Agriculture, Food & Forestry

Experts in farming, food production, and forestry, contributing to sustainable agriculture, food security, and environmental conservation

Angela Richey

Angela Richey

Angie is a director for two districts north of the Twin Cities (Roseville & St. Anthony/New Brighton) that serve a total of ~10,000 students. With over 12 years of child nutrition experience, she has a passion for food equity that encompasses food quality and access, food sourcing, and environmental sustainability. She has moved her districts toward more scratch cooking, integrated more locally sourced produce, proteins, grains, and products, and expanded the variety of options from various cultural backgrounds represented in her districts. In her personal life, she has two boys (1 & 3) that keep her busy but she also enjoys moving her body (dancing, yoga, and anything outside) and—despite her day job—cooking and baking at home.

Angie is a director for two districts north of the Twin Cities (Roseville & St. Anthony/New Brighton) that serve a total of ~10,000 students. With over 12 years of child nutrition experience, she has a passion for food equity that encompasses food qu... Show more

Maiwada Muhammad

Maiwada Muhammad

Maiwada Abubakar Muhammad is an indigiene of Kano, born in 80s in Ondo town in Ondo State, Nigeria. Started early Education at Mount Bethel Primary School, Ondo, Saint Joseph's College, Ondo and later to Bayero University, Kano to study BSc. Biochemistry. He is a sessional ICT Practitioner and Agency Banking Aggregator.

Maiwada Abubakar Muhammad is an indigiene of Kano, born in 80s in Ondo town in Ondo State, Nigeria. Started early Education at Mount Bethel Primary School, Ondo, Saint Joseph's College, Ondo and later to Bayero University, Kano to study BSc. Biochemi... Show more

Filip Bugarski

Filip Bugarski

Filip Bugarski is a Software Engineer with experience in designing and implementing software solutions using various modern programming languages and techniques. He is a contributor to the Mainflux IoT platform, where he worked on scalable distributed device management and messaging protocols. He is well-versed in micro-service architecture, database interfacing, Linux containerization, API design and testing. Filip also developed expertise in cybersecurity, working as one of the research engineers on the CoCoS AI project, funded by the Serbian Ministry of Science and Technology. There he gained expertise in Confidential Computing and Trusted Execution Environment technologies, where he researched the deployment of secure computations in a multi-stakeholder environment. Additionally, Filip is responsible for creating responsive web designs and he is developing user interfaces. He holds a B.Sc. degree from Belgrade Polytechnic School.

Filip Bugarski is a Software Engineer with experience in designing and implementing software solutions using various modern programming languages and techniques. He is a contributor to the Mainflux IoT platform, where he worked on scalable distribute... Show more

André Dantas

André Dantas

André Dantas é bacharel e mestre em Ciência da Computação pela UFRN, especialista em Desenvolvimento de Sistemas Corporativos pela UNI-RN, e certificado em Scrum, Kanban, OKR e LCC. Nos primeiros 10 anos de experiência profissional atuou como desenvolvedor JEE participando da criação e liderança de projetos importantes como no desenvolvimento de um dos maiores sistemas acadêmicos de ensino superior do país (SIGAA-UFRN), e atuando por mais de 4 anos em projetos de software com times distribuídos na Dell Computadores. Desde 2015 trabalha, estuda e se aprofunda em governança de TI e gestão de projetos e produtos de software inspirado em valores Lean e ágeis.
Atualmente atua, baseado/inspirado nos valores e princípios Lean e ágeis, no desenvolvimento da gestão e governança de TIC da Superintendência de Tecnologia da Informação (STI) da UFRN.

