Community Engagement, Partnership, and Program Manager at Virginia Tech’s Reynolds Homestead Sarah Wray serves as the Community Engagement, Partnership, and Program Manager at Virginia Tech’s Reynolds Homestead and is a board member and past president of One Family Productions, an organization that frequently utilizes the Farmers’ Market for programming. Her outreach and service centers around [...]

Executive Director, Patrick County Chamber of Commerce Rebecca Adcock is the executive director of the Patrick County Chamber of Commerce and a current member of Stuart Town Council. Her passion for connecting and educating the public on the importance of community space and access to locally produced items is a driving force for her work [...]

Healthy Food Access Coordinator, Maryland SNAP-Ed Jocelyn Tidwell earned her Master’s in Adult Education from Seattle University and spent six seasons full-time farming and developing farm-based education and food access programs. She has traveled and worked internationally as an instructor and programs consultant. In 2023, she joined Maryland SNAP-Ed as the statewide Healthy Food Access [...]

Senior Bookkeeper, Tatum Accounting Sam has over 16 years of experience in accounting and finance. She specializes in analyzing numbers, optimizing accounting systems, and streamlining financial processes which allows for a better understanding where a business can be more profitable and efficient. She's been with T&O since 2023 and prides herself on finding efficiencies for [...]

SNAP Community Engagement team, Virginia Department of Social Services Claudia Jackson began working at VDSS in 2008 as the SNAP Outreach Coordinator and later became SNAP Program Manager before retiring in 2020. She returned to VDSS in 2022 as part of the SNAP Community Engagement team which works with community partners to promote SNAP and [...]

Studley Farms Paul Boulden Jr holds a B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Virginia Military Institute. Since graduating in 2006, Paul has worked around the world in the Nuclear Industry specializing in regulatory compliance. In 2009, Paul and his wife Kim moved back to Virginia, and began homesteading...first with a big garden, then adding [...]

Owner, Mt Olympus Berry Farms Mary lives in Caroline Co. where she and her husband have been farming fruits and vegetables since 1988. They have been participating in Northern VA Farmers markets for over 30 years.

Farmers Market Nutrition Program Coordinator, Maryland Department of Agriculture Sara Servin joined the Maryland Department of Agriculture as the Farmers Market Nutrition Program Coordinator after years of managing a farmers market focused on food access in Takoma Park, Maryland. She has also vended at farmers markets and worked on a number of rural and urban [...]

Virginia's Farm Market Fresh Coordinator, in the Division for Aging Services, at the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services Matthew Wasikiewicz is Virginia's Farm Market Fresh Coordinator, in the Division for Aging Services, at the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services. Before joining the FMF program, Matthew worked closely with food security efforts as a [...]

Indirect Rates Consulting Ben Feldman has worked in nonprofit leadership roles for over 20 years and is a subject matter expert in food and agriculture with deep knowledge of direct marketing, short supply chain dynamics, including food and ag policy. Presentation: Federal Grants and Getting True Costs Back In this session, we will cover how [...]