Jess Guffey Calkins

Jess Guffey Calkins is the Community Food Systems Educator at UW-Madison Extension Dane County. She addresses food access and food system sustainability needs by providing and coordinating educational programming, building partnerships, and advancing policy to strengthen the local food system. Jess advises the Dane County Food Council and works closely with local food systems organizations. Jess’s background includes coordinating school and community garden organizing, training garden leaders, designing garden education and food systems curricula, and coordinating civic leadership programming for older youth.