Formação: Graduado em Ciências da Computação (2005 UFRN), Mestre em Sistemas e Computação (2008 UFRN), Especialista em desenvolvimento de sistemas corporativos (2008 UNIRN)
Certificado em: Scrum Master Professional Certificate - SMPC (2020), Kanban Essentials Professional Certificate - KEPC (2020), OKR Certified Professional - OKRPC (2020), Agile Coach Professional Certificate - ACPC (2020), Life Cycle Canvas Associate - LCCA (2019), Life Cycle Canvas Professional - LCCP (2019)

André Dantas é bacharel e mestre em Ciência da Computação pela UFRN, especialista em Desenvolvimento de Sistemas Corporativos pela UNI-RN, e certificado em Scrum, Kanban, OKR e LCC. Nos primeiros 10 anos de experiência profissional atuou como desenvo... Show more

Linda Mench, MS, CNS

Linda Mench, MS, CNS

Linda Mench, MS Nutrition, CNS, LDN
Linda is a Board-Certified Nutrition Specialist and Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist with a Master’s degree in Nutrition from the University of Bridgeport. She’s undergone comprehensive training and mentoring to help women with hormone and gut-related health conditions restore their health. As a mom, former music educator, and military spouse, she is passionate about providing women the very best tools and knowledge to improve their menopausal transition.

Linda experienced many of the same symptoms and disappointment with conventional healthcare methods ranging from no advice to medications with unwanted side effects.. On her own, she discovered the importance of seeking out the root cause of her symptoms based on her personal medical history, diagnostic testing, nutrient requirements and specific health challenges in her body.
As founder and CEO of Symphony Nutrition, Linda believes women struggling with menopause symptoms and chronic stress can find solutions by personalizing their nutrition and lifestyle needs. She empowers clients by giving them tools to nourish their body and their emotions so they can achieve sustainable solutions.

Linda Mench, MS Nutrition, CNS, LDN Linda is a Board-Certified Nutrition Specialist and Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist with a Master’s degree in Nutrition from the University of Bridgeport. She’s undergone comprehensive training and mentoring to ... Show more

Aaron Bumgarner

Aaron Bumgarner


Aaron is a proud North Carolina native and grew up on the family farm in the mountains of North Carolina. Aaron has over 20 years of experience in designing and implementing projects focused on forest management for wildlife in Virginia and North Carolina for private landowners.
The past several years, Aaron has been focused on leading Outsyde, Inc. a company focused on conservation land acquisitions, climate tech, outdoor recreation, renewable energies, blockchain, digital assets, public capital markets and carbon market strategies.
Aaron is a graduate of Lenoir Rhyne College in Hickory, NC and holds a degree in Business Marketing and Finance. Aaron splits his time between between Richmond VA and Emerald Isle, NC with his wife, daughter and his Foxhound sidekick “Molly”.

Aaron is a proud North Carolina native and grew up on the family farm in the mountains of North Carolina. Aaron has over 20 years of experience in designing and implementing projects focused on forest management for wildlife in Virginia and North C... Show more

Prachi Garodia

Prachi Garodia

Dr. Garodia is board-certified in Internal Medicine, and a Diplomate of Integrative Medicine and lifestyle medicine. She has also trained in Functional medicine, Ayurveda, Acupuncture, Meditation, Mindfulness techniques, positive psychology, Yoga, Acupuncture, Biofeedback, Clinical Hypnosis, Yoga Nidra and various other Complementary and Integrative health modalities. Her Journey in Integrative medicine started 20+ years back. She is passionate about educating and empowering her colleagues and patients.

She serves as the National Education Champion for Whole Health at the OPCC&CT, Whole Health Service Chief and clinical Medical Director at Miami VA, Co-chairs the happiness science and positive health MIG of the ACLM, and serves on the Board of directors for several nonprofits. She has published several journal articles and coauthored several book chapters.

Dr. Garodia is board-certified in Internal Medicine, and a Diplomate of Integrative Medicine and lifestyle medicine. She has also trained in Functional medicine, Ayurveda, Acupuncture, Meditation, Mindfulness techniques, positive psychology, Yoga, Ac... Show more

Jean Philippe Duval

Jean Philippe Duval

Pensée Dyslexique, entrepreneur, agilité, écoute, sensibilité, écoresponsabilité et résiliant sont quelques traits de ma personnalité.
J’ai travaillé dans le monde de l’industrie agroalimentaire, le BTP, l’Energie, transport, le levage l’évènementielle et maintenant responsable partenariat d’une ESN .
Ayant plus de 20 ans d’expériences dans le mangement transverse, le recrutement et la gestion opérationnel avec un grain de RSE.

