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Farm to Fork Festival
Taste. Learn. Inspire. A food gathering in Jackson Hole.
 

Thank you 2023 PRESENTERS + CONTRIBUTORS!

 
 

Winona Laduke | KEYNOTE speaker + workshop Presenter

A LIFETIME OF ACTIVISM AND FARMING, REIMAGINING OUR FOOD SYSTEM WITH WINONA LADUKE

LaDuke is an  Indigenous writer, farmer, economist, and political activist, from the White Earth Anishinaabe reservation in northern Minnesota.  A two-time vice presidential candidate with the Green Party in l996 and 2000, she has been a critical part of movements to oppose the tar sands and oil pipelines proposed and newly constructed in the Great Lakes region, working on the opposition to the Keystone, Dakota Access and Enbridge pipelines, as the former Executive Director of Honor the Earth, which she founded with the Indigo Girls.  Her work is internationally recognized in the preservation of biodiversity, including specifically work to protect wild rice or manoomin.  The author of six books, including Recovering the Sacred, To Be a Water Protector, and a newly re-released novel, Last Standing Woman. LaDuke is a fiber hemp farmer and is working on the development of an Indigenous Hemp cooperative, focused on land back, carbon sequestration and the creation of a New Green Revolution- the fiber hemp economy. 

Jason Baldes | Speaker + workshop presentor

REVITALIZING BISON: AN EVENING WITH JASON BALDES

Jason Baldes, an enrolled member of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, received both his bachelor's and master's degrees in Land Resources & Environmental Sciences from Montana State University, where he focused on the restoration of buffalo/bison to Tribal lands. In 2016 he spearheaded the successful effort to restore buffalo to the Wind River Indian Reservation and works with the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes in buffalo management, land rematriation, and cultural reconnection to buffalo. He is an advocate, educator and speaker on Indigenous cultural revitalization and ecological restoration who has also served as director of the Wind River Native Advocacy Center, where he was instrumental in the passing of the Wyoming Indian Education for All Act. He currently splits time as the executive director of the Wind River Tribal Buffalo Initiative and Tribal Buffalo Program Senior Manager for the National Wildlife Federation's Tribal Partnerships Program. Jason sits on the board of directors of the Inter-Tribal Buffalo Council, and the board of trustees for the Conservation Lands Foundation.

Patti Baldes

Workshop Presenter | An hour of buffalo

Patti Baldes (Northern Arapaho/Northern Paiute), was born on the Big Pine Paiute Reservation in California and raised on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. Baldes is an enrolled Northern Arapaho with Northern Paiute lineage. She lives on the Wind River Reservation with her husband and they share four children. Baldes is currently the Executive Director of a tribal non-profit, the Wind River Native Advocacy Center. She works closely and collaborates with other local non-profits, focusing on conservation, tribal sovereignty, self-determination and relationships. Baldes enjoys sharing her story and conservation experiences through her photography line dubbed, Patti with an Eye. She has been sharing photos for close to 20 years.  Baldes’ focus has and will continue to be the Buffalo, restoring them to and increasing tribal lands, sharing her talents through art, photography and storytelling. Baldes also produces and participates in an exhibit called, REMATRIATE. This exhibit shares the connection to buffalo through art, song and dance, focusing on the matriarchal role and how it benefits the land and community we all share.

ian mcgregor

workshop presenter | TETON TERROIR - A HARD CIDER TASTING

Ian McGregor is co-owner and Cider Maker for Farmstead Cider, the first and only cidery in the state of Wyoming. Born and raised in Jackson Hole, Ian never thought fruit could grow in this cold climate. But after working in sustainable agriculture and winemaking in varying climates around the world, he discovered that certain fruits are well adapted to thrive in the unpredictable weather of the high mountains. Now Ian grows apple and crabapple varieties in his orchard that give his ciders a uniquely mountainous flavor.

John Mionczynski

workshop presenter | Wild edible hike in cache creek (off-site)

John is an ethnobotanist and retired wildlife consultant who lives in the historic mining town of Atlantic City, Wyoming.  John has led field trips and taught classes in ethnobotany and natural history for the Native Science Field Center at the Fort Washakie School in Fort Washakie, WY. He has taught for the Teton Science School in Kelly, Central Wyoming Community College in Riverton, National Outdoor Leadership School in Lander, Family Medicine Residency Program (through the University of Wyoming) and for the Wyoming Outdoor Council in Lander – as well as other venues.

