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6th Annual High Plains Organic Farming Conference
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Date and time
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Laramie County Community College The Centennial Room 1400 East College Drive Cheyenne, WY 82007
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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
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How to get and stay certified. Nate Powell-Palm, Montana farmer/certifier
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Resources for organic farmers. Michael Stein, Organic Farming Research Foundation
2:30pm- Marketing Workshop and Panel Discussion
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Entrepreneurial Farming and the basics of branding and marketing. Minden Fox, Marketing & Entrepreneurship Instructor, LCCC
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Basic agricultural economics and building resilience in a farm business. Brent Young, Agricultural Business Management Economist, Colorado State University Extension
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Panel discussion
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Nate Powell-Palm, Montana grain and beef producer
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Rebecca Talmadge – ST Organics
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Brianne Rael – CDPHE
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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