Pensée Dyslexique, entrepreneur, agilité, écoute, sensibilité, écoresponsabilité et résiliant sont quelques traits de ma personnalité. J’ai travaillé dans le monde de l’industrie agroalimentaire, le BTP, l’Energie, transport, le levage l’évènementie... Show more

Gina Kearney

Gina Kearney

Gina Kearney is a Registered Herbalist with the American Herbalist Guild, creator of the Budding Herbalist program which teaches how to confidently select and use herbs to restore and maintain health, and owner of Herbs & Owls, a unique and beautiful organic medicinal Herb Shop in Jupiter, FL.

Gina Kearney is a Registered Herbalist with the American Herbalist Guild, creator of the Budding Herbalist program which teaches how to confidently select and use herbs to restore and maintain health, and owner of Herbs & Owls, a unique and beautiful... Show more

Oscar van der Leij

Oscar van der Leij

I'm a solutions architect experienced in a variety of industries, including information technology, telecom, aerospace, agriculture, maritime, and government. My responsibilities include designing and implementing IT solutions to meet the specific needs of organizations. I have a strong technical background in software development and architectural design.

In addition to my work as a solutions architect, I also serve as a Special Agent for my organization where I provide thought leadership on software, solutions, and enterprise architecture subjects.

I'm a solutions architect experienced in a variety of industries, including information technology, telecom, aerospace, agriculture, maritime, and government. My responsibilities include designing and implementing IT solutions to meet the specific ne... Show more

Phakama Sibanda

Phakama Sibanda

Pan African Social entrepreneur & NFT enthusiast currently based in Botswana. Co-Founder of a Innovative Data , Web3 & Design startup Dawu Tech & Co- founder of NFTsAfrica.com
I'm a social entrepreneur with a dream to educate, empower and develop African communities through sustainable NFT projects and bridge the gap helping Africa leapfrogg into new technologies, currently focused on SADC region and beyond.
I have been taking part in empowerment projects for over 18 years ranging from Hip hop art and culture movements in South Africa to facilitating beadwork Culture & Tourism projects for and by women in need in Zimbabwe. Art has been a form of self-expression especially where words have failed me. .

Pan African Social entrepreneur & NFT enthusiast currently based in Botswana. Co-Founder of a Innovative Data , Web3 & Design startup Dawu Tech & Co- founder of NFTsAfrica.com I'm a social entrepreneur with a dream to educate, empower and develo... Show more

Dr. Shilpa Kulkarni-Devanhalli

Dr. Shilpa Kulkarni-Devanhalli

US certified, award winning Nutrition and Ayurveda expert, Dr Shilpa Kulkarni-Devanhalli possesses 16+ years wide experience of integrative nutrition in India and USA. Having completed her MS, RDN, LDN, from USA and B.A.M.S in India, she is a American Board certified Registered Dietitian Nutritionist.

US certified, award winning Nutrition and Ayurveda expert, Dr Shilpa Kulkarni-Devanhalli possesses 16+ years wide experience of integrative nutrition in India and USA. Having completed her MS, RDN, LDN, from USA and B.A.M.S in India, she is a Americ... Show more

Katie Brox

Katie Brox

Katie Brox is MEDA’s IT Coordinator, and she provides technical support for MEDA’s North American and Global offices. Katie’s professional interests focus on Microsoft 365 and cybersecurity. She thrives on providing her colleagues with efficient and innovative technical solutions that will help them work smarter, and not harder.
MEDA has been implementing effective market-driven programs globally since 1953, transforming agri-food market systems and creating business solutions to alleviate poverty.

