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Teamster & Presenter Bios: continued from page 20Kurt Masters – and his partner, PatBacon own Roka Farm in Jefferson,NH, which they power with a team ofmules.Tony McQuail – farms with his wife,Fran at Meeting Place Organic Farmnear Lucknow, ON. They have a diversifiedfarm including grass-fedmeat, fruit & vegetables. They havebeen using Belgian horses for draftpower for over 35 years. They alsooffer Holistic Management trainingand farm planning/consulting services.Kenneth Mulder - is the Farm Managerand Assistant Professor of SustainableAgriculture at Green MountainCollege in Poultney, VT where hehas been teaching students how tofarm with oxen for six years as well asconducting research on the energy,land, and labor efficiency of draft22power.Larry Newcombe - is from Fort Ann,NY and has worked with draft horsesfor many years. He has a pair of Suffolksand a pair of Percherons. Hetrains, sells, and has a wagon ride service.Larry really enjoys doing demonstrationsof farm equipment andeducating people about the role ofdraft horses.Neal & Rebekah Perry – operate thePerry Family Farm in Brownington,Vermont with their family. Theyboard and train horses and raise grassfedmeat, milk & eggs. They do mostof the farm work with horses, workingBrabants, Hafflingers and Morgans invarious combinations. Rebekah is alsothe administrator for the Draft Animal-Power Network and Event Organizerfor the Field Days.Lain Pinello - “I am 9 years old and Iwork a 4 year old single ox namedPurple. I started training him when Iwas 5. Purple cultivates in the garden,scoots logs, and hauls water. This yearPurple and I went to New Hampshireand completed an ox training workshopwith Drew Conroy and TimHuppe at Sanborn Mills Farm. Welive at Zion Farm in DeKalb NY”Dan Renaudette – is an equine dentistin addition to owning & runningHigher Ground Boarding Stables inLyndonville, VT with his wife, Kristaland their family.Sam Rich - Grew up working steers,and later switched to horses. He is apast winner of the Walking Plowcompetition at the USA Plow Matchin Carriage Hill, Ohio. Sam uses hisPercheron horses for field work, haying,sugaring, logging and in the marketgarden run by his partner, ErikaMarczak, on his family's We-Li-KitFarm in Abington, CT.Continued on page 30