Certified States
Alabama
Alabama Agricultural Mediation Program
Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries
Contact: Scott Absher
SCOTT.ABSHER@AGI.ALABAMA.GOV
1445 Federal Drive, Montgomery, AL 36107
Phone: 334-240-7151 or 334-240-7184
Arizona
Arizona Ag Mediation Institute, Inc.
Contact: Eric Thor, S.A.M.
ERIC.THOR@AZAGMEDIATION.ORG
572 N Mondel Drive, Gilbert, AZ 85233
Phone: 480-496-5926
Fax: 480-496-5926
Arkansas
Arkansas Department of Agriculture
Contact: Cami Davis
CAMI.DAVIS@AGRICULTURE.ARKANSAS.GOV
1 Natural Resources Drive, Little Rock, AR 72205
Phone: 501-219-6384
California
California Agricultural Mediation Program
Environmental Mediation Center, Inc.
Contact: Matt Strassberg
MATTS@EMCENTER.ORG
1220 N Street, Suite 400, Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-330-4500
Colorado
Colorado Agricultural Mediation Program
Colorado Department of Agriculture
Contact: Mark Gallegos or Leif Jacobsen
MARKA.GALLEGOS@STATE.CO.US
305 Interlocken Parkway, Broomfield, CO 80021
Mark: 303-869-9093
Leif: 303-869-9095
Fax: 303-480-9236
Connecticut
Connecticut Agricultural Mediation Program
Quinnipiac University School of Law Center on Dispute Resolution
Contact: Loraine M. Della Porta
LORAINE.DELLAPORTA@QUINNIPIAC.EDU
275 Mt. Carmel Avenue, Hamden, CT 06518
Phone: 800-570-2577
Florida
Florida Agricultural Mediation Program
Roundtable Strategies
Contact: David Gruber INQUIRE@AGMEDIATION.ORG
516 South Creyts Road, Suite A, Lansing, MI 48917
Phone: 800-616-7863
Fax: 800-283-7531
Georgia
Georgia Agricultural Mediation Program
Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund
Contact: Monica Rainge
MONICARAINGE@FEDERATION.COOP
2769 Church Street, East Point, GA 30344
Phone: 404-765-0991 or 404-765-9178
Hawaii
Hawaii Agricultural Mediation Program
Environmental Mediation Center, Inc.
Contact: Matt Strassberg
MATTS@EMCENTER.ORG
1428 South King Street, Honolulu, HI 96814
Phone: 808-447-1790
Fax: 802-277-3343
Idaho
Idaho Agricultural Mediation Program
Fulcrum Institute Dispute Resolution Clinic
Contact: Jack Hebner
JHEBNER@FULCRUMDISPUTE.COM
2100 Northwest Boulevard Suite 320, Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814
Phone: 208-667-5325
Fax: 208-667-7915
Illinois
Illinois Agricultural Mediation Program
Dispute Resolution Institute, Inc.
Contact: Missy Greathouse
IAMP@DRI-INC.ORG
PO Box 1136, Carbondale, IL 62903
Phone: 618-549-1300
Fax: 618-351-1419
Indiana
Indiana Agricultural Mediation Program
Rural Services of Indiana, Inc.
Contact: Roslyn Amor
RAMOR@COMCAST.NET
60918 US 31 South, South Bend, IN 46614
Phone: 574-299-9640 or 574-299-9648
Fax: 574-299-9666
Iowa
Iowa Mediation Service, Inc.
