Project Team and Collaborators
Hal Pepper, Financial Analysis Specialist, CPA
Irene Hanning, Assistant Professor, UT Department of Food
Science and Technology
Matt Ernst, Independent Writer
Megan Bruch Leffew, Marketing Specialist, CPA
Walter Bates, Owner of Walter Bates Farm
Sam Kennedy, Owner of Glendale Farm
James Yoder, Owner of Yoder Brothers Processing
Karen Overton, Owner of Wedge Oak Farms
Brad and Tracy Smith, Owners of Three Forks Cattle
Company
Kathleen McAnally, Frontline Supervisor, USDA-FSIS
Marshall Williams, Investigator, USDA-FSIS
Mike Brown, Outreach Coordinator, Tennessee Department of
Agriculture
Shanna Lively, Food and Dairy Administrator, Tennessee
Department of Agriculture
Faith Critzer, Food Safety Specialist, UT Extension
Dwight Loveday, Meat Specialist, UT Extension
Wade Murphy, Tennessee Department of Environment and
Conservation Water Resources
Brad Harris, Tennessee Department of Environment and
Conservation Water Resources
Wendy Sneed, Livestock and Equine Marketing, Tennessee
Department of Agriculture
Maggie Smith, Vice President, Process Management
Consulting
Kevin Hensley, Regional Field Service Director, Tennessee
Farm Bureau
Janie Becker, Rutherford County Extension Agent, UT
Extension