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David Montgomery is a geologist who studies landscape evolution and the effects of geological processes on ecological systems and human societies. He has written a number of popular science books, three of which won the Washington State Book Award. His recent book, Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life, focused on the potential for regenerative farming practice to reshape agriculture, and the forthcoming book co-authored with Anne Biklé, What Your Food Ate: How to Heal Our Land and Reclaim Our Health, explores the links between soil health and human health.
Dr. Bianca Moebius-Clune, PhD is the Director of AFT’s National Climate Initiative. Her program works collaboratively across partners and stakeholders to scale successful approaches, on-ramp new innovations, quantify outcomes, and reach new audiences for impact across landowners, partners, researchers, and policy makers to achieve resilient healthy soils and climate smart, regenerative agriculture and food systems.
Don Smith is a speaker, teacher, and student of regenerative agriculture and regenerative lifestyles. He applies his lifelong knowledge advising Kiss the Ground, teaching and supporting course development for various Kiss the Ground education initiatives, including the Soil Advocate Training course. His talks are engaging, inspiring, and filled with hands-on, viable solutions to the world’s largest problems.
Linda Bilsens Brolis is the Senior Project Manager for the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s Composting Initiative. Her work focuses on advancing composting at the community level as a tool for reducing waste, regenerating soils, supporting local food production, and fighting climate chaos. Linda manages ILSR’s Neighborhood Soil Rebuilders Composter Training Program and led the development of ILSR’s new Community Composting 101 Online Certificate Course.
Reginaldo (Regi) Haslett-Marroquin is the Founder and Co-Executive Director of the Regenerative Agriculture Alliance, the Co-Owner and Co-Founder of Regeneration Farms, LLC – Tree-Range™ Chicken, and author of In the Shadow of Green Man: My Journey from Poverty and Hunger to Food Security and Hope. In 2018, Regi was awarded one of the prestigious lifetime Ashoka Fellowships for pioneering the Poultry Centered Regenerative Agriculture System.
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