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2021 Eye on Ag Photo Contest Winner: Lauren Henderson-Tamowski
NOFA-NY’s 2021 Winter Conference + Northeast Organic Seed Conference
Online January 16 – 23, 2021
NOFA-NY 1010 James Street, Syracuse, NY 13203 www.nofany.org 315.988.4000
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Community Agreements
NOFA-NY’s annual winter conference brings together farmers, gardeners, and advocates for education
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and community building. We aim to create a safe and inclusive environment where every person can learn,
expand, share, and be in community together. We ask all conference participants to engage others mindfully,
with respect and humility.
Thank you for joining us! Conference participants agree to abide by the following agreements:
Be respectful: Respect the identities, backgrounds, and boundaries of others. Be open to different
perspectives and experiences. Participation is always voluntary. Each person decides how they show up
Rooted in Resilience and what they share.
Be curious: Listen actively and seek clarity with questions. We are here to learn with and from one another.
Organic farming is rooted in health – health of the soil, farmer, and community. This emphasis on health
is the foundation of our resilience. Our conference theme, Rooted in Resilience, reflects the ability of organic Call in, not out: When someone acts in a way that is harmful, we ask that you “call in” to bring attention to
systems to embrace challenges ranging from a global pandemic to unprecedented weather, a new pest, or the impact. Calling in is like calling out, but done privately, compassionately, and with a focus on inviting the
the loss of an important market. person who caused harm to awareness rather than shaming or shunning them publicly. This can look like a
private message invitation to discuss a harmful statement. We are all learning, so be mindful that you may
For nearly four decades, our conference has convened farmers, homesteaders, soil scientists, seedkeepers,
be called in. Listen and change your behavior if someone tells you it is causing harm. You don’t have to
and ag-vocates to work together and learn from one another. This mutual support and generous exchange
“call in” alone – facilitators can do it for you.
of knowledge is a hallmark of the NOFA-NY community. And now, we’ve seen the power of that: our CSAs,
farmers markets, and local co-ops have been models of food security throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. One mic: One voice at a time.
Our conference is an opportunity to leverage that power and learn directly from you – the experts! Take space / make space: Take space for yourself in conversation if you tend to be quiet, make space for
quieter voices if you tend to speak often.
About NOFA-NY Speak from the “I” but remember the “we”: Speak from your own experience. Use “I” statements rather
The Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA-NY) is an organization of farmers, gardeners, and than generalizations. Be aware of biases and privileges.
consumers working together to create a sustainable regional food system that’s ecologically sound and Avoid jargon: We each come from different backgrounds and have diverse understandings and knowledge.
economically viable. Through demonstration and education, we promote land stewardship, organic food Be inclusive with your words. If an unfamiliar term, acronym, or industry word needs to be used, please
production, and local marketing. We bring consumer and farmer together to make high-quality food explain the meaning.
available to all people.
Be conscious of intent vs. impact: We are each responsible for the impact of our words and actions,
NOFA-NY is a member-based organization. As a member, you’re supporting programs and services that assist regardless of the intent.
farmers, inform consumers, and advocate for policies that promote an organic, sustainable food and farm
Take care: Take breaks for stretching, rest, eating, movement, family, and any other needs that arise.
system. Together we can ensure a future for local, organic food and farming in New York State and beyond.
If someone seeks support, offer it if you are able to do so.
NOFA-NY Certified Organic, LLC is a USDA-accredited organic certification agency providing high integrity
Be patient: This virtual platform is new to all of us, including NOFA-NY staff. Technical issues may arise,
certification services to over 1,000 organic farmers and processors throughout New York State and
and we ask that you be gracious while we navigate this new landscape.
surrounding areas.
Conference staff, volunteers, speakers, attendees, sponsors, and exhibitors are expected to honor these
To learn more about us or to become a member, please visit www.nofany.org.
agreements. NOFA-NY reserves the right to revoke conference platform access if community agreements
are broken. No refunds will be given to attendees who are removed from the conference platform for
The Third Biennial Northeast Organic Seed Conference violation of these standards.
