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th Welcome to Our 25Northeast Anniversary Celebration!

NOFA-NY 2007 Conference Program Building the Farm Economy Around Local Foods

January 26, 27 & 28, 2007 Holiday Inn Syracuse/Liverpool, NY Workshops for Adults, Teens & Children

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BUILDING THE FARM ECONOMY AROUND LOCAL FOODS

NOFA-NY 25TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE Welcome! Thank you for coming to our 25th annual conference and helping us celebrate 25 years of organic farming education and community in New York State! The conference is an opportunity to learn, relax, catch up with acquaintances from across the state and make important connections for the year to come. NOFA-NY is built on volunteer energy and the incredible knowledge base of our many members and friends. Thank you for being part of a group of people who are changing the way people think about food and agriculture. Please let us know what you loved about the conference and what we can improve for next year! Please fill out the Evaluation Form and drop it off at the Registration Desk. Please ask your kids what they liked about the Children’s conference and let us know on your evaluation. What would you like to see at the 2008 Conference?

Our Presenters Our heartfelt thanks go to our many presenters, who have taken time out of their busy lives to prepare and present workshops of interest to others.

Thank You to Our Conference Supporters We greatly appreciate the support we have received from all our Sponsors, Trade Show exhibitors, and Program advertisers. Make sure to visit all of the booths at the Trade Show and Organic Marketplace and let them know you are glad to see them here! Keep your program for all Sponsor, Trade Show and Program advertisers’ contact info, as well as the contact information for conference presenters. We are especially grateful to the long list of farmers and businesses who have donated food to the conference. Please support and recommend them when you can.

Location, Location, Location… • All Meals are in Convention Center Rooms C and D. • All Keynotes are in the Ballroom area. • All Saturday Garden Workshops are on the first floor in Boardroom 1 (take elevators in lobby one level up). • The Teen and Children’s Conferences are on the first floor in the Boardroom area. • Child Care is on the first floor in the Boardroom area. SEE FLOOR PLAN ON BACK COVER.

NOFA-NY, Inc. PO Box 880 Cobleskill, NY 12043

www.nofany.org Greg Swartz

Kate Mendenhall

Interim Executive Director, director@nofany.org 845-796-8994 Fax: same call first

Projects Coordinator, Organic Dairy Transitions Co-Manager projects@nofany.org 585-271-1979 Fax: 585-271-7166

Mayra Richter Office Manager, office@nofany.org 607-652-NOFA Fax: 607-652-2290

Elizabeth Dyck Organic Seed Partnership Coordinator, organicseed@nofany.org 607-895-6913

Aissa O’Neil Newsletter Editor, newsletter@nofany.org 607-746-9581 Fax: same – call first

Bethany Russell Organic Dairy Transitions Co-Manager, bethany.organicdairy @nofany.org 315-806-1180 Fax: 315-963-8646

Robert Perry Organic Dairy Transitions Technician, robert.organicdairy @nofany.org 607-423-8716 Fax: 607-749-3884

NOFA-NY Certified Organic, LLC. 840 Upper Front St Binghamton, NY 13905 certifiedorganic@nofany.org 607-724-9851 Fax: 607-724-9853 Carol King

Lisa Engelbert

Certification Director carolking@nofany.org

Dairy Certification Specialist

Sherrie Hastings

Amie Paulo, Maria Dixson, Heather Swan, Linda Sharpe

Certification Coordinator sherriehastings@nofany.org

Marilyn Murray Dairy Team Leader marilynmurray@nofany.org

Certification Specialists

Bethany Mrva Financial Coordinator

We dedicate this conference to Jack Porter, founder of Porter Farms in Elba, NY who died on December 22, 2006. In addition to being a man of deep principle and humanity, Jack was a long-time member of NOFA-NY’s Governing Council, a diligent steward of the land, and a teacher to many organic farmers. Let this conference serve as a small commemoration to an expansive, caring man. Please visit the Memory Book for Jack at the table by the entrance to the Dining Room to share your thoughts with his family.

Special Thanks to: Kate Mendenhall, Conference Organizer Bethany Russell, Food Coordinator Mayra Richter, Office Manager Extraordinaire Laurie Lippman, Auction Coordinator Karen Kerney, Illustrations and Decorations David Ford, Artist MediaEye, Brochure Design and Production

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H I G H L I G H T S

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Your Sacred Ministry: Respect, Resilience, and Recompense JOEL SALATIN, Polyface Farm Friday, January 26, 8:00 pm Farmers of all sizes, styles, and stripes are the primary custodians of the culture’s natural resources and nutrition. This awesome responsibility can be either scorned or appreciated by everyone involved in the food and farming system. How cultures understand this sacred ministry defines their social, ecological, emotional, and physical health. Brought to you by the U.S. Soil Guest-Speaker Continuing Education Program.

Making the Case for Investment in Local and Regional Food Networks RICHARD PIROG, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University Saturday, January 27, 11:30 am Local and regional food networks have sprung up across the country in response to consumer demand. Although these efforts have made tremendous strides in the past ten years, their continued growth depends on making a more solid case for investment of financial and technical resources to financial institutions, state, county, and municipal governments, foundations, universities and colleges, and angel investment networks. Rich Pirog will discuss a number of approaches that have proven to be successful in helping to “make the case” for investment in local and regional food networks.

Building a Global Network of Local Living Economies JUDY WICKS, White Dog Café, White Dog Café Foundation Sunday, January 28, 11:30 am Both an entrepreneur and activist, Judy tells the story of her own local, living enterprise, Philadelphia’s 24-year old White Dog Café, and her work to build a local living economy in the Philadelphia region through the White Dog Cafe Foundation and the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia, and internationally through the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE). An organization she co-founded in 2001, BALLE is building an international network of local living economies based on love of nature and community, a localization movement that has taken on greater urgency with the dual challenges of climate change and peak oil.

PROGRAM CONTENTS Welcome ............................ 2 Keynote Speakers ............ 3 Saturday Night Celebration .................... 4 NOFA-NY 2007 Annual Meeting .......................... 5 Awards Ceremony ............ 6 www.nofany.org

Farmer’s Pledge ................ 7 Schedule at a Glance ....... 8 Friday Workshops............. 9 Saturday Workshops ...... 11 Sunday Workshops ........ 15 Teen Conference ............ 17 Children’s Conference ... 18

Conference Sponsors .... 19 Food Purveyors .............. 20 Conference Presenters ................... 23 Trade Show & Organic Marketplace ................. 28 Event Locations .............. 48

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E N T E RTA I N M E N T

SATURDAY NIGHT CELEBRATION! Twenty-five years of fostering the organic community in NYS through NOFA-NY’s winter conference deserves a celebration! You will not want to miss this night of commemoration, festivity, forward energy and community.

FESTIVITIES • Wine and Cheese in the Trade Show & Organic Marketplace • Outstanding Silent Auction • Saturday Night Banquet • Awards Ceremony & Anniversary Cake • End the Night with the Veggie Disco! (Prizes for best disco costume! )

SATURDAY EVENING ENTERTAINMENT! Come shake your cabbage, wiggle your tat soi, and boogie with your broccoli! This year’s conference is going to toss the salad with a great dance and music show by the “hottest band on the planet!” Join Letizia and her band, Letizia and the Z Band, for a night of pure fun and entertainment for the whole family!

For eight years, Letizia and the Z Band have been rocking audiences throughout central New York to the beat and rhythm of funk, rock and disco. Led by the talented Letizia, they rock a high-energy dance show that was a two-year consecutive hit at the NYS Fairgrounds’ Disco Reunion. Letizia and the Z Band use only the finest and natural organic ingredients for their special stew: state-of-the-art sound, a spectacular moving light show and a band of inspired musicians dedicated to presenting a one-of-a-kind production that guarantees a night of disco, funk and rock for all! CONVENTION B, C, D

AUCTION FOR AGRICULTURE Please visit our Silent Auction Table in the hallway by the Dining Room Bidding Starts at 7:30 am on Saturday and Closes at 7:30 pm Winners will be announced at the Registration Desk on Saturday Evening at 8:15 pm Great selection of items donated by our Members! • From Soaps to Syrups • • From Tools to Toys • • From Wines to Windsocks • All Proceeds go directly to NOFA-NY 4

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A N N UA L

M E E T I N G

NOFA-NY’S ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING SATURDAY, JANUARY 27

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5:00 PM

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Please join the Governing Council for a brief, lively meeting. Everyone is welcome. All current members are eligible to vote. This is a grassroots, membership organization and this is a great opportunity for you to participate!

• Updates from Staff (Put a face to those names!!) • Review of Financials • Vote on 2007 Membership Resolutions (see below) • 2007 Governing Council Elections • Golden Carrot Awards to 2 Stalwart NOFA-NY Members – Alton Earnhart – Louise Maher-Johnson • Call for Participation: NOFA-NY needs your ideas and energy.

PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS FOR THE 2007 ANNUAL MEETING Introduction: Since our Annual Meeting in 1999, NOFA-NY Membership has voted at its Annual Meeting on political policies for NOFA-NY to follow. These policies are first suggested by the Governing Council or by individual Members, and then presented to the Membership to vote on. See our website, www.nofany.org, for a list of past resolutions. What follows are the three proposed Resolutions for 2007: 1. We oppose the National Animal Identification System because it would be unduly intrusive and burdensome to family farmers. 2. We oppose the proposed National Uniformity for Food Act because it takes away the rights of states to protect their food and citizens. 3. If a farm that does not intentionally grow GMO crops becomes contaminated with GMO genetic material, the farmer should not be held liable for possession of the GMO genetic material. Liability for contamination should be the responsibility of the manufacturer of the GMO seeds. www.nofany.org

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M E M B E R S

AWARDS CEREMONY Saturday Evening, 9:00 pm (After the Band’s First Set)

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CONVENTION CENTER

The NOFA-NY community would like you to join us for an awards ceremony to honor the founding members of NOFANY for their role in establishing our great organization! Their quiet, diligent work over the past 25 years has yielded great fruit. Now in our 25th year, NOFA-NY is still growing and working for a stronger, more vibrant regional food system. Please help us celebrate our Roots! Awards will be presented to our founding members: Brian Caldwell – has farmed in West Danby, NY, for over 25 years. After six years with the Cornell Cooperative Extension, he served as Farm Education Coordinator for NOFA-NY, and is now the field manager for the Organic Cropping Systems Project at Cornell University. Brian and his wife, Twinkle Griggs, were also founding members of the Finger Lakes Organic Growers Cooperative (FLO), a marketing cooperative. Craig Cramer – for many years an editor at Rodale’s New Farm, Craig now coordinates web-based education at the Department of Horticulture at Cornell. Hall Gibson – after retiring from a career as a civil servant in Washington, DC in the 1970s, Hall settled at Ryder Farm, near Brewster, NY where he still grows vegetables and small fruit for a CSA and other markets. Steve Gilman – an organic vegetable farmer for over 30 years, Steve lives at Ruckytucks Farm near Saratoga Springs, NY. He managed the NEON project, wrote the NOFA Manuals on Soils and Weeds, and staffs the NOFA-Interstate Policy Committee. John Gorzynski – has been farming at Gorzynski Ornery (formerly Organic) Farm in Sullivan County, NY, and for 30 years, has sold his produce at the Union Square Market in NYC. He served as president of the Sullivan County Farm Bureau, and is now the Chair of Greenmarket’s Farmer and Consumers Advisory Council. Nancy Grudens-Schuck – was the first editor of the NOFA-NY News and a major organizer in NOFA-NY’s early years. She is now a member of the Agricultural Education and Studies faculty at Iowa State University. Patricia Kane – lives with her husband Mike at Shamrock Hill Farm near Port Crane, NY. She served as the first staff person for NOFA-NY and for its Organic Certification Program. Karen Kerney – lives with her partner, John Sustare, on their farm near Jamesville, NY. After many years as a member of the baking cooperative On the Rise, she joined the staff of the Syracuse Cultural Workers where she is Art Director. Doug Kraai (deceased) – crowded out by the suburbs of Rochester, Doug moved his farm to Newark, NY where he devoted his life to protecting a section of the Ganargua Creek watershed. He raised bison, cut hay, and sold Christmas trees. 6

Stu McCarty – farms at Whistle Stop Gardens near Tunnel, NY with his wife, Lynn Thor. Stu served for many years as editor of the NOFA-NY newsletter, and also runs a print shop for fine poetry and farm labels. John Myer – In 1977, he followed his father into farming, first growing vegetables, then milking cows and growing grains and beans. He converted their land, and then his father, to organic agriculture and today farms on 880 acres near Ovid, NY. John was a founding member of FLO and served on the NOFA-NY Certification Standards Board for many years. Robert Perry – a life-long farmer in Homer, NY, Robert has been an inspector for the NOFA-NY Organic Certification Program and currently works as the Technician for the Organic Dairy Transitions Project. Drew Piaschyk – farms at Lamb’s Quarters Organic Farm in Plymouth, NY with his wife, Sandy Bonell Pierce. Drew was the NOFA-NY President in 1984 during the second conference. Tony Potenza – has been growing organic grains, beans and vegetables since the early 1980’s on several hundred acres near Trumansburg, NY. He was a founding member of FLO. Beth Rose (deceased) – with her husband, Kim McKnight, raised sheep and laying hens at Backbone Hill Farm in King Ferry, NY. Beth served on the NOFA-NY Certification Standards Board for many years and wrote the original livestock standards. Scott Smith and Walter Pedersen – since 1980, have produced grapes and wine at Four Chimneys, the first organic winery in North America. David Stern – Since 1973, David has been farming at Rose Valley Farm in Rose, NY, where he founded the Garlic Seed Foundation in 1985. He writes for and edits The Garlic Press. David helped organize NOFA-NY and its certification program and was one of the original farmer members of the FLO. Carol Stull (deceased) – Farmed with her husband Bob at CRS Growers near Ithaca, and helped coordinate the FLO. David Yarrow – organized Wellspring, the Syracuse Center for Self Healing, and helped establish NOFA-NY and its certification program. Today he lives at Turtle Island Sanctuary and gives workshops on soil fertility and self-healing.

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SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE FRIDAY JANUARY 26 PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOPS 7:30 am

Registration

9:00 am– 12:30 pm

Morning Session

• Introduction to Pasture Management 9:00 am– 5:00 pm

Full-Day Sessions

• Super Vegetable Variety Round-up • Organic Pest & Disease Control for Vegetables • Turning CSAs into Cornerstones of Sustainable Communities 12:30 pm

Lunch

1:30– 5:00 pm

Afternoon Sessions

• Pastured Livestock Systems à la Salatin • Market Analysis & Business Planning • Organic Farm Certification: How to Get Started 5:30– 6:30 pm

Social Hour & Trade Show

6:30 pm

Dinner

8:00 pm

Keynote by Joel Salatin

SATURDAY • JANUARY 27 WORKSHOPS 7:00 am Registration and Breakfast 8:30–9:45 am Morning Session 1 • BIOIL: Fuel from the Farm • Cover Crops & Crop Rotations • Grassroots Insight on How to Start an Artisanal Cheese Business • Hawthorne Valley Farm: Synergies of Farm, School & Economic Enterprises • On-Farm USDA Certified Organic Meat Processing Facility • Successful Organic Perennial Gardening • What Kind of Organic Seed System Would We Like to Build? 9:45–10:00 am Coffee Break in Trade Show 10:00–11:15 am Morning Session 2 • Exploring the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) • Food from Scratch: How to Start an Organic Vegetable Garden • Land Conservation Options for Organic Farmers • Organic Dairy Pasture: Making the Most of the NOP Grazing Requirement • Organic Weed Equipment Technology • A Pastured Chicken in Every Pot: How to Grow ’em, Clean ’em & Sell ’em • Soil Health as the Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture & Society 11:30 am Keynote by Richard Pirog 12:30 pm Lunch 2:00–3:15 pm Afternoon Session 1 • Building Vibrant & Sustainable Food Networks • Climate Change, Renewable Energy & Agriculture • Growing and Selling in Urban Gardens • Managing Pests for Organic Gardeners • Moving from a Hobby Garden to a Market Garden to a Small Farm • Organic Dairy Pasture: Grazing Shorts • Predicting Fertilizer Needs Using Compost on Organic Farms 3:15–3:30 pm Coffee Break in Trade Show 3:30–4:45 pm Afternoon Session 2 • Effective Techniques at Stone Barns for Educating the Public about Sustainable Agriculture • Ethics & Morals of Raising Animals for Meat • Marketing through Restaurants, Farmers’ Markets & Wholesale Distributors • Organic Dairy Pasture: Grazing Producer Panel & Open Discussion – Lessons Learned through Many Years of Grazing Management & Refinement • Organic Flax Production in Northern New York • Organic Gardener’s Roundtable • OSPUD: Participatory Learning about Organic Potato Production 5:00–6:00 pm NOFA-NY Annual Meeting, Silent Auction 6:00–7:00 pm Social Hour & Trade Show, Silent Auction 7:00 pm Banquet Dinner 8:15 pm Silent Auction Winners Announced at Registration Desk 8:30 pm Special Entertainment: Veggie Disco! 9:00 pm Awards Ceremony