Katie Brox is MEDA’s IT Coordinator, and she provides technical support for MEDA’s North American and Global offices. Katie’s professional interests focus on Microsoft 365 and cybersecurity. She thrives on providing her colleagues with efficient and ... Show more

The Loc King Shawn Davis

The Loc King Shawn Davis

19 years experience in the cultivation and manipulation of locs and barbering. Celebrity clients from NFL, actors, & more

19 years experience in the cultivation and manipulation of locs and barbering. Celebrity clients from NFL, actors, & more Show more

Sumann Subramaniam

Sumann Subramaniam

I am a seasoned IT Security Consultant and Consultant trainer with 15+ years of corporate leadership and consultation experience in the technology and manufacturing spheres. Recognized for demonstrating a natural aptitude for risk analysis, as well as for creating customized security solutions and researching issues and trends, I have a verifiable history of contributing directly to company growth and expansion throughout my career. As such, I have consistently exceeded performance goals and I am adept at achieving maximum operational output with minimal resource expenditure. Professional focal points include security consultation, security requirements analysis, solutions development, trends research, risk management, troubleshooting, training and mentoring, infrastructure development, technology solutions, cross-functional team leadership, performance assessment, client relationship management, and project management. Delivering superior administration in the latter areas of expertise requires the utilization of effective communication skills, negotiation skills, as well as business acumen, systems analysis, and resource management to support efficiency and maximum returns.

Currently, I am a Chief Technology Officer. Under my leadership, I spearhead the IT Security and generate Microsoft and Security solutions in Sri Lanka, Maldives, Brunei, Bangladesh, and the Philippines. I also architect customized security solutions and coach delegates on Microsoft, Cisco, and Information Security. In addition, I liaise with senior leadership, stakeholders, and regulatory teams to ensure the company’s IT security support structure is driving the business forward with minimal expenditures.

Colleagues describe me as a progressive, driven, down-to-earth, analytical, and managerial expert who can be relied on to offer superior solutions that deliver profitable results on time and under budget.

I am a seasoned IT Security Consultant and Consultant trainer with 15+ years of corporate leadership and consultation experience in the technology and manufacturing spheres. Recognized for demonstrating a natural aptitude for risk analysis, as well a... Show more

Paulo Grossmann

Paulo Grossmann

Paulo Grossmann is the Quality Engineer of ExxonMobil Chemical IT. Before working as a QA Engineer in June 2019, Paulo is a QA analyst responsible on improving the quality assurance processes inside ExxonMobil Chemical, including testing support, end-to-end test automations, QA activities, and quality assurance processes optimization, for several applications (Web/APIs). Nowadays, He is leading two quality assurance teams and played a key role in the implementation of quality assurance culture for ExxonMobil Chemical IT Solutions, ensuring the quality of the deliverables in response to increasingly demanding projects.

Prior to joining ExxonMobil, Paulo was a Quality Assurance Analyst at Bematech and Nokia Siemens and was responsible for implementing test automations on Bematech's products portfolio. Paulo is graduated in Computer Science and has a specialization on Software Engineering from Universidade Federal do Paraná.

Paulo Grossmann is the Quality Engineer of ExxonMobil Chemical IT. Before working as a QA Engineer in June 2019, Paulo is a QA analyst responsible on improving the quality assurance processes inside ExxonMobil Chemical, including testing support, end... Show more

Cédric Michel

Cédric Michel

Ayant commencé, il y a 10 ans comme .Net dévelopuer, passioné par l'informatique depuis mon plus jeune age, je me rend compte que l'organisation et la méthodologie est aussi importante que la technologie. C'est pourquoi dès le début de ma carrière, j'ai eu un felling avec Scrum et les valeurs de l'agilité. Mon objectif maintenant est de transmettre cela!

Ayant commencé, il y a 10 ans comme .Net dévelopuer, passioné par l'informatique depuis mon plus jeune age, je me rend compte que l'organisation et la méthodologie est aussi importante que la technologie. C'est pourquoi dès le début de ma carrière, j... Show more

Tanja Keisu

Tanja Keisu

Tanja Keisu is a Business Developer and Data Scientist and has in depth knowledge in forest industry, it's processes and data. She is passionate about accelerating the digitalisation of the forest industry through data driven innovation.

