Here’s who joined us at the 2015 Slow Living Summit!
*denotes speaker or artist
- *Anna Witholt Abaldo, Maine Farmland Trust
- Michael Abbate, COO, Common Capital, Holyoke MA
- Christine Adamow, EuphorbUS, Stoughton MA
- Molly Alderman-Person, Intern, Strolling of the Heifers, Brattleboro VT
- Connie Allen, Sustainable Oxford Hills, Harrison ME
- *Jason Amundsen, Head Clucker of Locally Laid Egg Company, Minnesota
- *Lucie Amundsen, writer, marketer and reluctant farmer, Minnesota
- *Sutat Anthachai, Sous Chef, Duo Restaurant
- *Keith Arnold, Owner, Duo Restaurant, Brattleboro VT
- Marilyn Aronoff, Sociologist Emeritus, Michigan State University, Brattleboro VT
- Joel Aronoff, Pyschologist Emeritus, Michigan State University, Brattleboro VT
- *Maya Apfelbaum, interdisciplinary artist, Living Earth Arts Productions, Greenfield MA
- *Cimbria Badenhausen, Ecosystem Advocate, ecological design consultant and teacher
- *Enrique Balcazar, farmworker organizer, Migrant Justice, Burlington VT
- Amos Baehr, swine herd, Windy Corners Farm, Charlotte VT
- Scott Baker, West Haven CT
- *Betzy Bancroft, co-director and faculty of the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism, Montpelier, VT
- *Jamie Baribeau, director of food and nutrition, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, Brattleboro VT
- Louis Battalen, Domestic Fair Trade Association, Ashfield MA
- *Richard Berkfield, executive director and co-founder of Food Connects, Brattleboro VT
- *Ali Berlow, author, co-owner of Edible Vineyard, founder of Island Grown Initiative, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
- *Nicole Berube, executive director of CitySeed, New Haven CT
- *John Steven Bianucci, Iroquois Valley Farms, LLC
- Beatrice Blake, Possibility Space LLC, Brattleboro VT
- Stephan Brandstatter, Percussionist/Sound Therapy, Mainly Music: “Spirit & Energy of the Gong”, Brattleboro VT
- Sally Brassor, Holistic Nutrition Coach, Soul-ly Synchronistic, Vernon VT
- *Ingrid Bredenberg, Creativity Muse, Bredenberg Associates, Montague MA
- Liz Buxton, Western Mass. Food Processing Center, Franklin County Community Development Corporation, Greenfield MA
- Lindsay Byrne, Nutrition & Marketing Intern With Good Reasons Keene NH
- *Nancy Cain, co-owner of Against The Grain Gourmet, Brattleboro VT
- Marilyn Chiarello, Edible Brattleboro, Brattleboro VT
- *Margaret Christie, Special Projects Director, Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture, South Deerfield MA
- Tom Church, Amaranth Interiors, Inc., Easton PA
- >Giovanni Ciarlo, Gaia Education, Watertown CT
- Joseph Cincotta, LineSync Architecture, Wilmington VT
- *Timothy Cipriano, VP of Brand Development, Hooray Purée, Torrington CT
- *Stacia Clinton, New England Regional Director, Healthy Food in Health Care
- *Taylor Cocalis Suarez, co-founder, Good Food Jobs, Germantown NY
- Stacey Conn, General Manager, Strolling of the Heifers, Keene NH
- *Cindy Conner, author, researcher, Ashland VA
- *Louisa Conrad, Big Picture Farm, Townshend VT
- Melissa Corbin, Director of Social Enterprise, FRESH Food, Winooski VT
- Bill Corcoran, Excellence Activist, Broadleaf Solar, Windsor CT
- *Skye Cornell, Vice President of Programs, Wholesome Wave, Bridgeport CT
- Jessie Couture, Designer, LineSync Architecture, Wilmington VT
- *Erbin Crowell, executive director of the Neighboring Food Co-op Association (NFCA), Shelburne Falls MA
- Peter Crowell, faculty member, Marlboro College Graduate School, Brattleboro VT
