Extension > Food > Small Farms > Program team
Program team
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Tim Arlt
Program Leader
arltx001@umn.edu
507-774-0748Extension Regional Office – Mankato
1961 Premier Drive Suite 110
Mankato, MN 56001Specializations: Agricultural Business Management
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Mike Boersma
Extension Educator – Pipestone County
boers010@umn.edu
507-825-6715Municipal Building, 119 Southwest 2nd Avenue Suite 2
Pipestone, MN 56164Specializations: Provides education and technical assistance in livestock production systems and livestock nutrition in beef, sheep, goats, dairy, and swine.
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Janelle Daberkow
Extension Educator – Stearns County
kuec0022@umn.edu
320-255-6169Midtown Office Building, 3400 1st Street North Suite 103
Saint Cloud, MN 56303Specializations: Coordinate the Master Gardener program in Stearns and Benton Counties, work with consumer questions in all areas of horticulture.
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Michael Donnelly
Extension Educator – Rice County
donne099@umn.edu
507-332-61091900 Fairgrounds Drive #17
Faribault, MN 55021Specializations: Provides education and farm management advice for livestock operations in the areas of beef, dairy, sheep, swine and other small livestock.
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Suzanne Driessen
Extension Educator
driessen@umn.edu
320-203-6057Extension Regional Office – St. Cloud
Midtown Office Complex, 3400 1st Street North Suite 400
St. Cloud, MN 56303Specializations: Food Science
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Tana Haugen-Brown
Extension Educator and Co-Coordinator
thbrown@umn.edu
763-260-4423Extension Regional Office – St. Cloud
Midtown Office Complex, 3400 1st Street North Suite 400
St. Cloud, MN 56303Specializations: Provide education in the area of pesticide safety and environmental education and leadership for private pesticide applicator certification/re-certification.
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Dean Herzfeld
Plant Pathology
deanh@umn.edu
612-624-3477495 Borlaug Hall, 1991 Upper Buford Circle
St. Paul, MN 55108Specializations: Pesticide safety education for farmers, home use and professional pesticide applicators in agriculture, horticulture, natural resources, urban, public health and other sectors including health and safety, environmental protection, regulatory compliance, integrated pest management and related topics.
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Laura Kieser
Extension Educator – Carver County
torb0022@umn.edu
952-466-530011360 Highway 212 West Suite 4
Cologne, MN 55322Specializations: Provide education in the areas of management, nutrition and facilities for dairy cattle and small ruminants.
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Christian Lilienthal
Extension Educator – Nicollet County
lili0004@umn.edu
507-934-0360Government Center, 501 South Minnesota Avenue
St. Peter, MN 56082Specializations: Beef and row crop production, poultry, alternative livestock, game and exotic animal care. Others include wildlife management and woody and herbaceous plants.
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Dan Martens
Extension Educator – Benton County
marte011@umn.edu
320-968-5077Courthouse-531 Dewey Street, PO Box 650
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H. Wayne Martin
Extension Educator
marti067@umn.edu
612-625-6224Agronomy & Plant Genetics
385 AniSci/VM, 1988 Fitch Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108Specializations: Small scale poultry production, pork production in pasture/deep bedded systems, sheep and goat production.
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Terry Nennich
Extension Educator
nenni001@umn.edu
218-281-8690Extension Regional Office – Crookston
251 Owen Hall, 2900 University Avenue
Crookston, MN 56716Specializations: Commercial vegetable and fruit production, high tunnel production, farmers markets, local food systems, food safety, and farm to school.
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Jacob Overgaard
Extension Educator – Winona County
over0128@umn.edu
507-457-6440202 West 3rd Street
Winona, MN 55987Specializations: Focuses his work in the areas of fruit, vegetable, and organic production, IPM, and local food systems coordination.
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Ryan Pesch
Extension Educator
pesch@umn.edu
218-998-5794Extension Regional Office – Fergus Falls
220 West Washington Avenue Suite 201
Fergus Falls, MN 56537Specializations: Direct farm marketing and promotion, internet marketing for growers, farmers market management, community food systems, and community food market analysis.
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Brenda Postels
Extension Educator – Wright County
post0060@umn.edu
763-682-7394County Government Center, 10 2nd Street Northwest Room C107
Buffalo, MN 55313Specializations: Meat goats and integrated parasite control for sheep and goats including FAMACHA training and certification.
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Jim Stordahl
Extension Educator – Polk County
stordahl@umn.edu
218-563-2465Municipal Building, PO Box 69
McIntosh, MN 56556Specializations: Works with local foods, forages, ruminants – large and small, small flock poultry and organic production.
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Karen Terry
Extension Educator
kterry@umn.edu
320-589-1711Extension Regional Office – Morris
WC Research & Outreach Center, 46352 State Highway 329
Morris, MN 56267Specializations: Water resources, specifically with streams: channel movement/stability, erosion, water quality, flow regimes, and fish habitat.
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Jerry Tesmer
Extension Educator – Fillmore County
tesme001@umn.edu
507-765-3896902 Houston Street Northwest #3
Preston, MN 55965Specializations: Providing education in farm management, livestock production, crops, farm safety, and volunteer management of the Master Gardener program in Fillmore and Houston Counties.
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Betsy Wieland
Extension Educator – Hennepin County
eliza003@umn.edu
612-596-1175Department of Environmental Services
701 4th Avenue South Suite 700
Minneapolis, MN 55415Specializations: Provides information on a variety of agriculture topics including pasture management, small farm resources, natural resource conservation, local food production, and urban agriculture.
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Dave Wilsey
Extension Educator
dwilsey@umn.edu
218-726-6461Extension Regional Office – Cloquet
Cloquet Forestry Center, 179 University Road
Cloquet, MN 55720Specializations: Farm/forest livelihood systems research and education; market and value chain analysis; non-timber forest products; community-based development.
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Nathan Winter
Extension Educator – McLeod County
wint0146@umn.edu
320-484-4303840 Century Avenue Southwest
Hutchinson, MN 55350Specializations: Provide education in the areas of commodity crops, forages, vegetables, and manure management.
