Speaker Bios

Aaron Jackson brings 14 years of experience in community and economic development, providing resources that give financial freedom and allow individuals to take ownership of their lives. Aaron manages the Michigan Good Food Fund, a statewide loan fund that supports food businesses across the state that are increasing healthy food access, creating jobs, integrating environmental practices, and supporting local sourcing. The collaboration brings a deep commitment to racial and social equity to ensure more equitable access to financing, food, jobs, and ownership. Aaron leads the fund's investment process and manages its portfolio. Before joining Fair Food Network, Jackson was the Program Manager for the Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, where he led a national model for year-round university-based small business support. Aaron is an entrepreneur himself. He is the founder and principal consultant of The CorpVantage, offering professional development and customer service training through his self-designed etiquette curriculum to increase interpersonal skills for advancement in school and the workforce.

Adam Schwieterman brings 16 years of food systems management experience to the table, ranging from corporate, startup, farming, and most recently, as the Executive Director at Local Roots - an organization often credited for pioneering much of the local farm stop model.  During his tenure at Local Roots, Adam has focused the organization's efforts on growth, and is currently in the midst of running the campaign to purchase, design, and build its new store.  When he's not actively working in the market, you can usually find Adam drinking coffee, chit-chatting on the sales floor, or crunching financial data.

Alex Bissell was born and raised in Ann Arbor. He has 10+ years working in local and sustainable food systems in Michigan. He worked at Argus Farm Stop from 2016 to 2021, serving the last three of those years as Produce Manager. He then spent two years as the Assistant Manager at Ann Arbor Farmers Market, and is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Environmental Justice at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability. 

Ari Weinzweig co–founded the Zingerman’s Community Of Businesses with a $20,000 loan and a Russian history degree. Today, he is a thought leader who expresses his learnings about positive business through extensive writing and keynote speaking. Ari travels nationwide to share Zingerman’s unique approach to business, and has authored 10 books, including Parts 1-4 of his ongoing Guide To Good Leading Series which encompasses the principles, beliefs, and pillars of both he and the Zingerman’s organization.

Bobbi Boos manages Bloomington Farm Stop Collective,  a farmer owned co-op.  Bobbi has farmed in southern Indiana for 30 years attending multiple farmers’ markets and interacting with dozens of local producers.  Her co-op experience involves other agricultural coops and Bloomingfoods consumer co-op, including 8 years on the Board of Directors.  Bobbi is grateful for the support of local foods from the community, a dedicated active board and a wonderful team of staff.

Christine Zerby has a BS in Human Nutrition from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh and a MS in Food Science and Nutrition from Colorado State University.  With over 20 years experience in the food industry working for companies like ConAgra, Nestle and Birchwood Foods, Christine brings a diverse background to Local Roots, helping new chefs get started in the commercial kitchen.  In her spare time, Christine can be found trail running or sport climbing with her children.

Cole Jones is the Founder & CEO at Local Line, an ecommerce platform for farms, food hubs, and farm stops. 

Danielle Schlobohm was born in Grand Rapids, MI, but grew up mostly in rural Minnesota on what could be called a “hobby farm”. Her family didn’t grow anything for production but had some horses around, other animals, a small garden and apple trees. Always the art kid, she moved to St. Paul, MN for college and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree with focuses in Design, Art History and Photography. After college Danielle worked at a Minneapolis based food cooperative, and learned more about food than she ever had previously. Excited by food and sustainable living practices she signed up for a Farmer Training Program with a non-profit farm outside of Fairbanks, Alaska. She spent four years in Fairbanks, but ended up in New Mexico to be near family again. Transformed by all the sunshine, New Mexico did what it does and entrapped her. Local food, local art and local community seems to be the lane she’s meant for. This is her fifth year with DowntownABQ MainStreet- starting as an assistant farmers market manager and now starting year two of Directorship. She lives in a sea foam green house with her scruffy Schnug dog, Gizmo.

Dave Steinhauser’s farming career began in Southern Ohio on a diversified farm that raised hogs. After college, he began working for a hog buying facility. After 5 years, the company offered him a position which required a move to Detroit. He worked at a processing plant managing the delivery of 6,000 hogs per day from 6 states. I was witness to all facets of the operation from delivery, processing, carcass hanging, and cut-up. In 1995, he began his own farming operation, Steinhauser Farms, located northeast of Ann Arbor, MI. Steinhauser Farms specializes in pastured pork, beef and garlic and was certified organic in 1999. They raise their own hogs with Berkshire being the favorite. They pasture raise their cattle, which are Jersey crosses. Their meat is available at local restaurants, butcher shops, and their CSA.

