Energy

Nils Behn

nbehnREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@aegis-re.com
(802) 496-5155


Aegis Renewable Energy
aegis-re.com
340 Mad River Park
Suite 6
Waitsfield Vermont, 05673

Nils Behn is CEO of Aegis Renewable Energy. Aegis provides design, permitting, procurement, installation, and O&M services for commercial scale solar, wind, and cow power projects.

Natalie Bekkouche

natalieREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@salvationfarms.org


Salvation Farms
salvationfarms.org
PO Box 1174
49 Portland Street
Morrisville VT, 05661

Kate Bowen

kategraves2REMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@yahoo.com
(802) 387-2391


Meadowdale Farm
meadowdalefarm.com
16 Spring Hill Rd
Putney VT, 05346

Secretary
Farmer Veteran Coalition of Vermont
facebook.com/farmerveterancoalitionofvermont
16 Spring Hill Road
Putney VT, 05346-8892

I'm Kate from Meadowdale Farm. I'm a first generation farmer living my dream of owning a diversified farm in the town where I grew up. We are a traditional Vermont Hill Farm raising: meat, eggs, hay, sap, and forest products. My mission is to serve and support Vermont's rural traditions and its Working Landscape while producing outstanding quality products. Check out our website for a virtual tour of our farm and follow us on Instagram or Facebook.

Cat Buxton

catduffybuxtonREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@gmail.com
802-359-3330

Owner. Consultant, Advocate, Teacher
Grow More, Waste Less | Food Systems Consulting, LLC
growmorewasteless.com
135 Star Mountain Road
Sharon VT, 05065

Cat Buxton is a busy cross-pollinator. She’s the founding director of the Vermont Healthy Soils Coalition. A social entrepreneur, she runs Grow More, Waste Less, in Sharon VT, empowering and connecting communities to affect positive change from the ground up. She manages the edible schoolyard at Thetford Elementary School, weaving it into K-6 project based learning, and is a technical guide for community compost systems. She’s the coordinator for Upper Valley Apple Corps and a host of other projects. She loves to talk bugs, soil and plants. She consults and presents about building community resilience, soil health, composting, water catchment, landscape planning, monitoring landscape function and increasing biodiversity.

Genevieve Byrne

gbyrneREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@vermontlaw.edu


Vermont Law School
166 Chelsea Street
South Royalton VT, 05068

Chris Callahan

chris.callahanREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@uvm.edu
(802) 773-3349

Engineer
University of Vermont Extension (Rutland)
uvm.edu/extension/agriculture/engineering/
1 Scale Avenue
Rutland VT, 05701

Chris Callahan is the Extension Agricultural Engineer at the University of Vermont. His work focuses on enhancing Vermont's Food Systems supporting the analysis, design, evaluation and adoption of infrastructure and equipment that meets the needs of relatively small-scale food producers and processors. Chris enjoys working closely with farmers and others on multi-disciplinary projects that deliver practical, cost effective, safe and sustainable results.

Erica Campbell

erica_campbellREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@sanders.senate.gov

Policy & Outreach Staff - Agriculture, food, rural dev. & transportation
Office of Senator Bernie Sanders
1 Church St, 3rd Floor
Burlington Vermont, 05401

Office on Senator Bernie Sanders--agriculture, nutrition, rural development & transportation policy

Bret Carter

bretREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@crescentmaple.com
(775) 600-2738

Proprietor
CRESCENT MAPLE FARMS
crescentmaple.com
881 Colvin Hill Rd.
Danby VT, 05739

Newbie to utilizing "Farmer" as my occupation.

