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2017 Young Farmers Conference

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9:00am EST

Registration, Coffee, Opening Remarks Hayloft

11:00am EST

Agroequity: Defining a New Equity Framework in Food and Agriculture PDRFULLYana Gilbuena • Hannah Koski • Margiana Peterson-Rockney • Shakirah Simley An Introduction to Indigenous Resurgence Through Foodways Kitchen LabLIMITEDNephi Craig Crop Rotation West HaybarnLIMITEDJack Algiere How Chefs and Farmers Can Sow the Seeds of Community Main Dining RoomLIMITEDEvan Mallett Marketing Cut Flowers PC ILIMITEDShannon Algiere • Angela DeFelice • Jenny Elliot • Estelle Silberman Mimicking Nature: Integrating Livestock into Perennial and Annual Cropping Systems East HaybarnLIMITEDKelly Mulville On Water and Agriculture LibraryLIMITEDBrian Richter Regenerative Agriculture & Decision Making PC IILIMITEDEthan Roland Soloviev Stone Barns Center Tour CourtyardLIMITEDDaniel Bartush wast(ED) on the Farm and in the Kitchen Meet in Silo LobbyFILLINGJason Grauer • Adam Kaye • Andrew Luzmore

12:45pm EST

Lunch and Lunchtime Talk: What is Agroecology? HayloftRicardo Salvador • Jack Algiere • Ernesto Mendez • Karen Washington

2:00pm EST

Climate Change Mitigation: Moving Forward PC IFILLINGMarcia DeLonge • Ricardo Salvador Edible Landscapes Tour CourtyardFULLLaura Perkins Farm Bill Politics for Young Farmers PC IILIMITEDSophie Ackoff • Andrew Bahrenburg Farmers Cultivating Restaurant Relationships East HaybarnLIMITEDTyler Dennis • Sara Elliott • Jason Grauer • Andrew Luzmore Food Waste Cycles at Stone Barns Center PDRLIMITEDShane Hardy Livestock Production Kitchen LabLIMITEDBig Picture Beef • Erica Frenay • Kelly Mulville Refining Your Farm Vision West HaybarnLIMITEDErika Allen Stone Barns Center Tour CourtyardLIMITEDKiera Foti Wise Words From Well Seasoned Farmers GreenhouseFULLAmigo Bob Cantisano • Martha Hodgkins • Fred Kirschenmann • Karen Washington

3:45pm EST

Livestock Roundtable: Paicines Ranch Kitchen LabKelly Mulville Balancing a Landscape: Honeybee Health and Plant Diversity West HaybarnLIMITEDJack Algiere • Laura Perkins • Maggie Schwed Farm Driven Beverages BarFILLINGShannon Algiere • Anya Montague Farmers in Local Politics LibraryFULLAmanda Maria Edmonds Food as Medicine: Reclaiming Cultural Traditions PC IFULLShane Bernardo Government Programs for Small Farmers: Loans, Grants, and Cost-Sharing PDRFILLINGLee Miller Growing Change: Youth Empowerment through Agriculture PC IIFILLINGDerek Cummings • Davon Goodwin • Debbie Hanmer • Ezekiel Jones Growing from Urban to Rural East HaybarnLIMITEDRafael Aponte • Lorrie Clevenger • Jahshana Olivierre • Arian Rivera • Karen Washington Livestock Roundtable: Big Picture Beef Kitchen LabLIMITEDBig Picture Beef Livestock Roundtable: Cornell Small Farms Program Kitchen LabLIMITEDErica Frenay Livestock Roundtable: Green Pastures Farm Kitchen LabFILLINGGreg Judy

5:30pm EST

Keynote HayloftMark Bittman • Ricardo Salvador

6:30pm EST

8:00pm EST

Dessert with DJ Cavem West HaybarnIetef aka DJ Cavem

7:30am EST

Breakfast and Opening Remarks Hayloft

9:00am EST

Animal Genetics 101 PDRLIMITEDFiona Harrar • Alison Martin Carbon Farming Systems for U.S. Farms West HaybarnLIMITEDConnor Stedman Farming with Empathy Kitchen LabLIMITEDJean-Paul Courtens • Kevin Ochsner • Crystal Stewart Group Leadership and Dynamics Through Worksongs Drying BarnLIMITEDEdith Gawler • Bennett Konesni Metal Inert Gas (MIG) Welding GarageFULLShane Hardy • Roy Juarez Pollination Ecology East HaybarnLIMITEDRebecca McMackin Slow Tools and Appropriate Technology GreenhouseFILLINGJack Algiere • Horace Clemmons • Eliot Coleman • Adam Lemieux Soil, Farming and Human Health PC IFILLINGKristine Nichols Swine Butchery and Cooking Techniques HayloftFULLPhil Haynes • Adam Kaye • Jose Morquecha

12:15pm EST

Lunch and Lunchtime Talk: Agroequity HayloftYana Gilbuena • Hannah Koski • Margiana Peterson-Rockney • Shakirah Simley

