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Ariana Torres
Assistant Professor,
Purdue University
Yi Wang
Assistant Professor Horticultural
Sciences, University of Wisconsin -
Madison, Department of Horticulture
Torres' integrated research and Extension
program, horticulture business, supports the
economic viability and sustainability of the specialty crops industry.
Her program involves: 1) scholarship through innovative applied
research; 2) partnership with stakeholders (often farmers) to develop
and deliver decision-making tools and education programs for farmers
and 3) measuring and evaluating the program impact. Torres' research
focuses on the decision-making processes of specialty crop farmers
along with customers' perceptions and preferences.
Kyle Wafler
Orchard Manager,
Wafler Farms Inc.
Kyle Wafler has been involved in the family
apple farm and nursery from a young age.
He learned to efficiently grow trees from his father, Paul Wafler. After
graduating from Morrisville State College, he traveled to Nelson,
New Zealand to work with Richard Hoddy and his family at Vailima
Orchards. There he gained valuable knowledge that he's taken back
to the farm and uses in his position as orchard manager.
Wang is an assistant professor with a research
focus on potato and vegetable sustainable production. The goal of her
research and Extension program is to conduct science-based applied
research, and collaborate with the potato and vegetable growers and
processors to improve the resource use efficiency and sustainability of
vegetable cropping systems in Wisconsin. Yi got her bachelor's degree in
biological science from Nanjing Agricultural University in China, and her
doctorate degree in potato physiology from University of Wisconsin.
Margaret Worthington
Assistant Professor/Fruit Breeding
and Genetics, University of Arkansas
System Division of Agriculture
Margaret Worthington directs the applied peach
and muscadine grape cultivar development programs at the University of
Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. She works with a wide network
of public and private sector collaborators around the world to develop
innovative new fruit cultivars. She also leads research on fruit genetics and
molecular breeding in blackberries, peaches and muscadines and teaches
in the areas of plant breeding and fruit production.
The Fruit + Vegetable 40 Under 40 Class of 2020 will be honored during a LIVE Virtual ceremony on Tuesday, Dec. 8,
during the virtual Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable & Farm Market EXPO.
For more on the 40 Under 40 virtual ceremony, visit fruitgrowersnews.com/40under40
and vegetablegrowersnews.com/40under40.
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