Each state in SARE's North Central Region has one or more designated directors of sustainable agriculture education, called Professional Development Program (PDP) State Sustainable Agriculture Coordinators. These leaders are responsible for administering sustainable agriculture activities and educational events.

For more information on sustainable agriculture programs and educational materials, contact the following states' coordinators:

ILLINOIS

Deborah Cavanaugh-Grant
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Extension
Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences
Agroecology/Sustainable Agriculture Program
P.O. Box 410
Greenview, IL 62642-0410
Phone: (217) 968-5512
Email: cvnghgrn@uiuc.edu
 

INDIANA

IOWA

Jerry DeWitt
Director
Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Iowa State University
209 Curtiss
Ames, IA 50011
Phone: 515.294.7836  
Fax: 515.294.9686      
www.leopold.iastate.edu
Email: jdewitt@iastate.edu
 

KANSAS

Jana Beckman
Kansas State Research & Extension
Mail Stop: HFRR
2021 Throckmorton
Manhattan, KS 66506-5506
Phone: 785.532.1440
Fax: 785.532.5780
Email: beckman@ksu.edu
 

MICHIGAN

Dale Mutch
Extension Specialist
MSU Kellogg Biological Station
Land and Water Program
3700 E. Gull Lake Drive
Hickory Corners, MI 49060
Phone:269.671.2412
Fax: 269.671.4485
toll free: 1.800.521.2619
www.covercrops.msu.edu
Email: mutch@msu.edu

MINNESOTA

Beth Nelson
University of Minnesota
MN Institute of Sustainable Agriculture (MISA)
411 Borlaug Hall
1991 Buford Circle
Saint Paul, MN 55108
Phone: 612.625.8217
Fax: 612.625.1268
Email: Schre002@umn.edu
 

MISSOURI

Debi Kelly
Missouri State Sustainable Agriculture Co-Coordinator
Project Manager
Missouri Alternatives Center
University of Missouri
234 Ag Engineering Building
Columbia, MO 65211
Phone: 573.882.1905
toll free: 800.433.3704 (MO only)
Email: kellyd@missouri.edu

K. B. Paul
Lincoln University
PO Box 29
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0029
Phone: 573.681.5584
Fax: 573.681.5546
Email: paulK@lincolnu.edu
 

NEBRASKA

Gary Lesoing
Nemaha County Extension Office
1824 North Street, Suite 102
Auburn, Nebraska 68305-2395
Phone: 402.274.4755
Email: glesoing2@unl.edu

NORTH DAKOTA and SOUTH DAKOTA

Frank J. Kutka
North Dakota State University
1133 State Ave
Dickinson ND 58601
Phone: 701.483.2063
Email: fkutka@ndsuext.nodak.edu

OHIO

Mike Hogan
Ohio State University Extension
32 W. Main Street
Carrollton, OH 44615-1336
Phone: 330.627.4310
Fax: 330.627.0098
Email: Hogan.1@osu.edu

Alan Sundermeier
Ohio State University Extension – Wood County
440 E. Poe Road, Ste. 101
Bowling Green, OH 43402-1351
Phone: 419.354.9050
Fax: 419.352.7413
Email: sundermeier.5@osu.edu
 

WISCONSIN

Diane Mayerfeld
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ctr for Integrated Ag Systems
1535 Observatory Dr.
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 608.262.8188
Fax: 608.265.3020
Email: dbmayerfeld@wisc.edu

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