Ivy Koppel-Egierd is a fourth-year student at Colorado State University studying Soil and Crop Science with a concentration in Sustainable Agriculture. Additionally, she is minoring in Organic Agriculture, Horticulture, and Agricultural Business.

Originally from New Jersey, Ivy did not grow up around agriculture but has always loved getting her hands dirty. This summer, she interned with CSU Extension, researching lavender and heritage apple agritourism ventures. She built enterprise budgets for both production systems and researched regulatory barriers that may affect producers with lavender and heritage apple operations that include agritourism.