- Dede Cummings, Green Writers Press, Brattleboro VT
- Patsy Cushing, Edible Brattleboro, West Brattleboro VT
- Martin Dagoberto, campaign coordinator, Citizens for GMO Labeling, Shelburne Falls MA
- Judy Davidson, psychologist, Brattleboro VT
- Allen Davis, Drive 55 Campaign, Dublin NH
- Brian Degen, Fieldstone Capital, Waitsfield VT
- Jeremy DeLisle, Program Coordinator, University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension, Goffstown NH
- Bonnie Jean Dibelius, Home Environmentalist, Broadleaf Solar, Windsor CT
- Debbie Diegoli, Weathersfield VT
- Claire DiLeo, student, Charlemont Academy, Cummington MA
- Paul DiLeo, founder & managing partner, Grassroots Capital Management, New York NY & Plainfield MA
- Sally Dodge, Northeast Community Development Manager, Iroquois Valley Farms, Arlington VT
- Akara Draper, Dummerston VT
- Lydgate Driggs, Shelburne Falls MA
- Marcia Passos Duffy, Monadnock Table, Keene NH
- Robert Dunbar, Dummerston VT
- Betsy Eaton, Harpswell ME
- John Elder, Middlebury College, Middlebury VT
- *Cyndal Ellis, SoBo Studio
- Gail-Elizabeth England, Senior Corporate Support, Vermont Public Radio, Colchester VT
- *Shanta L. Evans-Crowley, 2015 Slow Living Summit coordinator
- Marlene Everingham, Brattleboro VT
- *Michael Finkelstein, MD, The Slow Medicine Doctor, Bedford NY
- Jackie Fischer, faculty, Goddard College, Woodstock VT
- *Paula Francis, Inspired Consultation, board member, Gross National Happiness USA
- *Richard French, founder and CEO of Bagel Works, Inc.
- Sheila Gallagher, Alliance for Sustainable Communities of the Lehigh Valley, Easton PA
- Jamila Gaskins, Los Angeles CA
- >Cary Gaunt, Marlboro College Graduate School, Brattleboro VT
- *Abigail Gehring, co-author, The Healthy Gluten Free Diet
- Daniel Gehring, Associate Architect, LineSync Architecture Associate, Wilmington VT
- Grace Gershuny, Organic Earth Goddess, GAIA Services, St. Johnsbury VT
- *Drew Gradinger, Director, The Kindle Farm School, Newfane VT
- Rebecca Graham, Clara’s Courage, Collegeville PA
- *Alisa Gravitz, president and CEO, Green America
- Devin Green, Brattleboro VT
- Rachel Greenberger, Director, Food Sol at Babson College, Babson Park MA
- *Vern Grubinger, Professor, University of Vermont Extension, Brattleboro VT
- Dale Guldbrandsen, Northeast Community Development Manager, Iroquois Valley Farms, Arlington VT
- Hildegarde Hannum, Schumacher Center for a New Economics, Old Lyme CT
- Bridget Harrison, Cambridge MA
- Lisa Hawkins, Pittsfield MA
- *Carol Hazen, Director of Advocacy Resources at the University of Connecticut’s Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, Hartford CT
- Matthew Hoffman, Cornell University, E. Dummerston VT
- *Allison Hooper, co-founder, Vermont Creamery
- *Anore Horton, Nutrition Initiatives Director, Hunger Free Vermont
- *Noah Hoskins-Forsythe, VP, The Bunker Farm, Dummerston VT
- *Bonnie Hudspeth, outreach coordinator, Neighboring Food Co-op Association (NFCA), Putney VT
- Phil Innes, publisher, Vermont Views Magazine, Brattleboro VT
- Kristina Israel, Marketing & Outreach Coordinator, Putney Food Coop, Putney VT
- *Seth Itzkan, President of Planet-TECH Associates
- Jennifer Jacobs, EAP Consultant, THRIVEeap, Brattleboro VT
- *Katherine Jandernoa,Co-Founder & Farm to School Program Manager, Food Connects, Brattleboro VT
- *Terry Jenoure, multi-media artist and teacher
- Sarah Johnson, Organic and Risk Management Specialist, New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, Fultonville NY
- Linda Jones, Dummerston VT
