Kevin and Juli Brussell: Organic Farmers who raise certified organic grains, vegetables and cattle on their 300+ acre farm in Casey, Illinois. In addition to farming, both of the Brussells are very involved with sustainable agriculture research and education in Illinois. Kevin is vice-chair of the Rural Economic Development working group of the Illinois Council on Food and Agricultural Research (C-FAR). Juli serves as Sustainable Marketing Coordinator for the Illinois Stewardship Alliance and is a member of the project advisory committee for the C-FAR project on Improving Farm Incomes and Rural Community through Specialty Farm Products.

Carolee Bull: Research Plant Pathologist, USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Pacific West Area, Salinas, California. Carolee is currently researching the role of soil microorganisms in plant health to determine if biointensive and organic cultivation systems are viable alternatives to production practices including fumigation with methyl bromide. Previous to her appointment, Carolee was a Research Associate with Joseph Smilanick at the USDA/ARS in Fresno, CA.

Andy Clark: Coordinator of the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) since 1995. SAN is the national outreach arm of the USDA/CSREES Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program. As Coordinator, Andy manages projects of the Sustainable Agriculture Network and works with the SARE regions, with the SARE national office and with other sustainable agriculture groups. As an agronomist, he oversees the technical content of most SAN publications.

E. Ann Clark: Professor in Agronomy at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. Ann's area of research is pasture and grazing management. Recent research projects include livestock environment interactions, Holstein calf production on grass, and grazing tolerance in alfalfa. She has also written and spoken extensively on the subjects of biotechnology, food safety and organic agriculture.

Nancy Creamer: Associate Professor in the Horticultural Science Department, North Carolina State University and also coordinator of the Organic Unit at the Center for Environmental Farming Systems. Nancy's current research is focused on two long-term, large-scale experiments comparing (biologically and economically) diverse agriculture systems, and an intensive experiment studying transition strategies to organic production systems.

Woody Deryckx: Organic Consultant/Farmer of mixed vegetables in Malin, Oregon. Currently, Woody is conducting on-farm research on soil nitrogen and mineralization and soil quality with regard to different organic amendments in combination with green manure cover cropping. Woody is OFRF's Board president and has been the principal investigator in over 25 years of on-farm research.

Kathleen Delate: Organic Specialist and Assistant Professor with a dual appointment in Agronomy and Horticulture at Iowa State University, Ames. She has established multiple research projects at ISU and around the state, most with the support of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture. Kathleen was formerly a coordinator for Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) in Hawaii.

Richard de Wilde: Organic Farmer of mixed vegetables and Angus steers. Richard operates a 500-member CSA farm in Viroqua, Wisconsin. He is an advisor to the Center for Integrated Agricultural Studies and a board member of the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute. For the five years, Richard has also collaborated with the University of Wisconsin in on-farm research into disease suppression of compost and beneficial insect habitat.

John W. Doran: Soil Scientist with the USDA Soil and Water Conservation Research Unit at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln and is on the Editorial Advisory Board of the American Journal of Alternative Agriculture. John has won awards for his extensive research in sustainable agriculture, including research into no-till and reduced tillage.

Cathy Greene: Agricultural Economist, Resource Economic Division of the USDA Economic Research Service. Cathy is researching the adoption of organic farming systems and the economics of organic farming systems.

Mike Jawson: National Program Leader for Soil Biology at ARS. Facilitator for national research for sustainable agriculture systems at ARS. Mike was a researcher at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln and also worked for the US EPA's research lab. His primary research goals have been sustainable agriculture and agriculture "in harmony" with the environment.

Rose Koenig: Owner/Operator of mixed organic vegetables and flowers in Florida. Rose has participated in a number of on-farm research projects through SARE, including white fly control using intercropping and reflective mulches, and developing organic soil mix for transplanting production. Rose is recent appointee to the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB).

George Kuepper: Program Specialist with the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT). George works primarily on the ATTRA (Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas) Project. He also works on environmental issues related to nitrate pollution, and is an organic farm inspector.

Bill Liebhardt: Extension Specialist in the Agronomy Department at the University of California, Davis. Bill considers economic, environmental and social activities in agriculture so the entire system can be evaluated. He was the director of UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Project (UC-SAREP) from its inception in 1987 until 1998.

Laura Lengnick: Consultant, "Sustainable Solutions" since 1998. As lead scientist Laura works with farmers, educators and policy-makers on technical and policy issues related to sustainable agriculture and organic farming. Previously, Laura was a research agronomist for the Agriculture Research Service at Beltsville Maryland. She spent a year working on Capitol Hill as a Congressional Science Fellow in the office of Senator Tom Daschel, and as personal staff and on the Senate Agriculture Committee.

Willie Lockeretz: Professor at the School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Agriculture, Food and Environment program, Tufts University. Willie has been involved with agricultural research on various topics since 1974, when he was responsible for organizing the first study of commercial organic farming in the U.S. He was recently named to the National Organic Standards Board, and was co-editor of the proceedings volume of the most recent international conference of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements.

Nick Maravell: Owner/Operator of 170 acres of organic hay, grain, vegetables and "a little livestock" in Potomac, Maryland. Nick has participated in various on-farm research projects through SARE grants, has been a principal investigator on a number of education and agriculture grant projects. He is currently looking at weed control, soil quality and pest management, in cooperation with the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center.

Howard-Yana Shapiro: Vice President Agriculture and Purchasing, Seeds of Change. Howard manages organic seed crop production for row, field and tree crops in the Americas, Africa, Middle East & Asia for Seeds of Change. He is involved with various research topics including organic cropping systems, yields, field design, tree plantings and organic seed production. As one of the leaders of the Mars, Inc. Sustainable Treecrops Group, Howard is involved with Agroforestry, Biocontrol and the Genetics of Theobromma l. Cacao; designing Agroforestry Systems in order to rebuild the fabric of a series of rainforests including Brazil and West Africa currently.

Deborah Stinner: Coordinator of the Organic Food and Farming Education and Research (OFFER) program at Ohio State University, Wooster. She is a Research Scientist and Adjunct Associate Professor in the OSU Department of Entomology.

Kimberly Stoner: Vegetable Entomologist, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. Kim has been on the Board of Directors of the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Connecticut (CT-NOFA) since 1990, and is currently the vice-president. She researches a very wide variety of topics related to insects and vegetables, including: breeding plants for resistance to insects; effects of mulches and cover crops on pest insects; biological control of Mexican bean beetles; insect trapping methods; and using local lady beetle populations for biological control in the greenhouse.

Francis Thicke: Owner/Operator of a 50-cow organic dairy in southeast Iowa since 1982. His farm processes milk on the farm into bottled milk, yogurt, and cheese for sales through local grocery stores and restaurants. Francis returned to family farm in 1972 and converted the farm to organic in the mid-70's. He was National Program Leader for Soil Science for USDA-Extension Service from 1988 to 1992.

Mark Van Horn: Director of UC Davis Student Farm, University of California at Davis. The Student Farm is 22 acres of teaching and research fields, the majority of which have been managed using organic practices since 1977. Mark teaches, conducts research and extension work in organic and biologically intensive farming, focusing on cover cropping, compost production and use and non-chemical pest management.