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Welcome to the 2018 Young Farmers Conference! Please be sure to register for each session you plan to attend, as capacity is limited. Also make sure to edit your schedule if you decide you no longer want to attend a session so that others have a chance to add it to their schedule.
Friday, December 7 • 1:15pm - 2:45pm
Crops Tour FULL

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Limited Capacity full

This Crops Tour will explore the basic principles of Agroecology being applied at Stone Barns as we move through our seven-acre crops production areas. These include our main vegetable field, ley rotation pasture and greenhouse. We will discuss crop rotations and good soil management as well as the importance of collaborative seed breeding and our strategy for incorporating education into all of this.

Speakers
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Jason Grauer

Crop Production and Farm Consulting Manager, Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture
Jason Grauer is crop production manager at Stone Barns Center. With a degree in economics from Tufts University, Jason spent the early part of his career in the financial industry. A year spent volunteering at Stone Barns confirmed his desire to farm full time, and he spent two seasons... Read More →


Friday December 7, 2018 1:15pm - 2:45pm EST
Courtyard