- Ayla Joyce, Alstead NH
- >Susan Kathy, Meals on Wheels, Bennington VT
- *Josh Kauppila, poet/farmer/organizer
- *Brendan Kelly, acupuncturist, herbalist, Jade Mountain Wellness, Burlington, VT
- Robert King, Chosen Garden, Putney VT
- Tonia King, Radio Host, Food Talk For Health, Northfield MA
- *Jo Kirsch, co-owner, Heart of the Village Yoga, Manchester VT
- Anna Klein, Regenerative Design Group, Guilford VT
- *Dr. Gary Kleppel, professor of Biology, University at Albany, SUNY
- Pam Kleppel, Farmer, Longfield Farm, Altamont, NY
- Andrea Kreiner, Principal, A. Kreiner Company, Dover DE
- Pam Kristan, owner, Pam Kristan Consulting, Jamaica Plain MA
- *Derrick Lambert, Hunger Free Vermont
- Jan Lambert, editor, Valley Green Journal, Charlestown NH
- Nick Lane, Snow Farm Vineyard, South Hero VT
- Beverly Langeveld, World Learning, Vernon VT
- Martin Langeveld, marketing director, Strolling of the Heifers, Brattleboro VT
- Kim Latham, co-initiator, Transition Newton & Northwest NJ, Newton NJ
- *Tim Lawrence, co-author, The Healthy Gluten Free Diet
- *Deborah Lazar, artist, Artworking USA, Putney VT
- Adam Lemire, Senior Designer, LineSync Architecture, Wilmington VT
- *Laura Lengnick, affiliated researcher, Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project’s Local Food Research Center, Asheville NC
- Gail Lennstrom, Crystal Spring House, Big Indian NY
- Jiling Lin, Herbalist, Jiling Botanicals, Bethany CT
- Kate Link, CoachingLink, Brattleboro VT
- *Julie Lineberger, LineSync Architecture, Wilmington VT
- Aja Lippincott, Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture, South Deerfield MA
- *Celeste Longacre, gardener, author of Celeste’s Garden Delights
- Nico Lustig, Food Business Development Specialist, Franklin County Community Development Corporation, Greenfield MA
- B. Kiarnan Lynch Jr., Brattleboro VT
- *Heather Lyon, Artist, Blue Hill ME
- Kate McConnell, Sirius Ecovillage, Shutesbury MA
- *Linda McInerney, Founder and Artistic Director, Deerfield Valley Productions, Deerfield MA
- Patrick McKenna, Community Solutions, Hartford CT
- >Alice Maes, Putney VT
- Gail Makuch, Gail Friday, Wilmington VT
- *Daniella Malin, co-owner, Green Mountain Flour
- *Jacinda Martinez, artist, Maine Farmland Trust Gallery, Rockland ME
- *Rob Michalak, Global Director of Social Mission at Ben & Jerry’s
- Ron Miller, Board Chair, Sustainable Woodstock, Woodstock VT
- *Thomas R. Moffitt, CEO, Commonwealth Dairy, Brattleboro VT
- *Maddie Monty, Policy Advisor and Office Manager, Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont, Richmond VT
- Christine Mooiman, Kitchen Magician, Earth Sky Time Farm, Brooklyn NY
- Mary Lee Morrison, Frog Hollow Neighborhood Revitalzation Zone, Hartford CT
- Mitch Morrison, CEO, Economic Green Solutions, Sparta NJ
- Wende Mueller, Brattleboro VT
- *Orly Munzing, founder and executive director of Strolling of the Heifers, Brattleboro VT
- Sharon Myers, Sharon Myers Fine Catering, Brattleboro VT
- *Sara Newmark, Director of Sustainability, New Chapter, Inc., Brattleboro VT
- Innocent Nwosu, Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture, South Deerfield MA
- Robyn O’Brien, general manager, Putney Food Coop, Putney VT
- Kevin O’Connor, VTDigger, Brattleboro VT
- *Brendan O’Neill, Development and Ally Coordinator with Migrant Justice
- *Colin O’Neill, director of government affairs, Center for Food Safety
- Ezlerh Oreste, Comedian, Guilford VT
- *Martha Page, Executive Director, Hartford Food System, Inc.