Held in unison with the 2021 NOFA-NY Winter Conference, we are proud to offer you the third iteration of a These agreements were developed by NOFA-NY staff with reference to NESAWG Community Agreements,
true “grassroots” event planned and brought to fruition by a host of excellent volunteers. Like the resilient Biodynamic Association Community Guidelines, Soul Fire Farm Safer Space Agreements, and OEFFA Conference
seeds we cherish, we are of unique origins, sizes, shapes, and colors. Community Standards.
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Keynote Speakers In Living Color Virtual BIPOC Space
Laura Lengnick Centering the needs and voices of Black, Indigenous, People of Color, the In Living
Color Virtual BIPOC Space is a space designed by and for BIPOC participants,
Keynote Address: From Fragility to Resilience: Cultivating the Health of Land, providing a refuge for people to gather, connect, rest, and share in the celebration
People, and Community (Live Spanish Translation) of our lineages and lived experiences. The In Living Color Virtual BIPOC space is also
Saturday, January 16 at 2:00 PM EST a place for BIPOC participants to access emotional and energetic support throughout
Laura Lengnick is an award-winning soil scientist who has explored agriculture the duration of the conference by way of Amanda David and Mandana Boushee
and food system sustainability through more than 25 years of work as a researcher, (BIPOC herbalists and facilitators of the In Living Color Space).
policy-maker, educator, activist, and farmer. She is founder and principal at
Cultivating Resilience, LLC, an Asheville, NC-based firm that works with organizations
of all kinds to integrate resilience thinking into operations, assessment, and
strategic planning. Over the last decade, Laura has led federal, state, and local Schedule:
projects exploring agricultural climate solutions that cultivate healthy land, people, Daily from 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST: BIPOC participants are invited to join the space anytime during our
and community. The second edition of Laura’s award-winning 2015 book, Resilient Open Hours which will be held live for the duration of the conference.
Agriculture: Cultivating Food Systems for a Changing Climate (New Society Publishers),
January 16 at 1:00 PM EST: The space will open with an Opening Ceremony.
will be released in June 2021. You can learn more about Laura and her work at
www.cultivatingresilience.com. January 23 at 1:00 PM ET: The space will close with a Closing Ceremony.
24/7 Access: The facilitators will also be on-call and available 24/7 during the conference via email.
Banu Subramaniam
Seed Conference Keynote Address: Seeds for a Decolonial Botany Accessing the space:
Thursday, January 21 at 6:00 PM EST To receive access links to the space and to connect with the In Living Color BIPOC Space facilitators,
Banu Subramaniam is Professor of Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies at the Amanda David and Mandana Boushee, please contact them at inlivingcolorspace@gmail.com.
University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Trained as a plant evolutionary biologist, If you have questions about the inclusion of this space in the conference, please contact
Banu’s work engages the feminist studies of science in the practices of experimental Laura Colligan, NOFA-NY Board Member, at dirtrichfarm@gmail.com.
biology. Author of Holy Science: The Biopolitics of Hindu Nationalism (University
of Washington Press, 2019), Ghost Stories for Darwin: The Science of Variation and
the Politics of Diversity (University of Illinois Press, 2014), and coeditor of Feminist Please consider learning more:
Science Studies: A New Generation (Routledge, 2001) and Making Threats: Biofears and •W
hy People of Color Need Spaces Without White People, by Kelsey Blackwell, on the importance
Environmental Anxieties (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005) and the forthcoming MEAT!: A of these spaces when we gather.
Transnational Analysis (Duke University Press 2021), Banu’s current work focuses on •R
acial Microaggressions Are Real. Here’s How to Navigate Them, by Ruth Terry, on microaggression
decolonizing botany and the relationship of science and religious nationalism in India. culture.
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oke Without The Work, an online workshop for Non-BIPOC Herbalists, who are seeking to move
Brian Caldwell beyond optical support of our communities, towards active, tangible, and embodied practices of equity.
