Dr. Erin Silva

The director of the OGRAIN program is Dr. Erin Silva. She is a professor of Organic and Sustainable Cropping Systems, director of the Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems, and Clif Bar Endowed Chair in Organic Agriculture and Outreach at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She also runs the Organic and Sustainable Agriculture Research and Extension program at UW-Madison. Erin can be reached at Emsilva@wisc.edu.

Kelly Debbink

Kelly arrived in the role of outreach specialist for the OGRAIN program at UW Madison following a master’s degree in plant pathology. She organizes OGRAIN field days and the annual winter conference. Kelly also works to connect OGRAIN with Midwest TOPP, the Transition to Organic Partnership Program, a coalition working together to build a stronger, better connected support structure for transitioning and existing organic producers.

Fun Fact: Kelly spent several years hiking and camping in the Mojave Desert for work as a desert tortoise biologist before returning to school and joining OGRAIN.

Kelly can be reached at kelly.debbink@wisc.edu.