SUNDAY JANUARY 28 WORKSHOPS 7:00 am

Registration and Breakfast

8:30– 9:45 am

Morning Session 1

• Practical Ways to Improve Soil Health • Using Buckwheat Cover Crops as Part of Weed Management on Organic Farms • Farm to School: Making the Connection — A Toolkit for Extension Educators and Other Community Leaders • Livestock Herd Health: Worming & Parasite Control • Developing the Medicinal Plant Industry in New York • Marketing: Putting the Media to Work for You 9:45– 10:00 am

Coffee Break in Trade Show

10:00– 11:15 am

Morning Session 2

• Organic Grain Varieties & Marketing Roundtable • Organic Sweet Corn Production • Homesteading with Children Through the Cycle of the Year: Passing Down the Skills & Values of Living Close to the Earth • On-Farm Mentoring: Training the Next Generation of Farmers • Organic Dairy Pasture: Herd Health & Grazing Nutrition • Essex Farm: Full-Food, Year-Round, HorsePowered CSA 11:30 am

Keynote by Judy Wicks

12:45 pm

Lunch, Trade Show

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 26 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

INTRODUCTION TO PASTURE MANAGEMENT Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Grazing Technology Transfer Team, including Darrell Emmick, Karen Sullivan, and Robert DeClue, will explain the basics of what to consider when setting up a grazing system. They will discuss why it is helpful to develop a grazing plan, initial preparations and management considerations, implications of plant-animal interactions, animal nutrition and health gained from grazing, and basic infrastructure needed for a successful pasture systems including fencing, watering, laneways, etc. The workshop is open to all farmers who would like to learn more about pasture management, but there will be some emphasis on organic dairy grazing. EAST BALLROOM

ORGANIC PEST & DISEASE CONTROL FOR VEGETABLES Join veteran farmers & researchers discussing the most effective control methods for pests most troublesome to organic growers. Brian Caldwell will cover whole farm approaches to control tarnished plant bug and Sclerotinia. Alex Stone, Oregon State University, will provide the latest research on soil organic matter amendments and disease suppression. Then farmers and researchers will discuss diseases and pests specific to: lettuces, tomatoes, potatoes, cucurbits, crucifers and onions. Presenters include: Abby Seaman, Western NY IPM Area Ext. Educator, Cornell Coop. Ext.; Brian Caldwell, Cornell Univ., Meg McGrath, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Cornell Univ., Christy Hoepting, Vegetable Ext. Program, Cornell Coop. Ext, Chris Smart, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Cornell Univ., Kim Stoner, Connecticut Ag. Exp. Station, Greg Palmer, Peacework Organic Farm, Trina Pilonero, Silver Heights Farm, Kurt Forman, Clearview Farm, and Andy Leed, Starflower Farm. CONVENTION B SUPER VEGETABLE VARIETY ROUND-UP Identifying and Developing High-Performing Varieties for Northeast Organic Growers Commercial growers and gardeners: participate in a 3-part full day workshop dedicated to high-quality information exchange on the best vegetable varieties for use in organic systems. The morning session will feature a farmer roundtable discussion on existing

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high-performing varieties, including recommendations from such experienced growers as Lisa Bloodnick, Mark Dunau, Andy Leed, and Dulli Tengeler and feedback from two years of onfarm varietal trials sponsored by the Organic Seed Partnership (OSP). The mid-day begins with a panel discussion on the current state of the organic vegetable seed supply, featuring CR Lawn of Fedco Seeds, Heather Jerrett of High Mowing Seeds, Mark Willis of Harris Seeds, and vegetable specialist and breeder Mark Hutton from the University of Maine. They’ll discuss their favorite “oldstandby” and “up-and-coming” varieties, plus such topics as seed quality, price issues, and possible or needed replacements for standard varieties that Monsanto recently purchased. The afternoon session takes a different approach to high-quality vegetable varieties: make your own! Three accomplished grower-breeders from the Northeast region — Chris Awald, Bryan Connolly, and John Gorzynski — will demonstrate the how-tos and discuss the benefits of developing your own improved crop varieties. This workshop is designed to be highly participatory. Come learn from others and share your experience with vegetable varieties. Growers who have participated in the OSP project in either 2005 or 2006 will receive a $10 discount on the workshop fee. Moderated by Elizabeth Dyck, NOFA-NY. BOARDROOM 4 (1st floor)

FRIDAY • JANUARY 26

FRIDAY, JANUARY 26 9:00 AM –12:30 PM

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TURNING CSAs INTO CORNERSTONES OF SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES A Day-Long Workshop for Farmers, Members and Entrepreneurs Choose either of two tracks: one for new CSAs with all the details about how to get started; and one for farmers and members of existing CSAs on how to improve your project. The presenters will address topics in both tracks. This year’s expert presenters are all CSA growers with distinctive and successful farms with over 70 years of cumulative experience. Presenters include: Jill Agnew, Jody Bolluyt, Scott Chaskey, Jean-Paul Courtens, Elizabeth Henderson and Shane LaBrake.

New CSA Track: A full day of presentations and discussions on how to get a CSA organized — access to land, finding members, forming a core group, what to put in the share, setting share prices, growing the food, post-harvest handling, distribution, and communication methods for member retention. WEST BALLROOM Existing CSA Track: A full day to troubleshoot, brainstorm and hash out some complex issues in keeping a CSA working smoothly. Attendees will receive a list of topics and we will ask you to prioritize which ones to place on the agenda, or you can add your own. This day will give you a chance to discuss your CSA with farmers whose CSAs have lasted and improved from 10 to 19 years. Topics include: covering costs of production, membership retention, attracting new members, organizational structure, going beyond the grind, quality control, land access and tenure, and managing your workforce. CENTER BALLROOM

FRIDAY, JANUARY 26 1:30–5:00 PM MARKET ANALYSIS & BUSINESS PLANNING This workshop will examine market analysis and business planning through two concurrent sessions. The first session will explore researching your market. Successful marketing and promotion depends on having knowledge about your current and potential customers. Participants will learn how to identify customers, estimate market size and develop marketing strategies. CADE’s manual, Planning Your Successful Agricultural Venture, will be provided to workshop participants. Presented by Roy Westwater, CADE. The following session will focus on selecting distribution options for your farm business. Cost-effective distribution of farm products is a major challenge to ventures. In this second session, participants will learn about distribution options and the pluses and minuses of each option. CADE’s publication, Distribution Manual for Specialty Agricultural Ventures, will be proved to workshop participants. Steven Holzbaur, CADE. BOARDROOM 3 (1st floor)

ORGANIC FARM CERTIFICATION: How to Get Started Dairy & Livestock Certification OR Vegetables & Field Crop Certification Choose from either of two tracks: one for dairy and livestock certification, and one for vegetables and field crop certification. Nearly 550 farms and businesses certified with NOFA-NY Certified Organic, LLC continue to find certification valuable. The paperwork and regulations that are required for third party verification of organic farming practices can be challenging for new applicants. This workshop reviews the organic certification procedures and paperwork step by step and addresses specific areas of the regulations. NOFA-NY Certified Organic staff, Carol King, Lisa Engelbert, Sherrie Hastings and Marilyn Murray, will explain the certification process in these hands-on workshops to help applicants understand the requirements. Dairy & Livestock: NORTH COTILLION Vegetables & Field Crop Certification: SOUTH COTILLION PASTURED LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS À LA SALATIN Veteran farmer and entrepreneur Joel Salatin will give an in-depth account of how his pasture-based livestock operation works, including slides and details on building markets as well as production systems. More than 20 years of experience boiled down into a presentation packed with information. Brought to you by the U.S.

Soil Guest-Speaker Continuing Education Program.