Mionczynski has worked on the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study, Interagency Studies of Bighorn Sheep, and numerous other research projects, and is co-founder of the Native Memory Project. He currently serves on the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Bighorn Restoration Group based in Lander. John also functions as ethnobotanist for the Shoshone Ancestral Food-Gathering Group on the Wind River Reservation.

kelly pingree

Presenter

Kelly Pingree is an enrolled member of the Shoshone-Bannock tribe and a lifelong resident of the Wind River Indian Reservation, where she lives with her husband John and their 4 children. She is a trained chef, former Nutrition Educator, and an advocate for Food Sovereignty for Native People. Kelly is Co-Director of the Wind River Food Sovereignty Project, an organization on the Wind River Reservation that works to strengthen their community's food system.

KATHY CLAY

WORKSHOP Presenter | Enhancing Pollinator Populations in the Urban Setting

Retired Battalion Chief Fire Marshal for Jackson Hole Fire/EMS, Kathy Clay and her husband live on a farm in Freedom, Idaho where their main objective is to raise and bale quality alfalfa hay. Clay has studied bees and earned a Master Beekeeping certification from the University of Montana and the University of Nebraska/Lincoln.  She is the Western Wyoming representative for Great Plain Master Beekeeping, sits on the Western Apiculture Society (WAS) board, and has provided educational lectures at the Wyoming Bee College.  She will be speaking at the 2023 WAS Calgary Conference and the American Bee Federation Conference in New Orleans in 2024.  

Clay specializes in managing her bees to produce comb honey, the purest form of honey available.  She intends to begin raising queen bees next season to breed hardy stock for local beekeepers.  

Nick Phillips

workshop presenter | You’ve Pulled the Trigger, Now What

Nick Phillips of Sweet Cheeks Meats is a whole animal butcher, specializing in the utilization of locally raised animals, from hip-to-hip & nose-to-tail.

STEVE KURIAN

Workshop Presenter | A brain health cooking class with Annie Fenn

With over 20 years in the commercial fishing industry, Steve Kurian is both a fisherman and an advocate of all things wild fish and wild places. Captain Steve utilizes his years of Forestry work and passion for responsible fishing and hunting to share the importance of protecting the natural resources that house the wild ecosystems we rely on for healthy and hearty nourishment. As the owner of two wild seafood companies, a tree care service, and as a Pennsylvania native, Steve divides his time between committing himself to lifelong learning of sustainable eating practices and enjoying both life's little moments and grand adventures with his family and friends in between.

Matt Bambach

Workshop Presenter | An Introduction to Mushroom Foraging in the Tetons

Matt Bambach is a phycologist, forager, and skier who originally grew up in Connecticut and first moved to Jackson to teach at the Teton Village in 2015. After leaving the Tetons to research cyanobacterial blooms in Minnesota lakes and work for a few years in Sandpoint, ID (where he picked his first burn morels and fell in love with mycology), he returned to the area in 2021 to work at Teton Full Circle Farm in Victor. Matt unequivocally believes in the power that local food systems and clean water have to unite and fortify communities, and is grateful to serve our watershed as a staff member of Protect Our Water Jackson Hole. He is excited to share his love for finding strange, beautiful and delicious things in the forest, as he is always on the lookout for new ways to use information and experiences to build a holistic stewardship ethic.

annie fenn

WoRKSHOP PRESENTER | a brain health cooking class with steve kurian

Dr. Annie Fenn is a physician, chef, and the author of The Brain Health Kitchen: Preventing Alzheimer's Through Food, published by Artisan Books in January 2023. Her mission is to help you take care of your brain while still enjoying delicious food.

Helen Goelet

workshop presenter | FROM ITALY TO THE TETONS: PIZZA MAKING for kids WITH BONA FURTUNA

With 10 years of professional culinary experience under her belt, Helen has devoted her career to the wonderful world of food. She has wielded the knife and tended the stove top in professional kitchens and worked as a private chef before joining the Bona Furtuna team. At Bona Furtuna, she's excited to share her culinary knowledge through the development of exciting recipes and educating others about what makes Bona Furtuna so special. When Helen is not cooking or writing about specialty Italian food you can find her with her 1 1/2 year-old-son and husband exploring our beautiful valley on foot, skis, and bike. 

