Introducing our Keynote Speakers for the 2025 Food and Farming Sustainable Ag Conference.

JOLENE BROWN, CSP, CPAE is a farmer, author, and curator of peace working with family farms to create a working plan for generations to work together for an operation that can be passed on for generations.  A walking/talking champion for the people of agriculture, she shares her credibility, authenticity, humor, and wisdom with audiences worldwide through her writing, keynotes, and workshops.

With stages ranging from bales of hay to some of the world’s most beautiful venues, Jolene has the unique ability to weave appropriate humor, real-life stories, and hard-won experience into her work.

RAY ARCHULETA is a Certified Professional Soil Scientist with the Soil Science Society of America and has over 30 years’ experience as a Soil Conservationist, Water Quality Specialist, and Conservation Agronomist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

After his retirement from the NRCS in 2017, Ray founded Understanding Ag, LLC, and Soil Health Academy, LLC, to teach Biomimicry strategies and Agroecology principles for improving soil function on a national scale. Ray also owns and operates a 150-acre farm near Seymour, Missouri that he operates along with his wife and family.

BOB QUINN earned a PhD in plant biochemistry before returning to the family farm in the rich soil of Big Sandy, Montana. Bob embarked on a transformative journey that led him to pioneer Kamut International, a thriving business that turned an ancient grain into a global superfood synonymous with health and community.

Quinn is also the found of The Quinn Institute championing the idea that every grain and every harvest should enhance health. The Quinn Institute as a leader in transforming agriculture into a health-giving enterprise.

WE LOOK FORWARD
TO HEARING
FROM THESE
AMAZING SPEAKERS!