Main Conference Schedule

February 21st Main Conference

8:30 – 9:00 AM     Check in/registration    Coffee, Tea, Snacks

9:00 AM                  Welcome and Housekeeping

9:15 – 10:45 AM    Keynote Panel:  Looking Forward:  Innovative Regional Food System Projects, featuring Women with Bows and their Just Soup project; Hybrid Indigenous Stewardship on their environmental stewardship projects; West Center on their Working Lands and Blue Economy projects; and Noyo Food Forest on their Farm to School Incubator project.

11:00 – 11:50 AM  Breakout Session I

• Farm to School Seed Dating
• Soil Science with Rachel Britten
• Crop Planning with Donald Pivec
• Linda MacElwee on Climate Appropriate Farming initiatives
• Small Meat Producers Roundtable, with Ruthie King
• Opportunities in Agritourism: The West Center
• UC Extension Advisors Services:  Laura Elisa Garza, Area Water Resources Management Advisor; Helaine Berris, Water & Soil Advisor; Christopher Chen, Integrated Vineyard Systems Advisor; Clebson Gonçalves, Diversified Agriculture Advisor

12:00 – 1:00 PM  Lunch

• Lunchtime hike with HREC naturalists

1:10 – 2:00 PM    Breakout Session 2

• Fruit Growers Roundtable, John March and Richard Jeske
• Growing Medicinal Herbs for Our Community, with Sara Grusky, Autumn Whitaker and Tina Tedeschi from the Mendocino Community Wellness Collective
• Crop Cost Analysis, Tommie Burch
• Hoof Health Workshop with Roselle Busch
• Wonders of the Oak Woodlands, walk with Kate Marienchild
• Farm to School World Cafe

2:10 – 3:00 PM    Breakout Session 3

• On Mutual Aid, with Casey O’Neill, Jayma Shields, Good Farm Fund, Nuestra Allianza, Claudia Wenning, and Annie Waters
• Livestock Parasites Workshop with Roselle Busch
• Chef Anne Institute Cooking Demo
• Farm Tech Workshop/Presentation TBD
• Virtual Fencing
• Open Networking

3:30 – 5:00 PM  Networking Mixer — Oyster Bar, Local Nosh, Wine, Beer, Kombucha ($25)