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Teamster & Presenter Bios: continued from page 8Dave Clark – Works with a team or 3halflingers. He uses his horses to hay,plow, give wagon rides and sleighrides. Dave builds or refurbishes mostof his equipment. He lives in Arglye,NY and loves to teach people how funit is to work with draft horses.Jenn Colby - .Jenn Colby is the ProgramCoordinator for the Pasture Programat the UVM Extension Centerfor Sustainable Agriculture. Jenn producesan annual grazing and livestockconference with the VT Grass Farmersand the VT Beef Producers, coordinatesongoing research and workshops,develops new projects, andprovides technical assistance. She alsooperates a diversified meat livestockfarm in Central Vermont and competesregionally as part of a barbecueteam.Bill Cole - “I have owned and workedwith oxen my entire life. I have usedthem in the woods, on the farm, andtraveling to many pulling competitionsaround New England. I own OxHill Construction LLC which I specializein agricultural buildings, oxrelated equipment and trimming/shoeing oxen.”Bob Copobianco - is a horse-loggerand sugar-maker who lives in Washington,VT.He has been workinghorses in the woods and introducingbeginners to the work since 1982.Ben Dube - is a graduate of the sustainableagriculture program at GreenMountain College and has worked fulltime for the college farm for nearlytwo years. He learned to drive oxenwhile a student and now teaches andworks with student teamsters as wellas working oxen on the farm for hayingand vegetable growing. He alsoconducts research on energy efficiencyin farming, with a focus onanimal traction and other ecologicallybased technologies.David Fisher - has relied on workhorsesto power Natural Roots farm inConway, MA since 2000. With hiswife, Anna Maclay and their two children,he raises 3 1/2 acres of producefor 200 CSA shareholders, and another3 1/2 acres of soil buildingcrops. David has modeled many of thefarm’s systems on the work of Anneand Eric Nordell and is focused onweed control, biological fertility, andintensive cover cropping. He alsomanages about 15 acres of hay andpasture land to feed the working herdand uses his horses for low-impactlogging in the winter months.Karl Hammer – is the founder andowner of the Vermont Compost Companyin Montpelier, VT. They offerquality organic compost blends for avariety of garden applications. Mammothdonkeys are his power source ofchoice, as he has worked with themfor more than 20 years.Continued on page 2010