Jake Claro

JakeREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@vsjf.org
(802) 828-5669

Farm to Plate Program Director
Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
vsjf.org
3 Pitkin Court
Suite 301E
Montpelier VT, 05602

Ignacio Coviella

2coviellaREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@gmail.com
617-459-7199

MD, PhD
private consultant
4 Washington Ave, Apt. 19
Cambridge Massachusetts, 02140

SUMMARY I am originally from Spain. My background is in medicine, nutrition, neuroscience, and data analytics. After graduating from medical school, I came to MIT (in 1982) as a research associate in the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences (later, Applied Biological Sciences). Within several months and while doing research on neurotransmitter precursors in foods and brain metabolism, I was offered to stay at MIT and enroll in a PhD program in the Department of Brain and Cognitive sciences, where I graduated in 1989. After graduation, I joined the faculty at Boston University School of Medicine as a research associate and, later, as assistant professor, until 2011. During this time I continue research in the areas of neuronal development and regeneration, neurotransmitter specification, and the study of basic models of neurodegenerative disorders. In addition, I taught signal transduction mechanisms to graduate students and pre-medical students. Following my departure from BU, I took a sabbatical of nine months as a resident at the School of Visual Arts in New York City to fulfill a long deferred ambition to study art, specializing in oil painting. Immediately after, through connections with art faculty at various universities and my experience with data analytics and programming skills, I was hired by East Carolina University as Associate Director of Marketing and Finance for a study abroad program in Florence, Italy. In this position, I worked in the school program budget and marketing synchronizing all financial transactions between the university administration and their Italian counterpart and, also, I developed experience in data acquisition and integration and business data analytics. Since then, I have taken various courses on-line related to data science, statistical learning, and predictive analytics. Currently, I work as a private consultant for biotech and start-up companies, bringing together my scientific domain expertise in the life sciences and computational and statistical skills, to tackle data-intensive projects. I am interested in joining efforts to solve grand challenges at the juncture of data science, preservation of natural resources, climate change, sustainability, and social issues related to local farming development, food distribution, and poverty. I want to work with people concerned with similar subjects, transforming data analytics into evidence-based projects with impacts and solutions to concrete questions and the betterment of local communities. CORE COMPETENCIES • Broad range of biomedical laboratory protocols in biochemistry, molecular biology, cell & tissue culture, immunohisto-chemistry, DNA micro-arrays, microscopy, & HPLC/GC. • Data mining, curation, and visualization (Tableau). • Biostatistics. • Statistical learning and modeling in R. • Data science and predictive analytics. • SQL and database management. • Scripting languages and front-end Web development (HTML,CSS, Javascript). • Object oriented and functional programming (C/C++). • Scientific writing, medical communication, & publication management. ACCOMPLISHMENT HIGHLIGHTS • Conducted relevant research on food ingredients and metabolism, trophic factors and brain development. • Developed advanced laboratory and biotechnology protocols (Nature Protocols, 2008). • Designed and applied data analytic and statistical predictive models for the screening of genes and DNA-microarray gene expression models. • Created and managed database applications and administrative tools that resulted in considerable increases in ECU operational budget program. • Developed three patents: Europe EP20060020758, United States WO2001017547 A2, and United States WO1990004400 A1. PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE • Private consultant (2014 – present). • Volunteer Participatory Budge Delegate, Cambridge, MA (2015). Study, research, and inform a selection of potentially fundable ideas aimed at ameliorating and improving living conditions in the City of Cambridge (total budget, over $500,000). • Associate Director of Marketing and Finance at Italy Intensives Study Abroad Program, ECU, Florence, Italy (2012 - 2014). • Resident at the School of Visual Arts, NY, NY (2011). • Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA (1996 – 2010). EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS • Data Science and R Programing (on-line certificates), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (2015). • Excel to MySQL: Analytic Techniques for Business (on-line certificates), Duke University, Duke, NC (2015) • Computer Career Programs Masters Certificate, Field of C/C++, Microsoft Windows Development Programming, Boston University, Boston, MA.(2003) • Doctor of Philosophy Degree (PhD), Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. • Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) Certificate (# 322-115-7), Philadelphia, PA (validation of Spanish Medical Degree). SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 1. López-Coviella I, Berse B, Krauss R, Thies RS, Blusztajn J.K. (2000) Induction and maintenance of the cholinergic phenotype of neurons in the central nervous system by BMP-9. SCIENCE 289: 313-316. 2. Brandon EP, Mellott T, Pizzo DP, Coufal N, D'Amour KA, Gobeske K, Lortie M, Lopez-Coviella I, Berse B, Thal LJ, Gage FH, Blusztajn JK. (2004) Choline transporter 1 maintains cholinergic function in choline acetyltransferase haploinsufficiency. J. NEUROSCI. 24(24):5459-5466. 3. Lopez-Coviella I, Follettie MT, Mellott T, Kovacheva V, Slack BE, Diesl V, Berse B, Thies RS, Blusztajn JK. (2005) BMP-9 induces the transcriptome of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons. PROC. NATL. ACAD. SCI. USA, 102: 6984-6989. 4. Mellott TJ, Follettie MT, Diesl V, Hill AA, Lopez-Coviella I, Blusztajn JK. (2007) Prenatal choline availability modulates hippocampal and cerebral cortical gene expression. FASEB J. 21:1311-23. 5. Schnitzler AC, Lopez-Coviella I, Blusztajn JK. (2008) Purification and culture of nerve growth factor receptor (p75)-expressing basal forebrain cholinergic neurons. NATURE PROT. 3: 34-40. 6. Lopez-Coviella I, Mellott TJ, Schnitzler AC, Blusztajn JK. (2011) BMP9 protects septal neurons from axotomy-evoked loss of cholinergic phenotype. PLoS One. 6(6):e21166. LANGUAGES Native/bilingual proficiency in English, Spanish, & Proficiency in French and Italian.

