Current Participants

Steering Committee

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  • International Fresh Produce Association - Ed Tracy 

  • California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance - Lisa Francioni

  • Ecosystems Service Market Consortium - Amanda Raster 

  • Del Monte Foods - Molly Laverty

  • Western Growers Association - De Ann Davis

  • World Wildlife Fund - Leigh Prezkop

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Coordinating Council

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Environmental and Public Interest Groups 

  • Ecosystems Service Market Consortium - Amanda Raster 

  • American Farmland Trust - Kara Heckert 

  • Willamette Alliance - Sara O'Brien

  • Natural Resources Defense Council - Joanne Berkenkamp

  • The Nature Conservancy - Kris Johnson

  • The Sustainability Consortium - Christy Melheart Slay

  • IPM Institute of North America - Ariel Larson 

  • Sustainable Conservation - Daniel Mountjoy

  • The Freshwater Trust - David Primozich

  • World Wildlife Fund - Monica McBride

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Growers, Suppliers and Trade Associations

  • Community Alliance with Family Farmers - Dave Runsten

  • Jacobs Farm / DelCabo - Larry Jacobs

  • California Almond Board - Gabriele Ludwig

  • Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Association - Charles Hall

  • National Potato Council - Mike Wenkel

  • Western Growers Association - De Ann Davis

  • Agriculture Capital Managment - Wood Turner

  • Lipman Produce - Louis DeMaso 

  • Duda Fresh - Amy Duda Kinder

  • US Farmers and Ranchers Alliance - Erin Fitzgerald

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Buyers and Trade Associations

  • California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance - Allison Jordan

  • Campbells Soup - Ryan Vroegindewey

  • Del Monte Foods - Molly Laverty

  • Panera - Mindy Gomes-Casseres

  • International Fresh Produce Association - Ed Treacy

  • Pro*Act - Hanna Ricci 

  • Smuckers - Rebecca Ott

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Additional Experts​/Advisors

  • Measure to Improve, LLC - ​Nikki Cossio 

  • Lisa K. Johnson, Ph.D. - North Carolina State University

  • Sustainable Food Lab - Hal Hamilton

  • University of Arkansas - Marty Matlock

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Metric Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC)

  • Sustainable Conservation - Daniel Mountjoy

  • Campbell Soup - Ryan Vroegindewey

  • California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance - Lisa Francioni

  • Western Growers Association - De Ann Davis

  • Jacobs Farm / DelCabo - Larry Jacobs

  • California Almond Board - Gabriele Ludwig

  • Willamette Alliance - Sara O'Brien

 

Metrics Review Committee (MRC)

All specialty crops stakeholders and experts were invited to join the MRC. Individual committees have helped develop, pilot and refine each metric.

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The success of SISC depends upon acceptance by diverse stakeholders. To that end, SISC encourages broad and balanced participation in the development of the project's scope and of specific metrics.