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2017 Young Farmers Conference

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7:30am EST

Breakfast and Opening Remarks Hayloft

9:00am EST

Animal Genetics 101LIMITED PDRFiona Harrar • Alison Martin Carbon Farming Systems for U.S. FarmsLIMITED West HaybarnConnor Stedman Farming with EmpathyLIMITED Kitchen LabJean-Paul Courtens • Kevin Ochsner • Crystal Stewart Group Leadership and Dynamics Through WorksongsLIMITED Drying BarnEdith Gawler • Bennett Konesni Metal Inert Gas (MIG) WeldingFULL GarageShane Hardy • Roy Juarez Pollination EcologyLIMITED East HaybarnRebecca McMackin Slow Tools and Appropriate TechnologyFILLING GreenhouseJack Algiere • Horace Clemmons • Eliot Coleman • Adam Lemieux Soil, Farming and Human HealthFILLING PC IKristine Nichols Swine Butchery and Cooking TechniquesFULL HayloftPhil 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 FoodwaysLIMITED Kitchen LabNephi Craig Animal RotationsLIMITED PDRGreg Judy Building Community Through Agriculture-Based Training ProgramsFILLING PC IICharles Greenlea • Tenisio Seanima • Raina Turner Climate Change AdaptationLIMITED East HaybarnVictor Izzo • Ernesto Mendez Farmers as Agents of Social ChangeLIMITED PC IFlor Revolorio • Nancy Vail Know Your BuyerLIMITED West HaybarnAndy Cox • Jason Grauer • Taylor Lanzet • Matthew Preston • Donna Williams Relaying Agrarian CultureFILLING GreenhouseJack Algiere • Amigo Bob Cantisano Stone Barns Center TourLIMITED CourtyardShannon Algiere Whole Grain Bread BakingFULL Meet in Silo LobbySarah Cooper • Adam Tan

3:15pm EST

Changing the Way a Generation Thinks About FoodFILLING East HaybarnDan Giusti Diversified Farming Systems for Building ResilienceFULL LibraryAidee Guzman • Margiana Peterson-Rockney Farmers in Local PoliticsLIMITED PC IIErika Allen • Amanda Maria Edmonds Farming Smarter Not Harder: Planning for ProfitFILLING West HaybarnRichard Wiswall Introduction to Greenhouse DesignLIMITED Kitchen LabEliot Coleman Justice for Farmworkers ForumLIMITED PC IJose Chapa • Boris Martinez • Flor Revolorio • Juan Antonio Zuniga Poultry Butchery and Packaging at Stone Barns CenterLIMITED Livestock BarnPhil Haynes • Sam Schmidt The Search for Seeds: Growing and Breeding Without Patent RestrictionsLIMITED PDRJason 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