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conference schedule
Workshop descriptions - COMING SOON!

PRE-CONFERENCE Friday, December 3, 2010 - 8:00 am-4:00 pm
(additional fees for workshops, tours and lunch)
8:00 am – 7:00 pm Registration Booth Open
9:00 am – 3:00 pm Vendor set-up
9:00 am - 3:30 pm Pastured Heritage Poultry Mobile Workshop (including lunch)
9:00 am – 4:30 pm Organic Certification Workshop (including lunch)
9:00 am – 4:00 pm All Day Farm Tours (including lunch)
9:00 am – 12:00 pm Morning Workshop (Advanced Vegetable Production)
9:30 am - 4:00 pm Essential Elements of Successful Farmstead Cheesemaking (including lunch)
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Afternoon Workshops (Mushrooms, Soils and Food Policy)
1:00 pm – 4:30 pm Afternoon Farm Tours
CONFERENCE OFFICIALLY BEGINS Friday, December 3, 2010 - 4:00pm
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Visit Exhibits, Seed Exchange and Silent Auction
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm Facilitated Networking: Meet Someone New!
6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Dinner, Awards and Food & Farm Policy Roundtable
8:30 pm – until Downtown Winston-Salem Nightlife
Saturday, December 4, 2010
7:00 am – 7:00 pm Registration Booth Open
8:30 am – 10:00 am Panel: "Taking Sustainable Agriculture To Scale Without Losing Our Souls"
10:00 am – 10:30 am Break
10:00 am – 12:30 pm Exhibit Hall Open
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Workshops
Workshop Speaker
Basic Farm Planning: An Overview Tony Kleese, consultant
Build An Inexpensive Greenhouse -- Hands On Workshop Patryk Battle and Gred Gross
Soils 101 Joel Gruver, Western Illinois Univ.
Biodynamic Farming Gunther Hauk, Spikenard Farm
Weed Control Chuck Mohler, Cornell Univ.
Advanced Produce Marketing: Large CSAs and Beyond Matt Boulanger, Enterprise Produce, Massachusetts
The Art and Science of Mob Grazing Charles Sydnor, Braeburn Farm
Food Safety Measures on a Small Farm Diane Ducharme, NCDA&CS and guests
Farmers' Market Special Series: Starting a New Farmers' Market Diane Eggert, Farmers Market Federation of NY, Representatives from the Western Wake Farmers Market and Gary Bullen, NCSU
Cultivating Abundance during Challenging Times: Permaculture Strategies for Local Food Self-reliance Chuck Marsh, Useful Plants Nursery and Living Systems Design Group
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch and CFSA Annual Meeting
2:00 pm – 7:00 pm Exhibit Hall Open
2:00 pm – 3:15 pm Workshops
Workshop Speaker
Farm Marketing 101: Starting a CSA and Other Hot Topics Judy Lessler, Harland Creek Farm
Internet and Social Media for Farmers Debbie Roos, Chatham Co. Coop. Extension
Vermiculture & Vermicomposting Paul Coleman, Early Bird Worm Farm; Brian Rosa, NC DENR
Biochar for the Beginner Julie Major, International Biochar Initiative, Montreal
Greenhouse Production of Transplants Mary Roberts, Windcrest Farm
Recycling, Gardening, and Composting with Mushrooms Tradd Cotter, Mushroom Mountain
Heritage Chickens 101 Jim Adkins, International Poultry Center, California
The Ideal Post-Harvest Produce Handling Shed Tim Martin, architect/engineer, NCSU and guest farmer
Farmers' Market Special Series: Taking Your Market to Next Level Diane Eggert, Farmers Market Federation of NY, Sarah Blacklin, Carrboro Farmers Market, Robert Andrew Smith, Leaflight Foundation, Gary Bullen, NCSU
Basic Canning and Beyond Dr. Anne-Marie Scott
3:15 pm – 3:45 pm Break
3:45 pm – 5:00 pm Workshops
Workshop Speaker
Top Ways to Fail as a Farmer and How to Avoid Them Scott Marlow, RAFI
Labor Issues for Farmers Representative of the US Department of Labor
What's New in Crop Rotation Chuck Mohler, Cornell Univ.
Biochar Advanced Julie Major, International Biochar Initiative, Montreal
Veggie Diseases: 2010 Updates Susan Calucci, NC Coop Extension

Mushrooms, Our Biological Allies: Fungal Bioremediation, Mycopesticides, Medicinal Properties, Planetary Healing Fungi

 Tradd Cotter, Mushroom Mountain
Heritage Turkeys 101 Jim Adkins, International Poultry Center, California
Value-Added Processing Centers Mary Lou Surgi, Blue Ridge Food Ventures; Noah Ranells, Orange County (NC)
Farmers' Market Special Series: Market Structures and Building - Case Studies Diane Eggert, Farmers Market Federation of NY, Ellen Cassilly, architect; Dan Jewell, landscape architect; Lynn Caldwell, Atherton Farmers Market (Charlotte)
Fabulous Cooking With Local Ingredients Angelina Koulizakis-Battiste, Angelina's Kitchen
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm CFSA Member Regional Meetings
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Reception in Exhibit Hall
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Dinner, Awards and Keynote Address
9:00 pm – until Downtown Winston-Salem
Sunday, December 5, 2010
8:00 am – 9:00 am Registration Booth Open
8:00 am – 12:30 pm Exhibit Hall Open
8:30 am – 10:00 am Workshops
Workshop Speaker
Grants and Loans for Farmers Joe Schroeder, RAFI and guests
Irrigation and Water Issues Mike Morris, National Center for Appropriate Technology and guests
Soils 101(repeat) Julie Grossman, NCSU
Winter Greens Brett Grohsgal, Even' Star Organic Farm
Organic Control of Pest Insects David Orr, NCSU
Carolina Ground: Reviving the Link
Between the Farmer, Miller and Baker		 Jennifer Lapidus, CFSA
Hogs on Pasture Tim Holmes, Animal Welfare Approved; Mary James, Dogwood Nursery Farms
The Latest on School Gardens Charlie Headington, educator/garden expert, and representatives from three local school garden programs
Backyard Fruit Trees Staff of Bountiful Backyards
10:00 am – 10:30 am Break
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Workshops
Workshop Speaker
Basic Farm Planning: An Overview (repeat) Tony Kleese, consultant
Farm Transition and Land Issues Andrew Branan, attorney
Deer Control Frank Hyman, Cottage Garden Landscaping
Seed Saving and Seed Production as a Farm Enterprise Ira Wallace, Southern Exposure Seed Exchange; Brett Grohsgal, Even' Star Organic Farm
Good Meat: Cooking Secrets Deborah Krasner, Vermont-based author
Seedcrushing for Fuel Feedstock & Culinary Oils Staff of Piedmont Biofuels
Farmers' Market Special Series: Wrap-up and Networking Diane Eggert, Farmers Market Federation of NY; Debbie Hamrick, NC Farm Bureau, and guests
Organic Beekeeping Gunther Hauk, Spikenard Farm
Food Activists: Taking Action in Your Community and in Politics Kathryn Spann, Durham Farmland Protection Board, Scott Marlow, RAFI
12:30 pm Conference Ends (lunch on your own)