Farmer of the Year Address (Live Spanish Translation)
Saturday, January 23 at 2:00 PM ET
Brian has been involved in organic agriculture for more than 40 years as an educator,
researcher, and farmer. In 1983, he was a founding member of NOFA-NY and
served as our first education coordinator from 2002-2005. He was a member of
the committee that wrote our first set of certification standards. He spent many
years working for Cornell University, as a vegetable and fruit specialist for Cornell
Cooperative Extension, and then as field manager for the Cornell Organic Cropping
Systems project. He has operated Hemlock Grove Farm, a certified organic farm in
West Danby, NY since 1978, and has a deep appreciation for the organic community,
as well as an understanding of organic practices and philosophy. Brian was also
recently appointed to the National Organic Standards Board. Brian will join us to
speak about resilience based on his experience as a farmer, researcher, and educator.
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Featured Authors Photo credit: Lauren Henderson-Tamowski
Doug Fine Sandor Ellix Katz
Doug Fine is a comedic investigative journalist, bestselling author, and solar-powered Sandor Ellix Katz is a fermentation revivalist. His books Wild Fermentation, The Art of
goat herder. His latest book is American Hemp Farmer: Adventures and Misadventures in Fermentation, and his new release Fermentation as Metaphor along with the hundreds
the Cannabis Trade (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2020). He has cultivated hemp for food, of fermentation workshops he has taught around the world, have helped to catalyze
farm-to-table products and seed-building in four U.S. states. You can register for his a broad revival of the fermentation arts. A self-taught experimentalist who lives in
online regenerative hemp course with Acres USA here. Willie Nelson calls Doug’s rural Tennessee, the New York Times calls him “one of the unlikely rock stars of the
work “a blueprint for the America of the future.” The Washington Post says, “Fine American food scene.” Sandor is the recipient of a James Beard award and other
is a storyteller in the mold of Douglas Adams.” A website of Doug’s print, radio and honors. For more information, check out his website www.wildfermentation.com.
television work, United Nations testimony, and TED Talk is at www.dougfine.com Sandor’s workshop, Getting to the Roots of Fermentation for Resilience, is on
and his social media handle is @organiccowboy. Friday, January 22 at 4:00 PM EST.
Doug’s workshop, The Hemp Farmer Entrepreneur, is on Wednesday, January 20 at
4:00 PM EST.
Nigel Palmer
Nigel Palmer, author of the book The Regenerative Growers Guide to Garden
Rob Hopkins Amendments, is a lifelong gardener who relies on the amazing complexity of nature to
Rob Hopkins is a cofounder of Transition Town Totnes and Transition Network, inspire his gardening practices. He develops curriculum for, and instructs the Garden
and the author of The Transition Handbook, The Transition Companion, The Power of portion of the holistic wellness program at The Institute of Sustainable Nutrition
Just Doing Stuff, 21 Stories of Transition and most recently, From What Is to What If: (www.tiosn.com). Nigel enjoys telemark skiing up and down mountains, paddling
unleashing the power of imagination to create the future we want. He presents the with bears, the keeping of bees, and watching the garlic grow.
podcast series ‘From What If to What Next‘ which invites listeners to send in their Nigel’s workshop, The Regenerative Growers Guide to Garden Amendments, is on
“what if” questions and then explores how to make them a reality. In 2012, he was Saturday, January 23 at 10:00 AM EST.
voted one of the Independent’s top 100 environmentalists and was on Nesta and the
Observer’s list of Britain’s 50 New Radicals. Hopkins has also appeared on BBC Radio
4’s Four Thought and A Good Read, in the French film phenomenon Demain and its
sequel Apres Demain, and has spoken at TEDGlobal and three TEDx events.