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BIOIL – FUEL FROM THE FARM With the rise in oil costs, bio fuels have been on many farmers minds. This workshop will explore the potential for creating bio fuels on your farms by looking at Wehrmann Farms’ BIOIL project, which started in 2005 and was designed to utilize the farms’ resources and know-how of their organic cash crop farm. Their ultimate goal is to process 6,000,000 lbs of oilseeds annually. Harro Wehrmann, Wehrmann Farms in Ripley, Ontario. NORTH COTILLION

COVER CROPS & CROP ROTATIONS Designing a rotation for diversified vegetable and berry farms is challenging, but one thing’s for sure — cover crops should be part of the plan. This presentation will show different cropping systems that organic growers around the region are using to integrate a variety of cover crops with their cash crops. Vern Grubinger, Vegetable and Berry Specialist, University of Vermont Extension. WEST BALLROOM www.nofany.org

GRASSROOTS INSIGHT ON HOW TO START AN ARTISANAL CHEESE BUSINESS This workshop will provide an overview of the many factors to consider when starting an artisanal cheese business, along with information from the trenches on how to sell the cheese once it’s made. Ideally, there will be plenty of time for Q&A after the formal presentation and lots of handouts for those interested in pursuing the topic further. Nancy Taber Richards, Bronson Hill Cheesery in Mecklenburg, NY. EAST BALLROOM HAWTHORNE VALLEY FARM: Synergies of Farm, School & Economic Enterprises This workshop will take a detailed look at Hawthorne Valley Farm and its connections to the local economy. Based on the interest of participants, the discussion could go from biodynamic background to economic issues to pedagogical ramifications. Rachel and Steffen Schneider, Hawthorne Valley Farm. CENTER BALLROOM ON-FARM USDA CERTIFIED ORGANIC MEAT PROCESSING FACILITY What are your options for processing for your organic meat? This workshop will look at a USDA, certified organic, on-farm processing facility for beef, pork, and lamb. This workshop will cover the protocols required for developing such a facility and discuss the farm’s methods of animal handling before, during, and after the slaughter process. John Wing owns and operates Over the Hill Farm, Benson, VT. SOUTH COTILLION

SUCCESSFUL ORGANIC PERENNIAL GARDENING This workshop is jam-packed with tips for planning a successful organic perennial garden. You will learn how to select the right plant for the right place, pH requirements, soil drainage, what to expect from perennial seeds, vegetative propagation, plant hardiness, organic pest control, fertilization, when and how to mulch, and when and how to divide various varieties of perennials. If you love perennial plants-this workshop is for you! Join longtime gardener, Maria Grimaldi, former Cornell Coop. Ext. Horticultural Educator for Sullivan County and owner of Panther Rock Farm, in Livingston Manor, NY. BOARDROOM 1 (1st floor) WHAT KIND OF ORGANIC SEED SYSTEM WOULD WE LIKE TO BUILD? The organic seed industry may be changing — this workshop will examine two “hot topics” for the future of organic seeds. Would a tightening of the NOP seed rules benefit organic growers? How can we avoid in seeds the same consolidation of suppliers that has happened to the organic food industry? CR Lawn, founder of Fedco Seeds. CONVENTION B

SATURDAY • JANUARY 27

SATURDAY, JANUARY 27 Morning Session 1: 8:30–9:45 AM

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 27 Morning Session 2: 10:00–11:15 AM EXPLORING THE NATIONAL ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (NAIS) The NAIS would mandate government registration of all livestock owners, RFID tags/microchips for animals, and reporting of all animal movements. Learn how and why the USDA, the global meat industry, and RFID/microchip manufacturers are all pushing this plan despite grassroots opposition from farmers and animal owners. Mary Zanoni, Farm for Life. NORTH COTILLION FOOD FROM SCRATCH: HOW TO START AN ORGANIC VEGETABLE GARDEN Do you love the idea of growing your own food but haven’t gotten around to planning and planting a successful organic vegetable garden? Do you plant flowers and want to expand your skills to organic vegetables? Do you want to start a fun project to enjoy with your kids or grandkids? This workshop is for you! Join Vince Cirasole, Sunshine Farm, Copiague, NY, to get some tips from an experienced veggie gardener and small farmer. You will leave equipped and confident to start your own organic vegetable garden!! BOARDROOM 1 (1st floor)

LAND CONSERVATION OPTIONS FOR ORGANIC FARMERS Join leaders in the land trust movement to learn about NYS’s land trust community, land conservation options available to organic growers, the pros and cons of different options, and how to decide. The workshop will highlight a successful agricultural land trust in Washington County, NY and will end with a farmer’s account of working to ensure their farm will be available for future generations. David Haight, American Farmland Trust, Teri Ptacek, Agriculture Stewardship Association, and Maureen Knapp, Cobblestone Valley Farm in Preble, NY. CENTER BALLROOM ORGANIC DAIRY PASTURE: Making the Most of the NOP Grazing Requirement This session will review where the organic dairy industry is currently at, take a look into the future, and then come back to the here-andnow to discuss how producers can take advantage of the positive aspects of grazing to make their operations more financially profitable through improved grazing management. The challenges of organic pasture management versus conventional management will be discussed and successful ideas and strategies will be shared. Joel McNair, editor and publisher of Graze magazine. EAST BALLROOM

ORGANIC WEED EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY Join long-time weed expert Bob Lefrancois to discuss decision making and observation skills needed for effective weed control along with choosing the right equipment for your crop. Bob Lefrancois, Lamb and Webster Equipment, is a machinery specialist with extensive knowledge of weed control. WEST BALLROOM A PASTURED CHICKEN IN EVERY POT: How to Grow ’em, Clean ’em & Sell ’em How many chickens can a family farm grow? This is the talk that everyone should hear who wants to start raising pastured poultry or who wants to get some helpful ideas to improve their poultry production, processing skills, and profits. Peter McDonald, McDonald Farm in Romulus, NY. CONVENTION B SOIL HEALTH AS THE FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE & SOCIETY Healthy soils and the practices that build and maintain them are the basis for a truly sustainable agriculture. Not only do they help provide sufficient nutrition and water to grow healthy plants, but also to help plants defend themselves from pests and assist beneficial organisms. This workshop will discuss what can and can’t be learned from routine soil tests (bring your own along) and other ways to assess soil health. Fred Magdoff, University of Vermont. SOUTH COTILLION

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BUILDING VIBRANT & SUSTAINABLE FOOD NETWORKS What are the key elements needed to build food networks that will thrive after the grant funding is gone? How do local and regional food organizations effectively partner with mainstream farm groups and the financial community to increase investment in regional food businesses and the nonprofit groups that assist them? This workshop explores several Midwest models under development that are gaining visibility and investment as they build more sustainable food networks. Richard Pirog, Leopold Center, Iowa State University. CENTER BALLROOM

CLIMATE CHANGE, RENEWABLE ENERGY & AGRICULTURE This presentation will cover how the climate is changing and the potential effects that will have on farming. It will also describe many examples of farms that have increased their use of on-farm renewable energy, in an effort to reduce reliance on fossil fuels, thereby improving the bottom line while lessening their greenhouse gas emissions. Vern Grubinger, University of Vermont Extension. SOUTH COTILLION www.nofany.org

GROWING AND SELLING IN URBAN GARDENS Learn about two successful urban gardening programs that grow and sell fresh produce in urban markets. Jane Hodge, The City Farms Program (TCF), an urban agriculture effort that works to grow, market, and donate more fresh food in NYC communities. Diane Picard, Growing Green, a youth-based urban agriculture program based on the West Side of Buffalo, NY where urban youth manage a half-acre of land and direct-market fresh produce. CONVENTION B MANAGING PESTS FOR ORGANIC GARDENERS Having trouble with a few pesky critters? Join this workshop to learn how to identify common organic vegetable pests and find ways to control them organically. Abby Seaman is the Western NY IPM Area Extension Educator for Cornell Cooperative Extension. BOARDROOM 1 (1st floor) MOVING FROM A HOBBY GARDEN TO A MARKET GARDEN TO A SMALL FARM Ryan Voiland started gardening at his parents’ home while in middle school and now, at the grand age of 30, he has a farm of his own with a 350-share CSA, farm stand, and farmers’ market sales, etc. He has a great story to tell! Ryan Voiland, Red Fire Farm in Granby, Massachusetts. NORTH COTILLION

ORGANIC DAIRY PASTURE: Grazing Shorts From Pasture Management to Crossbreeding: Keys to My Financial Success Peter Mapstone, Manlius, NY Mistakes I See Being Made on Grazing Dairies Joel McNair, Graze magazine Calf & Heifer Management on Pasture Kathie Arnold, Twin Oaks Dairy LLC, Truxton, NY EAST BALLROOM PREDICTING FERTILIZER NEEDS USING COMPOST ON ORGANIC FARMS This workshop will show the shortterm effects of different compost types on crop response as well as long-term effects on soil. Thomas Björkman, Cornell Univ., will speak on crop and soil responses to varying rates of fast or slowly available organic fertility amendments, Meagan Schipanski, Cornell Univ. graduate student, will share her research on the effects of compost amendments on nitrogen fixation by legume green manure, and Klaas Martens, Lakeview Organic Grain, will discuss how to integrate these results into management decisions on the farm. WEST BALLROOM

SATURDAY • JANUARY 27

SATURDAY, JANUARY 27 Afternoon Session 1: 2:00–3:15 PM

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 27 Afternoon Session 2: 3:30–4:45 PM EFFECTIVE TECHNIQUES AT STONE BARNS FOR EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE Join the staff of Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture for a hands-on participatory workshop based on one of their most successful programs, Farm-to-Table, which connects the public with sustainable agriculture. Judy Fink, Assistant Director of Programs and Nena Johnson, Public Program Manager at Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, in Westchester County, NY. CENTER BALLROOM ETHICS & MORALS OF RAISING ANIMALS FOR MEAT Learn how several farmers reconcile the paradox of raising, caring for, and then the eventual slaughter of animals for meat. Michael and Karma Glos raise broilers, turkey, pork, duck, goose, pullets, piglets, and grass-fed beef at Kingbird Farm in Berkshire, NY. Adele and Jim Hayes raise chickens (broilers and layers), turkeys, geese, cattle, pigs, and sheep at Sap Bush Hollow Farm in Warnerville, NY. SOUTH COTILLION

