17th National Small Farm Trade Show & Conference™
sponsored by Small Farm Today®
magazine
November 5-7, 2009
Schedule of Events
Short Courses, Seminars, Farmers Forum, Association Meetings & Additional Talks
Updated November 1, 2009
Schedule subject to change—See program at the Show for the final schedule.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Show hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
Short Courses
$25 each (to Oct 27) or $35 each (from Oct 28); 2/$45 (Oct 27) or $65 (Oct 28); 4/$85 (Oct 27) or $120 (Oct 28); all
6/$110 (25% discount) (Oct 27) or $150 (Oct 28)
(does not include admission)
Short Course Room |
| 9:45 am–12:45 pm |
Earn Profits From Your Woodlot—Branches to Forest Floor |
Michael Gold |
| 2:00–5:00 pm |
Poultry |
Kelly Klober & Jim Adkins |
Seminars
free with admission / Seminar Room (unless noted otherwise) |
| 9:30-9:45 am | Welcome |
Ron Macher |
| 9:45–10:45 am |
Poultry |
Kelly Klober & Matt John |
| 11:00 am–12:00 pm |
Alternative Crops |
Rob Myers |
| 1:30–2:30 pm |
Survival Gardening for Profit |
Len Pense |
| 2:45–3:45 pm |
Water Quality on the Farm |
Mark Bunner |
| 4:00–5:00 pm |
Farm Issues |
Russ Kremer |
Farmers Forum
free with admission / Farmers Forum area / 25 minutes (unless noted otherwise) |
| 9:00–10:00 am |
Native Plant Propagation from Seed and Vegetatively |
Nadia Navarrete-Tindall |
| 10:00 am |
Costs & Returns on Fall Bearing Raspberries vs. High Tunnel Tomatoes |
Doug & Lois Hoffbauer |
| 10:30 am |
Overall Yields & Costs of Greenhouse Raspberry Production |
Doug & Lois Hoffbauer |
| 11:00 am-12:00 pm |
The Stream Team |
Ralph Lentz |
| 12:00 pm |
Planting & Growing Miscanthus giganteus as a Bioenergy Crop |
Steve Flick |
| 12:30 pm |
Forestry for Small Land Owners |
Brian Schweiss |
| 1:00 pm |
Future Farming Families |
Ida & John Thurman |
| 1:30 pm |
Bio-Control of Leafy Spurge Using Angora Goats |
Marvin Lange |
| 2:00 pm |
Eliminating Invasive Buckthorn with Goats, an Ecological and Habitat Restoration Study |
Kim Hunter |
| 2:30 pm |
Growing Future Farmers, Connecting Kids to Farms & Agricultural Careers |
Pam Schmidt |
| 3:00 pm |
Use of Multi-Species Grazing to Reclaim Abandoned Strip Mines Update |
David Coplen |
| 3:30 pm |
Pasture Raised Heritage Breed Turkeys |
Will King |
| 4:00 pm |
Christmas Tree Study In Northern Minnesota |
Doug & Lois Hoffbauer |
| 4:30 pm |
Update on River Hills Purebred Poultry Marketing Alliance |
Kelly Klober & Paul Harter |
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Friday, November 6, 2009
Show hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
Short Courses
$25 each (to Oct 27) or $35 each (from Oct 28); 2/$45 (Oct 27) or $65 (Oct 28); 4/$85 (Oct 27) or $120 (Oct 28); all
6/$110 (25% discount) (Oct 27) or $150 (Oct 28)
(does not include admission)
Short Course Room |
| 9:00 am–12:00 pm |
Hogs |
Kelly Klober |
| 2:00–5:00 pm |
Soil Fertility |
Neal Kinsey |
Seminars
free with admission / Seminar Room |
| 8:30–9:30 am |
Raspberries and Blackberries for the Small Farm |
Pat Byers |
| 9:45–10:45 am |
Soil Fertility |
Neal Kinsey |
| 11:00 am–12:00 pm |
Keynote Address: Farmers & the Government |
Mark Kastel |
| 12:15–1:15 pm |
Sustainable Ag, Resources for the Future |
Johnathan Hladik |
| 1:30–2:30 pm |
Conservation Planning |
Cheryl Simmons |
| 2:45–3:45 pm |
Alternative Energy |
Henry Rentze |
| 4:00–5:00 pm |
Marketing |
Earnie Bohner |
Farmers Forum
free with admission / Farmers Forum area / 25 minutes (unless noted otherwise) |
