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The content you need to make critical decisions for your farm

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5-in-1 Virtual Event ! - The content you need to make critical decisions for your farm - MOSES Organic
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                         SCHEDULE                                                Michael Perry
                                                                                 Bestselling Author, Humorist,
                                                                                 Playwright, Radio Show Host
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE                                                              Perry’s bestselling memoirs in-
Growing Stronger is packed with opportunities to connect                         clude Population: 485 and Truck:
and grow your farming skills, plus find resources for the grow-                  A Love Story. Raised on a small
ing season ahead. The expanded schedule also gives you time                      Midwestern dairy farm, he lives
away to take care of your family and your business. And, the                     with his wife and two daughters
virtual platform means you can see as many workshops as                          in rural Wisconsin, where he
you’d like! Join in live workshops with Q&As and watch the                       keeps chickens and serves on the volunteer fire and rescue
rest at your leisure—recordings will be posted for 90 days.                      service. He hosts the nationally syndicated “Tent Show Radio”
                                                                                 and tours with his band, The Long Beds. His live humor
KEYNOTES                                                                         albums include “Never Stand Behind a Sneezing Cow.” He’s
We’ll kick off the conference Monday, Feb. 22 with a talk by                     online at www.sneezingcow.com.
a special guest known for his work on the impact of climate
change. Watch for details on the Growing Stronger website.                       BOOKSTORE
To close the event, we’ll focus on next steps­—ways we can                       Find presenter-recommended books and other titles about
all contribute to creating a more transparent, socially just, and                farming, homesteading, and green living in the Mother Earth
robust food system. We’ll share the Real Organic Project’s                       News bookstore in the exhibit area.
film “What Can We Do?” And, hear from a panel of farmers
and activists about ways to create change in our world.                          FARMER SPEED PRESENTATIONS
                                                                                 Show our community what’s happening on your farm
FRIDAY NIGHT SOCIAL                                                              through a 5-minute video. Share a tip you’ve developed to
La Crosse Distilling Co. hosts our virtual cocktail party with                   make a farm chore easier, a cool tool you’re using or hack
live music from some of the area’s favorite artists. The distillery              you’ve created, or simply provide a virtual tour of your farm.
is known for its handcrafted spirits made with top-quality                       See mosesorganic.org/farmer-share-speed-presentation.
grains grown by Wisconsin organic farmers.
The distillery’s mixologists will show us how                     Monday                 Tuesday       Wednesday     Thursday        Friday      Saturday
to make a few of their signature cocktails.          9 - 10:30                                                       Workshops
                                                                  Conference
We’ll post ingredient lists ahead so you can                       Kick-Off
                                                                  & Keynote                                                                       Keynote
mix along with them!                               10:30 - Noon                                  Exhibits, Roundtables, & Meetings              Conversation
                                                              12:30 - 2                                Workshops
FILMS
We’re obtaining the rights to several films                   Afternoon                  Exhibits, Roundtables, & Meetings
about issues related to farming. These will be                                                           Evening                 Friday Night
                                                               Evening                 Michael Perry
                                                                                                       Programming                  Social
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                                        Business, Marketing,
     WORKSHOPS
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                                        & Management                                    Add Value to Your Farm & Market
                                                                                        Cameron Newell
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See the Growing Stronger website        Your Farm in a Pandemic & Beyond                Halal Certification
for descriptions and additional         Rachel Armstrong                                Serdar Mamedov
workshops yet to be finalized.