1:30pm EST

An Introduction to Indigenous Resurgence Through Foodways Kitchen LabLIMITEDNephi Craig Animal Rotations PDRLIMITEDGreg Judy Building Community Through Agriculture-Based Training Programs PC IIFILLINGCharles Greenlea • Tenisio Seanima • Raina Turner Climate Change Adaptation East HaybarnLIMITEDVictor Izzo • Ernesto Mendez Farmers as Agents of Social Change PC ILIMITEDFlor Revolorio • Nancy Vail Know Your Buyer West HaybarnLIMITEDAndy Cox • Jason Grauer • Taylor Lanzet • Matthew Preston • Donna Williams Relaying Agrarian Culture GreenhouseFILLINGJack Algiere • Amigo Bob Cantisano Stone Barns Center Tour CourtyardLIMITEDShannon Algiere Whole Grain Bread Baking Meet in Silo LobbyFULLSarah Cooper • Adam Tan

3:15pm EST

Changing the Way a Generation Thinks About Food East HaybarnFILLINGDan Giusti Diversified Farming Systems for Building Resilience LibraryFULLAidee Guzman • Margiana Peterson-Rockney Farmers in Local Politics PC IILIMITEDErika Allen • Amanda Maria Edmonds Farming Smarter Not Harder: Planning for Profit West HaybarnFILLINGRichard Wiswall Introduction to Greenhouse Design Kitchen LabLIMITEDEliot Coleman Justice for Farmworkers Forum PC ILIMITEDJose Chapa • Boris Martinez • Flor Revolorio • Juan Antonio Zuniga Poultry Butchery and Packaging at Stone Barns Center Livestock BarnLIMITEDPhil Haynes • Sam Schmidt The Search for Seeds: Growing and Breeding Without Patent Restrictions PDRLIMITEDJason Grauer • Michael Mazourek

5:15pm EST

Keynote: M. Sanjayan HayloftM. Sanjayan

6:15pm EST

Dinner West Haybarn

8:00pm EST

Contra Dance: The Edith and Bennett Band HayloftEdith Gawler • Bennett Konesni

7:30am EST

Breakfast and Opening Remarks Hayloft

9:00am EST

Plenary: Women on the Verge HayloftKathleen Finlay • Navina Khanna • Danielle Nierenberg • Laurie Freyer

10:15am EST

Appropriate Tools and Technology for Emerging Small-Scale Market Gardeners West HaybarnLIMITEDNatalie Childs • Ariane Desjardins • Jean-Martin Fortier Crop Production East HaybarnFILLINGJack Algiere • Flor Revolorio • Nancy Vail • Richard Wiswall Design of Productive Landscapes: Balancing Ecology, Culture and Agriculture Kitchen LabLIMITEDThomas Woltz Farmer to Chef: Building a Regional Farm and Food Economy PC ILIMITEDMary Cleaver Food Law for Young Farmers PC IILIMITEDDave Beveridge • Jonathan Brown • Jennifer Grossman Growing Flowers in a Diversified Farm System Main Dining RoomLIMITEDBarbara Damrosch One Veggie, Five Ways Meet in Silo LobbyLIMITEDBastien Guillochon • Alan Hsu Policies to Empower Rural Latino Culture PDRLIMITEDRudy Arredondo • Lorette Picciano Seed Genetics GreenhouseLIMITEDJason Grauer • Michael Mazourek Stone Barns Center Tour CourtyardLIMITEDJessica Lutz Swine Operations at Stone Barns Center: From Farrow to Finish LibraryLIMITEDPhil Haynes

12:00pm EST

1:15pm EST

Cover Cropping for Vegetable Systems West HaybarnLIMITEDJean-Paul Courtens Crop Roundtable: Brooklyn Grange Kitchen LabLIMITEDBen Flanner Crop Roundtable: Cate Farm PDRLIMITEDRichard Wiswall Crop Roundtable: Four Season Farm Kitchen LabFULLEliot Coleman Crop Roundtable: La Ferme de Quatre Temp/Les Jardins de la Grelinette LibraryFILLINGJean-Martin Fortier Crop Roundtable: Neversink Farm PDRFULLConor Crickmore Crop Roundtable: Pie Ranch PDRLIMITEDFlor Revolorio • Nancy Vail Crop Roundtable: Sin Fronteras Kitchen LabFILLINGEduardo Rivera Designing and Managing the Moveable Greenhouse GreenhouseFILLINGClara Coleman • Adam Lemieux Fungi and Farming PC IFILLINGWilliam Padilla-Brown Looking Back and Moving Forward to Create Just Food Systems East HaybarnLIMITEDNavina Khanna Stone Barns Center Livestock Tour CourtyardFILLINGFiona Harrar

3:00pm EST

Closing Ceremony: Worksongs CourtyardEdith Gawler • Bennett Konesni