Certified States
Alabama
Alabama Agricultural Mediation Program
Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries
Contact: Johnny Blackmon
Johnny.Blackmon@agi.alabama.gov
1445 Federal Drive, Montgomery, AL 36107
Phone: 334-240-7257
Alaska
Alaska Agricultural Mediation Program
Fulcrum Institute Dispute Resolution Clinic
Contact: Gayle Cooper
gcooper@fulcrumdispute.com
PO Box 231211 Anchorage, AK 99507-9998
Phone: 907-206-0096
Fax: 509-838-5588
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
Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund
info@federation.coop
2769 Church Street
East Point, Georgia 30344
Phone: 404-765-0991
Fax: 404-765-9178
Georgia
Georgia Agricultural Mediation Program
Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund
info@federation.coop
2769 Church Street
East Point, Georgia 30344
Phone: 404-765-0991
Fax: 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: Gayle Cooper
gcooper@fulcrumdispute.com
8596 N. Wayne Drive, Suite G-120
Hayden, ID 83835
Phone: (208) 667-5325
Fax: (208) 665-7958
Illinois
Illinois Agricultural Mediation Program
Dispute Resolution Institute, Inc.
Contact: Clare Killman
case@dri-inc.org
PO Box 1136, Carbondale, IL 62903
Phone: 618-549-1200 ext. 1003
Fax: 618-351-1419
Indiana
Indiana Agricultural Mediation Program
Rural Services of Indiana, Inc.
Contact: Roslyn Amor
rei.ramor@gmail.com
60918 US 31 South, South Bend, IN 46614
Phone: 574-299-9640
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: Kay Prather
kprather@ksu.edu
PO Box 222 Mankato, KS 66956
Phone: 800-321-3276
Louisiana
Louisiana Agricultural Mediation Program
Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund
info@federation.coop
2769 Church Street
East Point, Georgia 30344
Phone: 404-765-0991
Fax: 404-765-9178
Maine
Maine Agricultural Mediation Program (MAMP)
University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Contact: Angela Martin (Admin. Support) or Lucy Wess (Director)
MAINEAGMEDIATION@MAINE.EDU
1 York Complex
Orono, ME 04468
Phone: 207-581-3739 (Admin. Office)
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 410-841-5778
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
Michigan
Michigan Agricultural Mediation Program
Michigan Community Mediation Association
Contact: Gabi Reihanian Havlicek
micommunitymediationassoc@gmail.com
811 Ship Street, Suite 302
Saint Joseph, MI 49085
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
Lytanyabrown@federation.coop
233 E Hamilton St., Jackson MS 39202
Phone: 888-412-8376
Fax: 888-412-8324
Missouri
Missouri Agricultural Mediation Program
Missouri Department of Agriculture
Contact: Kaleb Stoehr
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: Marty Earnheart
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: Samantha Smith
Samantha.M.Smith@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@NYSAMP.COM
PO Box 215, Chatham, NY 12037
Phone: 866-669-7267
North Carolina
North Carolina Agricultural Mediation Program (NCAMP)
Contact: Bob Holbert
rholbert@wcu.edu 190 Floyd Blackwell Road Tryon, NC 28782
Phone: 828-200-5261
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
Ohio
Ohio Farm Resolution Services at The Ohio State University
Contact: Peggy Kirk Hall
hall.673@osu.edu 2120 Fyffe Road
Columbus, Ohio 43210 Phone: 614-688-0466
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: Andrea Pacheco, Executive Director
DIRECTOR@6RIVERS.ORG
Mediation inquiries: INFO@6RIVERS.ORG
PO Box 1594, Hood River, OR 97031
Phone: 541-386-1283
Fax: 541-386-1283
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Agricultural Mediation Program
Center for Agricultural and Shale Law, Penn State Law
Contact: Jackie Schweichler
AGMEDIATION@PENNSTATELAW.PSU.EDU
329 Innovation Blvd., Suite 118, University Park, PA 16803
Phone: 814-865-4290
Rhode Island
Center for Mediation and Collaboration RI (CMCRI)
Contact: Tricia Driscoll
Tricia@cmcri.org
831 Bald Hill Rd., Warwick, RI 02886
Phone: 401-273-9999
South Dakota
South Dakota Agricultural Mediation Program
South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Contact: Randy McFarling
randy.mcfarling@state.sd.us
523 East Capitol Avenue, Pierre, SD 57501
Phone: 605-773-4432 or 605-773-4026
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: Amber Brown
agmediation@utah.gov
PO Box 146500
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6500
Phone: 801-982-2200
Fax: 385-465-6022
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: Bob Holbert
rholbert@wcu.edu 190 Floyd Blackwell Road Tryon, NC 28782
Phone: 828-200-5261
Washington
Washington Agricultural Mediation Program
Fulcrum Institute Dispute Resolution Clinic
Contact: Gayle Cooper
gcooper@fulcrumdispute.com
1212 N. Washington, Suite 206 Spokane, WA 99201
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: 608-327-9814
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