Featured Speakers

Opening Keynote Speaker

Daria Myers: Global President, Origins Natural Resources

Bio

Closing Keynote Speaker

Seth Goldman: President and TeaEO of Honest Tea

Bio




Brahm Ahmadi:
People's Grocery
Breakout Session: Passing the Fork - Conversations with Organic Groundbreakers.
Bio


Cate Baril:
Transfair USA
Breakout Session: Speed-d(eb)ating - Defining Domestic Fair Trade


Kevin Brussell:
O-Farm
Breakout Session: Speed-d(eb)ating - Defining Domestic Fair Trade
Bio


Samantha Cabaluna:
Earth Bound Farm
Breakout Session: Crisis & Scale
Bio


Chris Chamberlin:
Ketchum
Breakout Session: Crisis & Scale
Bio


Steve Ela:
Ela Family Farms
Farmers' Market Tour
Bio


Andy Fisher:
Community Food Security Coalition
Breakout Session: Organic on the Edge
Bio


Susan Futrell:
Red Tomato
Breakout Session: Organic on the Edge
Bio


Steve Gilman:
NOFA
Breakout Session: Speed-d(eb)ating - Defining Domestic Fair Trade
Bio


Patrice Gros:
Foundation Farm
Plenary Session: Passing the Fork - Conversations with Organic Groundbreakers.
Bio


Dr. Kater Hake:
Cotton Incorporated
Breakout Session: Textiles' Role in Organic
Bio


Neil Hamilton:
Drake U
Breakout Session: Lawyers are our Friends... really.
Bio


Michael Hansen:
Consumers Union
Breakout Session: Who Represents Organic and How
Bio


John Ikerd:
Crisis and Opportunity: Sustainability in American Agriculture
Plenary Session: Evolving Cultural Views of Organic
Bio


Molly Jahn: Dean, College of Agricultural & Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Plenary Session: New Organic Knowledge - The Impact and Future of Organic Research
Bio


Fred Kirschenmann:
Leopold Institute
Plenary Session: Passing the Fork - Conversations with Organic Groundbreakers.
Bio


Kristen Kulinowski:
Rice University
Breakout Session: Nanotechnology in a Food System
Bio


Timothy LaSalle:
Rodale Institute
Plenary Session: New Organic Knowledge - The Impact and Future of Organic Research
Bio


Heidi McCloskey:
The Organic Exchange
Breakout Session: Textiles' Role in Organic
Bio


Joe Mendelson:
ICTA
Breakout Session: Lawyers are our Friends... really.
Bio


Esther Park:
RSF
Breakout Session: Venture Philanthropy & Social Investing
Bio


Michael Ohmstede:
Coca-Cola North America
Breakout Session: Maintaining the Integrity of an Organic Brand When Coca-Cola Calls
Bio


Drew Peternell:
Trout Unlimited
Breakout Session: Lawyers are our Friends... really.
Bio


Tom Philpott:
Breakout Session: Evolving Cultural Views of Organics


Susan Roberts:
WK Kellogg Foundation
Breakout Session: Organic on the Edge
Bio


Shelley Rogers:
What's Organic About 'Organic'
Plenary Session: Evolving Cultural Views of Organic
Bio


Julia Sabin:
The JM Smucker Company
Breakout Session: Who Represents Organic and How
Bio


Bob Scowcroft:
Co-founder of the Organic Farming Research Foundation
Breakout Session: Who Represents Organic and How
Bio


Frederick Schilling:
Dagoba
Plenary Session: Sustainability Scorecard
Bio


Robynn Shrader:
National Cooperative Grocers Association
Session: Who Represents Organic and How
Bio


Dorothy Suput:
The Carrot Project
Breakout Session: Venture Philanthropy & Social Investing
Bio


Woody Tasch:
Investor's Circle
Breakout Session: Venture Philanthropy & Social Investing
Bio


Jim Thomas:
ETC Group
Breakout Session:
Nanotechnology in a Food System
Bio


Sonja Tuitele:
Aurora Dairy
Breakout Session: Crisis and Scale
Bio


Jimmy Wedel:
Wedel Farms
Breakout Session: Textiles' Role in Organic
Bio

 

Time/Dates

Location


Dates

  • June 25-27, 2008

QuickLinks

  • Click here to download an audio file of Mr. Robb's keynote address from the Organic Summit 2007.
  • Click here to download an audio file of Mr. Kirschenmann's keynote address from the Organic Summit 2007.