SUNDAY WORKSHOPS Apitherapy: Health and Healing From The Hive
Ross Conrad
¸ Dirt! Strategies for Building Good Soil
Noah Fishman, Dr. Wendy Sue Harper
Planning the Garden for the Winter Pantry
Julie Rubaud
Selecting and Growing Tomatoes for the Kitchen
Ann Hazelrigg, Julie Rubaud
Basic Veterinary Procedures (double session)
Annemarie Yoder, Samuel Yoder
Micro Dairies: The Future of Sustainable Dairy Production
Delilah Griswold, Steve Judge
Season Extension Grazing
Bruce Hennessey
Pastured Pork: Making it Work On Your Farm
Bruce Hennessey
Farming Without Fossil Fuels: Humans, Animals, and Systems
Kenneth Mulder
! Making Organic Even Better: Nutrient Dense Crops (double session) ! Efficiency Improvements for CSA Systems (double session)
Jerry Brunetti, Heather Darby, Jack Lazor
! Grow and Sell Shiitake Mushrooms
Ben Waterman
Growing and Processing Oats for Human Consumption
Jack Lazor
Growing Hops in the Northeast
Heather Darby, Mark Magiera, Rosalie Madden
h Postharvest Storage: Paths to Efficiency, Quality and Profit
Chris Callahan Erin Shea
Is Organic Sustainable?
Grace Gershuny
Farmland Access & Acquisition: 3 Ways to Secure Affordable, Long-Term Tenure
Jon Ramsay, Ben Waterman, Greg Cox, Mark Fasching
h Shaping Vermont Food System Research Priorities
Jane Kolodinsky, Erin Roche
Value-Added Processing for the Commercial Farmer, Homesteader and Market Gardener (double session)
Elena Gustavson, Robin Morris, George Keener, Londa Nwadike, Peter Hingston, Bill Suhr
A View from Inside Big Food (and What it Will Take to Change It)
Helene York
¸ Beyond the Backyard: Starting a Community Garden Project
Khris Flack, Bonnie Hooper
Vermont Food Hubs – Emerging Drivers in Transforming our Food System
Victoria Foster, Katherine Sims, Robin Morris, Daniel Stein, Hans Estrin, Elena Gustavson, Sona Desai
¸ Grow It: Garden Organizer Training Session (double session)
Betsy Johnson, Charlie Nardozzi, Noah Fishman, Jess Hyman, Burlington School Food Project staff
h Increasing Access for Food Insecure Vermonters
Erin Buckwalter, Dorigen Keeney, Richard Berkfield, Linda Berlin Monica Pless, Brooke Decker
¸ Growing School Food Year ‘Round to Build Community and Curriculum
Steve Colangeli
Making Safety Fun: Activities, Resources, & Lessons on Youth Farm Safety Education
Kristen C. Mullins
Cooking from the Root Cellar
Clotilde Hyrshko
Lacto-Fermented Mason Jar Pickles, Salsas, and Chutneys
Caroline Homan
Connections
Featured Tracks: Advanced Commercial h UVM Food Systems Solutions See page 8 for more information about our featured tracks.
¸ Community & School Garden Series
Farm-based Localvore Education
Lessons from the Cuban Food System
Community Food Systems
Mark Cannella Business/Policy
Advanced Farm Financial Analyses h Immigration Policy, H2A, and the Immigrant Vermont Dairy Worker
Commercial Crop
Jean-Paul Courtens, Jody Bullyot
Commercial Livestock
Presenters Homesteader & Gardener
Workshop
! Innovation
Workshop schedule subject to change; visit www.nofavt.org/conference for workshop descriptions and the most up-to-date listing.
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