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Friday
1:00 PM WORKSHOPS |
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Q &
A and Book Signing
with James Kunstler
James Kunstler
Author of “The Long
Emergency,” NY
Principles of AgroEcology
Miguel Alteri
UC Berkley, CA
Can
You Protect Your
Livestock from Predators?
Eugene Fytche
Author of “May Safely
Graze,” Canada
Adopting Modern Machinery
to Draft Horses
Sally Eckhoff
Author of “The Beastly
Life,” NY
An
Introduction to Vegetable Lacto-Fermentation
Sarah Flack
Author of “Organic
Dairy Production,” VT
Brambles and Ribes:
Establishment and Disease
Monitoring
Michael Byers
Demeter’s Garden, PA
Kathy Demchak
Penn State University, PA
Elsa Sanchez
Penn State
University, PA |
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Cover Crop Selection for
Weed Control and Soil Quality
Bill Curran
Penn State University, PA
Ron Hoover
Penn State
University, PA
Dave Wilson
The Rodale Institute, PA
Forced Air Compost Systems
Ned Foley
Two Particular Acres, PA
Gardening in Small Spaces
Sue Maurer
Maywood Farm, PA
Large Scale Organics:
Timeline of Growth
Drew and Joan Norman
One Straw Farm, MD
Medicinal Herbs
Charis Lindrooth
D.C. Indigo Natural
Healing Center, PA |
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Omega-3 Fatty Acids
in Health and Disease
Katherine Sherif
Drexel University, PA
How
Herbivores Learn to Eat —
Part 1
Fred Provenza
Utah State
University, UT
Starting A Dairy
Operation From Scratch
Clifford Hawbaker
Hamilton Heights
Dairy Farm, PA
Understanding the
Benefits of a Green Roof
Joe DiNorscia
Skyland USA, PA
After the Deluge:
Triage for Flooded Farms
Shane LaBrake
Accokeek
Foundation, MD
David Stern
Rose Valley Farm, NY |
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Friday 3:00 PM WORKSHOPS |
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Basic Beekeeping for
Pollination and Honey
Craig Cella
Bee Inspector, PA
Maryann Frazier
Singing Creek Farm, PA
Capitalizing Your
Value-Added Enterprise
Jared Grissinger
PA Dept. of Agriculture, PA
Dennis Hall
PA Dept. of Agriculture, PA
Equipping the
Value-Added Dairy Farm
Dale Martin
Agri-Service LLC, MD
Fair Trade
Jennifer Chesworth
Herbalists Without
Borders, PA
Farm Diversification and
Multiple Profit Possibilities
John Ivanko and Lisa
Kirivist
Renewing the
Countryside, WI
Five Essentials for the
Backyard Apple Tree
Michael Phillips
Lost Nation Orchard,
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Utilization of Arbuscular
Mycorrhizal Fungi
David Douds
USDA-ARS, Wyndmoor PA
From Farm to Market —
The Butcher’s View
Mike Debach
Leona Meat Plant, PA
Native American
Spirituality, Rituals, Wisdom,
and Community
Dennis Bussell
Integrated World Arts
Inc., PA
Nuts and Bolts of Small Scale Microgreens Production
Mara and Spencer
Welton
Half Pint Farm, VT
How
Herbivores Learn to
Eat — Part 2
Fred Provenza
Utah State University, UT
Preparing Meals Using
Your CSA Surprises
Annmarie Butera,
Cucina Verde,
PA
Kitty Leatham
The Green Chef’s Deli, PA |
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Making the Soil, Pasture
& Animal Health Connection
Michele Gauger
PASA, PA
Ron Hoover
Penn State
University, PA
David Wolfgang
Penn State University, PA
Selling the Value
of Grass-fed Beef
Ridge Shinn
Bakewell Reproductive Center, MA
Using Spent Mushroom
Substrate on the Farm
Jake Chalfin
Laurel Valley Soils,
PA
Paul Hepperly
The Rodale Institute,
PA
Joseph Poppiti
Hy-Tech Mushroom
Compost, Inc., PA
Using Waste Vegetable Oil
to Heat Greenhouses
Glenn Brendle
Green Meadow Farm, PA
Fred Phillips
Clean Burn, PA
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Saturday
8:00 AM WORKSHOPS |
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Specialized Pruning Techniques
Lee Reich
Author of “Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden,” NY
Farmer-to-Farmer Organic
Certification Here and Abroad
Ron Khosla
UN-FAO India
What I Learned While
Building a Straw Bale House
Randy Williams
MD
CSA
Roundtable
Mike Ahlert
Red Earth Farm, PA
Peggy Fogarty Harnish
Scarecrow
Hill Farm, PA
Eric and Birgit
Landowne
