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About Farm To Table

Contents:

  1. Mission
  2. Farm To Table Staff
  3. Farm To Table Board of Directors
  4. Farm To Table Funders

Mission

The mission of Farm to Table is to promote locally based agriculture through education, community outreach and networking. Farm to Table enhances marketing opportunities for farmers; encourages family farming, farmers’ markets and the preservation of agricultural traditions; influences public policy; and, furthers understanding of the links between farming, food, health and local economies.

Purpose

  1. Educate children and adults about the importance of consuming locally produced food and supporting local agriculture.
  2. Encourage consumers to use farmers’ markets and other direct marketing venues as a means to obtain nutritious, locally produced agricultural products.
  3. Encourage farmers to participate in farmers’ markets and other direct marketing venues to increase the viability of the region’s agriculture.
  4. Provide a forum to educate farmers about traditional and innovative agricultural methods.
  5. Build rural and urban community networks to collaborate and influence policy and public opinion.
  6. Partner with organizations and agencies to work on health, nutrition and food security issues to improve the health of people and communities in the Southwest.
  7. Work with a broad-based group of organizations and agencies on food and agriculture system issues to affect policy change through education and the development of policy initiatives.

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Farm to Table Staff

Pamela Roy is Executive Director of Farm to Table. Ms. Roy has close to 20 years of organizational development and farmers’ market experience and has worked internationally in lesser-developed countries in this work. She has 15 years of conference development experience at the local, regional, and national levels. She is a co-founder and steering committee member of the Southwest Marketing Network and works on many of the Network’s programs including Tribal farmers’ market development and initiated regional food policy through the and the Southwest Food and Agriculture Policy Outpost. She is the director of the New Mexico Food and Agriculture Policy Council that works on state and federal policy advocating for food system issues including health, nutrition, hunger, and family size farm and ranch policies and programs. She has served as a Board member and officer of the national Community Food Security Coalition for the past six years. Prior to that she served as president of the North American Farmers’ Direct Marketing Association. Ms. Roy can be contacted at pamelaroy.nm@gmail.com

Le Adams is Deputy Director of Farm to Table, Farm to School Program Director, and a SWMN Steering Committee member. Ms. Adams has many years of experience in small-scale farming, farmers’ market sales and management, agricultural education for children and youth, and community organizing including the organization of several other conferences including the NM Organic Farming Conference. Ms. Adams can be contacted at ladams@cybermesa.com

Tawnya Laveta - As Programs Director, Tawnya develops direct marketing resources for agricultural producers in the four corner states. As a former teacher, she provides classroom and outreach presentations for farm-to-school programs in local schools. She connects farmers with special events, individuals, and restaurant customers. As an organizer for the New Mexico Tribal Extension Task Force, she assists Tribal communities with farmers’ market development in their respective communities. Through the New Mexico Food & Agriculture Policy Council, Tawnya works on local, state and federal policy issues designed to rebuild regional food systems that will equitably fulfill community needs. Tawnya can be contacted at tlaveta@gmail.com

Nelsy Dominguez - Director of Philanthropic and Community Outreach. Ms. Dominguez has over 15 years experience in the philanthropic and non-profit sectors specifically as a program director, proposal writer and fundraiser. Her focus has been on coalescing opportunities that optimize collaboration and investment in New Mexico’s communities.  She  can be contacted at ndominguezfttnm@gmail.com

Kathleen Gonzalez - Communications and Program Coordinator. Ms. Gonzalez is responsible for communications on policy initiatives. She comes with many years of experience in journalism and organizational management. She was a founding member of the NM Food & Agriculture Policy Council and operated a small farm and ranch in Northern NM for six years. She can be contacted at kathleengonzaleznm@gmail.com

Shoshana ‘Shauna’ Woodworth - Farm to Market Specialist. Provides training, marketing and other services to NM specialty crop producers with the goal of increasing sale of local products to schools, institutions and other wholesale buyers throughout New Mexico. She has worked in all aspects of planting growing, harvesting and marketing of over 80 varieties of vegetables and herbs. She can be reached at shaunawoodworth@gmail.com

Kristi Silva - Joined Farm to Table in August 2011 as a FoodCorps member. FoodCorps provides a comprehensive response to our country’s painful and costly childhood obesity epidemic by increasing children’s knowledge of, engagement with and access to good food. As the Santa Fe service member, Kristi plans to build an outdoor classroom and expand the current greenhouse at Santa Fe Indian School, increase local produce in the School’s lunch program and develop a resource tool for the agriculture, policy-making, and research communities developing efforts to strengthen the local food system.

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Farm to Table Board of Directors

The work of Farm to Table is guided and supported by a volunteer Board of Directors.   Members are:

Advisors include:

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Farm to Table Funders

Farm to Table’s work is made possible by its generous funders:

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