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2017 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program

Project Director’s Meeting

Monday - September 25, 2016

Travel Day

2:00 – 5:00 pm            Registration                                                                           Prefunction South

5:00 – 6:00 pm            Reception                                                                                  Wine Bar room

Tuesday - September 26, 2017

8:00 Registration Continued

7:00 – 8:00 am            Breakfast                                                                                  Wine Bar room

8:00 – 9:30                 Introduction                                                                          Grand Ballroom
                                      Table arranged by topic interest

9:30 – 9:50                 Break (Please clear the room for setup)                                              

9:50 – 11:00

   

Gulch

1212 South South

SoBroSoBro

Veteran  Farmers

Native American Farmers

Minority  Farmers

Armed to Farm: Soldiering the Success of Military Veterans in New Poultry, Livestock and Agroforestry

  • Dan Donoghue

Education, Outreach, and Training to Alaska Native beginning Farmers and Ranchers

  • Christy Cincotta

Developing New and Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Using the Model Farm Concept

  • Billy Lawton

Enhancing Veterans Farm Fellows Program

  • Adam Burke

Growing and Management Skills of Native Americans and Limited-Resource Beginning Farmers in the Southwest

  • Russel Tronstad

Developing the Next Generation of Sustainable Farmers in Georgia: A Comprehensive Training Program

  • Julia Gaskin

Strategic Investments to Ensure Long-Term Success of Veteran-owned and Advance Beginning Farmers

  • Anusuya Rangarajan

Healthy Food, Healthy Communities: A collaborative Approach to Producer Education on Native American Reservations

  • Jason Schoch

Groundswell New Farmer Training Programs

  • Joanna Green
  • Will Allen
  • Kirk Hansen
  • Shawn Burke

       

11:00 – 11:15             Break 

11:15 – 12:30

Gulch

12 South

SoBro

Topic 1

Topic 2

 Topic 3

 

12:30 – 2:00                Working Lunch                        Speaker                                Wine Bar room

2:00 – 3:30

Gulch

12 South

SoBro

Topic 1

Topic 2

Topic 3

           

3:30 – 3:45                  Break

3:45 – 5:00

Gulch

12 South

SoBro

Topic 1

Topic 2

Topic 3

 

5:00 – 6:00                  Dinner on Your Own

6:00 – 8:00 pm            Reception/Poster session                                                      Wine Bar room


Wednesday – September 27, 2017

8:00 – 9:30                  Breakfast Panel                                                                   Wine Bar room

9:30 – 10:30

Gulch

12 South

SoBro

Topic 1

Topic 2

Topic 3

 

10:30 – 10:45              Break

10:45 – 11:45

Gulch

12 South

SoBro

Topic 1

Topic 2

Topic 3

 

12:00 – 5:00 pm       Tours with Lunch served on the bus

   5:00 pm                 Dinner on Your Own

 
Thursday – September 28, 2017

8:00 – 9:00              Breakfast                                                                                  Wine Bar Room

9:00 – 10:00            Round Tables                                                                            Grand  Ball Room

10:00 – 10:15            Break

10:15 – 11:30             Round Tables                                                                           Grand  Ball Room

11:30 – 12:00            Meeting Close                                                                          Grand  Ball Room