U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow is “made in Michigan” through and through. She continues to lead on public policy and improve the lives of the people of Michigan and Americans across our country. Her leadership is characterized by an unrivaled work ethic, the ability to build bipartisan coalitions to get things done, and a commitment to public service that has set the standard for constituent service.Throughout her years in public service, she has blazed trails and opened doors for women and girls. Among her many “firsts” – she was the first woman elected to the United States Senate from Michigan.

As the author of two landmark programs that are transforming the health of our Great Lakes, there is no greater champion for our Great Lakes, natural resources, and Michigan way of life. Senator Stabenow has persistently focused on making things in America and bringing jobs home. Because of her leadership, Michigan is well-positioned as a global leader in the clean energy economy. She knows that we can’t have a strong economy unless we make things and grow things. As Chairwoman of the powerful Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, her work continues to shape our nation’s food and farm policy, impacting generations to come.

Senator Stabenow helped write the Affordable Care Act and has passed major reforms to bring down the cost of prescription drugs. Her bipartisan Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Act is transforming the way we deliver high-quality community behavioral health services in America. Because of her leadership, we are now going to be funding health care above the neck the same as health care below the neck.

From child nutrition, to school-based health clinics, to children’s healthcare, Senator Stabenow is also a national leader on children’s health.

Hannah Weber grew up in Northwest Michigan, surrounded by the farms and restaurants of Leelanau County. Her passion for food and creative physical work drew her to farming after college. She honed her skills through intensive training in organic farm management at Michigan State's Student Organic Farm and moved to Ann Arbor in 2013 to manage Sunseed Farm. After running her own small operation called The Land Loom for five years, she helped found Green Things Farm Collective and has continued as a managing owner, focused on produce sales and team development. She serves on the board of directors for the Washtenaw County Conservation District and the Agricultural Lands Preservation Advisory Committee for the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners. 

Jazmin Bolan-Williamson joined the Center for Regional Food Systems in July 2022. She graduated from MSU with a degree in Food Industry Management with a focus in Environmental Studies through the RISE program. She has been part of many Local Food Projects including the NWI Mobile Food Truck and AmeriCorp. She was also a part of Growing Hope and the Ypsilanti Farmers Market and during the 2020 lock downs helped to implement and run the Ypsilanti Online Markets. She has also served on the Washtenaw County Food Policy Council fighting to make sure the council focused its efforts on equity within the food system.

Within CRFS, she now works across the Center for Regional Food Systems, MSU Product Center and the Michigan Good Food Fund with a focus on increasing Black, Indigenous, People of Color, Women-Owned and LGBTQ+ farm and food businesses.

Jen Schaap is the Food & Farming Program Director of Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities, a nonprofit started in 1995 and based in Traverse City, MI. Jen leads the largest program area, which includes farm to school, food access, culinary medicine, 10 Cents a Meal advocacy and policy engagement, Building Resilient Communities, and supporting FoodCorps service members. Through local and statewide initiatives, the unifying theme in all of the Food & Farming projects is expanding the local food economy to provide healthy food to communities and steering more dollars to local farm families and preserving farms. Jen has worked on farms, organized events to support farmer education, convened networks of stakeholders across the food supply chain, and believes that nutritious food builds thriving communities.

Jennifer Lester Moffitt is the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs at the United States Department of Agriculture, the first woman to serve in this position. At USDA, she provides leadership for the Agricultural Marketing Service and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, working to build a more reliable, resilient, and equitable food system by strengthening agricultural markets and ensuring the health and welfare of animals and plants. Prior to joining USDA, Under Secretary Moffitt worked for the California Department of Food and Agriculture where she championed the critically important work of farmers and producers in her roles as Undersecretary and Deputy Secretary. A 5th generation Californian, Under Secretary Moffitt has deep roots in agriculture and ran her family’s organic walnut farm and processing operation for 10 years, expanding domestic and international markets, and implementing climate smart agricultural practices. As a former farmer and now policymaker, Under Secretary Moffitt believes in the importance of engaging agricultural stakeholders and working collaboratively to sustain our environment, strengthen our rural economies, and support new and better markets for producers and consumers.