                                        Cooperative Organic Grain Marketing             Practical Organic Recordkeeping
Also, find content in these tracks:     Mike Schulist, Timothy Baalman,                 for Working Farmers
                                        Luke Peterson, Scott Friedman, Martin Eddy,     Kevin Mahalko, Carmen Fernholz,
Beginning Farmers
                                        Carmen Fernholz, Merle Kramer                   Chuck Anderas
Build a good foundation for your
farm with this curated track.           Enhance Economic Stability by                   What it Takes to Become
                                        Building Financial Resilience                   Certified Organic
MOSES In Her Boots Project              Marie Raboin, Lauren Rudersdorf                 Kristen Adams
Connect with other women farmers
to share ideas and support.             Farm Business Management for Beginners
                                        Paul Dietmann                                   Farming Systems
Organic Research Forum
Learn from the current research         Get Your Farm Online Affordably & Efficiently   Framework for Integrated Regenerative
taking place in organic production.     Kelsey Jorissen Olesen                          Agriculture Sector in Midwest
                                                                                        Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin
SARE Farmer Forum                       Values-Based Marketing to Attract
Learn from the on-farm projects         Local Customers & Sales                         Fundamentals of Raising Goats
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funded by North Central Region-                                                         Sue Wika, Tom Prieve
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                                        Certification & Labeling                        Minimal Tillage Strategies for
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Real Organic Project: Farming & Climate                                         Health & Homesteading                             Understanding & Fighting Monopoly Power
Ariel Pressman and Panel                                                                                                          in our Food System
                                                                                Alternative Building Methods for Your Farm        Austin Frerick, Lauren Langworthy
Stock-Cropping                                                                  Chris McCellan
Zach Smith
                                                                                Don’t be Chicken—Try Poultry Processing           Livestock
Surviving COVID, Derecho, and Drought:                                          Matt Wilkinson
Lessons of Resilience in 2020                                                                                                     Becoming an Organic Processor
Kathleen Delate, Scott Shriver, Levi Lyle,                                      Foraging for the Future                           Ty Gustafson
Ron Rosmann, Maria Rosmann                                                      Nicole Telkes
                                                                                                                                  Beginning Grazier 101
                                                                                Healthy Soil, Food, People                        Adam Abel
Field Crops                                                                     John Moody
                                                                                                                                  Economics 101 for the New and
Can Organic Systems Stabilize Soil Carbon?                                      Successful Agritourism                            Transitioning Organic Pork Producer
Randy Jackson, Gregg Sanford                                                    Beyond the Pandemic                               David Stender
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No-Till Organic Production for Row Crops                                        Democratizing Agriculture                         Hazelnut-Finished Pork in
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Perspectives on Pastured Poultry                                                                    Vegetable Farm Labor:                                          Underground Invertebrates:
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                                                                                                                                                                   Business Planning for Organic Fruit Growers
Silvopasture 101:                                                                                                                                                  Thaddeus McCamant, Rachel Henderson
Getting Livestock Back on the Land                                                                  Soils
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                                                                                                    Build Soil Health & Suppress Pathogens in                      Cindy Hale, Chris McGuire,
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Market Farming                                                                                      Jessica Shade and Panel
                                                                                                                                                                   Graft Fruit Trees Successfully
CSA Retention Strategies: 5 Secrets to Turn                                                         Farm-Scale Composting                                          John Knisley
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Corrina Bench                                                                                                                                                      Invasive Insects & the Future of
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                     ROUNDTABLES
                                                                Deep Canvassing                                                    Farmland Access Navigation
                                                                Bill Hogseth, Wisconsin Farmers Union                              Erin Schneider, Hilltop Community Farm
               Pull up a chair to the Zoom
               “table” and share your thoughts                  How is Crop Insurance Working for You?                             LEAFF Model for Redistributing
               on topics that matter to our                     Katie Hansen, Center for Rural Affairs                             Farmers’ Crops
               community.                                                                                                          David VanEeckhout, The Good Acre
                                                                10 Alternative Veterinary Tools                                    Ariel Pressman, The Real Organic Project
               Have an issue or topic you’d like                Dr. Paul Dettloff, Dr. Paul’s Lab
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               Submit a brief proposal on                       Collaboration, Collectivizing, Cooperation                         Collaborative Plant Breeding Network
                                                                in Local Food & Landownership                                      Julie Dawson, University of Wisconsin
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         EXHIBITORS                                     Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems                Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association
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    Suppliers, buyers, agencies, and
                                                        Douglas Plant Health                                      Organic Crop Improvement Association (OCIA)
    others who can help your farm
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    succeed will fill the Growing                       Ecocert USA                                                Marketing (OFARM)
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    won’t find another virtual event                    Evergreen Publishing, DBA | The Organic                   Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI)
    with this kind of depth. We’re                        & Non-GMO Report                                        Organic Prairie
    grateful to these businesses for                    FairShare CSA Coalition                                   Organic Valley
    supporting our community.                           F.W. Cobs Company, Inc.                                   Patagonia
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    Browse their booths throughout                      Food Finance Institute                                    People’s Food Co-op
    the event, drop in to talk with                     Gallagher Animal Management North America                 Real Organic Project
    them at scheduled times, and                        Gempler’s                                                 Redmond Minerals
    make an appointment if you                          Grain Millers, Inc.                                       Riverside Feeds, LLC
    want a personal consultation.                       GrassWorks, Inc.                                          Rodale Institute
                                                        Healthy Food Ingredients                                  Royal Lee Organics
    Prize drawings, Show Specials,
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    and personal consultations—it                       Intertribal Agriculture Council                           Seed Savers Exchange
    doesn’t get any better than this!                   Iowa Organic Association                                  SoilBiotics
                                                        Kreher Family Farms                                       SQM North America
Acres U.S.A.                                            La Crosse Distilling Co.                                  Stonebridge, Ltd.
Advanced Biological Concepts                            Man@Machine | Treffler Organic Machinery                  Sunco Farm Equipment
Ag Resource, Inc.                                       Michael Fields Agricultural Institute                     Sunrise Foods International, Inc.
Agricultural Flaming Innovations                        MOSA Certified Organic                                    Sustane Natural Fertilizer, Inc.
