2012 Conference Schedule and Workshop Sessions
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Conference Schedule
Friday, October 26, 2012
7:00am–7:00pm Registration Booth Open
7:30 am–9:00am Coffee and Light Breakfast
9:00am–3:00pm Vendor set-up
9:00am-4:00pm All-Day Workshops including lunch
9:00am-4:30pm All-Day Farm Tours including lunch
9:00 am–12:00pm Morning Workshops
12:00pm–1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm–4:00pm Afternoon Workshops
1:00 pm–4:30pm Afternoon Farm Tours
Conference Officially Begins
4:00pm–6:30pm Visit Exhibits & Seed Exchange
4:15pm–5:30pm NC & SC Agriculture Listening Sessions
5:30pm–6:15pm Facilitated Networking – Make New Friends
6:30pm–9:00pm Local Foods Feast & Keynote with Debra Eschmeyer
Saturday, October 27, 2012
7:00am–8:30pm Registration Booth Open
7:00am–8:30am Coffee and Light Breakfast
8:00am–7:30 pm Visit Exhibitors
8:30am–10:00am Saturday Session 1
10:00am–10:30 am Break
10:30am–12:00am Saturday Session 2
12:00pm–12:30pm Break
12:30pm–2:00pm Luncheon, Announcements & Awards
2:00pm–2:30pm Break
2:30pm–4:00pm Saturday Session 3
4:15pm–5:15pm Regional & Special Networking Meetings
5:30pm–7:30pm Meet & Eat Reception
7:30pm–until ? Exploring the Downtown Greenville Food Scene (Dinner & Nightlife On Your Own)
Sunday, October 28, 2012
7:00am–11:00am Registration Booth Open
7:30am–9:00am Coffee and Light Breakfast
8:00am–12:00pm Visit Exhibitors
8:00am–9:00am CFSA Annual Meeting
9:00am–10:30am Sunday Session 1
10:30am–10:45am Break
10:45am–12:15pm Sunday Session 2
12:15 pm Conference Ends (lunch on your own)
Saturday, Oct. 27 Sessions
Saturday Session 1 – 8:30am-10:00am
Track Title Presenter
Beginning Creating a Successful Farm Plan Tony Kleese, Earthwise
Farm Business GAPs Certification for the Small Farm Ben Chapman and Audrey Kreske, NCSU
Soils/Fertility/Seeds Farm-scale Compost and Fertility Ellen Polishuk, farm consultant (MD)
Horticulture 1 High Tunnel Growing Steve Moore, Elon University
Horticulture 2 Holistic Paradigm for Growing Healthy Fruit Michael Phillips (NH)
You Make It, Outdoors and Hands On Systems for Mobile Chicken Production (outdoors) Gred Gross, Factotum Services, and Pat Battle, Sparkling Earth Farm
Livestock Managing the Mob: A Grazing Research Update John Andrea, Clemson
Foodie Milk: Past, Present and Future LD and Iris Peeler, Milky Way Farm
Specialty Topics Permaculture and Human Nutrition Chuck Marsh, Useful Plants Nursery
Community and Policy What's Up with the Farm Bill, Anyway? Action Update on Federal Sustainable Agriculture Policy Efforts Sarah Hackney, Grassroots Director, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (DC)
Saturday Session 2 – 10:30am-12:00pm
Track Title Presenter
Beginning Leasing or Buying Land to Farm Andrew Branan, attorney and guests
Farm Business Food Safety at the Farmers' Market Dr. Judy Harrison, University of Georgia
Soils/Fertility/Seeds Organic Zone-tillage and Cover Crops Ron Morse, Virginia Tech University
Horticulture 1 Pollinator Conservation on Small Farms Nancy Lee Adamson, Xerces Society
Horticulture 2 Sustainable and Organic Approaches to Managing Cucurbit and Tomato Diseases Anthony Kineath, Clemson University
You Make It, Outdoors and Hands On Hands-On Mushroom Experience Tradd Cotter, Mushroom Mountain
Livestock Pastured Poultry Terrell Spencer, National Center for Appropriate Technology
Foodie How Wildly Good Cooks Use Local Food to Fight Obesity Linda Watson, author and chef