Sarah Danly

sarahREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@vsjf.org
(802) 828-3745

Farm to Plate Network Manager
Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
vsjf.org
3 Pitkin Court
Suite 301E
Montpelier VT, 05602

Alexander DePillis

Alex.DePillisREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@vermont.gov


Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
vermontagriculture.com
116 State Street
Montpelier VT, 05620

Alex is the energy specialist with the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets

Eric Garza

ericREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@ericgarza.info
802-881-8675

Consultant
Eric Garza Information Services
EricGarza.info
P.O. Box 154
Burlington Vermont, 05402

Eric grew up in the midwest, and moved to Vermont in 2007 to study energy systems at the University of Vermont. He finished his PhD in 2011, and now teaches food systems courses at the University of Vermont and Green Mountain College, as well as consulting in the energy, food and environmental sectors.

Matthew Gordon

mgordonREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@vermontmaple.org
802-498-7767

Adam Howe

InfoREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@howeverwildhoney.com
802-733-4761


However Wild Honey
howeverwildhoney.com
1242 Myers Road
Shaftsbury Vermont, 05262

However Wild Honey is a family owned and operated apiary located in Shaftsbury, Vermont. Our primary product is unprocessed and unfiltered Raw Honey. We also seasonally produce nucleus colonies and queens.

Joy Jackson

jacksonseggsnmoreREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@gmail.com
802-324-3653

Head Egg Collector
Jacksons Eggs N More
346 Jackson Road
Panton Vermont, 05491

We raise healthy and happy chickens that produce delicious eggs! For the past 10 years we have been able to serve the local markets and many families with our eggs as well as fresh produce from our garden! We feed our birds a mix of corn and grain and they get lots of treats from the garden. We deliver locally in Vergennes to your door or feel free to stop by and pick up. We guarantee you will Love our eggs and produce or your Money Back!

Jeff Jones

jjonesREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@vermonthydroponic.com
(802)282-2183


Vermont Hydroponic Produce, LLC
vermonthydroponic.com
3776 Whipple Hollow Rd
Florence Vermont, 05744

Working in the fresh produce industry creating solutions to the imminent problems of high growing/transportation costs and climatic instability.

Ellen Kahler

ellenREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@vsjf.org
(802) 828-5320

Executive Director
Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
vsjf.org
3 Pitkin Court
Suite 301E
Montpelier VT, 05602

I assist in coordinating the Farm to Plate Network and our organization is responsible for implementing the Farm to Plate Initiative, at the request of the Vermont Legislature. I serve on the Boards of Red Tomato, the Working Lands Enterprise Fund, and the Sustainable Agriculture Council. I am also active in helping other New England states in developing their own food system plans and implementation efforts.