- James Pepitone, Clinton CT
- Joanna Wilson Phillips, Menucation, Guilford VT
- Nicholas Phillips, CFO, Burning Hearts Tattoo Co., Guilford VT
- Sara Powell, Community Garden Connections Garden Manager, Antioch University New England, Keene NH
- Bonnie Powers, Antioch University New England, Keene NH
- Caitlin Pratt, MegaFood, Londonderry NH
- *Howard Prussack, organic farmer, Putney VT
- Lucy Pulitzer, Amherst MA
- Rose Pytte, Colrain MA
- Robin Queen-Finkelstein, Creative Director, Transcendence at SunRaven, Bedford, NY
- Judith Reichsman, InterPlay.org, Brattleboro VT
- Helen Robb, Robb Family Farm, Brattleboro VT
- *Vicki Robin, author, Your Money or Your Life, Langley WA
- Eli Rogosa, Biodiversity Farmer-baker, Heritage Grain Conservancy, Colrain MA
- *Susan Rosano, New England Expressive Arts, Guilford VT
- Mary Rosen, Dietitian/Nutritionist, Brattleboro VT
- Bonnie Rukin, Coordinator, Slow Money Maine, Camden ME
- Emily Ryan, Educator and Facilitator, Guilford VT
- Pat Sagui, director, Composting Association of Vermont, Troy VT
- Eric Salmon, Designer, LineSync Architecture, Wilmington VT
- *Toussaint St. Negritude, Poet Laureate, Belfast ME
- *Ismail Samad, chef, The Gleanery, Putney VT
- *Leda Scheintaub, co-owner, Dosa Kitchen: Brattleboro South Indian Food Truck, Brattleboro VT
- *Andreas Schneider, Director of Farm Production Enterprises, Hawthorne Valley Farms, Ghent NY
- *Alex Risley Schroeder, Finding Earth Works
- *Judith D. Schwartz, journalist and author, Bennington VT
- Karyn Seltzer, Brooklyn Porridge Co., New York, NY
- Robert Silleck, The Farm, Ashtabula, Ohio
- *Dar Tavernier-Singer, owner/chocolatier, Tavernier Chocolates, Brattleboro VT
- John Singer, owner/chocolatier, Tavernier Chocolates, Brattleboro VT
- Andy Smith, Artist/Photographer, Andy Smith Photography, Philadelphia PA
- Dave Smalley, Fultonville NY
- Lorre Smith, SUNY Albany, Albany NY
- *Andrea Stander, Director of Rural Vermont
- Wat Stearns, Brattleboro VT
- Alan Steinberg, Home Gardener, Putney VT
- Tamara Stenn, Professor, Hampshire College, SIT World Learning, Brattleboro VT
- *Sara Stowell, Vermont Migrant Education Program, Proctorsville VT
- *Zach Stremlau, co-owner, Green Mountain Flour
- Nisha Swinton, Senior Organizer, Food & Water Watch – New England, Portland ME
- *Suki, Barre VT
- >Romek Sypko, Vera Flora Farm, Gilsum NH
- >Karl Thidermann, Biodiversity for a Livable Climate, Someville MA
- Eliani Torres, Brattleboro VT
- Bob Trier, owner, PRT Associates, Townshend VT
- Phyllis Trier, owner/president, PRT Associates, Townshend VT
- *Sara Trunzo, Director, Veggies For All / Maine Farmland Trust, Belfast ME
- Allison Turner, Marlboro VT
- Bill Upholt, Hartford hOur Exchange, Hartford CT
- Susan Walker, Executive Direcotor, Turning Point of Windham County, Brattleboro VT
- *Michelle Wallace, program director, Vermont Foodbank
- Laurie Webster, Laurie Webster Design, Guilford VT
- Ren Weiner, owner, Miss Weinerz, Winooski VT
- *Joan Weir, Southeast Regional Director, Vermont Land Trust
- Gayle Waitz, Artrageus1, Brattleboro VT
- *Linda Wheatley, co-founder and co-coordinator of GNHUSA (Gross National Happiness USA)
- Amanda Whiting, Brattleboro VT
- *Keith Wilda, Executive Director, Island Grown Initiative, Martha’s Vineyard MA
- *Cheryl Wilfong, The Meditative Gardener, Dummerston VT
- Margaret Wilkinson, Dummerston VT
- >Jim Wilmerding, Chiropractic Physician, Halifax VT
- >John Wilmerding, Fantastic Wantastiquet, Brattleboro VT
- *Alex Wilson, founder and president of the Resilient Design Institute, Brattleboro VT
- *Jerelyn Wilson, outreach director, BuildingGreen, Inc., Brattleboro VT
- Marcia Winters, owner, With Good Reasons, LLC, Keene NH
- Barbara Woods, Brattleboro VT
- >Robin Zegge, Funny Business, Brattleboro VT