Russ and Kathy Zenner are retired farmers from Genesee, Id who raised pulse, small grains, alfalfa, and grass seed crops before leasing their farm and rangeland to Clint and Alecia Zenner.

Russ and Kathy remain active in promotion of the Zacca Hummus business which was founded and owned by son Chris and wife Janine Zenner and has grown in business volume to over 800 US stores utilizing garbs from the Zenner farm.

 

Russ served on the P&L Producer board and Idaho Commission during the late 80's through the 90's and was chairman of the industry research committee and also represented the P&L industry on the tri state STEEP Research committee for many years.  Russ also served on the search committee to replace Harold Blaine when Tim McGreevy was hired and was also the founding president of the Pacific Northwest Direct Seed Association.

 

The Zenner farm has hosted pulse and small grain research trials by the University of Idaho and ARS Pullman for close to 50 years and in recent years under Clint and Alecia's management have participated in the climate change research projects that included multi species cover crops and livestock grazing to evaluate implications to soil and crop health.  Clint has been active in the north Idaho bio farmer group that is looking at utilizing what science is learning about biology to improve the nutrient density of the food we produce in a manner that lowers the carbon footprint of how we produce our food.

 

Kathy and Russ are currently managing the Idaho Food Bank mobile monthly delivery to Genesee, and Kathy is still active on the Latah County Arts and Cultural Committee, and she is also chairman of the Genesee Education Foundation board.  Russ recently retired from the University of Idaho College of Ag Dean's Advisory Board.