Helen Kellogg

hhkelloggREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@gmail.com
(802) 279-8349

President
Brook Road Advisors
371 Brook Road
Waitsfield Vermont, 05673

Robert Kort

bob.kortREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@vt.usda.gov
(802) 951-6796 x233

Civil Engineer
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
vt.nrcs.usda.gov
356 Mountain View Drive
Suite 105
Colchester VT, 05446

Bob Kort has been with Vermont NRCS for more than two decades. He currently serves in a variety of roles, including that of energy coordinator and manager of the Conservation Innovation Grant program. Past responsibilities included watershed planning and urban stormwater management. The NRCS Energy Initiative broadens the opportunities available from the agency for agricultural producers to increase profitability while being good land stewards. Financial support available for agricultural energy management plans (energy audits) and implementation of recommendations in the audits.

Jim Malloy

malloybiodieselREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@gmail.com
802-999-2380

Managing Partner
Black Bear Biodiesel
blackbearbiodiesel.com
252 High St.
Plainfield Vermont, 05667

Black Bear Biodiesel is a waste cooking oil collection service, as well as a biodiesel processor and distributor. We offer clean, professional and timely service in the collection of waste cooking oil from local restaurants and businesses. Our collection services are further distinguished from other providers in that the waste oil stays in our local community, and is offered back to our community as a renewable fuel source. www.blackbearbiodiesel.com

Heath McAllister

hgmcallisterREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@gmail.com
802-355-5476

Partner
McAllister Farms Llc
712 Hannah rd
Franklin Vermont, 05457

20 years of Dairy farming now focusing on fruits, vegetables, and meats.

Linda McGinnis

lmcginnisREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@eanvt.org
(802) 324-6993

Program Director
Energy Action Network
eanvt.org
17 State Street
Suite 205
Montpelier Vermont, 05602

Program Director of the Energy Action Network Member, Governor's Climate Action Commission Member, VCRD Climate Economy Action Team Affiliate, Transportation for Vermont Coalition Trustee, Vermont Youth Conservation Corps

Christine McGowan

christineREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@vsjf.org
(802) 828-3840

Forest Products Program Director
Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
vsjf.org
3 Pitkin Court
Suite 301E
Montpelier VT, 05602

Christine joined the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund in August 2016 as the Forest Products Program Director. The program is a collaboration between the Jobs Fund, the Northern Forest Center and the Vermont Working Lands Enterprise Board with a goal of improving value chain investment opportunities for Vermont’s forest products industry and increasing the value of sustainable forestry in the state. Christine will be working closely with individuals and businesses throughout the supply chain from landowners, foresters, loggers and sawmills to secondary market producers to develop new value chain investment strategies and build a brand for Vermont-grown, sustainably-harvested wood products such as construction material, furniture and modern wood heat products. Christine has 20+ years of experience in journalism, strategic communications and conservation. She lives in Stowe with her husband and their two dogs, one cat and the assorted wildlife species that share their tiny plot of heaven.

Katie Michels

katieREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@vhcb.org


Vermont Housing & Conservation Board (VHCB)
vhcb.org
58 East State Street
Montpelier VT, 05602

Katie Michels

kmichelsREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@vermontcf.org

Environmental Philanthropy Associate
High Meadows Fund
highmeadowsfund.org
77 College St., Suite 3B
Burlington VT, 05401

Ryan Murphy

ryanREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@lcpcvt.org


Lamoille County Planning Commission
lcpcvt.org
52 Portland Street, 2nd Floor,
P.O. Box 1637
Morrisville VT, 05661

I work for the Lamoille County Planning Commission as a GIS Planner. I'm interested in becoming involved in the Farm to Plate Network to help improve opportunities for Lamoille County food and beverage producers.

