2023 Round Table Meetings
January 11-13, 2023
Savannah, Georgia
Opportunities & Challenges for International Trade
Not all sessions included PowerPoints. Additionally, not all speakers gave permission to post their slides; however, the presentations approved to post are included in the PDF for each session. Please do not share these materials beyond the Round Table.
January 11, 2023
Tour Day
Port of Savannah – Georgia Ports Authority
Speaker: James McCurry, Jr., GA Ports Authority
Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens
Speakers: Tim Davis, Coastal Georgia Botanical Garden & Extension Coordinator
Tour Lunch
Speaker: Nick Place, University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Mark Risse, Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant
Bland Farms
Speakers: Troy D. Bland, Bland Farms
ArborGen Bellville Nursery
Speakers: Kim Mushrush, ArborGen Bellville Nursery
Opening Reception
Speaker: Chef Nancy Waldeck, Taste and Savor
January 12, 2023
Cultivators Breakfast (View the presentations)
Moderator: Jenna Wicks, Farm Foundation
Speakers:
Kelli Wicks, Oklahoma State University
Carlos Zurita, Purdue University
Taís de Menezes, Colorado State University
Milosh McAdoo, North Carolina A&T
Prayash Pathak Chalise, University of Georgia
Maria Filipa Seara e Pereira, Purdue University
Welcome Address and Farm Foundation Updates (View the presentations)
Speakers:
John Foltz, Chair, Program Committee
Shari Rogge-Fidler, Farm Foundation
Opening Keynote
Moderator: Shari Rogge-Fidler, Farm Foundation
Speakers: Tom Vilsack, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Session One: A Conversation with Former Secretaries of Agriculture
Moderator: Krysta Harden, U.S. Dairy Export Council
Speakers:
Ed Schafer, Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Dan Glickman, Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Ann Veneman, Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Michael Johanns, Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Session Two: Trade and the Black Sea: Where does the Ukrainian Situation Leave Us? (View the presentation)
Moderator: Dan Basse, AgResource Company
Speakers:
Antonina Broyaka, Kansas State University
Kip Tom, Tom Farms
Alex Lissitsa, IMC Agricultural Company (View video)
Joe Glauber, International Food Policy Research Institute
Nikolay Gorbachov, Ukrainian Grain Association
Round Table Recognitions Lunch (View the presentation)
MCs:
John Foltz, Chair, Program Committee
Ryan Schohr, Chair, Round Table Working Group
New Honorary Lifetime Fellow: Roderick Stacey, Verdant Partners LLC
New Round Table Fellows:
Adam Putnam, Ducks Unlimited
Pamela Howlett, Bayer
Matt Moreland, Moreland Farms
Sylvia Wulf, Aqua Bounty
Trent McKnight, McKnight Ranch
Ron Rainey, University of Arkansas
Next Generation Lunch
Speaker: Bill Northey, Agribusiness Association of Iowa
Session Three: International Perspectives on Agricultural Trade (View the presentation)
Moderator: Gregg Doud, Aimpoint Research
Speakers:
Takashi Sadakane, Embassy of Japan
Richard Heath, Australian Farm Institute
Peter Sok, SOMA Group
Session Four: Infrastructure, Logistics, and Issues Impacting Trade (View the presentation)
Moderator: Mike Seyfert, National Grain and Feed Association
Speakers:
Cliff Pyron, Georgia Ports Authority
Angela Caddell, BNSF Railway Company
Thomas Heinold, US Army Corps of Engineers
Jeffrey Weiss, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Chairman’s Dinner (View the presentation)
Speakers:
Jerome Lyman, Farm Foundation
Michael Dykes, International Dairy Foods Association
January 13, 2023
Session Five: Understanding the New Political Landscape: The Inflation Reduction Act, Farm Bill, and the New Congress
Moderator: Mike Torrey, Torrey Advisory Group
Speakers:
Kellie Adesina, Kraft Heinz
Sara Wyant, Agri-Pulse
James Glueck, Torrey Advisory Group
Session Six: Hot Topics in Ag for 2023 (View the presentation)
Moderator: Urban Lehner, DTN/Progressive Farmer
Speakers:
Sharon Bomer Lauritsen, AgTrade Strategies LLC
Ray Starling, North Carolina Chamber
Karen Carr, ArentFox Schiff LLP
Carter Williams, iSelectfund Management LLC
Closing Keynote
Moderator: Amanda Countryman, Colorado State University
Speakers: C.J. Mahoney, Microsoft
June 13-16, 2023
Chicago, IL
Mapping a Successful Future of Food and Agriculture
Not all sessions included PowerPoints. Additionally, not all speakers gave permission to post their slides; however, the presentations approved to post are included in the PDF for each session. Please do not share these materials beyond the Round Table.