MARKETING THROUGH RESTAURANTS, FARMERS’ MARKETS & WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS This workshop will discuss marketing factors such as farm systems, pricing, and service, which have contributed to the successful marketing of Markristo Farm’s produce throughout the years. They will also highlight the positive effects of Berkshire Grown, a buy local campaign, based in Great Barrington, MA. Martin and Christa Stosiek, Markristo Farm, in Hillsdale, NY. CONVENTION B

ORGANIC DAIRY PASTURE: Grazing Producer Panel & Open Discussion – Lessons Learned through Many Years of Grazing Management & Refinement Producers grazing dairy cows will discuss their lessons learned. There will be plenty of opportunity for the audience to ask questions of these seasoned grazers. Moderator: Joel McNair, editor/ publisher of Graze magazine. Producer Panel: Peter Mapstone, Pastureland Dairy, Manlius, NY; Kathy Arnold, Twin Oaks Dairy, LLC, Truxton, NY; Paul Tillotson, Cottonwood Farm, Pavilion, NY; Ed Hurst, Penn Yan, NY; and Karl Stauderman, Genoa, NY. EAST BALLROOM

ORGANIC FLAX PRODUCTION IN NORTHERN NEW YORK This workshop will discuss the flax production system used in the organic rotations at the Cornell University E.V. Baker Research Farm in Willsboro, NY. Topics will include soil fertility considerations, weed control strategies, rotation options, harvesting/combining, and post harvest handling. Results from the 2006 Flax variety trial will also be presented. Michael Davis, Cornell Research Farm at Willsboro. WEST BALLROOM ORGANIC GARDENER’S ROUNDTABLE This workshop will allow for a sharing session of victories and triumphs from the organic gardening season. Bring your success stories, your gardening flops, and your questions to this workshop to learn from each other about successful organic gardening. Pictures and drawings of your gardens are welcomed! Joe Gersitz, longtime gardener from Penfield, NY, will moderate this session — offering practical ideas from his lengthy experience in organic gardening. BOARDROOM 1 (1st floor) OSPUD: PARTICIPATORY LEARNING ABOUT ORGANIC POTATO PRODUCTION Ten diversified organic vegetable farmers and ten Oregon State University researchers are working together to learn more about and improve organic potato production systems. This season they focused on insect, disease and nutrient management. Alex will review the overall project and summarize what they learned in 2006. Dr. Alex Stone, Oregon State University. NORTH COTILLION

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DEVELOPING THE MEDICINAL PLANT INDUSTRY IN NEW YORK A few farmers and gardeners are currently producing or wild-harvesting medicinal plants in NYS and more farmers are interested. Direct marketing to herbal practitioners is also developing. The panelists explore what it will take to organize this activity and increase profitability for farmers. Join moderator Jean Giblette, High Falls Gardens in Philmont, NY and panel members: Bob Beyfuss, Cornell Coop. Ext., Matthias and Andrea Reisen, Healing Spirits Herb Farm and Education Center in Avoca, NY, Maria Grimaldi, Panther Rock Farm in Livingston Manor, NY. NORTH COTILLION

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FARM TO SCHOOL: Making the Connection – A Toolkit for Extension Educators and Other Community Leaders Interest in serving food produced on local farms is growing in school and college food service. In response to this demand, three organizations have developed a toolkit to help Extension Educators and other community leaders make farm to school connections. By the end of this workshop, participants will be familiar with the toolkit and understand how it can be used to help make such connections. Jennifer Wilkins, Cornell University, Betsey Bacelli, NYS School Nutrition Assoc., and Martha Goodsell, NY Farms! CENTER BALLROOM LIVESTOCK HERD HEALTH: Worming & Parasite Control Join a panel of experienced livestock farmers as they discuss the challenges and techniques they use for the organic control of worms and parasites in sheep, pigs, and beef cattle. Chuck Blood, Rocky Top Acres Farm in Hubbardsville, NY, Maryrose Livingston, Northland Sheep Dairy in Marathon, NY, and Michael and Karma Glos, Kingbird Farm in Berkshire, NY. CONVENTION B

MARKETING: Putting the Media to Work for You Local newspapers, regional magazines, newsletters, fliers — these and other print media reach thousands and influence public opinion enormously. But how do organic farmers get attention and coverage in such media to promote their products? Join Jack Bradigan Spula, longtime journalist and organizational writer to learn some strategies that will help you get the word out. EAST BALLROOM PRACTICAL WAYS TO IMPROVE SOIL HEALTH A panel of three farmers will focus on improving the health of the soils on our farms. Come and share your experience — what works, what doesn’t work, and new directions we might take. Elizabeth Henderson, Peacework Organic Farm, Newark, NY, Shane LaBrake, Accokeek Foundation in Accokeek, MD, and Steve Gilman, Ruckytucks Farm, in Stillwater, NY. SOUTH COTILLION USING BUCKWHEAT COVER CROPS AS PART OF WEED MANAGEMENT ON ORGANIC FARMS Buckwheat is a traditional tool for weed control, but knowledge of how to use it effectively is being lost as the practitioners leave farming. This session will be valuable for organic growers who seek to improve their integrated weed management. Thomas Björkman, Dept. of Horticultural Sciences, Cornell University. WEST BALLROOM

SUNDAY • JANUARY 28

SUNDAY, JANUARY 28 Morning Session 1: 8:30–9:45 AM

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 28 Morning Session 2: 10:00–11:15 AM ESSEX FARM: Full-Food, Year-Round, HorsePowered CSA Three years ago, the Kimballs’ goal was to produce a whole diet for year-round members. They started with the vegetable CSA model and modified it to include grains, beef cattle, dairy cows, hogs, and chickens. They’ll share what has worked and what almost killed them. The workshop will include: Horse Power — 3 lessons of a beginning teamster; Money — a discussion based on their profit and loss statements; Marketing and Distribution — selling and making good on a $2,400 share. Mark and Kristin Kimball, Essex Farm. EAST BALLROOM HOMESTEADING WITH CHILDREN THROUGH THE CYCLE OF THE YEAR: Passing Down the Skills & Values of Living Close to the Earth Creating a meaningful lifestyle for our families can be fun and rewarding including maple syruping, raising chickens for both eggs and the freezer, raising pigs on pasture, gardening, managing honeybees and the connectedness of it all. Join experienced homesteaders, Krista and Aram Oarcea to learn how they have created this enriching environment for their family. NORTH COTILLION

ON-FARM MENTORING: Training the Next Generation of Farmers Shane, Elizabeth, and Nancy will lead a discussion of how farmers and on-farm apprentices can improve the quality of the training experience, set and keep clear standards and expectations, and respect the commitment to teaching. Shane LaBrake, Accokeek Foundation, Elizabeth Henderson, Peacework Organic Farm, and Nancy Grove, a former apprentice at Caretaker Farm and now farming on her own at Old Path Farm in Sauquoit, NY. SOUTH COTILLION

ORGANIC SWEET CORN PRODUCTION Organic sweet corn poses interesting challenges and advantages as part of a diversified vegetable farm. This workshop will cover these challenges, methods for resolving them, and touch upon the many advantages of including sweet corn in your crop rotation and product line. Jean-Paul Courtens and Jody Bolluyt, Roxbury Farm in Kinderhook, NY. CENTER BALLROOM

ORGANIC DAIRY PASTURE: Herd Health & Grazing Nutrition Jim Gardiner has been farming organically since 1989 and will be sharing knowledge gained from his applied research over the past 17 years. Ration discussion will center on organic molasses as the solitary source of energy and why it works so well in balancing the diet of a grazing dairy herd. He will also offer alternative options and treatments for a variety of diseases in dairy cattle and young stock. Jim Gardiner, East N West Farm, Otselic, NY. CONVENTION B ORGANIC GRAIN VARIETIES & MARKETING ROUNDTABLE Bring your experiences, ideas, and questions to this roundtable to discuss how we can build a more sustainable NY organic grain supply for NYS livestock and humans. The discussion will include topics such as agronomics, production, storage, marketing, and more! Moderators: Klaas and Mary-Howell Martens, Lakeview Organic Grain. WEST BALLROOM

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TEEN CONFERENCE AGES 14 AND UP Boardroom 4 (1st floor) Saturday Afternoon, 3:30 pm

FOOD: Whose Choice Is It Anyway?

