Mary Fund is the Program and Policy Director for the Kansas Rural Center and has worked at KRC on conservation, natural resource and agricultural policy issues for nearly 30 years. She has also monitored state and federal farm and resource policy for many of those years, and worked on various advocacy projects at KRC. These [...]

Linda Hessman is a generational farmer’s daughter. She married into a generational farm family from Dodge City where she and her husband Jerry farmed and raised a cow herd in a family partnership for 34 years. She is a Certified Mediator specializing in ag issues as well as a national Farm Aid Advocate. Linda received [...]

Rachel Myslivy is a Program Director for the Climate + Energy Project where she directs the Water + Energy Progress initiative. Rachel is a co-founder of the Kansas Women's Environmental Network, co-chair of the St. John School Green Team (2013 Green School of the Year), an active member of LETUS and a recipient of the 2013 KU Sustainability Leadership Award. Rachel holds [...]

Ed Reznicek raises beef cattle and organic crops on a 400 acre farm in Nemaha County Kansas and has worked with farmers and farm organizations for over 30 years. He grew up on a mixed livestock and grain farm in central Kansas. Ed graduated from Emporia State University in 1976 with degrees in Philosophy and [...]