Margo Hale

Margo Hale is the Southeast Regional Director for the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) and also serves as a Program Director for NCAT’s ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture program. Since 2011, Margo has led NCAT’s efforts to train military veterans interested in agriculture through Armed to Farm, NCAT’s sustainable agriculture training program for military veterans. She has worked in the fields of sustainable livestock production, beginning farmer training, farmer outreach and education, and regional sustainable agriculture outreach. Margo has extensive experience in developing and implementing farmer trainings, has developed dozens of sustainable agriculture publications, podcasts, and videos, has managed farm to school programs, and has given many presentations and workshops throughout the country. She has a B.S. in Animal Science and a M.S. in Agricultural and Extension Education from the University of Arkansas. She serves on the Board of the Farmer Veteran Coalition of Arkansas, the Arkansas Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Professional Development Program Advisory Board, and is a member of the American Consortium for Small Ruminant Parasite Control. Margo, her husband Josh, and their two daughters also raise livestock and vegetables on a small farm in Northwest Arkansas.

Website: NCAT: www.ncat.org