Kelly Nottermann

kellyREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@vsjf.org
(802) 828-1121


Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
vsjf.org
3 Pitkin Court
Suite 301E
Montpelier VT, 05602

Katherine Oaks

katherineoaksREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@vermontlaw.edu
(610) 608-3896

Global Energy LLM Fellow
Vermont Law School
166 Chelsea Street
South Royalton VT, 05068

Katherine Oaks is the Global Energy LLM Fellow with the Institute for Energy and the Environment at Vermont Law School. As co-leader of the Farm and Energy Initiative, she and staff attorney Genevieve Byrne collaborate to develop dynamic, inclusive, and resilient clean energy systems and policy in agriculture nationwide. Katherine grounds her work in a civics of environmental stewardship, democratic values, and social justice. Katherine most recently hails from Philadelphia, PA where she earned her JD from Villanova Law School after obtaining her Bachelor of Science in Sociology from Saint Joseph’s University. She spent the last three years at the Defender Association of Philadelphia, representing indigent people charged with crimes. As a public defender she strove to discover, respect, and voice the stories of those people most injured by unjust systems. Ecological thinking shaped Katherine’s approach as a criminal defense lawyer and is central to her vision as an environmental lawyer – to construct systemic change by incorporating local knowledge and perspective – by using not only the power of the law, but also ethnography, community-based research, and democratic values. Katherine is motivated by her belief that healing communities and climate requires the development of clean energy systems locally and globally, governed by policies and practices that reflect the interests of all stakeholders.

Lydia Pitkin

lydiaREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@vsjf.org
802-828-5670

Office Manager & Program Coordinator
Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
vsjf.org
3 Pitkin Court
Suite 301E
Montpelier VT, 05602

Celia Riechel

celia.riechelREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@vermont.gov
802-477-2669


Vermont Agency of Natural Resources
anr.vermont.gov
1 National Life Drive
Montpelier Vermont, 05602

Shane Rogers

shaneREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@vsjf.org
802-828-0404

Rooted in Vermont Project Manager
Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
vsjf.org
3 Pitkin Court
Suite 301E
Montpelier VT, 05602

Rooted in Vermont Project Manager

Pat Sagui

saguipatREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@gmail.com
(802) 744-2345

Director
Composting Association of Vermont
compostingvermont.org
481 Kettle Farm Road
Westfield VT, 05874

Scott Sawyer

scottREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@vsjf.org

I edited the Farm to Plate Strategic Plan and wrote many of the sections. And I worked with Vermont Design Works to create the Farm to Plate website.

Jonathan Slason

jonREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@harlowfarm.com
(802) 376-9421

Farm Business Manager
Harlow Farm
harlowfarm.com
117 Deep Root Drive
Westminster VT, 05158

Rene Thibault

rthibaultREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@newenglanddairy.com
802-673-7057

PR & Communications Specialist
New England Dairy Promotion Board
mustbethemilk.com
The Woolen Mill
20 West Canal St., Suite C13
Winooski Vermont, 05404

Jaime Tibbits

jaimeREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@agrilabtech.com
802-393-5239

Sales and Conservation Services
Agrilab Technologies
agrilabtech.com
1662 Pumpkin Village Road
Enosburg Falls Vermont, 05450

Jaime Tibbits works for Agrilab Technologies based in Fairfield, Vermont. Agrilab Technologies is the leader in compost heat recovery, providing sales, service, design, permitting, and installation of compost heat recovery systems. Agrilab Technologies also provides technical support for landowners, farmers, and watershed groups in the MIssisquoi Basin Watershed working towards improving water quality.

JJ Vandette

jvandetteREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@veic.org
802.540.7915


Efficiency Vermont
efficiencyvermont.com
128 Lakeside Avenue
Suite 401
Burlington VT, 05401

I conduct planning activities related to the agricultural energy efficiency program at Efficiency Vermont.

Hector Vila

vilahector1REMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@gmail.com
(802) 989-8025

Owner
Orchard Grass Farm
orchardgrassfarm.com/about
3969 Munger Street
New Haven Vermont, 05472

Orchard Grass Farm raises grass-fed White Dorper Sheep. We are located in New Haven, VT, and on these 47 acres we're trying to make a go of a small, sustainable farm. After working our way into the land for a few years, after some horses (9 years), the land spoke: Take me back to my beginnings, it said. Once a sheep farm, this land has returned to its roots.

Ken Yearman

kenneth.yearmanREMOVETHISBEFORESENDING@vt.usda.gov
802-828-6070


USDA Rural Development
rurdev.usda.gov/NH-VTHome.html
87 State Street,
Suite 324
Montpelier VT, 05601