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6th Annual High Plains Organic Farming Conference

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Feb 27

6th Annual High Plains Organic Farming Conference

By University of Wyoming

When and where

Date and time

Wed, Feb 27, 2019, 12:00 PM – Thu, Feb 28, 2019, 5:00 PM MST

Location

Laramie County Community College The Centennial Room 1400 East College Drive Cheyenne, WY 82007

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Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event

Description

6th Annual High Plains Organic Farming Conference

February 27-28, 2019

The Centennial Room • Laramie County Community College • Cheyenne, WY

Preliminary Agenda

Day 1 (Feb 27th)

12:00- Registration Opens (lunch is on your own)

12:30pm- Getting and Staying Organic Certified

  • How to get and stay certified. Nate Powell-Palm, Montana farmer/certifier

  • Resources for organic farmers. Michael Stein, Organic Farming Research Foundation

2:30pm- Marketing Workshop and Panel Discussion

  • Entrepreneurial Farming and the basics of branding and marketing. Minden Fox, Marketing & Entrepreneurship Instructor, LCCC

  • Basic agricultural economics and building resilience in a farm business. Brent Young, Agricultural Business Management Economist, Colorado State University Extension

  • Panel discussion

    • Nate Powell-Palm, Montana grain and beef producer

    • Rebecca Talmadge – ST Organics

    • Brianne Rael – CDPHE

6-8:00pm- Evening Farmer Social: Accomplice Beer Company, 115 West 15th Street in downtown Cheyenne (the old train depot). Hosted by the Rocky Mountain Farmers’ Union


Day 2 (Feb 28th)

7:30am- Registration & Coffee

7:50am- Welcome and Opening Remarks: Doug Miyamoto, Director, Wyoming Dept of Agriculture

8:00am- Ben Pfeffer, Raisin’ Roots Farm, Fort Collins, CO. Vegetables, eggs, and pork.

8:30am- Nate Powell-Palm, Bozeman, MT. Organic grassfed beef, grains, and pulses.

9:00am- Lightning Talks:

  • One-minute sponsor Intros and poster/topical session summaries

9:30am- Break 30 minutes

10:00-12:00 and 1:30-3:30 Concurrent Sessions: 45 min talks and 15 min discussion for each speaker

  • visit our website for details! www.highplainsorganic.org

3:30pm- Break 30 minutes

4:00pm- Plenary Session: Update on the Farm Bill and discussion of regional research needs, Michael Stein, OFRF; Jay Norton, University of Wyoming; Mark Uchanski, Colorado State University

4:45pm- Closing Remarks/Evaluations/Poster Winners

Visit our website! www.highplainsorganic.org

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  • United States Events
  • Wyoming Events
  • Things to do in Fox Farm-College, WY
  • Fox Farm-College Conferences
  • Fox Farm-College Other Conferences
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