Barrett Vaughan

Barrett Vaughan

Associate Professor
bvaughan@tuskegee.edu
(334) 727-8527

 
 
 
 
 
Kristin Wood

Kristin Wood

Extension Agent
kwoods2@tuskegee.edu

 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 

University of Arkansas

Amanda Philyaw Perez

Amanda Philyaw Perez

Associate Professor, Food Safety Specialist
aperez@uada.edu
(501) 671-2228

 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 

University of Georgia

Laurel Dunn

Laurel Dunn

Assistant Professor and Extension Coordinator
laurel.dunn@uga.edu
(706) 542-0993

 
 
 
 
 
Kaitlyn Casulli

Kaitlyn Casulli

Assistant Professor, Food Science & Technology
kaitlyn.casulli@uga.edu
(706) 542-7501

 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 

University of Kentucky

Paul Vijayakumar

Paul Vijayakumar

Associate Professor
paul.v@uky.edu
(859) 257-1546

 
 
 
 
 
Melissa Morgan

Melissa Morgan

Director
melissa.morgan@uky.edu
(859) 257-5881

 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 

Louisiana State University AgCenter

Achyut Adhikari

Achyut Adhikari

Associate Professor, Nutrition and Food Science
acadhikari@agcenter.lsu.edu
(225) 578-2529

 
 
 
 
 
Kathryn Fontenot

Kathryn Fontenot

Regional Director
kkfontenot@agcenter.lsu.edu
(337) 788-7547

 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 

Mississippi State University

Juan Silva

Juan Silva

Professor and Graduate Coordinator
jls46@msstate.edu
(662) 325-3200

 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 

North Carolina State University

Lynette Johnston

Lynette Johnston

Assistant Professor and Food Safety Extension Specialist
lynette_johnston@ncsu.edu
(919) 515-0303

 
 
 
 
 
Chip Simmons

Chip Simmons

Area Specialized Agent
odsimmon@ncsu.edu
(919) 414-5632

 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 

Carolina Farm Stewardship Association

Sara Runkel

Sara Runkel

SC Local Food Program Director
sara@carolinafarmstewards.org
(919) 542-2402

 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 

Oklahoma State University

Ravi Jadeja

Ravi Jadeja

Assistant Professor, Food Safety Specialist
ravi.jadeja@okstate.edu
(405) 744-3922

 
 
 
 
 
Rodney Holcomb

Rodney Holcomb

Professor, Agricultural Economics
rodney.holcomb@okstate.edu
(405) 744-6272

 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 

Clemson University

Chad Carter

Chad Carter

Food Safety Extension Associate
ctcarte@clemson.edu
(843) 730-5211

 
 
 
 
 
Kimberly Baker

Kimberly Baker

Extension Associate
kabaker@clemson.edu
(864) 646-2166

 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 

University of Tennessee

Annette Wszelaki

Annette Wszelaki

Associate Professor and Vegetable Extension Specialist
annettew@utk.edu
(885) 974-8332

 
 
 
 
 
Mark Morgan

Mark Morgan

Professor, Food Science
mark.morgan@utk.edu
(865) 974-7499

 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 

Tennessee State University

Aliyar Fouladkhah

Aliyar Fouladkhah

Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
afouladk@tnstate.edu
(615) 963-7471

 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 

Texas A&M University

Thomas Taylor

Thomas Taylor

Associate Professor, Animal Science
matt_taylor@tamu.edu
(979) 862-7678

 
 
 
 
 
Alejandro Castillo

Alejandro Castillo

Associate Professor, Animal Science
a-castillo@tamu.edu
(979) 845-3565

 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 

Texas Tech

Angela Shaw

Angela Shaw

Professor, Animal and Food Sciences
angela.shaw@ttu.edu
(806) 834-2803

 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Veerachandra "Kranti" Yemmireddy

Veerachandra "Kranti" Yemmireddy

Assistant Professor, SEEMS
veerachandra.yemmireddy@utrgv.edu
(956) 665-7198

 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 

Virginia Tech University

Laura Strawn

Laura Strawn

Associate Professor, Extension Specialist
Lstrawn@vt.edu
(714) 450-0629

 
 
 
 
 
Alexis Hamilton

Alexis Hamilton

Assistant Professor, Extension Specialist
ahamilton@vt.edu

 
 
 
 
 



 
 
 
 
 

Local Food Hub

Laryssa Smith

Laryssa Smith

Director of Grower Services
laryssa@localfoodhub.org
(540) 327-7214