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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