Kevin Taylor

workshop presenter | Chickens, bees, greenhouses & more! Come learn how to be a backyard farmer (OFF-site)

Kevin Taylor has been part of the Wildlife Expeditions of Teton Science Schools team since 2002. Kevin has a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a Masters of Science in Botany. His biological research experience includes several wildlife research projects, as well as mapping distribution of rare plant species and the effects of global climate change on mountain plants. He believes that it is critical to include modern humans when discussing natural history and ecology, and he studies and teaches ethnobotany and ethnozoology. Hunting, gathering, gardening, raising chickens and bees, and constantly performing ethnological experiments in Jackson Hole allows Kevin to become increasingly intimate with the ecology of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, and interpret the human history of the GYE with a hands-on perspective.

Billie Spoonhunter

storytelling moderator | STORYTELLING WITH SHOSHONE-BANNOCK & NORTHERN ARAPAHO TRIBAL ELDERS

I'm Willimena(Billie)Spoonhunter. I'm a member of the Northern Arapahoe tribe from the Wind River Reservation here in Wyoming. I'm a Nutrition Educator with the University of Wyoming’s Cent$ible Nutrition Program. 

Mary Ann Duran | storyteller

Storyteller | STORYTELLING WITH SHOSHONE-BANNOCK & NORTHERN ARAPAHO TRIBAL ELDERS

Mary Ann Duran is a Northern Arapaho elder, storyteller, and Arapaho language and culture teacher.

Zena Wolcott-MacCausland

WOrkshop presenter | PLAN AHEAD FOR SPRING FLOWERS: PLANTING FALL BULBS WITH BASIN FLOWERS

Zena Wolcott-MacCausland owns Basin Flowers, a specialty cut flower operation providing local and sustainably grown flowers to customers on both sides of the Tetons. Zena grew up on a small dairy farm and maple sugaring operation in the northeast and worked on diversified vegetable farms before starting Basin Flowers.  Zena enjoys growing cut flowers that are well adapted to the cold and harsh Teton climate including fall planted bulbs.

Lacey Mcneff

Workshop Presenter | A Cheese Tasting Sensory Experience

Lacey’s enthusiasm for eating cheese has been life-long. As a cheese-worker, she has worn many hats (orderer, monger, pairing class facilitator, maker, teacher), and is passionate about promoting cheese education, sharing and engaging around cheese, and contributing to its robust community. She is an American Cheese Society Certified Cheese Professional, and Head Cheesemaker at Winter Winds Farm.

She spent this spring and summer studying (using all of her senses while eating cheese) for the American Cheese Society Certified Cheese Sensory Evaluator exam and is waiting to hear about results.

Lacey O'Sullivan

workshop presenter | Farm to fabric: an intro. to natural dye with food scraps

Lacey O'Sullivan moved to Jackson in November 2019, hoping to soak up as much time in the mountains as she could. She quickly realized the importance of actively taking steps to reverse the negative impact we place on the environment, after participating in the Conservation Leadership Institute in 2020. She found a fun hobby in natural dyeing, which turned the problem of food scraps and fabric waste into something beautiful that anyone can create. With the help of her friends this year, she co-founded the Flat Creek Trading Co, an artists' collective that repurposes materials to give them new life.

Jenna Barnes

Workshop presenter | Mountain medicine cabinet: build your own apothecary

Jenna Barnes is an active travel guide, herbalist and plant-based chef. She is the creatrix of Parakalo Provisions: catering wellness retreats, curating al fresco pop-up meals, and blending herbal teas. After working on numerous organic farms, exploring the cuisine of over 20 countries, and studying herbal medicine + wildcrafting, she weaves these supportive plants into the meals and tells the stories of culinary traditions from around the world through the vibrant food she creates. 

Jenna believes that food is a ritual and that a meal is medicine. We are all part of nature, and she brings that connection and purpose to the plate and into the mug for a deeply nourishing and healing experience. 

Rose Ann Abrahamson – Agai Dika/Lemhi Valley Shoshone Elder

Storyteller | STORYTELLING WITH SHOSHONE-BANNOCK & NORTHERN ARAPAHO TRIBAL ELDERS

Familial descendant of Sacajawea, Chief Cameahwait, Chief Tendoy, and the last Shoshone and Bannock Chief Willie George. A fluent Shoshone speaker and traditional historian and cultural expert with a passion for sharing the history, tribal lifeways, and narratives of the Northern Shoshonean people of the Rockies. She believes that sharing with others imparts an appreciation and understanding of Indigenous knowledge and wisdom. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in History & Secondary Education from the University of New Mexico, and a Master’s Degree in Education & History from the University of Chicago, Illinois.