Agricultural Innovations, LLC                           MOSES (Midwest Organic & Sustainable                      Tainio Biologicals, Inc.
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California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF)             Nature’s International Certification Services             Wisconsin Department of Agriculture,
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                 EVENT PARTNERS                                                                            Iowa Organic Association (Midwest Organic Pork Conference)
                                                                                                           Iowa Organic Association (IOA) is a nonprofit organization
                                                                                                           dedicated to the advancement of Iowa’s organic food and
  Get to know the organizations that have joined
                                                                                                           farming system. IOA was founded in 2006 and serves all of
  forces to create this 5-in-1 virtual conference.                                                         Iowa’s organic farmers, gardeners, food and farm businesses,
  Find us in the exhibit area during the event!                                                            and consumers in building a more sustainable Iowa.

                                                                                                           OGRAIN      (Organic Grain Conference)
MOSES     (MOSES Organic Farming Conference)                                                               The Organic Grain Resource and Information Network
The Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service                                                        (OGRAIN) offers an educational framework for developing or-
(MOSES) provides training, resources, mentoring, and advice                                                ganic grain production in the Upper Midwest. OGRAIN offers
to help farmers succeed in organic and sustainable farming.                                                the latest organic grain research and information generated by
Free resources include the Guidebook for Organic Certification,                                            the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s College of Agricultural
Midwest Organic Resource Directory, and the Organic                                                        and Life Sciences, UW Extension, and collaborating farmers.
Broadcaster newspaper. Talk to specialists through the Organic
Answer Line: 888-90-MOSES.                                                                                 FairShare CSA Coalition & University of Wisconsin
                                                                                                           Extension (Organic Vegetable Production Conference)
GrassWorks     (GrassWorks Grazing Conference)                                                             FairShare CSA Coalition supports and connects farmers and
GrassWorks is a grassroots membership organization that                                                    consumers through Community Supported Agriculture (CSA).
provides leadership and education to farmers and consum-                                                   The nonprofit provides robust resource-sharing, trainings, and
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         MORE EVENT DETAILS                                      basic cooperative business model! Learn about people who
                                                                 have become leaders and built community through co-ops
CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIPS                                          and credit unions.
This has been a challenging year for many farmers. To help
farmers-in-need participate in the Growing Stronger              Listening to All Voices
Conference, please consider adding a donation to the             WFU is among many organizations working to advance
Scholarship Fund when you register for the conference.           diversity, equity, and inclusion or JEDI (justice, equity, diver-
Or, donate directly to the fund:                                 sity, and inclusion.) We’ll study the work of Leah Penniman at
          bit.ly/GrowingStrongerScholarshipFund                  Soul Fire Farm, and explore what micro-aggression looks
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Scholarship recipients pay just $35 to access the event. Find
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                                                                 and sustainable agriculture. We’ll feature popular short films
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Students in college or technical school get 35% off when they    WWOOF USA. We’ll also look at Indigenous farming
register as a group. See the scholarship webpage for details.    practices, and some of the many agricultural learnings
                                                                 that come from other cultures.
TEEN SPACE
Wisconsin Farmers Union (WFU) and the WFU Senior Youth           FOOD DRIVE
Advisory Council hosts a unique space for youth in middle        The 2,500 to 3,000 attendees to the annual MOSES
school and up that will provide an interactive opportunity to    Conference bring an estimated $3 million to the La Crosse
connect, learn, and have fun in three hour-long sessions. Sign   area. To help offset the impact on workers in La Crosse,
up details will be announced on the Growing Stronger             MOSES has organized a food drive for Hunger Task Force,
website in January. Teen Space will focus on these topics:       which serves more than 100 food shelves in the area. Many
                                                                 of our loyal food donors have signed up to send food usually
Cooperation & Collaboration                                      marked for the conference to that food bank. You can donate,
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MOSES
     PO Box 339, Spring Valley, WI 54767
               888-90-MOSES

     5-in-1 Virtual Event:
   MOSES Organic Farming Conference
     GrassWorks Grazing Conference
            OGRAIN Conference
                                              • More than 60 workshops across 10 categories
    Midwest Organic Pork Conference
                                              • Over 25 engaging roundtables
 Organic Vegetable Production Conference
                                              • Recordings of all sessions available for 90 days
                                              • Farmer Speed Presentations showcasing farmer
                                                ingenuity and what’s happening on organic farms
   Online Feb. 22-27, 2021
                                              • Over 70 exhibitors with the supplies, connections,
                                                and resources you need to farm successfully
            Great Value!                      • Bookstore by Mother Earth News
   Access expertise across a broad range of   • Farming-related films
   organic and sustainable farming systems
                                              • Networking opportunities
        in one combined conference !
                                              • A rich conference experience from the comfort of
                                                your home—no need to travel or hire a farm-sitter!

Register today to grow stronger with your community: bit.ly/GrowingStronger2021
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