An Ashoka Fellow, Hopkins also holds a PhD from the University of Plymouth and has
received two honorary doctorates from the University of the West of England and the
University of Namur. He is a keen gardener, a founder of New Lion Brewery in Totnes,
a lino cut print maker and artist and a director of Totnes Community Development
Society (the group behind Atmos Totnes, an ambitious, community-led development
project). He blogs at transitionnetwork.org and robhopkins.net and tweets at
@robintransition.
Rob’s workshop, Unleashing the Power of Imagination: Making your Community NOFA-NY’s Virtual Bookstore
More Resilient for Economic Happiness, is on Friday, January 22 at 2:00 PM EST. Visit the Bookstore to purchase titles from our featured authors as well as
Chelsea Green’s recommendations based on our conference workshops. As
always, NOFA-NY members receive 35% off with their discount code!
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Signing in Announcements
In order to access the conference workshops and all other NOFA-NY will periodically send important announcements about upcoming workshop sessions.
content, you’ll need to sign in to our conference site. You will get these notifications on your phone if you have downloaded the mobile app, but you
To sign in, enter the email address you used to register for can always check out the latest in this section on the conference site as well.
the conference, then create a password.
Once you’re signed in, you can check out the conference Presenters
schedule, join workshops, contact trade show exhibitors,
View the full list of presenter bios for both the Winter Conference and the Seed Conference.
message other participants, and more.
You can see which workshop they are presenting in by scrolling down to “Agenda”.
You can also access all the same content on your phone by
downloading the conference mobile app.
Tradeshow
While we may not have physical booths this year, you are still able to connect with a wide variety
Sign in to the Conference Site Download the Conference Mobile App of exhibitors. The Tradeshow – offering services, products, resources, contact information, and
more – is not something you want to miss.
You can view the following content by choosing a feature on the left side on the screen on the Conference Site
Bookstore
or on the homepage of the Mobile App. Visit the Bookstore to purchase titles from our featured authors as well as Chelsea Green’s
recommendations based on our conference workshops. As always, NOFA-NY members
receive 35% off with their discount code!
Welcome
Check out the Welcome section to refer to our Community Agreements during the conference.
In addition, you can learn more about NOFA-NY including our mission and our equity statement.
Attendees
There is also a great welcome video! There’s still plenty of space to network at this year’s conference! Visit the Attendees section
view attendee profiles. Adding a participant as a connection allows you to message with
them, see their contact information, and more! And don’t forget to create your own profile.
Certification If you want tips on how, visit the App Guide here.
Visit Certification to chat live with the NOFA-NY Certified Organic, LLC staff, learn more about
what services they offer, access applications, fact sheets, and more!
Wall
If networking is a priority, posting on the wall can result in new connections and additional
Agenda fun! You can mention sessions or speakers that you enjoyed, post pictures, comment, and
The Agenda is where you will access all of the workshop information including dates, times, like other posts.
descriptions and links to Zoom meetings. To join a session, click “Join Live Stream” on the
workshop you would like to attend. To call into a session, find the “Zoom Meeting Information”
attachment at the bottom of the workshop description.
Evaluations
Your feedback is encouraged! We will share evaluation links after each workshop, but you can
From the Agenda, you can also add sessions to your personal agenda and get reminders before
always visit us here to share your feedback. Your thoughts are important to us, and we use this
they start by clicking the plus icon next to a session.
information to improve future conferences.
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The Virtual Platform
Yoga
These videos are available whenever you need a break! Step away from your computer and
move through a sequence of poses designed to calm your mind and stretch your muscles.
Shop
Get your NOFA-NY swag at the shop. There are some brand new tees, hats, hoodies, children’s
clothing, and some great books to check out!
Donate
Visit us here to make a donation. When you do, you’re supporting programs and services
that assist farmers, inform consumers, and advocate for policies that promote an organic,
sustainable food and farm system. Together we can ensure a future for local, organic food
and farming in New York State and beyond. We could not do this important work without
your generous support. Thank you!
Membership
Visit us here to join today. NOFA-NY is the only statewide organization dedicated to the
organic food and farming community and exists to serve the needs of its members. Whether
you’re a farmer, gardener, eater, business owner, or ag-vocate, NOFA-NY is the place for you!