Tanja Keisu is a Business Developer and Data Scientist and has in depth knowledge in forest industry, it's processes and data. She is passionate about accelerating the digitalisation of the forest industry through data driven innovation. Show more

Jins Kadwood

Jins Kadwood

Jins Kadwood is the Chief Technology Officer at AgriDigital. He is an experienced, successful technology entrepreneur and Executive Product and Technology leader. Awarded Australian Fintech CIO/CTO of the year by Fintech Australia in 2018, Jins brings together behavioural sciences to bridge the gap between technology and business to build high performing cross-functional business culture.

Jins Kadwood is the Chief Technology Officer at AgriDigital. He is an experienced, successful technology entrepreneur and Executive Product and Technology leader. Awarded Australian Fintech CIO/CTO of the year by Fintech Australia in 2018, Jins brin... Show more

Peter J Jones Manitoba

Peter J Jones Manitoba

Peter J Jones, PhD, of Manitoba, is the current Secretary for the Friends of Caren Environmental Protection Group which is spearheading efforts to create the Jervis Inlet Biosphere Conservation Area. He shares his time between environmental efforts and his career of over forty years in nutrition. Dr. Jones was the Director of the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals at the University of Manitoba from 2005 to 2018.

Peter J Jones, PhD, of Manitoba, is the current Secretary for the Friends of Caren Environmental Protection Group which is spearheading efforts to create the Jervis Inlet Biosphere Conservation Area. He shares his time between environmental efforts a... Show more

Daniel Feichter

Daniel Feichter

Daniel Feichter works since a few years as red teamer and penetration tester in Austria. His focus is on Windows environment red teaming, pentesting and research. Among other things, he is intensively engaged in AV/EDR systems under Windows OS. At the end of 2021 he decided to start his own company which is called Infosec Tirol (https://www.infosec.tirol), with which he focus on product independent offensive security services to improve the IT-Security in companies in Austria.

Daniel Feichter works since a few years as red teamer and penetration tester in Austria. His focus is on Windows environment red teaming, pentesting and research. Among other things, he is intensively engaged in AV/EDR systems under Windows OS. At th... Show more

Saurav Gautam

Saurav Gautam

Faculty Member at Tribhuvan University Nepal, YouthMappers Regional Ambassador 2019-2021, Geomatics Engineer, Mapper

Faculty Member at Tribhuvan University Nepal, YouthMappers Regional Ambassador 2019-2021, Geomatics Engineer, Mapper Show more

Ariane Kouassi

Ariane Kouassi

Ariane Kouassi is Digital Development Advisor at Kaikai International. In parallel, she is the Technical Project Assistant at the Fintech MQash for which she coordinates the activities of the technical assistance project for the digitization of the agricultural value chain and the establishment of a financial ecosystem for cooperatives and their beneficiaries in Gabon.

Previously, she was a local expert in digital finance within the French-speaking branch of the International Microsave Consulting firm based in Senegal where she contributed to the realization of various studies and reports covering 6 French-speaking African countries on the fintech ecosystem. She also worked as a Monitoring and Evaluation Officer for the Financial Education Program of the Ministry of Education and Literacy of Côte d'Ivoire. Ariane is also a Digital Finance Consultant at the World Bank where she regularly contributes to the technical review of reports on financial inclusion and digital finance in West Africa.

She has over 5 years of in-depth knowledge and experience in digital finance, market research, analysis and technical review of reports. She holds a master's degree in project management and a certificate in digital transformation. She specializes in managing development and financial inclusion projects through digital means.

Ariane Kouassi is Digital Development Advisor at Kaikai International. In parallel, she is the Technical Project Assistant at the Fintech MQash for which she coordinates the activities of the technical assistance project for the digitization of the a... Show more

Jose Carlos Sanchez Valades

Jose Carlos Sanchez Valades

Director y fundador de Eys Software, creador de #elinternetdelasvacas y las plataformas BREED, BUYER, CATTLE, MEAT, CHECK y NEXT.

Director y fundador de Eys Software, creador de #elinternetdelasvacas y las plataformas BREED, BUYER, CATTLE, MEAT, CHECK y NEXT. Show more

Partha Sarathi Kundu

Partha Sarathi Kundu

Partha Sarathi is an AWS certified Solutions Architect- Associate with hands on experience to design, develop and deploy Solutions Architecture for Serverless applications with AWS Technologies.

