2023 Schedule At a Glance
Session descriptions coming soon!
All times in Central Standard Time (CST)
Day 1: Friday, November 3 | 4 PM – 7:30 PM
| 4 – 6 PM | Registration Opens Check-in for pre-registered attendees and new registration for Friday and Saturday event attendance. Friday meal is available for people who PRE-REGISTERED for Friday workshops. |
| 4:30 – 5:30 PM | Dinner |
| 5:30 – 7:30 PM |
Friday Night Workshops– From Basement to Business: How to Grow Mushrooms for your Market– Tier 1 Cottage Foods Training |
Day 2: Saturday, November 4 | 7:30 AM – 6:15 PM
| 7:30 – 8:30 AM | Check in & Registration Interpretation is available to pre-registered who requested an interpreter. |
| 7:30 – 8:30 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:30 – 9:15 AM | Welcome |
| 9:30 AM – 11 AM | Morning Sessions – Culturally Relevant Foods: Wild Rice, White Corn, and Tomatillos – Adapting to Impacts of Climate Change: Heat, Smoke, and Unpredictable Precipitation – Seed Saving – Raising Halal Goats |
| 11:15 AM – 12 PM | Keynote Address Angela Dawson on Sustainability Principles for Emerging Farmers |
| 12 – 1:30 PM | Lunch & Networking |
| 1:45 – 3:15 PM | Early Afternoon Sessions – Wise Decision Making for Vegetable Production – Financing Farmland: Stories from Farmers – NCR SARE Farmer Rancher Grants – Physical Resilience on the Farm |
| 3:30 – 5 PM | Late Afternoon Sessions – Listening Session: Grounding Policy in the Voices of Farmers – Is Wholesale Right for You? – High Tunnel Success – Pastured Poultry Production |
| 5:15 – 6:15 PM | Social Hour & Raffle Giveaway |