Gordon Wenk, Chief Deputy Director of Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development - MDARD. Gordon is an invaluable leader - he has overall administrative management responsibility for ALL divisions within MDARD!
Our Farm Bureau Insurance Michigan moment features Matt Scramlin. Matt is the president of Oakland County Farm Bureau. Matt has been very instrumental in getting our FARM Science Lab off the ground. The purpose of the FARM Science lab is to bring agriculture to students through science and STEM education.

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“HUNGER IS NOT BETTER THAN WE ARE, IT IS NOT BIGGER THAN WE ARE, AND IT IS NOT BEYOND US TO SOLVE.”
Featuring innovative leaders from government, industry and nonprofit organizations, Food First is a platform for sharing ideas and, more importantly, solutions to end food insecurity. Dr. Knight is a tireless advocate, believing that Michigan, the nation’s second most diverse agricultural state, can prove that hunger is not better, not stronger, and not smarter than us.