Conference Schedule at a Glance

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

THURSDAY, JANUARY 18TH

8:00 am – 6:00 pmRegistration Open & Exhibitor Set-up
9:00 am – 12:00 pmPre-Conference Sessions
Edible Native & Vegetable Perennial Plants for your Farm or Garden
Aging Gracefully: Strategies for Transitioning off of the Farm
ALDI & BFTP Orientation
2:00 pm – 5:00 pmPre-Conference Sessions
The Elephant Garlic in the Room: How to Find Land and Money for your Farm Business to Flourish
From Ideas to Profits: Developing Successful Value-Added Products
Nourish Yourself! From Low Back to Burnout

FRIDAY, JANUARY 19TH

8:00 am – 6:00 pmRegistration Open & Exhibits
8:30 am – 9:30 am

Session I
Understanding NRCS: A Deeper and Practical Approach
My Best CSA Marketing Strategy
Adding Solar to Your Farm
The How, What, Why, When, and Where for Grazing Cover Crops
On-Farm Composting & Compost Use in Maryland
Farmers as Endurance Athletes: Stretch and Strengthen to Stay In the Game

10:00 am – 11:00 am

Session II
Let’s Talk Leases
Leveraging Online Sales
Seeds: Optimizing Your Systems For Rematriation
Expanding Food Access For All with Online SNAP Payments for Farmers
Profitable Meat Marketing
Building Your Fertility Plan: Soil, Fertigation and Foliar Feeding
Aging Gracefully: Transitioning Out of Farming

11:00 am – 12:00 pmExhibitor Hall
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch & Farmer of the Foodshed Awards
1:15 pm – 2:30 pmKEYNOTE: AGRICULTURE AS THE SOLUTION
Kevin Atticks, Maryland Secretary of Agriculture
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Session III
Secrets of the Farm & Tool Auction
Data-Driven Pricing for the Farmers Market
Four Season Carrot Production
Growing Together: Farm to Food Bank
Pickin’ Chickens: Breeding and Buying for Farm Flock Success
Building Soil Health & Profitability While Transitioning to Organic Grains
Serving Small Farmers: Maryland Department of Agriculture

4:30 pm – 5:30 pmFarmer-to-Farmer Chats & Caucuses
Sharing the Impacts and Opportunities of Climate Change
5:30 pm – 7:30 pmFuture Harvest Social & BINGO


SATURDAY, JANUARY 20th

8:00 am – 4:00 pmRegistration Open & Exhibits
8:30 am – 9:30 amSession IV
Getting Out The Dirt: Three Farmers Share Lessons Learned from Their First Year of Operations
Investment Decisions and Enterprise Budgeting
High Tunnel Systems
Cultivating Communities
Benefits, Barriers, & Opportunities of Agroforestry in the Chesapeake Bay Region
Food as Medicine with Farmer Nell: Making Smoothies
10:00 am – 11:00 amSession V
Site Design for Farmers
Pricing Strategies: What’s the Right Price for Your Products?
Fall In Love With Microgreens
Gullah Geechee Country Apothecary & Stories with Brown Girl Wellness, Inc.
Getting Down and Dirty with Your Soil Biology
11:00 am – 12:00 pmExhibitor Hall
12:00 pm – 1:00 pmLunch & Membership Meeting
1:15 pm – 2:30 pmKEYNOTE: HEALTH & HEALING IN CHICAGO – URBAN GROWERS COLLECTIVE
Erica Allen, Urban Growers Collective
3:00 pm – 4:00 pmFarmer-to-Farmer Chats & Caucuses
Workshop with Erika Allen
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