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Paula Murphy

Paula Murphy is a restaurant publicist and principal partner at Patterson & Murphy Public Relations in Houston, Texas

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Kristen Hall

Kristen Hall is a pastry chef and co-owner of Bandit Patisserie and The Essential in Birmingham, AL.

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Lillia Callum-Penso

Lillia Callum-Penso is a food reporter for The Greenville News in Greenville, South Carolina.

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Garver Akers

Garver Akers is a Farm Educator and Consultant at Southeast Center with Rodale Institute.

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Kate White

Kate White is a sommelier and wine consultant at Winebow in Athens, Georgia.

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Stephen DeVries

Stephen DeVries is a food and still-life photographer and founder of Eleven Productions in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Rachel Poe

Rachel Poe is a bartender and wine retailer in Durham, North Carolina.

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Katherine Wilkin

Katherine Wilkin is a former server and founder of the Roanoke Tip Jar in Roanoke, Virginia.

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Russell Chisholm

Russell Chisholm is a coffee roaster and founder of the Southwest Virginia Tip Jar in Newport, Virginia.

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Shaena Muldoon

Shaena Muldoon is a restaurateur and owner of The Palisades in Eggleston, Virginia.

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Spencer McMillin

Spencer McMillin is a chef and cookbook writer in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Oscar Diaz

Oscar Diaz is the executive chef and partner at The Cortez and Jose and Sons in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Ian Giusto

Ian Giusto is a farm manager at Serenbe Farms in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Mike Shumake

Mike Shumake is founder and director of The Produce Project in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Future Economy Collective

Future Economy Collective is a mutual aid organization based in Blacksburg, Virginia.

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Tracey Love

Tracey Love is a wholesale wine distributor at Blenheim Vineyards in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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Kirsty Harmon

Kirsty Harmon is a winemaker and general manager at Blenheim Vineyards in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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Julia Asherman

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Kevin Pedeaux

Kevin Pedeaux is a coffee roaster and owner of Coast Roast Coffee in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Isaac Toups

Isaac Toups is a chef and owner of Toups Meatery in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Jeffery Heard

Jeffery Heard is a restaurateur and owner of Heard Dat Kitchen in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Jennifer Austin and Sally Latimer

Sally Latimer and Jennifer Austin run the Monacan Nation Food Bank in Amherst County, Virginia.

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Devin DeWulf

Devin DeWulf is founder of the Krewe of Red Beans in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Lauren Cox

Lauren Cox works for Georgia Organics in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Rosie Jean Adams

Rosie-Jean Adams is the general manager at Bywater American Bistro in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Melissa Martin

Melissa Martin is a chef and owner of Mosquito Supper Club in New Orleans, Louisiana

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Molly Taylor

Molly Taylor is a musician and server at Bywater American Bistro in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Brandon Lally

Brandon Lally is a server at Bywater American Bistro in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Alison Green

Alison Green is a server in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Brent Tranchina

Brent Tranchina is a cook at Barracuda Restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Lacey Resch

Lacey Resch is the the community liasion for the Middle Georgia region with Community Health Works

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Jeb Bush

Jeb Bush is the Executive Director to the Forsyth Farmers’ Market and a former market vendor.

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Kristie Abney

Kristie Abney is the Managing Partner of Full Plate Real Estate

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Wande Okunoren-Meadows

Wande Okunoren-Meadows is the Executive Director of Little Ones Learning Center in Forest Park, Georgia.

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Todd Richards

Chef Todd Richards is the founder of The Soulful Company Restaurant Group, of Lake & Oak Neighborhood BBQ and Soul: Food & Culture.

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Sarah Thurman

Sarah Thurman is the market manager of the Athens Farmers Market.

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EliYahu Ben Asa

EliYahu Ben Asa is co-owner of Atlanta Harvest in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Rebecca VanLoenen

Rebecca van Loenen is the executive director of Augusta Locally Grown.

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Sissie Lang and Carl Pelizza

Sissie Lang and Carl Pelizza work with the East Point Farmers Market in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Susan Desmond

Susan Desmond is the Director of Development & Strategic Partnerships at Wholesome Wave Georgia.