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Doug Walton
Doug helps coordinate the Kerr Center's Community Food projects.His work involves assessing and developing efforts to improve local food systems in Oklahoma, such as through Farm-to-School and farmers' markets.Since the early 90's, he has advocated for sustainable family farms and local food systems while living in Utah, Kansas and Oklahoma.
Prior to his involvement with sustainable agriculture, Doug earned his Bachelors of Business Administration in Finance from Texas State University in San Marcos, TX in 1989.After graduating, he and his wife moved to Utah and worked seasonally with the Forest Service, restoring stream habitat and fighting wildfires.While in Utah, he also completed college coursework in science and geography at the University of Utah, preparing for graduate studies in natural resource conservation.
During the mid-90's, Doug was an intern and then research assistant on the Sunshine Farm Project at The Land Institute in Salina, Kansas.He also worked as a farm apprentice at The Wild Onion farm in Lawrence, KS, before moving to Oklahoma to start his own market farm near Muskogee, in 1997.Doug helped establish the Oklahoma Farmers' Market Alliance in 2000 and serves as the president of the Muskogee Farmers' Market, where he and his family sold organic produce for 3 years.
He lives with his wife and two children on their 8 acre farm, where they raise a big garden and a small flock of chickens.In his spare time, when not renovating the farmhouse, Doug enjoys canoeing, camping and playing Frisbee.