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Eliot Coleman, Harborside, MaineMarsha Guerrero,Kelsey Siegel, Berkeley, CaliforniaEliot Coleman is co-owner,with Barbara Damrosch, of FourSeason Farm. He is author of TheNew Organic Croan, Four SeasonHarvest, and theWinter Harvest.Manual. He served for two yearsas the Executive Director ot theInternational Federation of OrganicAgriculture Movements and wasan advisor to the U.S. Departmentof Agriculture on the Report andRecommendations on Organic Farming.Ann Cooper,East Hampton, New YorkAnne Cooper works to transformcafeterias into culinary classroomstor students—one schoollunch at a time. A graduate of theCulinary Institute of America,she was Executive Chef at thePutney Inn in Vermont. Shenow works as a consultant forschools that seek to transformtheir school lunch programs.Barbara Damrosch,Harborside, MaineBarbara Damrosch is co-owner,with Eliot Coleman, of Four SeasonFarm. She is the author of TlieGarden Primer, Theme Gardens, andthe Page-A-Day Gardener's Calendar,which has been published everyyear since 1992. In addition towriting and consulting extensively,she appeared as a correspondenton the PBS series The VictoryGarden and was co-host, with herhusband Eliot Coleman, ot tintelevisionseries Gardening Naturally.Benjamin Goff, Berkeley, CaliforniaBenjamin Goff is the Program( Coordinator for the LeConteElementary School Farm andGarden in Berkeley. Over thepast five years he has developeda garden-based nutrition/healthylifestyles curriculum for gradesK-5. He previously worked tortheWillard Greening Projectas an Americorp member andgraduated from the EvergreenBerkeley, CaliforniaMarsha Guerrero is Director otthe School Lunch Initiative atThe Edible Schoolyard. A nativeof northern California, she hasworked with Sally Schmitt andfor the Metropol Bakery inEugene, Oregon. She has alsomanaged such restaurants as Prego,MacArthur Park, and Guaymas.Jenny Guillaume, Washington, D.C.Jenny Guillaume has been theProgram Coordinator tor theWashington Youth Garden atthe U.S. National Arboretumsince the fall of 2003. Prior tomoving to DO, she graduatedfrom Bates College and was theGarden Coordinator tor HilltopCommunity Garden in Lewiston.Mame. As for her favorite vegetable,it's okra and she likes it tried,true to her Southern roots.Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva,San Francisco, CaliforniaKnown as The Kitchen Sisters,Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva havebeen producing radio programstogether since1979. They are thecreators (with Jay Allison) ot the[999 Peabody Award-winningseries "Lost & Found Sound." the2002 Peabody Award-winningseries "The Sonic MemorialProject," and "Hidden Kitchens,"which aired on National PublicRadio during the Fall of 2004.Kimberly Rush, Washington, D.C.Kimberly Rush has been involvedwith the Washington Youth Gardenat the U.S. National Arboretumfor over five years and has directedthe program for the last three.Previously, she was the AssistantDirector for Garden Harvest, afarm m Baltimore that donatesorganic produce to emergencyfood agencies. She graduated fromSt. Mary's College of Maryland111 1998 with a B.A. 111 biology.Kelsev Siegel received a bachelor'sdegree in environmental studies,with an emphasis on sustainableagriculture, from Oberlin College.He has worked as a teacher and aprofessional chef; these combinedinterests led him to serve as anAmencorps member in The EdibleSchoolyard garden during the[998-99 school year. His abilitiesas a teacher, mentor, and gardenerhave led to his current positionas Garden Teacher and Manager.Josh I 'iertel,New Haven, Connecticut[osh Vierte! is Associate Director otthe Yale Sustainable Food Project.His interest in fresh produceand sustainable growing beganas an undergraduate at HarvardUniversity, where he convincedthe school to allow him to plantcrops in the Biology greenhouses.At Yale, he works to sourcelocally grown, seasonal producefor the university's dining halls.Alice Waters, Berkeley, CaliforniaIn1971 Alice Waters, a kindergartenteacher, opened Chez Panisse 111Berkeley, serving a single tixedpricemenu that changed daily. Inio')''. she created the Chez PanisseFoundation to help underwritecultural and educational programssui h as The Edible Schoolyard thatdemonstrate the transformativepower ot growing, cooking, andsharing food. Waters is author andco-author of eight books, includingFanny al Che: Panisse, a storybookand cookbook tor children.Food Safety and QualityThe United States DepartmentofAgriculture (USDA)Guest Services, Inc.National Restaurant AssociationRestaurant Association ofMetropolitan WashingtonDistrict of ColumbiaDepartment of HealthI10;State College, where he studiedsustainable agriculture.FESTIVALPARTICIPANTS