Following the Soil Health Institute’s announcement of 10 new members to its Board of Directors effective April 1, 2024, President and CEO Wayne Honeycutt, Ph.D., gratefully acknowledged the contributions of the founding board, many of whom have served since SHI’s creation in 2015.
The founding board recommended bringing on the new directors to better position SHI for rapidly expanding opportunities to bring regenerative agriculture’s benefits to farmers and the environment.
The Soil Health Institute thanks the following past directors for their enduring legacy:
- William Buckner, Past President and CEO, Noble Research Institute and Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
- Bill Flory, President, Flory Farms, Idaho
- Robert Foster, President, Foster Brothers Farm, Vermont
- Earl Garber, Former President, National Association of Conservation Districts
- Bruce Knight, Principal and Founder, Strategic Conservation Solutions; past Chief, USDA-NRCS
- Andrew W. LaVigne, President and CEO, American Seed Trade Association
- Clare Lindahl, CEO, Soil and Water Conservation Society
- Klaas Martens, Partner, Lakeview Organic Grain, New York
- Neal Martin, Ph.D., Retired Director, U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, USDA-Agricultural Research Service
- Lara Beal Moody, Executive Director, Institute for Feed Education and Research
- Jeff Moyer, Former CEO, Rodale Institute
- Steven Rhines, President and CEO, Noble Research Institute
- Shari Rogge-Fidler, President and CEO, Farm Foundation
- Greg Ruehle, Executive Director, National Sorghum Producers
- Jay Vroom, Chief Innovation Officer of Vroom • Leigh • Agriculture, LLC
- C. Wesley (Wes) Wood, Ph.D., Professor and Center Director, West Florida Research & Education Center, University of Florida
Wood continues in his capacity as a member of SHI’s Scientific Advisory Committee. Three continuing members remain on the board: Jason Weller, Global Chief Sustainability Officer for JBS; Diana Jerkins, Ph.D., Former Research Director for the Organic Farming Research Foundation; and V. Larkin Martin, Manager of Martin Farm, Alabama.