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Melody Morrell Named Executive Director of The Cornucopia Institute
January 8, 2021 GMT
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VIROQUA, Wis., Jan. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The board of The Cornucopia Institute, a Wisconsin-based research group and watchdog that investigates and champions organic food and farms, voted unanimously to promote longtime staff member Melody Morrell as the organization’s next executive director.
Prior to joining Cornucopia in 2012, Morrell spent 15 years in nonprofit event planning, communications, operations, and direct programs. Her history includes a formative five years at Echo Valley Hope, an educational non-profit “raising the voice of peace and sustainable living.” Her time spent in the kitchen, pastures, woods, and gardens at Echo Valley Farm strengthened Morrell’s abiding appreciation for food as medicine.