Participant

Organization/Role

Ted Beals, MD

Retired pathologist, faculty U of Mich. Med. School; Director, Farm-to-Consumer Foundation; and MI Fresh Milk Council

Peggy Beals, RN

Teacher, lecturer, and author: Traditional Food Preparation and Food Safety; Leader, South Central Michigan Chapter, Weston A. Price Foundation; Administrator and member, MI Fresh Milk Council; and Director, Farm-to-Consumer Foundation

Elaine Brown

Executive Director, Michigan Food & Farming Systems (MIFFS), providing Workgroup Facilitation

Susan Esser

Dairy Section Manager, Michigan Department of Agriculture

Frank Fear

Sr. Assc. Dean, MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and Kettering Project Principal providing Workgroup Support.

Katherine Fedder

Director, Food and Dairy Division, Michigan Department of Agriculture

Rosanne Ponkowski

Executive Director, Healthy Traditions Network, Metro Detroit Chapter, Weston A. Price Foundation and Member of MI Fresh Milk Council.

Joe Scrimger

Principle, Bio-Systems; Life Time Foods; Scrimger Farm and Member MI Fresh Milk Council; Member of Healthy Traditions Network; and Chair of Michigan Thumb Organics (MTO)

Howard Straub, Jr.

MIFFS Chair and Grass-based Dairy Farmer

Gary Trimner

Director, Member Service and Quality Control, Michigan Milk Producers Association

John and Patti Warnke

Cow Share Dairy Farmers and Members MI Fresh Milk Council