Contact: Kiley Fleming
KILEY@IOWAMEDIATIONSERVICE.COM
1441 29th Street, Suite 120, West Des Moines, IA 50266
Phone: 515-331-8081 ext 206
Fax: 515-331-8085
Kansas
Kansas Agricultural Mediation Services
Kansas State University and K-State Research and Extension
Contact: Forrest Buhler
FBUHLER@KSU.EDU
2A Edwards Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506
Phone: 785-532-6958 or 800-321-3276
Fax: 785-532-6532
Louisiana
Louisiana Agricultural Mediation Program
Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund
Contact: Monica Rainge
MONICARAINGE@FEDERATION.COOP
2769 Church Street, East Point, GA 30344
Phone: 404-765-0991 or 404-765-9178
Maine
Maine Agricultural Mediation Program
University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Contact: Leslie Forstadt
MAINEAGMEDIATION@MAINE.EDU
1 York Complex
Orono, ME 04468
Phone: 207-581-3739
Maryland
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Maryland Agricultural Conflict Resolution Service
Contact: Kay-Megan Washington
KAY-MEGAN.WASHINGTON1@MARYLAND.GOV
50 Harry S Truman Parkway, Annapolis, MD 21401
Phone: 800-492-5590 or 410-841-5770
Fax: 410-841-5987
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Agricultural Mediation Program
Massachusetts Office of Public Collaboration
Contact: Courtney Breese
COURTNEY.BREESE@UMB.EDU
100 Morrissey Blvd., M-1-627, Boston, MA 02125
Phone: 617-287-4046 or 617-287-4040
Fax: 617-287-4049
Michigan
Michigan Agricultural Mediation Program Roundtable Strategies
Contact: David Gruber INQUIRE@AGMEDIATION.ORG
516 South Creyts Road, Suite A, Lansing, MI 48917
Phone: 800-616-7863
Fax: 800-283-7531
Minnesota
University of Minnesota Extension
Minnesota Farmer Lender Mediation Program
Contact: Mary Nell Preisler
PREIS002@UMN.EDU
1526 170th Avenue, Bejou, MN 56516
Phone: 218-935-5785
Fax: 218-935-9053
Mississippi
Mississippi Agriculture Mediation Program
Mississippi Association of Cooperatives
Contact: LyTanya Toomer-Brown
MSAGMEDIATION@GMAIL.COM
PO Box 313, Pass Christian, MS 39571
Phone: 888-412-8376
Fax: 888-412-8324
Missouri
Missouri Agricultural Mediation Program
Missouri Department of Agriculture
Contact: Joe Walker
MEDIATE@MDA.MO.GOV
PO Box 630, Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: 573-751-5520
Fax: 573-751-5516
Montana
Montana Agricultural Mediation Program
Montana Department of Agriculture
Contact: Jim Auer
AG.MEDIATION@MT.GOV
PO Box 200201, Helena, MT 59620
Phone: 406-444-5424
Fax: 406-444-9442
Nebraska
Nebraska Department of Agriculture — Negotiations Program
Contact: Karla Bahm
KARLA.BAHM@NEBRASKA.GOV
PO Box 94947, Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: 402-471-4876
Fax: 402-471-6893
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Agricultural Mediation Program
Environmental Mediation Center, Inc.
Contact: Matt Strassberg
MATTS@EMCENTER.ORG
PO Box 2042, Concord, NH 03302
Phone: 603-685-4780
Fax: 802-277-3343
New Jersey
New Jersey Agricultural Mediation Program
New Jersey State Agriculture Development Committee
Contact: David Kimmel
DAVID.KIMMEL@AG.NJ.GOV
PO Box 330, Trenton, NJ 08625
Phone: 609-984-2504
Fax: 609-633-2004
New Mexico
New Mexico Agricultural Mediation Program
New Mexico State University
Contact: Eduardo Medina
EMW@NMSU.EDU
PO Box 30003, NMSU (MSC3169), Las Cruces, NM 88003
Phone: 575-646-1675 or 575-646-2925
Fax: 575-676-1676
New York
New York State Agricultural Mediation Program
Contact: Claudia Kenny
CLAUDIA@NYSDRA.ORG
4 Pine West Plaza, Suite 411, Albany, NY 12205
Phone: 518-687-2240 or 866-669-7267
North Carolina
North Carolina Agricultural Mediation Program (NCAMP)
Contact: Judith Ogden
ncampoutreach@bellsouth.net
950 Eagles Landing Pkwy, #213
Stockbridge, GA 30281
Phone: 404-277-8515
Fax: 678-272-2784
North Dakota
North Dakota Mediation Service
North Dakota Department of Agriculture
Contact: Betty Schneider
SCHNEIDER@ND.GOV
600 East Boulevard Avenue Department 602, Bismarck, ND 58505
Phone: 701-328-4158
Fax: 701-328-4567
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Agriculture Mediation Program, Inc.
