe limathandiza amayi akumidzi kuthana ndi umphawi ndi kuperewera kwa zakudya m'thupi. Panopa akuphunzira maphunziro a MBA pazakudya zokhazikika komanso zaulimi. Mlimiyu ali ndi mbiri komanso zinthu zambiri zomwe achita bwino ku dzina lake zomwe ndi umboni wa ntchito yabwino yomwe akugwira ku Zimbabwe.. Ruramiso amadziwika kuti ndi 2020 Wolandila Mphotho ya GFN Kleckner.
utsogoleri wotchuka
Womwalira (1932-2015)
Keith Eckel zikutipatsa masamba ndi mbewu mu Pennsylvania. Keith anasankhidwa wapampando wa gulu la M'dziko nonse a Dayilekita ndipo anali pulezidenti wa Bureau Pennsylvania Farm kuchokera 1981-1996. Iye natchedwa ndi Pennsylvania Master Farmer ku 1982 ndipo Apadera Young Farmer ku 1983.
Craig Lang wa Brooklyn, Iowa anatumikira Pulezidenti wa Iowa Farmer Bureau ku 2001 kudzera 2011. Lang amagwira chinkhoswe pa famu banja kuti amalowerera ndi 400 ng'ombe za mkaka ng'ombe ndi tills 1,000 maekala wa cropland.
Womwalira (1959-2024)
A John Reifsteck amagwira ntchito pafamu ya chimanga ndi soya kumadzulo kwa Champaign County, Illinois. Adatumikira pa Global Farmer Network Board of Directors, ndipo ndi Mpando wakale. A John pakali pano ndi Chairman ndi Purezidenti wa GROWMARK Board of Directors -wogulitsa ndi kugulitsa m'mafamu omwe amagwira ntchito makamaka ku Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin ndi Ontario.
Bob wotsatila limakula avocadoes kum'mwera California. Bob wotsatila anapuma Pulezidenti wa Bureau California Farm mu 1997 pambuyo zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri ndi theka pamene wotsatila mutsogoleli wadziko ndi atatu ndi zaka theka Pulezidenti. Pa nthawi imeneyo, Bob anatsogolera utumwi malonda m'mayiko oposa makumi anai Europe, Asia, Soviet Union ndi America South.
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