Kimberton CSA, PA
Raising Dairy Calves Naturally
Rodney Martin
Bridge View Dairy, PA |
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Holistic Management
Jacqueline and Ed
Martsoff
Gateway Farms, AR
Irrigation Management
on Vegetable Farms
Emily Cook
Penn State University, PA
David Lankford
Daven Crest II, MD
Creating Demand for Local Food
Aloma Dew
Sierra Club, KY
Make Your Farm
a Vacation Destination
Gary and Bonnie
Schubert
Hummerhaven
Farmstead, PA
Managing Successful
Producer-Only Farmers’ Markets
Bernie Prince
Freshfarm Markets,
Washington DC
Minerals for the Gene Code
Richard Olree
Olree Chiropractic Centre, MI |
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Intro to Lacto-Fermented Drinks
John and Dana
Eisenstein
PA
Stimulating Soil Biology
with Compost Teas
Stephen Storch
Natural Science Organics, NY
Ten
Years of Blueberry Gardens:
A Progress Report
Robert True
Blueberry Gardens, MD
Howard Zuses
Blueberry Gardens, MD
The
ABC’s of Raising
Grass-fed Beef
Ridge Shinn
Bakewell Reproductive Center, MA |
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Saturday
10:45 AM WORKSHOPS |
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Winter Cropping With
and Without Hoophouses
Brett Grohsgal
Even Star Organic Farm, MD
Hands-On Compost Clinic —
Bring Your Stuff:
Tom Richard
Penn State
University, PA
Supporting Immigrant
and Refugee Farmers
Jennifer Hashley
New Entry Sustainable
Farming Project, MA
Increase Customer
Satisfaction by Understanding the Butchering Process
Nils Balles
Prestige Meats, Inc., PA
Melons, Heirloom Melons
&More Melons
Mick Kodner
Dancing Creek Farm, PA
Eric Lichty
Shoestring Acrres, PA
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Improving Farm Energy
Efficiency
Darrell Frey
Three Sisters Farm, PA
Living Lightly in a Heavy World
Deb Habib and Ricky
Baruc
Seeds of Solidarity
Farm & Ed. Ctr., MA
Living Within Your
Local Means: Eating Year
Round in Your Foodshed
Amy Trauger
PA Women’s Ag. Network, PA
Organic Inc.:
At the Crossroads of Idealism
and Growth
Sam Fromartz
Author of “Organic
Inc.,” Washington DC
Pasture-Based Pork
Production and Marketing
David Ober
Cedarbrook Farm, WV
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Perfecting Pastured Poultry
Jeff Mattocks
Fertrell Company, PA
Leon Moyer
Moyer’s Chicks, Inc., PA
Transitioning a
Dairy Farm to Organic
Sarah Flack
NOFA-VT, VT
Valuing Your Product
(& Yourself) for Farm Markets
Rob Amsterdam
A.P.E. Inc., PA
Weed the Soil, Not the Crop
Anne and Eric Nordell
Beech Grove Farm, PA
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Saturday
1:30PM WORKSHOPS |
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Starting and Growing
a Yogurt Business
Jack and Ann Lazor
Butterworks Farm, VT
Buying Soils for
New & Beginning Farmers
Brett Grohsgal
Even Star Organic Farm, MD
Growing and Marketing
Cut Flowers for Subscribers
and Florists
Jodi and Evan
Verbanic
Cherry Valley
Organics, PA
Farm Market Stands
That SELL!
Spencer and Mara
Welton
Half Pint Farm, VT
Forest Farming
in Penns Woods
Roy Brubaker
Blue Rooster Farm, PA |
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Tapping Into the Ethnic Markets
Sandra Miller
Painted Hand Farm, PA
Food for Your Soul:
Dinner at the Farm
Robin and Mark Way
Rumbleway Farm, MD
Living in these Viral Times
Michael Phillips
Heartsong Farm
Healing Herbs, NH
Next Generation Farming
Art and Dave King
Harvest Valley Farms, PA
No
Spray Fruits
Lee Reich
Author of “Uncommon Fruits
for Every Garden,” NY
Season Extension of Greens
Tom and Nancy Wadson
Wadson’s Farm, Bermuda |
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Organic 2007:
Can it Be a Movement
Working for Integrity as Well as an Industry Bent on
Growth?
Sam Fromartz
Author of “Organic
Inc., “ Washington DC
Chris Fullerton
Tuscarora Organic
Growers, PA
Liana Hoodes
Nat’l Campaign for
Sustainable Ag., NY
Mark Kastel
Cornucopia Institute, WI
Raising Choice Grass-fed Beef
Douglas Gunnink
Dutch Mill, MN
Working with Migrant Labor
Don Kretschman
Kretschmann Farm, PA
Drew Norman
One Straw Farm, MD
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