| 9:00 am |
Part I: Establishing A Beekeeping Enterprise on the Small Farm |
Grant Gillard |
| 9:30 am |
Part II: Expanding the Small Farm Apiary |
Grant Gillard |
| 10:00 am |
Culinary and Ornamental Herbs: Adding to a Grain and Livestock Family Farming Operation |
Jody & Jamey Rauch |
| 10:30-11:30 am |
Growing and Marketing Saskatoons: a panel presentation covering a Collaborative Agroforestry Approach and Developing a Saskatoon Berry Market |
Erin Schneider, Rob McClure, Pat Altrichter & Judy Heiling |
| 11:30 am-12:30 pm |
Study to Reduce Parasitic Infestations of Yellow Perch |
Bill West |
| 12:30 pm |
Chicamore: The Healing Egg Project |
Christine Allen |
| 1:00 pm |
Wintergreen Farm: Cool-season Greens & Vegetables for the Other Half of the Year |
Jennifer Grabner |
| 1:30 pm |
Aronia Berry: A Sustainable Crop for a Sustainable Future |
Vaughn and Cindy Pittz |
| 2:00 pm |
Innovative Field to Market Processes for Small Produce Farms |
Kevin Cooley |
| 2:30-3:30 pm |
A New Mycrorrhiza to Reduce Fertilizer Inputs in Ericaceous Crop Productions |
Richard Poruban |
| 3:30 pm |
Not Just Chicken |
Marley Sukenik |
| 4:00 pm |
High Tunnel Agriculture-A Farmer's Dream |
Daniel Mielke |
Meetings
free with admission |
| 12:00–1:00 pm |
Missouri Vegetable Growers Association Fall Meeting |
on Balcony |
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Saturday, November 7, 2009
Show hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
Short Courses
$25 each (to Oct 27) or $35 each (from Oct 28); 2/$45 (Oct 27) or $65 (Oct 28); 4/$85 (Oct 27) or $120 (Oct 28); all
6/$110 (25% discount) (Oct 27) or $150 (Oct 28)
(does not include admission)
Short Course Room |
| 9:00 am–12:00 pm |
Grants & Grant Writing |
Joan Benjamin, Kevin Cooley & Margaret Krome |
| 1:00–4:00 pm |
Mob Grazing Sheep & Cattle |
Greg Judy |
Seminars
free with admission / Seminar Room |
| 8:30–9:30 am |
Marketing |
Kelly Klober |
| 9:45–10:45 am |
Beginning a Farm |
Greg Judy |
| 11:00 am–12:00 pm |
Who Owns the Organic Label? |
Mark Kastel |
| 1:30–2:30 pm |
Opportunities for Small- and Mid-Sized Farms to Work Together |
John Ikerd |
| 2:45–3:45 pm |
Integrating Cover Crops Into Your Farming System |
Andy Clark |
Farmers Forum
free with admission / Farmers Forum area / 25 minutes (unless noted otherwise) |
| 9:00-10:00 am |
Equine Forestry: Low-Impact Forest Harvesting |
Tim Carroll |
| 10:00 am |
Taproot Sustainable Farming Experience for Children |
Zac Wedemeyer |
| 10:30–11:30 am |
Adding Value to Fiber from Rabbits, Sheep, Goats, Alpaca & More |
Nancy Barnett and Diane Peckham |
| 11:30 am |
Little Horses/Big World Sustainable Agriculture |
Cara Martin |
| 1:00 pm |
Can We Grow Ginger Without Crop Rotations? |
Pov Huns |
| 1:30 pm |
The Expansion of the Goosemobile Project to include Beef, Lamb and Pork |
Tom & Ruth Neuberger |
| 2:00 pm |
Continuing Egg Production; A More Natural Way |
Michael Anderson |
| 2:30 pm |
Hmong Farm Pesticide Safety Project: Reducing Pesticide and Other Farm Chemical Use Among Hmong Farmers |
Maiker Vang |
| 3:00 pm |
Indoor Production of Log Grown Shiitake Mushrooms |
Earnie Bohner |
| 3:30 pm |
Sustainable Backyard Egg Production: a 9-year-old's Perspective |
AnnaLiese Durling |
| 4:00 pm |
Seed to Seed: Riverway Learning Community Gardening Project |
Laura Krause |
Meetings
free with admission |
| 12:00–1:00 pm |
Missouri Organic Association (MOA) Annual Meeting |
in Farmers Forum area |
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