Jennifer Meta Robinson, PhD, is professor of practice in the Anthropology Department at Indiana University. She studies issues of food and culture, focusing on small-scale, alternative agriculture in the US. Her books Selling Local: Why Local Food Movements Matter (2017, with James Farmer) and The Farmers’ Market Book Growing Food, Cultivating Community (2007 with J. A. Hartenfeld) describe in-depth, ethnographic case studies of local food systems. Most recently, she is part of a research team that received a $10 million grant from the UDSA on how to predict and mitigate shocks to the food system in the Midwest. An award-winning teacher, she offers courses on food, communication, and pedagogy. Jennifer has been an organic gardener since 1982. For 30 years, she has made her home on a small, direct-market organic farm in scenic Greene County, Indiana. She enjoys travelling to farmers’ markets around the world.

Jeremy Moghtader is the Program Manager for the University of Michigan Campus Farm a student-driven, multi-stakeholder, living-learning lab for sustainable food systems work on campus. The farm is dedicated to the ecological production of food, on-farm carbon neutrality, and food justice centered around food grown by students for students. Produce grown on the farm goes to dining halls on campus, UM Farm Stand, Maize and Blue Cupboard food pantry, and other food access programs in the community.  Prior to joining UM in 2016 Jeremy was the Director of Programs for the Michigan State University Student Organic Farm, where he also served for 10 years as Farm Manager overseeing the farms 15 acres of production, year-round CSA program, institutional sales to MSU food service, and other wholesale accounts.   In his time at MSU he co-developed and directed the MSU Organic Farmer Training Program and the Farmer Field School creating courses, teaching, and giving talks on organic and ecologically based farming techniques as well as new farm business development. Additional local food system work involved chairing the Food System Economic Partnership farm to school committee and the development of the Tilian Farm Development Center. Jeremy holds a M.S. in Resource Ecology and Management from the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment and a B.S. in Economics also from the University of Michigan. 

Joe Brehm has been leading Rural Action’s Environmental Education Program since 2010 with a great deal of collaboration and fellowship from 20 Americorps members, fellow staff, and education leaders in the region like Dana White, John Winnenberg, and Diana McCauley, who carved out a niche for him and Rural Action in local schools. Regional EE gurus Paul and Cathy Knoop, and many others at Camp Oty’Okwa, have drastically accelerated his meager knowledge of natural history and of organizing people around beautiful and powerful ideas like empowering youth leaders and gathering educators together.

Since 2010 Joe has interacted with more than 20,000 kids in Appalachian Ohio. Many of them Joe has been fortunate to observe holding salamanders, starting fires without matches for the first time, tossing homemade mud balls into Sunday Creek, or daring him to eat crawdads. It has been and continues to be one of the greatest honors he can imagine to share these wild and life-giving Appalachian streams and forests with their muddy faces and curious minds.

Jonathan Nazeer is the CEO and Founder of Victory Gardens International a 501(c)3-community development corporation whose mission is to spearhead community redevelopment through urban farming, food production, food access and job creation in low-wealth communities globally, headquartered in Rock Hill, SC. The organization runs programs focused on urban farming, workforce development and nutrition education in historically marginalized communities globally.

A Carolina native, Jonathan spent 25 years working in radio and television. Throughout his marriage to his wife and Co-Founder Crystal, the pair and their four children always enjoyed and prioritized gardening. What started as a beloved hobby for The Nazeer’s blossomed into something much bigger at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. In 2021, Jonathan left the radio and television world to focus full-time on their new venture. With Jonathan's experience and Crystal's background in banking and accounting, Victory Gardens International was born. They started with hand build mobile produce cart in 2021 and today, Victory Gardens seeks to help the ongoing issue of food apartheid by offering fresh produce to lower-wealth residents. Victory Gardens opened FARMacy Community Farm stop that brings local farmers and their goods to South Rock Hill where there is currently no anchor grocery store. Beyond that, FARMacy offers fresh produce, dairy, artisan goods, books, records, gardening supplies, and everything in between. With indoor-outdoor seating, the cafe provides the perfect atmosphere to connect, unwind, or attend one of Victory Gardens' monthly events. 