SATURDAY

Join the teen interns of the BLAST program from The Food Project in Boston, MA to explore the mysteries of processed foods and the power of advertising. They’ll show you how to make good food choices and make some tasty snacks too! Monica Pless and Kathleen Banfield, The Food Project and BLAST youth interns Joanna Winkler, Annie Warner, Phallin Heang, Sofia Theodore-Pierce, Mocha Wells, Jasmine Brathwaite, and Shamika Green. BLAST (Building Local Agricultural Systems Today) is a global network of youth and adults working together to build sustainable food systems.

Saturday Morning, 8:30 am

Saturday Evening, 5:00 pm

ARE YOU CONSCIOUS OF WHAT YOU CONSUME?

BRAINSTORMING FORUM FOR YOUTH ABOUT SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

Goff Middle School encourages students and community members to make good environmental choices. The three choices they make each day are “the food we eat, the garbage we make, and the energy we use” and three student run programs address each of these issues. All of their programs are designed to be replicated at other sites-maybe they would work in your school! Principal Mark Warford, Goff Middle School in East Greenbush, NY. Saturday Morning, 10:00 am

SANA MEANS HEALTHY! Learn how teens from the Massachusetts Avenue Project in Buffalo, NY are starting their own business, marketing Sana Salsa, while helping connect rural and urban sectors of the food system. Zoe Hollomon, Youth Enterprise Coordinator and Massachusetts Avenue Project youth members Edwin Andino, Carisma Robinson, and Rodney Rainey. Saturday Afternoon, 2:00 pm

ROOTS AND WISDOM: Creating Community through Agriculture Roots and Wisdom is a new community agriculture and food justice program in Schenectady County. Groups of teens, working with adults, produce organic food to donate to area hunger programs, and sell at farmers’ markets in low-income neighborhoods. Come learn about the origins of the program, and explore ways that you can become more involved in serving your community through organic food production. Debbie Forester, Roots and Wisdom, and program youth representative Rachel Nevins. www.nofany.org

After a great day of workshops, join your peers to discuss what you have learned. What would you like to see happen for sustainable agriculture in NYS? How do you think you and other youth can be more involved in sustainable agriculture activities? Bring your ideas and interests to Saturday’s final workshop for a discussion and snacks! Moderator: Debbie Forester, Roots and Wisdom.

SUNDAY Sunday Morning, 8:30 am

START YOUR OWN BUSINESS VENTURE & GET MONEY TO FUND IT! Bring your parents to this exciting session to learn how you can get a small agricultural loan to help fund a project of your own! Join Thomas Becker from the Farms Service Agency’s Rural Youth Loan program and teens, Peter and Elizabeth Martens, to learn about FSA rural youth loans and the successful agriculture projects that Peter and Elizabeth were able to fund through their first loans. Sunday Morning, 10:00 am

GROWING & SELLING FRESH SPROUTS & MICROGREENS Sprouts and Microgreens are healthy, simple to grow, and have good market value. This workshop will explore the ins and outs of these delicious greens, covering growing techniques, harvesting, pricing and marketing. There will be hands-on activities and you will even get to taste some! Which variety is your favorite? Visit this workshop to find out. Mira and Brian Wind, Butternut Valley Organics, LLC in South New Berlin, NY.

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AGES 6 TO 13 Boardroom 2 (1 st floor)

CHILDREN’S CONFERENCE

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

Saturday Morning, 8:30 am

Sunday Morning, 8:30 am

FOOD: Whose Choice Is It Anyway?

MAKE YOUR OWN GARDEN INK!

Join the teen interns of the BLAST program from the Food Project in Boston, MA to explore the mysteries of processed foods and the power of advertising. They’ll show you how to make good food choices and make some tasty snacks too! Monica Pless, Kathleen Banfield, and Joanne Winkler, The Food Project and BLAST youth interns.

Come and learn how to make your own ink from two common vegetables that can be grown right in your own backyard!! We’ll make two kinds of ink, one of them INVISIBLE ink, and then use them to write our own special messages, even a SECRET message! Dawn and Mike Ashbridge. Sunday Morning, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm

Saturday Morning, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm

CREATIVE PAPERMAKING & PAPERMOLDING Join Gere for a creative art workshop. Get your hands messy and have fun with recycling paper! This is a simple method of recreating flat and molded paper constructions. Children can make glittery ornaments, mobiles, containers and fancy paper. Gere Link teaches art to kindergarteners–4th grade at Stamford Central School. Saturday Afternoon, 2:00 pm

CREATE DREAM CATCHERS Join Gere Link to make colorful creations by turning string, beads and feathers into a spider web of design. In Native American culture, a dream catcher is a handmade decorated web with items unique to the particular dream catcher. There is a traditional belief that a dream catcher filters a person’s dreams, letting through only the good ones. Hang your dream catcher by your bed at night to send down your favorite dreams! Gere Link.

FROM ROCKS TO CHEESE Saturday Afternoon, 3:30 pm

BIRDS IN OUR BACKYARDS AND GARDENS! Join Krista to learn about the birds that live in your backyard and gardens! Sure to be a fun and educational workshop for kids! Krista Oarcea is an early childhood educator who has been market gardening one acre with her children, now ages 7–13, whom she also home schools. Saturday Evening, 5:00 pm

JOURNEY FROM ORCHARD TO TABLE This workshop utilizes a bushel basket of props that enhance learning about the food system of an apple. Children will trace the journey an apple takes from orchard to consumer by acting out the various roles throughout the food system — scientist, grower, processing plant manager, truck driver, chef, grocery store produce manager, consumer, and more. Sandie Prokop, NY Farm Bureau Foundation for Agricultural Education, Inc.

Children will learn about the importance of agriculture in our everyday lives. Through the use of some fun activities, they will have a better understanding of how food gets to their dinner table. Sean Robinson is the Manager of School Programs at the The Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown, NY.

CHILD CARE Bring the KIDS! 2– 5 YEARS OF AGE SATURDAY: 8:30 am –12:45 pm 2:00 – 6:00 pm SUNDAY: 8:30 am –12:45 pm Room 139 (near Boardroom 4)

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2007 CONFERENCE SPONSORS PATRON OF ORGANICS Stonyfield Farm Mary Townsend 10 Burton Dr Londonberry, NH 03053 603-437-4040 x2242 MTownsend@stonyfield.com

U.S. Soil Joseph Lionel PO Box 926 Salida, CO 81201 877-287-7645 www.ussoil.net

Donald Hooper 104 East Fourth St Blades, DE 19973-4113 302-629-9671

Northeast Farm Credit Associations Theron Kibbe PO Box 9061 Springfield, MA 01102-9061 413-821-0233 Fax: 413-789-2541

Organic Valley/ CROPP Cooperative

Watershed Agricultural Council Allison Bennett 33195 State Highway 10 Walton, NY 13956 607-865-7790 x125 allisonbennett@nycwatershed.org www.buypurecatskills.com

Colette Radtke One Organic Way La Farge, WI 54639 608-625-2602 x 373 Fax: 608-625-3019 colette.skundberg@organicvalley.com

Peter Slaunwhite 7895 Tachabury Rd Canastota, NY 13032-4508 315-420-3293 Fax: 315-366-0014 peterslaunwhite@horizonorganic.com www.horizonorganic.com

SILVER Angelica Kitchen Leslie McEachern 300 E 12th St New York, NY 10003 212-473-0305 Fax: 212-228-3108 www.angelicakitchen.com

CADE, Inc.

GOLD The Fertrell Company Dave Mattocks 600 N Second St Bainbridge, PA 17502 717-367-1566 Fax: 717-367-9319 dave@fertrell.com www.fertrell.com

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Bard Center for Environmental Policy

Klaas & Mary-Howell Martens PO Box 361 119 Hamilton Pl Penn Yan, NY 14527-0361 315-531-1038 Fax: 315-531-1038 kandmhfarm@sprintmail.com

Jennifer Murray Bard College PO Box 5000 Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504 845-758-7071 Fax: 845-758-7636 phillips@bard.edu www.bard.edu/cep

Lancaster Ag Products

Kreher’s Poultry Farm

Jacob Stoltzfus 340 Beechdale Rd Bird-in-Hand, PA 17505-9617 717-295-9100 Fax: 717-295-9117 lancasterag1@verizon.net

Brett Kreher PO Box 410 Clarence, NY 14031-0410 716-759-6802 Fax: 716-759-8697 brett@krehereggs.com

Panther Rock Farm Maria Grimaldi 148 Hardenburgh Rd Livingston Manor, NY 12758 845-482-4164 pantherrock@hughes.net www.pantherrockfarm.com

PLATINUM Horizon Organic

Lakeview Organic Grain

Kevin Hodne 250 Main St, Ste 209 Oneonta, NY 13820-2561 607-433-2545 Fax: 607-431-4028 www.cadefarms.org

