15th National Small Farm Trade Show & Conference™
sponsored by Small Farm Today®
magazine
November 1-3, 2007
Schedule of Events
Short Courses, Seminars, Farmers Forum, Association Meetings & Additional Talks
Updated November 2, 2007
Schedule subject to change—See program at the Show for the final schedule.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Show hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
Short Courses
$25 each (to Sep 30) or $35 each (from Oct 1); 3/$65; all 5/$100 (20% discount)
(does not include admission)
Short Course Room |
| 9:45 am–12:45 pm |
Fallow Ground to Pasture Heaven With Mob Density Grazing |
Greg Judy (New York) |
| 2:00–5:00 pm |
How We Keep Walking at Walk-About Acres: diversified
farming, marketing & agritourism |
Art & Vera Gelder (Missouri) |
Seminars
free with admission / Seminar Room (unless noted otherwise) |
| 9:30-9:45 am | Introduction |
Ron Macher |
| 9:45–10:45 am |
Keynote address: Leadership—Get Anyone to Follow You Anywhere |
Mark Johnson |
| 11:00 am–12:00 pm |
Fattening Cattle, Sheep & Goats on Grass |
Jim Gerrish |
| 12:15–1:15 pm |
The Amazing Power of Hoophouses |
Lynn Byczynski |
| 1:30–2:30 pm |
Diversified Farming & Direct Marketing of Pastured Chickens, Turkeys, Pork, Beef & Lamb |
Armand Bechard |
| 2:45–3:45 pm |
Small, Tight & Profitable Marketing |
Kelly Klober |
| 4:00–5:00 pm |
Topic: legal aspects of direct marketing |
Rick Schell |
Farmers Forum
free with admission / Farmers Forum area / 25 minutes (unless noted otherwise) |
| 10:00 am |
Why Aronia Berries? |
Vaughn &Cindy Pittz |
| 10:30 am |
Producing Pacific White Shrimp |
Bill Crites |
| 11:00 am |
Farmstead Planning Principles |
Don Day |
| 11:30 am |
Raising Freshwater Shrimp |
Bob Calala |
| 12:00 pm |
Why Farmers Should Care About Food Defense |
Carol Lorenzen & Kristi Savage-Clarke |
| 12:30 pm |
Growing CSA Farmers |
Jim Sluyter & Jo Meller |
| 1:00 pm |
Raising Bait Fish |
Bob Calala |
| 1:30 pm |
The Missouri Exchange Online Marketplace |
Ina Cernusca |
| 2:00 pm |
Designing a Small-Scale Organic Portabella Mushroom Production System |
Bob Semyck |
| 2:30 pm |
Sustainable Solar Irrigation System |
Dan Kuebler |
| 3:00 pm |
Chic Chic’s—An Urban Poultry Farm |
Christine Allen |
| 3:30 pm |
Chestnuts: New Crop Opens New Markets |
Michael Gold & Ken Hunt |
| 4:00 pm |
Are Walnuts Right for You? New Tool Helps You Decide |
Larry Godsey |
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Friday, November 2, 2007
Show hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
Short Courses
$25 each (to Sep 30) or $35 each (from Oct 1); 3/$65; all 5/$100 (20% discount)
(does not include admission)
Short Course Room |
| 9:00 am–12:00 pm |
Year-Round Grazing for Cattle, Sheep & Goats |
Jim Gerrish (Missouri) |
| 2:00–5:00 pm |
Beekeeping Basics, From Beginner to Successful Beekeeper |
Kim Flottum (Virginia) |
Seminars
free with admission / Seminar Room |
| 8:30–9:30 am |
Blue Skies & Bacon, Sows & Sunshine—Outdoor Hog Production |
Kelly Klober |
| 9:45–10:45 am |
Farm Equipment |
Don Day |
| 11:00 am–12:00 pm |
Angus: the Source of Tender Beef |
Mel Blase |
| 12:15–1:15 pm |
Topic: alternative crops |
Rob Meyers |
| 12:30–1:30 pm |
Cinder Block Raised Bed Gardens (in Short Course room) |
Len Pense |
| 1:30–2:30 pm |
Getting Started with Management Intensive Grazing |
John Turner |
| 2:45–3:45 pm |
Possible Berries for the Midwest |
Patrick Byers |
| 4:00–5:00 pm |
