North Central Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (NCR-SARE) is pleased to welcome Pete Huff as the new regional director.
Huff currently serves as the director of the Wallace Center at Winrock International, where he leads a portfolio of sustainable agriculture initiatives, including applied research and outreach projects, primarily in the North Central region. He oversees numerous grant proposals, subawards, subcontracts, and grant-making processes each year, and throughout his career, has secured more than $50 million in funding and built strong partnerships with academia, nonprofits, private partners, and government agencies.
Prior to joining the Wallace Center, Huff served as the Director of Food Systems at the Minneapolis-based Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, and as an urban agriculture facilitator for the City of Yarra in Victoria, Australia.
Huff holds a BA in history and a BS in environmental management from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. He holds a master of Public Affairs from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.
Huff will officially start on December 1, following a period of transition with NCR-SARE's current regional director, Beth Nelson, who will retire in February 2026.