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Please join us for Farming Our Future, a conference for local and regional farmers, educators, farmers’ market managers, agricultural students, providers of goods and services, consumers and all who care about the future of agriculture!
Saturday, February 25th 2012
Taconic Hills CSD
Craryville, Columbia County, New York
9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
farmingourfuture.org
Keynote
Steffen Schneider – Hawthorne Valley Farm
“Agri-culture 3.0: An Agricultural Narrative for the Future”
Panel
Moderator – Ben Shute – Hearty Roots Community Farm
Steffen Schneider – Director Farm Operations, Hawthorne Valley Farm
Amy Cotler – Farm to Table Advocate, Food Writer and Event Producer
Bruce Davenport – Davenport Farms
Ian Perry – 9th Grade Student, President of the HARVEST Club, Taconic Hills CSD
Ellen Poggi – Hand Hollow Farm
Workshops
Revitalizing Our Communities Through Food and Agriculture
Panel Facilitated by Karyn Novakowski
Sally Baker, Philmont Beautification, Inc.
Fiona Lally – President, Lebanon Valley Business Association
Roberta Roll – Founder, Copake Farmers Market and Movement Therapist
The Right Fit: Matching Food and Farm to Market
Amy Cotler, Farm to Table Advocate, Food Writer and Event Producer
Farmland Accessibility Challenges and Opportunities
Marissa Codey, Conservation and Agricultural Programs Manager, Columbia Land Conservancy
Farmland Protection Plan – Where Are We Now?
Facilitated by Mary Ann Johnson and Todd Erling – Hudson Valley AgriBusiness Development Corp
Lender’s Panel: Learning About Accessing Credit
Facilitated by Benneth Phelps, M.R.P. – Program Coordinator, The Carrot Project
Peter Elmer – Farm Service Agency
Emili Ponte – Farm Credit East
Youth Workshop – Building Tomorrow’s Leaders
Vanessa Merrill, Taconic Hills Agriculture Teacher
Kim Carlo, Taconic Hills HARVEST Club Advisor
Sharing Resources – The Cooperative Way
Bruce Davenport – Fourth Generation Farmer, Davenport Farms
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Agenda
8:00 AM Doors Open
Registration & Continental Breakfast
Exhibitors, Poster Presenters and Networking
9:00 AM Keynote Address – Steffen Schneider, Hawthorne Valley Farm
10:00 AM Panel Discussion and Q & A
11:30 AM Exhibitors and Networking
11:45 AM Lunch, Exhibitors and Networking
12:45 PM Workshops Session 1
1:40 PM Workshops Session 2
2:45 PM World Café
(a community dialogue)
4:30 PM Program Closes
*Agenda subject to change
Taconic Hills, CSD – 73 County Rte 11A, Craryville, NY 12521 – Columbia County NY
Registration
RSVP online $20. At the door $25.
Registration includes Continental breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack break
Students are $10 per person and must show student ID.
Reserve your tickets now and pay at the door, or mail payment.
Have Children?
Agriculture based program available for ages 5-14.
Includes a hands on cooking demonstration, recycled paper projects,
building a gnome house for the family garden and swimming!
$10 per child and must be reserved in advance.
Reserve your tickets now and pay at the door, or mail payment.
Exhibitors & Sponsors
Exhibitor tables and sponsorships are available, please visit the website or call for details.
Exhibit Table – $50. Includes 2 Tickets and Exhibit Table
Non Profit Tables are No Charge, however tickets must be purchased.
Sponsors
Berkshire Taconic Foundation
Hudson Valley Clean Energy
Register Star
KeyBank
Beneficiaries
Proceeds from the conference will go toward Taconic Hill’s H.A.R.V.E.S.T. Club,
(Healthy Agricultural Resources by Volunteers & Educators in Science & Technology) a program that engages youth in the process of growing healthy fruits,
flowers and vegetables in a school based garden, and the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO).
Organizers
Karen DiPeri – NY Agri-Women, Copake EAB
Anna Duhon – Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program
Todd M. Erling – Hudson Valley AgriBusiness Development Corporation
Sandra Gardner – Taconic Hills Central School District
Stephen E. Hadcock – Cornell University Cooperative Extension
John Langdon – Langdonhurst Farms, LLC
Rachel Schneider – Hawthorne Valley Farm Learning Center
Ben Shute – Hearty Roots Community Farm
Contact
www.farmingourfuture.org │ 518-329-0890 │ karendiperi@gmail.com
Mailing Address: Cornell University Cooperative Extension
479 Rte. 66, Hudson, NY 12534
ATT: Farming Our Future 2/25/2012