Harris Seeds Mark Willis PO Box 24966 Rochester, NY 14624 585-295-3600 mwillis@harrisseeds.com www.harrisseeds.com

Upstate Farms Cooperative, Inc. Bill Young 7115 W Main Rd Leroy, NY 14482 585-768-2247 Fax: 585-768-8367 byoung@upstatefarms.com www.upstatefarms.com

BRONZE Agricultural Consulting Services, Inc. Richard Wildman 1634 Monroe Ave Rochester, NY 14618 585-473-1100 Fax: 585-473-1765 rwildman@acsoffice.com www.acsoffice.com

Collette MealyWampole PO Box 245 Nesconset, NY 11767-0245

National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) Tammy Hinman 3040 Continental Dr Butte, MT 59201 406-494-8683 Fax: 406-494-2905 tammyh@ncat.org www.attra.ncat.org

Nature’s Best Organic Feeds Julie Eriksson PO Box 38 Kreamer, PA 17833 570-374-8148 Fax: 570-374-2007 info@kreamerfeed.com www.organicfeeds.com

Nature’s Pantry Richard Masterson 142 Route 17K Newburgh, NY 12550 845-567-3355 Fax: 845-567-3356 richardmasterson142@msn.com

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2007 CONFERENCE FOOD PURVEYORS We cannot adequately express our gratitude to all of these growers, producers, processors, grocers, and bakers who crafted and then donated all of the food we are eating at this conference. Please say thank you by buying directly from them! Maria Pizer Abel and Schafer 20 Alexander Ct Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 631-737-2220 www.kompletusa.com Muffin & Biscuit Mixes Abundance Cooperative Market 62 Marshal St Rochester, NY 14607-3525 585-454-2667 info@abundance.coop www.abundance.coop Salad Greens & Fresh Produce Aissa Oneil Betty Acres Farm 21529 NYS Hwy 28 Delhi, NY 13753 607-746-9581 bettyacres@delhi.net www.bettyacresorganic.com Ham Dulli Tengeler Birdsfoot Farm 1263 County Route 23 Canton, NY 13617 315-386-4852 Squash Guy Jones Blooming Hill Farm Box 20, Rte 208 Blooming Grove, NY 10914 845-782-7310 www.bloominghillorganicfarm.com Turnips, Carrots, Onions, Potato & Squash Sharon L. Burns-Leader Bread Alone, Inc. PO Box 358 Boiceville, NY 12412 845-657-3328 info@breadalone.com www.breadalone.com Bread 20

Nancy Richards Bronson Hill Cheesery 5491 Bergen Rd Trumansburg, NY 14886 607-387-3108 nancy@fingerlakescheese.com Red Meck, Winter & Summer Schuyler Cheeses Brian Wind Butternut Valley Organics 1113 River Road South New Berlin, NY 13843 607-783-2500 brianwind1@hotmail.com Sprouts Maureen Knapp Cobblestone Valley Enterprises, LLC. PO Box 121 Preble, NY 13141-0121 607-749-4032 cvfarm@twcny.rr.com www.cobblestonevalley.com Beef Round Roast Elizabeth Dyck Crimson Clover Farm 1124 Country Rd 38 Bainbridge, NY 13733-3360 607-895-6566 kedyck@frontiernet.net Potatoes Cary Berliner Divinitea Premium Organic Loose Leaf Teas 1138 Parkwood Blvd Schenectady, NY 12308 518-347-0689 divinitea@surfee.com Teas

Sue Rau Drumlinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s End Farm 178 Fayette Street Massena, NY 13662 315-769-5061 drumlins@northnet.org Winter Squash Bob Eberly Eberly Poultry Farm 1095 Mount Airy Rd Stevens, PA 17578 717-336-6440 dkuntz@eberlypoultry.com www.eberlypoultry.com Chicken Louis & Merby Lego Elderberry Pond 3728 Center Street Rd Auburn, NY 13021-9352 315-252-3977 llego@baldcom.net Greens Debra and Laurent Danthine Elysian Fields Farm 591 Saddlemire Road Sloansville, NY 12160 518-868-4378 info@elysianfieldsorganical.com Meats Lisa & Kevin Engelbert Engelbert Farms 182 Sunnyside Rd Nichols, NY 13812 607-699-3775 kengelbert@stny.rr.com Ground Beef Daniel Steinberg Equal Exchange 50 United Drive West Bridgewater, NY 2379 774-776-7405 dsteinberg@equalexchange.com www.equalexchange.com Coffee

Maureen Carrol Essentially Bread 245 East Main Street Elbridge, NY 13060 315-689-1200 Rolls Ann Ryan Food Link 936 Exchange Street Rochester, NY 14608 585-436-3664 www.foodlinkny.org Microgreens Brian Seidenfrau Four Seasons Produce Inc. PO Box 788 Ephrata, PA 17522 877-567-6500 Fresh Produce Jay and Polly Armour Four Winds Farm 158 Marabac Rd Gardiner, NY 12525-5614 845-255-3088 fourwind@bestweb.net www.bestweb.net/ ~fourwind/ Carrots Sara Luhrman Fox Creek Farm 1039 State Route 443 Scholharie, NY 12157 518-872-2375 foxcreekfarm@highstream.net Garlic Joseph Ottati Glendale Farm 4590 Rte 414 Burdett, NY 14818 607 546-8479 joe@carsophagus.com Grape Juice

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John and Sue Gorzynski Gorzynski Farm PO Box 113 Cochecton Center, NY 12727 (845) 252-7570 gorzynski@citlink.net Daikon Radishes, Turnips Elizabeth Karabinakis Greenstar Food Cooperative Market 701 W Buffalo St Ithaca, NY 14850 607-273-1385 www.Greenstarcoop.com Pasta Richard deGraff Grindstone Farm, LLC. 780 County Rte 28 Pulaski, NY 13142 315-298-4139 www.grindstonefarm.com Blueberries & Onions Steffen & Rachel Schneider Hawthorne Valley Farms 327 Rte 21C Ghent, NY 12075 518-672-7457 srschn@aol.com www.hawthornevalleyfarm.com Bread & Cheese

Jeremy Peele Herondale Farm 90 Wiltsie Bridge Rd Ancramdale, NY 12503 518-329-3769 info@herondalefarm.com www.herondalefarm.com Ground Beef William Musson Home Acres Farm PO Box 355 Gilbertsville, NY 13776 607-783-2314 Monetary Assistance www.nofany.org

Jessica Allen Honest Weight Food Co-op 484 Central Ave Albany, NY 12206 518-482-2667 www.honestweight.coop Pears, Rice, Mayonnaise, Maple Syrup, Sugar & Salad Dressing Peter Slaunwhite Horizon Organic PO Box 190 Chelsea, VT 05038-0190 888-648-8377 peter.slaunwhite@horizonorganic.com www.horizonorganic.com String Cheese, Chocolate & Strawberry Smoothies Mark and Deborah Christensen Hunter Crossing Farm 592 Burrell Road Little Falls, NY 13365 315-823-2664 Meat Product Brian and Katrina Kampnich Kampnich Farms 23235 Knowlesville Road Watertown, NY 13601 315-629-5283 kampnich3@usadatanet.net Monetary Assistance Michael & Karma Glos Kingbird Farm 9398 West Creek Rd Berkshire, NY 13736-2611 607-657-2860 karma@kingbirdfarm.com www.kingbirdfarm.com Italian Sausage Brett Kreher Kreherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Poultry Farms PO Box 410 Clarence, NY 14031-0410 716-759-6802 brett@krehereggs.com Eggs

Mary Racinowski Loriâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Natural Foods 900 Jefferson Rd Rochester, NY 14623 585-424-2323 store@lorisnatural.com www.lorisnatural.com Beans & Flour Pete Wilson Mayor Brothers Apple Products PO Box 277 Barker, NY 14012-0277 716-795-9930 www.mayerbrothers.com Cider Ray McEnroe McEnroe Organic Farm Associates, LLC. 194 Coleman Station Rd Millerton, NY 12546 518-789-3252 moohill@aol.com www.mcenroeorganicfarm.com Potatoes Les Miller Miller Brothers Farm 554 Hoke Road Richfield Springs, NY 13439 315-858-2728 Stew Beef Rob and Cyndi Pastore Morning View Farms, LLC. 996 Goode Road Ballston Spa, NY 12020 518.885.6693 morningviewfarms@hotmail.com Squash Mark Dunau Mountain Dell Farm 2386 Roods Creek Rd Hancock, NY 13783-9506 607-467-4034 mldunau@ny.tds.net Rutabaga & Celeriac

