Farmer & Senior Advisor, Dietel & Partners
Currently a Senior Advisor with Dietel & Partners, Mike is active in the development of working landscapes that both regenerate biodiversity, soil health and functioning ecosystems while providing financial returns to the owners and operators.
Mike, with his wife Betsy, is the owner/operator of Bean Hollow Grassfed, a pasture based farm raising grassfed sheep and cattle in Virginia. Mike is a director of the Culpeper Soil and Water Conservation District focused on economically viable and environmentally regenerative pasture based systems in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
A Senior Associate of the Liberty Prairie Foundation (LPF), he served as founding Executive Director. This small private operating foundation, based in IL, is dedicated to the integration of economically prosperous, ecologically sensitive farms and high quality natural areas into vibrant working landscapes.
As Environmental Team Leader at Prairie Crossing in Grayslake, IL. Mike provided leadership in the design and management of natural resources and farm lands in an innovative conservation community.