Get Yourself a Farmer: Expanding Local Markets for Local Agriculture |
Kamyar Enshayan |
Farmers Forum
free with admission / Farmers Forum area / 25 minutes (unless noted otherwise) |
| 10:00 am |
Developing a Saskatoon Berry Market in the Upper Midwest |
Pat Altrichter |
| 10:30 am |
Integrated Nutrient Management by Using Hog Manure to Improve Soil Quality for Economic Hay Return |
Keith Gregory |
| 11:00 am |
What Honeybees Mean to Small Farms |
Rev. Grant Gillard |
| 11:30 am |
Expansion of South Dakota Goosemobile (Mobile Meat Market) Project to Include Beef, Lamb & Pork |
Tom & Ruth Neuberger |
| 12:00–1:00 pm |
Benefits of Regionalizing Your Outlook: The Mississippi River Hills Experience |
Beth Barham, Brenda Carrow, Ron Hale, Kate Keeley, Octavia Scharenborg & Kenny Wilson |
| 1:00 pm |
Update on Tropical Plants in Non-Tropical Environments |
Pov Huns |
| 1:30 pm |
Mobile Slaughter Facility for Goats & Sheep |
Larry Jacoby & Judy Moses |
| 2:00–3:00 pm |
Dream of Wild Health: Indigenous Seed Project |
Sally Auger, Donna La Chapelle & Deborah Garrido |
| 3:00 pm |
Production Felt Making in the Small Carding Mill Setting |
Suzanne Pufpaff |
| 3:30 pm |
The Commercial Production & Marketing of Two High-Profit Added Value Products From Free-Range Chickens |
Tom & Ruth Neuberger |
| 4:00 pm |
Innovative Field to Market Processes for Small Produce Farms |
Kevin Cooley |
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Saturday, November 3, 2007
Show hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
Short Courses
$25 each (to Sep 30) or $35 each (from Oct 1); 3/$65; all 5/$100 (20% discount)
(does not include admission)
Short Course Room |
| 9:00 am–12:00 pm |
Year-Round Grazing for Cattle, Sheep & Goats (repeat) |
Jim Gerrish (Virginia) |
| 2:00–5:00 pm |
Poultry 101 for the Small Farm |
Matt John & Kelly Klober (Iowa) |
Seminars
free with admission / Seminar Room |
| 8:30–9:30 am |
Buy Fresh, Buy Local: Expanding a Consumer Campaign |
Kamyar Enshayan |
| 9:45–10:45 am |
Kinder Goats: A Dual Purpose Breed |
Lisa Lamm |
| 11:00 am–12:00 pm |
Topic: flame weeders |
Steve Koch |
| 12:15–1:15 pm |
Topic: renewable energy |
Henry Rentze |
| 1:30–2:30 pm |
Cinder Block Raised Bed Gardens (repeat) |
Len Pense |
| 2:45–3:45 pm |
Getting Started with Management Intensive Grazing (repeat) |
John Turner |
| 4:00–5:00 pm |
Topic: testing as a niche market |
Don Mayse |
Farmers Forum
free with admission / Farmers Forum area / 25 minutes (unless noted otherwise) |
| 10:00 am |
Agriculture Models for Urban & Periurban Environments |
Trish Grim |
| 10:30 am |
Flexible Fuel Biomass Heating for Greenhouses |
Stacy Adams |
| 11:00 am |
Pushing the Envelope With the Farmers’ Market |
Kelly Klober |
| 11:30 am |
Alpaca Nature Day Camps |
Catherine Stickann |
| 12:00–1:00 pm |
Missouri Organic Association meeting |
|
| 1:00 pm |
Finding the Right Market Niche |
Lane McConnell |
| 1:30 pm |
Agricultural Services for Minority Farmers & Ranchers in Missouri and Beyond |
Nadia Navarrete-Tindall |
| 2:00 pm |
Youth Gardening and Youth CSAs |
Barbara Norman |
| 2:30 pm |
Native Plants to Attract Beneficial Insects on Farms |
Nadia Navarrete-Tindall |
| 3:00 pm |
Multispecies Pasture Stacking |
John Bauman |
| 3:30 pm |
Urban Farming at Soul & Soil Rainbow Gardens |
Beverly Pender |
| 4:00 pm |
Why Farmers Should Care About Food Defense (repeat) |
Carol Lorenzen & Kristi Savage-Clarke |
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