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2018 Young Farmers Conference

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.

11:15am EST

Failures and Successes of a Socially Disadvantaged FarmerLIMITED Lambing BarnEduardo Rivera Fungi and FarmingFILLING East HaybarnWilliam Padilla-Brown Know Your Seed: Choosing the Best Varieties for Your FarmLIMITED West HaybarnJason Grauer • Amy Grondin • Adrienne Shelton

2:15pm EST

Choosing a Soil Fertility Management ProgramFILLING Lambing BarnWilliam F Brinton Crop Rotation at Stone Barns CenterFULL GreenhouseJack Algiere

4:00pm EST

Agriculture as Conservation StewardshipFILLING HayloftJack Algiere Balancing a Changing LandscapeFILLING PDRShane Hardy • Laura Perkins • Maggie Schwed Growing & Marketing Cut FlowersFULL Kitchen LabMimo Davis • Miranda Duschack Small Engine MechanicsFULL GarageJohn DiMarco

9:00am EST

Integrated Land Management Utilizing A Multi-Species SystemFILLING East HaybarnMike Peterson • Leah Puro MIG WeldingFULL GarageJohn DiMarco • Roy Juarez Pollination EcologyLIMITED West HaybarnRebecca McMackin Slow ToolsFULL GreenhouseJack Algiere • Eliot Coleman • Adam Lemieux WorksongsLIMITED Under Eaves (Meet in Silo Lobby)Edith Gawler • Bennett Konesni

1:30pm EST

Roundtable: FlowersFULL HayloftMimo Davis Roundtable: Livestock GrazingFULL HayloftMike Peterson • Leah Puro Roundtable: PollinatorsFILLING HayloftRebecca McMackin Roundtable: Rise & Root FarmFULL HayloftKaren Washington Roundtable: Sin Fronteras Farm, Collaborations For The FutureFULL HayloftEduardo Rivera Waste Stream ManagementFILLING Silo LobbyShane Hardy

3:15pm EST

Greenhouse DesignFULL Lambing BarnEliot Coleman

10:15am EST

Women in Grains: Two Leaders Share their StoriesLIMITED West HaybarnAmy Halloran • Aimee Good • Halee Wepking

1:15pm EST

Breeding for Flavor: A New Blueprint for the Food SystemLIMITED West HaybarnVera Fabian • Matthew Goldfarb • Myra Manning • Andrea Reusing Rangeland Operations at Stone Barns: Pigs, Goats and DucksLIMITED Lambing BarnPhil Haynes • Leah Puro