Jonathan continues to be an advocate for upper mobility through agriculture and food sovereignty in urban communities throughout the south. He is a member of several civic and non-profit organizations including the South Carolina Food Policy Council, SC Black Farmers Coalition and a recent nominee for USDA Urban Farming and Innovation Production Federal Advisory Committee, He is the father of 6 children and 3 grandchildren and resides in Rock Hill, SC along with his wife and Co-Founder, Crystal Nazeer.

Jonathan Raduns and the Merchandise Food team have spent a decade advising restaurants, retailers, foodservice and hospitality leadership teams reach new levels through strategic organizational, operational & retail merchandising advancements. 

Kate Fitzgerald, Senior Advisor for Food Systems, USDA Marketing and Regulatory Programs has worked on the development of local and regional food systems since the late 1980s when she was hired by the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) to reduce hunger while creating new market opportunities for Texas family farmers. The work included organizing farmers markets in low-income rural and urban communities to be authorized to accept SNAP (then known as food stamps) and implementing produce coupon programs for WIC participants and the elderly that helped create the national Farmers Market Nutrition Programs (FMNPs) run by the USDA. She founded the Sustainable Food Center (SFC) to continue developing community-based solutions to the dual challenges of low access to healthy food in low-income communities and small and mid-sized farmers’ need for better markets.

 Kate moved to Washington DC in 2009 and has focused on federal food system policy since then, including leading the successful campaign to create a SNAP fruit and vegetable incentive pilot that became the permanent Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) in the 2018 farm bill among other efforts. She joined USDA in 2022 to stand up the USDA Regional Food Business Center program and now concentrates on USDA’s efforts to build more resilient and fairer local and regional food systems that offer more, new and better markets for producers.

Kathryn Barr is an organic farmer, researcher, and local food systems advocate. She received her Master's degree in behavioral psychology and regional food systems planning at the University of Michigan's School for Environment and Sustainability, where she wrote a book on how to develop Farm Stops, and a report detailing how Farm Stops strengthen local and regional food systems. She currently works as a Local Food Systems Outreach Specialist at The Common Market, a non-profit regional food distributor that connects local, family farms directly to institutions. She is a member of the Leadership Circle of the North American Food System Network, and is currently working on expanding her Master’s research on Farm Stops to include analysis on over 40 farmer interviews who participate in this model. Her work has been featured in Food Tank, and Resilience.org. Lastly, Katie also holds a certificate in integrative nutritional health coaching from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition.

Kathy Sample & Bill Brinkerhoff started Argus Farm Stop in 2014 as an experiment – to see if a new model of the traditional farmers’ market would work, both for farmers and consumers. Having subscribed to CSAs for years, they have enjoyed locally grown food and were interested in a way to increase the economic prosperity of smaller farms. They believe a re-envisioned retail connection between small farms and consumers is the key to growing local food systems. They are both graduates of the University of Michigan and bring deep business backgrounds from their former careers in the pharmaceutical and international business arenas.

Laura Matney is the General Manager at Argus Farm Stop, a role she has organically grown into since she started as the first Liberty St Store Manager in 2014. She has helped lead the development and growth of both locations from Day 1 and now oversees both markets, cafes, online operations, and training. She specializes in staff management, bookkeeping, and bringing the “big picture” to reality. Her unofficial job title is Chief Cat Herder. She came to Argus with experience in wholesale operations, cafe management, non-profit management, and retail business operations. She strongly believes there is a need to localize our food system and is driven by the real economic impact that Argus has on our local food economy. Her teaching style is a little structured, a little chaotic, and lotta caffeinated.

M. Jahi Johnson-Chappell is a scholar, organizer, son of social workers, and grandson of Michigan farmers. He currently serves as the Director of the Center for Regional Food Systems, the Kellogg Foundation Endowed Chair of Food, Society, and Sustainability, and Professor in the Department of Community Sustainability at Michigan State University. He has previously worked as Executive Director of the Southeastern African American Farmers Organic Network (SAAFON), and the Institute for Food and Development Policy/Food First; and as faculty at Washington State University and Coventry University (UK). He has published numerous articles and two books: Beginning to End Hunger: Food and the Environment in Belo Horizonte, Brazil and Beyond, and Agroecology Now! Transformations Towards More Just and Sustainable Food Systems, co-authored with colleagues from the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience at Coventry University.