App Guide
Provided by Socio, this guide can help to walk you through some frequently asked questions
about the conference platform.
Help Desk
If you need suport, you can always contact Jessica Aubrey, NOFA-NY Events Coordinator,
by connecting in the Attendees section or by emailing jaubrey@nofany.org.
If you are a Seed Conference presenter and need specific support related to those sessions,
you can contact Heron Breen at breen@fedcoseeds.com.
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Time Track Workshop Title Presenter(s)
Saturday, January 16 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EST Gardening +
Homesteading
The New Normal: Strong
Communities and
Iris Fen Gillingham
Reciprocal Foodways
Time Track Workshop Title Presenter(s) 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EST Urban Farming Collaboration and Matt Kauffman and
Cultivation Within the Katie Pfohl
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST BIPOC Space In Living Color Virtual Amanda David and Urban Farming
BIPOC Space Opening Mandana Boushee Community
Ceremony
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST Seed Conference Seed Saving 101, Session Lex Barlowe
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST Keynote From Fragility to Laura Lengnick 1: A Historical and Human
Live Spanish Translation Resilience: Cultivating Perspective
the Health of Land,
People, and Community 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM EST Vegetable Lessons Learned from Corinne Hansch,
Lightning-Fast Market Zaid Kurdieh, and
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST Children’s Visiting Scotland Keena Wildman Pivots: What Worked and Raymond Luhrman
Programming What Didn’t
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM EST Vegetable The Great Salad Debate: Paul Arnold, Sandy Arnold, 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM EST Livestock Adaptive Grazing Karen Hoffmann
Varieties, Crops, and Eric Houppert, and Management
Timing Leon Vehaba
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST BIPOC Space In Living Color Virtual Amanda David and
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM EST Policy Soil Health Building: A Wes Gillingham, BIPOC Space Mandana Boushee
Culture of Soil Care Liana Hoodes,
Elizabeth Henderson, 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EST Business + Marketing Launch Your Online Farm Kristina Snyder
and Patty Lovera Store: Tools and Tips and Briana Alfaro
for eCommerce
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EST Seed Conference A Resilient Seed Bill Braun and
Community Emily Rose Haga 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST Seed Conference Seed Saving 101, Jacqueline Pilati,
Session 2: A Historic and Myra Manning,
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM EST Special Event Virtual Witness to Injustice Residents of the Human Perspective Zainab Muhammad,
Onondaga Nation Roberta Cuyjet,
and members of NOON and Glen Cuyjet
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST Discussion Group Fireside Chat: Resilience Laura Lengnick 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM EST Fruit The Art of Maple Syrup Amy McKinnon
Thinking for Health Production and Brian Ryther
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST Seed Conference Holistic Botany Ken Greene, 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM EST Policy Cannabis / Hemp Policy Kaelan Castetter,
Hannah Traggis, Update Jason Minard, and
Banu Subramaniam, Andrew Rosner
and Xan Chacko
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST Discussion Group Western Regional Laura Colligan
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM EST Entertainment Virtual Variety Show Bob Cat Bonagura Discussion Group
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST Seed Conference Northeast Seed Savers’
Evening Meet Up
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Time Track Workshop Title Presenter(s) Time Track Workshop Title Presenter(s)
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EST Gardening + Growing in the Garden, Maria Blon and 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EST Gardening + Dyeing with Regional Laura Sansone
Homesteading Mind, and Spirit During Tom Blon Homesteading Plants
the Winter Months
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EST Urban Farming Modified Hugelkultur Kyle Rittenburg
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EST Urban Farming Food That Moves: Taylor Johnson and for Urban Growing
Reaching Consumers Danielle Rovillo
at the Neighborhood 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST Seed Conference Seed and Plant Pathology Alicyn Smart,
Level with a Mobile of Common Northeast Sue Scheufele, and
Market Truck Seed Crops Lindsey du Toit
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST Vegetable + Seed Intro to Organic Seed Matthew Glenn, 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM EST Vegetable Everything you Ever David Hambleton
Live French Translation Production Production, Session 1: Chris Sanford, Wanted to Know about
Making the Case, and and Laurie McKenzie Walk-behind Tractors!