He started his career working as a software developer and then as a team lead of 13 from 2 different countries for Forbes 500 company called Janssen & Janssen, Janssen Medical Cloud ( UK [https://www.janssenmedicalcloud.co.uk/] & Ireland [https://www.janssenmedicalcloud.ie/] ).

Working extensively with different communities both locally and globally on Cloud awareness and to build stronger communities. He has been selected as an AWS Community Builder in 2020 and targeted to be a Serverless Hero with different certification with AWS going forward.

Get to know all about me here, www.kundu.xyz

Partha Sarathi is an AWS certified Solutions Architect- Associate with hands on experience to design, develop and deploy Solutions Architecture for Serverless applications with AWS Technologies. He started his career working as a software develope... Show more

Bruce Mcpherson

Bruce Mcpherson

Author and speaker on Google technologies. Previously head of architecture and IT engineering at Motorola and and Lucent technologies.

Author and speaker on Google technologies. Previously head of architecture and IT engineering at Motorola and and Lucent technologies. Show more

Aditya Shetty

Aditya Shetty

I am a part of the trekking group working under Trek and Trails. Our trek is filled with wild flowers and herbs grow Vertical rock walls, water falls, hanging glaciers, tiny lakes and more.

I am a part of the trekking group working under Trek and Trails. Our trek is filled with wild flowers and herbs grow Vertical rock walls, water falls, hanging glaciers, tiny lakes and more. Show more

Kareem DaSilva

Kareem DaSilva

Kareem DaSilva is the youngest child and one of first generation children of Guyanese immigrants. He got into the technology world by accident and used it as a ladder to escape the situation he was in. His life changed once he attended the University of Memphis and made new friends and took advantage of certain opportunities. He has participated in multiple software development competitions around the United States of America. He is now the CEO and Founder of Edesia, a thriving Food Truck Locator App!

Kareem DaSilva is the youngest child and one of first generation children of Guyanese immigrants. He got into the technology world by accident and used it as a ladder to escape the situation he was in. His life changed once he attended the University... Show more

Mariana Pelozio

Mariana Pelozio

Me descobri cozinheira aos 9 anos, depois de encontrar um livro de receitas da minha avó. Fiz logo um suflê de espinafre. E nesse dia entendi que cozinhar era o que eu mais gostava de fazer.

Porém a vida tem suas surpresas, e quando percebi já estava formada em Administração e Marketing, enlouquecendo com e-mails e reuniões de salto alto.

Mas sonho é sonho, encorajada pelo meu marido, larguei tudo e me joguei feliz entre panelas e temperos.

Me formei pelo Senac no curso Cozinheiro Chef Internacional e descobri um pouco mais da culinária do meu país numa pós graduação em Cozinha Brasileira.

Minha mistura vem das minhas raízes nordestina e italiana. Paixão, história, família... Trago tudo isso para os pratos do restaurante.

Me descobri cozinheira aos 9 anos, depois de encontrar um livro de receitas da minha avó. Fiz logo um suflê de espinafre. E nesse dia entendi que cozinhar era o que eu mais gostava de fazer. Porém a vida tem suas surpresas, e quando percebi já es... Show more

Luís G. Silva e Silva

Luís G. Silva e Silva

I am a Brazilian citizen. I obtained my PhD and Master in Statistics at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), with a thesis about “COWORDS: A Probabilistic Model for Text Visualization” and “New tools for visualisation of georeferenced data: an integration between R and Google Maps.” I have worked in the private sector as a data scientist for marketing and as Research Fellow at the University of Minas Gerais on health and social statistics. During my assignments, I implemented various statistical projects ranging from the development of predictive models in a Hadoop environment to pattern detection on health data using machine learning techniques. Currently, I am a data scientist at FAO working with text mining to improve the official statistics.

I am a Brazilian citizen. I obtained my PhD and Master in Statistics at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), with a thesis about “COWORDS: A Probabilistic Model for Text Visualization” and “New tools f... Show more

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