Specialty Topics Key Strategies in Organic Beekeeping Ross Conrad (VT)
Community and Policy FoodCorps: A Tool for Growing Farm-to-School Capacity Tessa Thraves, Sebastian Naskaris and Debra Eschmeyer with FoodCorps members
Saturday Session 3 – 2:30pm-4:00pm
Track Title Presenter
Beginning Beginning Farm Marketing Ellen Polishuk, farm consultant (MD)
Farm Business Market Ready: Helping Producers Find Success in Marketing to Chefs/Restaurants and Wholesale/Grocery Customers Dave Lamie, Clemson University and Tim Woods, Univ Kentucky
Soils/Fertility/Seeds Fungal Dynamics Underlying Plant Health Michael Phillips (NH)
Horticulture 1 Queen of the Garden: Growing Tomatoes for the Farm and Garden Frank Hyman, garden consultant
Horticulture 2 Growing Great Garlic Pam Dawling, Twin Oak Farms (VA)
You Make It, Outdoors and Hands On Hands-On Worm Composting Paul Coleman, Earlybird Worm Farm
Livestock Best Practices in Soil and Water Conservation through Livestock Jill Epley, NRCS
Foodie Cooking with Local Ingredients Chef Patrick Wagner, Culinary Institute of the Carolinas, and Meredith Mizell, Red Fern Farm
Specialty Topics Forest Farming and Cuisine in the Southeast Zev Friedman, Living Systems Design
Community and Policy Using Gardening as a Tool to Enhance Communities: Community Gardening Beyond the Seed Bobby Wilson, President, American Community Gardening Association
Sunday, Oct. 28 Sessions
Sunday Session 1 – 9:00am-10:30am
Track Title Presenter
Beginning Beginning Farmer Panel Discussion: Good Moves and Goofs for a New Small Farm Panel of Farmers and Resource People
Farm Business Is Your Farm Climate Ready? Best Practices for Managing Climate Risk on Your Farm Laura Lengnick, Warren Wilson College, and Shawn Jadrnicek, Clemson University
Soils/Fertility/Seeds Regional Seed Security for Organic Systems: A Report on the SE Region Micaela Colley, Organic Seed Alliance (WA)
Horticulture 1 Regional Organic Grains Update: From Field to Bread'n'Beer Chris Reberg-Horton, NCSU, and Jennifer Lapidus, CFSA
Special Topics Developing a Greater Awareness and Closer Relationship with the Honey Bee Ross Conrad, beekeeper and author (VT)
Horticulture 2 Growing Rice in the Carolinas with "Do Nothing" Farming Jason Oatis, Edible Earthscapes
Foodie Farmers' Markets: Elements of Success Emile DeFelice, Caw Caw Creek
Livestock Sheep and Goats: What They Can Do For You Margo Hale, National Center for Appropriate Technology
Community and Policy Sharing What We've Learned: Carribean Opportunities in Organic Agriculture and Permaculture Tony Kleese and Chuck Marsh
Sunday Session 2 – 10:45am-12:15pm
Track Title Presenters
Beginning Farm Financial Sustainability: How Do You Know? Scott Marlow, RAFI-USA
Farm Business Agri-tourism Grows in the Carolinas Martha Glass, NCDA&CS, and Diane Daniel, author
Soils/Fertility/Seeds Legume Cover Crops in an Organic System Julie Grossman, NCSU
Horticulture 1 Hops Are Hopping Jeanine Davis, NCSU and guests
Special Topics Success with Aquaponics Cliff Jagger, Asheville Aquaponics
Horticulture 2 How To Grow Ginger -- Locally! Susan Anderson, East Branch Ginger
Foodie Year-round Bounty for the Home Gardener Ira Wallace, Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
Livestock Pastured Pigs Tim Holmes, Animal Welfare Approved
Community and Policy Student-Led Farm and Food Projects: What's Happening at Upstate-Mountain Colleges and Universities? Panel of student leaders, moderated by Dr Laura Lengnick