Mark Maynard has been an active supporter of Argus Farm Stop over the past decade and most recently served as a member of the planning committee for the 2024 Farm Stop Conference. He is a founding partner of Bellflower, an award-winning restaurant in Ypsilanti, Michigan that prioritizes its relationships with Michigan farms. In addition to his work in local food, Maynard operates Landline Creative Labs, an incubator space for small creative companies doing work in the areas ranging from graphic design and filmmaking, to podcasting and architecture. His career, which started in historic archeology, and most recently saw him doing communications and strategy work in the world of academic technology commercialization, includes stints as a radio host, magazine publisher, and writer for a popular website on art, culture, politics, and economic development. He lives in Ypsilanti, Michigan with his wife Linette, the owner of a design agency serving the non-profit sector, and their two children, Arlo and Clementine. 

Matt Mariola is Associate Professor and Chair of the Environmental Studies Program at the College of Wooster in Ohio. He also currently serves as Board President of FoodSphere Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Wooster, OH, whose mission is supporting local food entrepreneurs build and scale out their businesses. His recent research interests have focused on local food consumption patterns and the use and sustainability of campus learning gardens.

Melvin Parson (AKA Farmer Parson) built We The People Opportunity farm 7+ years ago, starting with a 3' x 9' raised vegetable bed and growing to one acre on an urban property in Ypsilanti.  His farm currently sells to restaurants and through markets like Argus Farm Stop, and they also have on-site distribution for the neighborhood around the garden.  

Melvin is a farmer with a core mission: to use his farm internship for individuals coming recently from incarceration, to build their skills and help the re-enter our community.  Melvin spent approximately 13 years of his life incarcerated. As such, he has experienced many of the challenges that come along with either being on parole or probation. In 2015 he co-founded a mentor program for men and women returning home from incarceration called A Brighter Way.In 2016 Melvin earned a BSW from Eastern Michigan University.

We The People Opportunity Farm’s (WTPOF) mission is to break the cycle of incarceration. And its vision centers around providing “soil changing” opportunities for both men and women returning home from incarceration. Melvin believes there are several factors which lead people back to prison, a couple of them being lack of employment and lack of community support. Melvin’s goals are to create an internship program that will facilitate meaningful job & educational opportunities and create a culture where folks will have enough support to make strides towards caring about themselves, others, and their community.

Mike Hainstock currently serves as the executive director of Lakeshore Depot L3C a Farm-Stop located in Marquette Michigan. From his experience running a small farm, Mike gained diverse perspectives on the challenges facing food system development and continues to network and advocate for equitable and collaborative solutions which address the numerous challenges farmers and consumers face. Mike also serves on the board of directors for Partridge Creek Farm and Partridge Creek Compost, and is a member of the Michigan Farm to Institution Advisory Board.

Mike Record, a native of Indianapolis, began his farming career in 2008 in Colorado, where more people have been killed for water than for gold. In 2013 he moved back home to Indiana to start New Ground Farm, a certified organic market farm. Now in its eleventh season, the farm sells through a CSA, a self-serve honor stand, and farmers’ markets, as well as the Bloomington Farm Stop Collective. He’s honored to be one of the founding members of the BFSC leadership, and is excited to help grow the movement.

Paul Freedman is excited to be working for Rural Action based out of the Athens, Ohio, area helping to implement and initiate the Appalachia Regional Food Business Center cooperatively with over a dozen other partner organizations and stakeholder groups, one of 12 Regional Food Business Center (RFBC) nationwide. Paul has a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Studies and a Master’s in City and Regional Planning and a M.A. in Public Administration. Previously, Paul worked for the City of Columbus, Ohio in various capacities over his career, with duties that have ranged from GIS mapping and network server support to area plan development and implementation to building and zoning code development to floodplain management. Paul’s most recent work for the City of Columbus was as a Planning Manager in the Zoning Section of the Department of Building and Zoning Services from 2001 until 2023, where he managed the Code Development and Special Projects Section. Paul, along with his wife Cynthia, are beekeepers and owners of a small winery that specializes in cider, honey, and fruit wines, giving him the perspective of also being a value-added agriculture product producer.