Contact: Mike Mayberry
MIKE.MAYBERRY@AG.OK.GOV
2800 North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Phone: 405-521-3934 or 800-248-5465
Fax: 405-521-3926
Oregon
Oregon Certified Agricultural Mediation Program
Contact: Marti Dane
MARTI@6RIVERS.ORG
PO Box 1594, Hood River, OR 97031
Phone: 541-386-1283
Fax: 541-386-1283
Rhode Island
Center for Mediation and Collaboration RI (CMCRI)
Contact: Rhonda Bergeron
RBERGERON@CMCRI.ORG
500 Broad Street, Unit 4B, Providence, RI 02907
Phone: 401-273-9999
Fax: 401-632-0504
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Agricultural Mediation Program
The Center for Agricultural and Shale Law, Penn State Law
Contact: Gaby Gillbeau
AGMEDIATION@PENNSTATELAW.PSU.EDU
329 Innovation Blvd., Suite 118, University Park, PA 16803
Phone: 814-863-6441
South Dakota
South Dakota Agricultural Mediation Program
South Dakota Department of Agriculture
Contact: Julie McClelland
JULIE.MCCLELLAND@STATE.SD.US
523 East Capitol Avenue, Pierre, SD 57501
Phone: 605-773-4432 or 605-773-4181
Fax: 605-773-3481
Texas
Texas Rural Mediation Services
Office of Dispute Resolution, Lubbock County
Contact: D. Gene Valentini
GVALENTINI@CO.LUBBOCK.TX.US
916 Main Street, Suite 800, Lubbock, TX 79408
Phone: 806-775-1720
Fax: 806-775-1729
Utah
Utah Agricultural Mediation Program
Utah Department of Agriculture and Food
Contact: Melissa Ure
MURE@UTAH.GOV
PO Box 146500, Salt Lake City, UT 84114
Phone: 801-538-4976 or 801-538-7190
Fax: 801-538-4939
Vermont
Agricultural Mediation Program
Environmental Mediation Center, Inc.
Contact: Matt Strassberg
MATTS@EMCENTER.ORG
177 Paddy Hill Road, Moretown, VT 05660
Phone: 802-583-1100
Fax: 802-277-3343
Virginia
Farm Agricultural Resources & Mediation in Virginia (FARM-VA)
Contact: Judith Ogden
farmva@att.net
950 Eagles Landing Pkwy, #213
Stockbridge, GA
Phone: 404-277-8515
Fax: 678-272-2784
Washington
Washington Agricultural Mediation Program
Fulcrum Institute Dispute Resolution Clinic
Contact: Jack Hebner
JHEBNER@FULCRUMDISPUTE.COM
211 West Augusta Avenue, Spokane, WA 99205
Phone: 509-838-2799
Fax: 509-838-5588
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Farm Mediation & Arbitration Program
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
Contact: Kevin Plante
KEVIN.PLANTE@WISCONSIN.GOV
2811 Agriculture Drive, Madison, WI 53718
Phone: 608-224-5138
Fax: 608-224-5107
Wyoming
Wyoming Agriculture & Natural Resource Mediation Program
Wyoming Department of Agriculture
Contact: Lucy Pauley
LUCY.PAULEY@WYO.GOV
2219 Carey Avenue, Cheyenne, WY 82009
Phone: 307-777-8788
Fax: 307-777-6593
