farming Experts

Giacomo Negro

Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Organization & Management and Professor of Sociology (by courtesy); Vice Provost for Faculty AffairsEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Charles Yarish, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary BiologyUniversity of Connecticut

Dr. Yarish is an expert in marine macroalgae, coastal management, and commercial uses for seaweed for food, nutraceuticals, and biofuels.

Clem Clay

Director of Extension Agriculture ProgramUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Clem Clay oversees professionals serving the agriculture, forestry, fruit-growing and commercial horticulture industries in Massachusetts.

Isaac Larsen

Associate Professor of Earth, Geographic, and Climate SciencesUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Geoscientist Isaac Larsen has made groundbreaking discoveries about the rate, extent and causes of soil erosion in the American Midwest.

Anna-Lisa Paul

Director | ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Anna-Lisa Paul’s research focuses on molecular genetic responses of plants to spaceflight and planetary exploration-relevant environments.

Andrew Palmer, Ph.D.

Associate Professor | Ocean Engineering and Marine SciencesFlorida Tech

Dr. Palmer's research interests include eavesdropping on bacterial 'conversations', Martian farming, and cell wall fragment-based signaling.

Edda L. Fields-Black

Professor of History and Director of The Humanities CenterCarnegie Mellon University

Dr. Fields-Black is a specialist in the trans-national of West African farmers and enslaved laborers on rice plantations.

Alina Fisher

Research ManagerUniversity of Victoria, Environmental Studies

Communicating science for informed decision making

Shuresh Ghimire, Ph.D.

Associate Cooperative Extension EducatorUniversity of Connecticut

Shuresh Ghimire conducts an extension education and research program in vegetable crop production and practices.

Andrew Danylchuk

Professor of Fish ConservationUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Andrew Danylchuk’s research seeks to understand the factors that influence the life history and ecology of fish and other aquatic organisms.