June 14, 2023
Downtown Tour: Green City Market; John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. (Fisher Nuts); Quaker | PepsiCo; McCormick Place Rooftop Garden; SAVOR, McCormick Place Kitchen Operations
Southside Tour: Nufarm; Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences; Green Era Chicago; Urban Growers Collective
Westside Tour: Farm on Ogden; Ball Horticultural; The Plant; Greater Chicago Food Depository
June 15, 2023
Cultivators Breakfast (View the presentations)
Sophia Darrow, Oklahoma State University
Gustavo Castro Garcia, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Elizabeth Lynch, West Virginia University
Joseph Oboamah, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Guang Tian, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Carolina Vargas, Michigan State University
Welcome Address and Farm Foundation Updates (View the presentations)
Speakers:
Kurt Coffey, VP Case IH North America
Dan Basse, Farm Foundation
Shari Rogge-Fidler, Farm Foundation
Opening Plenary
Moderator: Shari Rogge-Fidler, Farm Foundation
Speakers:
Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation
Mark Scholl, J and M Scholl, LLC
Alison Taylor, ADM
Ryan Schohr, Schohr Ranch
Ranveer Chandra, Microsoft
Mary Snapp, Microsoft
Session One: Feeding Our Evolving World (View the presentations)
Moderator: Lisa Moon, The Global FoodBanking Network
Speakers:
Roger Thurow, Global Food and Agriculture at Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Garth Boyd, The Context Network
Mary Ledman, Rabobank
Cyrille Filott, Rabobank
Round Table Recognitions (View the presentations)
MCs: John Foltz – Chair, Program Committee; Ryan Schohr – Chair, Round Table Working Group
Speaker: Jeremy Zwinger, Farm and Trade Inc.
Next Generation Lunch
Speaker: Mary Yap, Lithos Carbon
Session Two: Building Capacity to Overcome Planetary Limitations (View the presentations)
Moderator: Bob Thompson, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Speakers:
Steve Long, University of Illinois
Ron Meeusen, Cultivian Sandbox
Gebisa Ejeta, Purdue
Session Three: Embracing New Roles for Agriculture (View the presentations)
Moderator: Ron Meeusen, Cutivian Sandbox
Speakers:
Billy Hagstrom, BlueStem
Elliot Kellner, Danforth Plant Center
Matthew Plavan, Ingredient Werks
Sarah Bellos, Stony Creek Colors
June 16, 2023
Session Four: Reimagining Capital and New Business Structures (View the presentations)
Moderator: Mike Jacobson, NebraskaLand Bank
Speakers:
Lance Woodbury, Pinion
George Bilicic, Lazard
Derrick Rolfe, Area One Farms
Bonnie Brayton, Fulcrum Global Capital
Session Five: Where Will We Farm in the Future? (View the presentations)
Moderator: Sylvia Wulf, Aqua Bounty
Speakers:
David Nothmann, Multiple Ag-Related Entities
Robert Saik, AGvisorPRO
Anna-Lisa Paul, University of Florida
Closing Keynote
Moderator: Mark Titterington, Forum for the Future of Agriculture
Speakers: Aidan Connolly, AgriTech Capital