Speakers & Performers
jann knappage
Jann Knappage's educational background is in Nutrition and Public Health. She moved to Kentucky over 2.5 years ago to run a school garden program in David, Kentucky. The students learned life skills through gardening, processing and cooking. In August, She transitioned over to work as CFA's EKY Farm to Table Coordinator. Knappage's goal in this role is to connect the dots of the local food system between restaurants, institutions, and direct consumers to producers and processors. The goals of the program are to map the resources available, build demand and production capacity, and serve as a local food champion.
DON TILLACK
Don Tillack is a Boyd Gardener Master Gardener and will be speaking at 10 am. Mr. Tillack will talk about organic vegetable and herb gardening with an emphasis on organic farming. Mr. Tillack has been gardening for over 50 years and will describe techniques and methods he uses to grow organic foods. Mr. Tillack also has experience in year-round growing and gardening for health. Mr. Tillack is well traveled having visited all 50 state and 50 countries. His career as an engineer and speaker has taken him 20 countries on six continents. He has been a Master Gardener for 17 years.