Cohort 3 of NIAA’s Advanced Training for Animal Agriculture Leaders tour Denver Agriculture Institutions
The third cohort of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture’s (NIAA) Advanced Training for Animal Agriculture Leaders met for their fourth in-person leadership training session in Denver, Colorado.
During their time in the Denver area, the leaders learned from:
- Chandler Mulvaney, NCBA and Cohort 2 member of the Advanced Training for Animal Agriculture Leaders, led Cohort 3 in a great media training exercise.
- Colorado State University’s AgNext Program hosted the group to discuss their current research project. Pedro Carvalho and team led a tour in the field lab to see current projects in action. This visit facilitated fantastic discussions about the future of animal agriculture within the group.
- Karissa Isaacs and the team at Superior Farms provided a tour of the sheep processing facility and outlined the recent ballot initiative that would have closed the facility. The discussion focused on advocating for all animal agriculture and their journey to successfully fight the ballot initiative over the past year.
The third cohort of the Advanced Training for Animal Agriculture Leaders represents a wide range of agricultural sectors to advance animal agriculture’s role in today’s food system. Participants include Johnna Baller-Granville – Genus ABS, Ryan Bennett – U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Poultry & Eggs and International Poultry Welfare Alliance, Kristi Block – North American Meat Institute, Sarah Coleman – The Kentucky Horse Council, Rose Digianantonio – State of Wyoming Livestock Board, Will Fiske – Neogen Genomics, Chelsea Good, JD – Livestock Marketing Association, Rita Harkless – Perdue Foods, Blaine Johnson – Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine, Tanner King – Neogen Genomics, Ashley Kohls – Minnesota Turkey Growers Association, Jennifer Koziol – Texas Tech School of Veterinary Medicine, Rahul Kumar – Zoetis, Inc., Megan McCullough – North American Meat Institute, Emmanuel Okello – University of California, Davis, Kelli Payne – Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Foundation, Hanna Robbins – Butterball, Dakota Thomas – Professional Animal Auditor Certification Organization (PAACO), Jackson Tolle – United Producers, Inc., Hattie Webb – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Visit AnimalAgriculture.org to learn more about the leadership program and its sponsors.