Making the Space for
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM EST Livestock Raising and Marketing Jennifer Bassman
Seed Production
Small Breed Pigs and Karma Glos
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM EST Business + Marketing Intro to Organic Jessica Terry
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST BIPOC Space In Living Color Virtual Amanda David and
Live Spanish Translation Certification
BIPOC Space Mandana Boushee
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM EST Livestock Making Tinctures and Liz Bawden
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EST Soil Health Field Indicators for Soil Caro Roszell
Salves for Use on Livestock
Health: DIY Assessment for
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST BIPOC Space In Living Color Virtual Amanda David and Farmers and Gardeners,
BIPOC Space Mandana Boushee Session 1
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EST Hemp Organic Hemp Certification Allan Gandelman 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EST Value-Added Getting Permission to John Luker
and Policy Update and Lauren Tonti Sell Your Packaged Food
Products
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST Vegetable + Seed Intro to Organic Seed Kristen Loria,
Live French Translation Production Production, Session 2: Roberta Bailey, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST Seed Conference Meet the Seed Activists and Ken Greene, Lia Babitch,
Thinking from Seed to Matthew Goldfarb, Not-For-Profits Serving Bill Braun, Jacqueline Pilati,
Seed... and Lia Babitch the Northeast Cara Loriz, Emily Rose
Haga, and Bonnetta Adeeb
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM EST Business + Marketing Maple Certification Jessica Terry
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM EST Soil Health Field Indicators for Soil Caro Roszell
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM EST Hemp Working Soil Health Jennifer Gilbert-Jenkins Health: DIY Assessment for
Practices into Industrial Farmers and Gardeners,
Hemp Production Session 2
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM EST Seed Conference Meet Up with Your Maggie Ericksen 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM EST Hemp Back to Reality: David Falkowski
Northeast Seed Contract and Heron Breen Operating a Cannabinoid
Folks! Hemp Company / Farm
in New York
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST Discussion Group Finger Lakes Regional
Discussion Group 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST Discussion Group Central Regional Bobcat Bonagura and
Discussion Group Maryrose Livingston
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST Seed Conference Northeast Seed Growers’ Heron Breen,
Evening Meet Up Laurie McKenzie, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST Seed Conference / Creating an Ecotypic Seed Ed Toth, Sara Tangren,
Matthew Goldfarb, and The Ecotype Seed Network in the Northeast: Heather McCargo, Hope
Cathleen McCluskey School A roundtable needs Leeson, Dina Brewster,
assessment on ecoregional Polly Weigand, and
seed amplification Uli Lorimer
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Time Track Workshop Title Presenter(s) Time Track Workshop Title Presenter(s)
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EST Gardening + Foraging to Create Dina Falconi 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EST Soil Health How Producers can be Seth Itzkan
Homesteading Medicine Climate Heroes
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EST Urban Farming Making a Living As An Mayda Pozantides 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EST Value-Added Insurance Requirements Bob Bleistein
Urban Market Gardener for Farmers and Food
Processors
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST Seed Conference Plant Breeders Day, Richard Favreau,
Live French Translation Session 1: So You Want to Solveig Hanson, and 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST Seed Conference Womxn in Regional Petra Page-Mann
Be a Plant Breeder? Michael Glos Seed, Plant, and Farm
Work Meet-up
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM EST Dairy From the Field: Soil Carbon Phyllis Van Amburgh
Sequestration in Practice 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM EST Dairy Maximizing Intake and Karen Hoffman
Milk with Highly Digestible
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM EST Business + Marketing Pricing your CSA Elizabeth Higgins and Forages
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