Sunday, November 16th

Registration and Vendor Set-Up (2:00PM to 6:00PM)

Reception

Monday, November 17th

Continental Breakfast & Vendor Visits

Welcome (8:00AM)

Keynote Speaker – Bob Quinn (8:30AM)

Vendor Visits (9:30AM)

Morning Sessions (10:30AM to 12:30PM):

• Organic No-Till and Soil Health
  • Aaron, Lehman, Iowa Farmers Union, PFI Farmer; Dr. Sabrina Ruis, USDA ARS
• Transitioning to Organic: Tips from Rodale Organic Institute Consultants
  • Scott Ausborn; Ben Lehman; Dave Campbell
• Growing and Selling Organic Vegetables: Lessons Learned for Top Performance
  • Julia Khuns, Maple Ridge Farms
• Livestock Production
  • Drew Erickson, Rodale Institude – “Fencing Tips for Managing Livestock”
  • Tom German, Thankful Harvest – “Diversifying the Farm through Livestock and Value-Added Products”
• Cultivating Resilience: Specialty Crop Marketing in a Changing Landscape
  • Emmaly Renshaw, IVRCD; Kenna Bell, IVRCD – “Equipping farmers to adapt, diversify, and thrive in shifting markets.”

Organic Lunch: Local Producer’s Bounty (12:30PM to 1:30PM)

• Transition to Organic Partnership Program: Organic Mentorship Roundtable
  • ISU Organic Program Mentors and Mentees

Afternoon Sessions (2:00PM to 4:00PM):

• Robotics in Agriculture
  • Clint Brauer, Greenfield Robotics; Dave Krog, Salin 247; Andy Wailes, Precision Aerial Applications
• Seed Saving
  • Corbin Scholz, Seed Savers; Nic Podoll, Rodale Institute
• Tips from Next Gen Farmers
  • Carmen Black, PFI Farmer, Sun Dog Farm; Kate Edwards, PFI Farmer, Wild Woods Farm; Ilsa DeWald, Johnson County
• Prairie and Wetland Restoration: Native Plants in Your Borders
  • Mary Beth Stevenson; Jennifer Studebaker, WFAN; Emmaly Renshaw, IVRCD; Olivia Flannery, WFAN
• Organic Certification: Tricks and Tools of the Trade
  • Jamey Meyer, IDALS; Srini Reddy, Big Data in a Box; Sree Nilakanta, Big Data in a Box