Sasha Unruh spent 25 years as either the GM or owner of a chain of action sport retail stores and specialty sporting goods store in San Diego. He made the switch to the other side of the counter and now spends his days helping our customers navigate the crazy works of retail and understanding all that is involved in running your business effectively. He specializes in teaching customers the tricks of the trade and bringing them up to speed on data analysis or working through the Open to Buy and teaching all that RetailEdge POS software has to offer. When he is not nose down in an excel file, he can be found in the back country hiking and camping and enjoying time off grid.

Seth Seeger has been writing software for nearly 30 years. Local food and food systems are important to him, and he and his family have spent years connecting to the local food system in their area. He truly enjoys supporting projects that bring together communities with their local food and local products. 

Thaddeus Barsotti was born and raised in the rural Yolo County of California and grew up participating in all aspects of the family’s small organic fruit and vegetable farm while attending public school in Esparto. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Bio Resource and Agricultural Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. He and his brothers would inherit the small farm, Capay Fruits & Vegetables and the small CSA, Farm Fresh To You when their mother Kathleen Barsotti passed in 2000. Over the next two decades Thaddeus and his brothers grew the business to grow over a thousand acres of organic produce, delivering over three million boxes of fresh organic produce across the West Coast while employing over one thousand individuals. As a well-spoken and passionate advocate for local and sustainable food systems he enjoys sharing his knowledge of the complete food system and advocating for changes needed to make farming and ranching profitable for new and existing individuals. Thaddeus lives in Yolo County with his amazing wife Moyra and their three children – Lola Che, Lucca McRae and Julien Francis. He is passionate about conservation and spends his free time with family and friends building habitats for wildlife and returning native grasses and shrubs to the rugged ranch he owns overlooking Capay Valley.

Dr. Tim Boring was appointed Director of Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development by Governor Whitmer on March 27, 2023. He previously served as the State Executive Director of the USDA Farm Service Agency. Boring's family operates a six generation farm in Stockbridge, Michigan. Prior to his appointment at the USDA, he was the president and founder of Michigan Agriculture Advancement. He also previously served as the Vice President of the Michigan AgriBusiness Association and worked as research director of the Michigan Soybean Promotion Committee. Governor Whitmer had previously appointed Dr. Boring to the Michigan Commission of Agriculture and Rural Development in 2019. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Agriscience, Master of Science in Crop and Soil Sciences, and Ph.D. in Crop and Soil Sciences from Michigan State University.

Tracey Barnes has been with the Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development (MDARD) since April of 2023.  She began her career in grant management back in 2008.  She has managed both state and federal grants. Tracey has close to 28 years of experience working for the State of Michigan. Tracey has a bachelor’s degree in public administration with a minor in Community Development and a master’s degree in administration with a minor in Leadership.

Travis Blume has been part of the Argus team from the very beginning. Formerly our Liberty St. Store Manager, you'll still find him on shift at all of our locations but much of his work is done behind the scenes. He is in charge of our bimonthly consignment producer payouts, he creates monthly reports for our Double Up Food Bucks sales, he builds the staff schedule for all of our locations, does new hire orientation, and builds many of the systems and tools that the staff use on a daily basis. He is attracted to a farm stop business model because it preserves the community aspect of growing food with an aim to be mutually beneficial, ecologically sustainable, and a lot more fun! He is a geek for databases and automation, and when he's not on his computer he has a passion for growing dahlias.

Tricia Phelps is a driven leader and manager with nearly a decade of experience in local food systems. In her 8 years with TLD, she has developed a 5-county program into a widely recognized, marketing and media agency serving local food businesses. Taste the Local Difference and its staff are experts in local food systems, creating brand loyalty and engaging content, as well as increasing sales and developing new market connections. 

Will Moyer started with Argus Farm Stop in 2019. He now runs Argus’s online store, subscription programs, and wholesale accounts. Prior to working at Argus, Will spent several years working on and managing mixed vegetable farms all over the Eastern half of the U.S. and earned a Master’s in watershed management. While at Argus he helped create and operate the online grocery store and established a year-round weekly produce box program that packs over 10,000 boxes annually. Will is deeply interested in creating and expanding new markets for local farms, allowing farmers to do what they do best- grow great food. His favorite phrase is “Yeah, we can sell that for you!”