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Sheila Flanagan Nettle Meadow Farm 484 S Johnsburg Rd Warrensburg, NY 12885 518-623-3372 cheese@nettlemeadow.com www.nettlemeadow.com Bergere Bleu & Tomme Bergere Cheeses Norman Holland Northern Soy 345 Paul Rd Rochester, NY 14624 585-235-8970 Tofu Karl & Jane North Northland Sheep Dairy 3501 Hoxie Gorge Freetown Rd Marathon, NY 13803-2404 607-849-3328 jbarbernorth@juno.com www.geocities.com/ northsheep Bergerino, Folie Bergere, Bergere Bleu & Tomme Bergere Cheeses Martha Goodsell NY Farms! 125 Williams Road Candor, NY 13743 607-659-3710 nyfarms@clarityconnect.com www.nyfarms.info Venison Stew Allan & Ann Buddle Orchardland Inc 9176 County Road 142 Interklaken, NY 14847 607-532-4213 Ground Beef Peter Miller Organic Valley / CROPP Cooperative PO Box 1161 Brattleboro, VT 05302-1161 888-444-6455 peter.miller@organicvalley.coop www.organicvalley.coop Butter, Milk, Half & Half, Cheddar, Feta, Baby Swiss & Raw Sharp Cheddar Cheeses

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Sheri Woods Plainville Farms 7830 Plainville Road Plainville, NY 13137-0289 315-638.0659 www.plainvillefarms.com Turkey Jack & Michael Porter Porter Farms PO Box 416 Elba, NY 15058-0416 585-757-9243 sjporter@eznet.net Cabbage & Onions Steven Clarke Prospect Hill Orchard 40 Clarkeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ln Milton, NY 12547 845-795-2383 apelsteve@hvi.net Apples Siobhan Griffin Raindance Farm 2454 County Hwy 35 Schenenvus, NY 12155-2401 607-286-9362 raindance@baka.com Ground Beef Dana Stafford Regional Access 125 Cayuga Street Trumansburg, NY 14886 607-387-6959 food@regionalaccess.net Transportation Rivka Davis Roads End Farm 362 Smith Road Dunde, NY 14837 607-746-9581 organic101@linkny.com Garlic Charles and Mary Blood Rocky Top Acres 1659 Quaker Hill Rd Hubbardsville, NY 13355-9617 315-899-8907 rockytopacres@frontiernet.net Ground Beef & Other Meat

Jim Bittner Singer Farm, LLC. 6730 East Lake Rd Appleton, NY 14008-9673 716-778-7330 Bittner58@aol.com www.singerfarms.com Tart Pitted Cherries, Dried Apples & Sliced Peaches Seth & Martha Jacobs Slack Hallow Farm 177 Gilchrist Rd Argyle, NY 12809-9730 518-638-6124 srk@capital.net www.slackhollowfarm.com Beets Dave Lamouret Stony Hill Farm 151 Van Derworker Road Cherry Valley, NY 13320 607-264-3747 Breakfast Sausage Shawn Fahey Stonyfield Farm 10 Burton Dr Londonberry, NH 03053 603-437-4040 mtownsend@stonyfield.com www.stonyfield.com Yogurt

Mike & Gayle Thorpe Thorpes Organic Family Farm 12866 State Rte 78 East Aurora, NY 14052-1707 716-655-4486 thorpesfarm@verizon.net Winter Squash & Spelt Flour Gunther Fishgold Tierra Farms 71 Oliver St Cohoes, NY 12047 518-237-4688 gfishgold@yahoo.com www.tierrafarm.com Dried Fruit, Raisins, Granola & Oatmeal Dan Tilley Tilldale Farm PO Box 77 Hoosick, NY 12089 518-686-7779 Ground Beef Beth & Ronald Southwick Treasures of Joy Farm 3950 Kennedy Rd Nedrow, NY 13120 315-492-8560 southwick@a-znet.com Beans, Beets & Potato

Chris & Kara Harmon Sunset View Farm 47 Sunset Blvd Oneonta, NY 13820 607-433-1626 comiewfarmny@aol.com Ground Beef

Kathie, Rick & Bob Arnold Twin Oaks Dairy, LLC. 3175 NY State Rte 13 Truxton, NY 13158-3107 607-842-6631 randkarnold@juno.com Ground Beef

Joanne Grisanti Syracuse Real Food Co-Operative 618 Kensington Rd Syracuse, NY 13210 315-472-1385 joanne-syrcoop @earthlink.net www.syracuserealfood.coop Product and Drop Point

Bill Young Upstate Farms Cooperative, Inc. 7115 W Main Rd Leroy, NY 14482 585-768-2247 x6225 byoung@upstatefarms.com www.upstatefarms.com Butter Chips

Shawna Leigh Ventre Packing 6050 Court Street Rd Syracuse, NY 13206 315-463-2384 www.ventre.com Tomato Sauces Warren & Eleanor Allen W&E Allen Pure Maple Syrup 10131 Resha Rd Castorland, NY 13620-9746 315-346-6706 weallen@frontiernet.net Maple Syrup June Wood W.W. Texas Longhorn Ranch 180 Johnston Rd Bernhards Bay, NY 13208 315-623-9796 junewoods6@aol.com Turkeys Meg Shader Wake Robin Farm 125 Brutus Road Jordan, NY 13080 315-689-0034 meg@wakerobinfarm.org Yogurt

Patrick Bourcy Wegmans PO Box 30844 Rochester, NY 146030844 1-800-WEGMANS patrick.bourcy@wegmans.com Fresh & Frozen Produce Charles Diechmann Willow Creek Farm 3161 State Route 244 Belmont, NY 14813 585-268-5489 cdeichmann@infoblvd.net Ground Beef

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2007 CONFERENCE PRESENTERS Jill Agnew Willow Pond Farm 395 Middle Rd Sabattus, ME 04280 207-375-6662 willowpf@aol.com www.willowpf.com Turning CSAs into Cornerstones of Sustainable Communities Kathie Arnold Twin Oaks Dairy, LLC. 3175 State Rte 13 Truxton, NY 13158-3107 607-842-6631 Fax: 607-842-6557 randkarnold1@juno.com Grazing Shorts - Calf & Heifer Mgmt on Pasture Dawn & Mike Ashbridge PO Box 507 Liverpool, NY 13088-0507 315-706-0318 dsauchelli@juno.com KIDS: Make Your Own Garden Ink! Chris Awald 2168 Shirley Rd North Collins, NY 14111-9746 716-337-2272 cpawald@aol.com Super Vegetable Variety Round-up Betsey Bacelli NYS School Nutrition Association 100 Sheldon Guiles Blvd Owego, NY 13827 607-687-6284 bbacelli@oagw.stier.org Farm to School - Making the Connection Thomas Becker Farms Service Agency 415 West Morris St Bath, NY 14810 607-776-7398 thomas.becker@ny.usda.gov www.fsa.usda.gov TEENS: Start Your Own Business Venture & Get Money to Fund It! www.nofany.org

Bob Beyfuss Cornell Cooperative Extn Greene County 906 County Office Building, Mtn Ave Cairo, NY 12413 518-622-9820 Fax: 518-622-0115 rlb14@cornell.edu Developing the Medicinal Plant Industry in New York Thomas Bjorkman Cornell University - Dept of Horticulture Science 630 W North St Geneva, NY 14456 315-787-2218 tnb1@cornell.edu Predicting Fertilizer Needs Using Compost on Organic Farms Using Buckwheat Cover Crops as Part of Weed Management on Organic Farms Chuck Blood Rocky Top Acres Farm 1659 Quaker Hill Rd Hubbardsville, NY 13355-9617 315-899-8907 Fax: 315-899-7720 rockytopacres@frontiernet.net Livestock Herd Health: Worming & Parasite Control Lisa Bloodnick Bloodnick Family Farm 691 Pennsylvania Ave Apalachin, NY 13732-2515 607-625-4141 bloodnick2000@yahoo.com Super Vegetable Variety Round-up

Jean-Paul Courtens & Jody Bolluyt Roxbury Farm, LLC. 2501 Rte 9H Kinderhook, NY 12106 518-758-8558 Fax: 518-758-8559 jeanpaul@roxburyfarm.com www.roxburyfarm.com Turning CSAs into Cornerstones of Sustainable Communities Organic Sweet Corn Production Brian Caldwell Cornell Crop & Soil Sciences Dept 905 Bradfield Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 607-255-4747 bac11@cornell.edu Organic Pest & Disease Control for Vegetables Scott Chaskey Peconic Land Trust / Quail Hill Farm PO Box 1268 Amagansett, NY 11930-1268 631-267-8492 Fax: same - call first schaskey@peconiclandtrust.org www.peconiclandtrust.org/ preserve.htm Turning CSAs into Cornerstones of Sustainable Communities Vince Cirasole Sunshine Farm 745 Great Neck Rd Copiague, NY 11726-3836 631-789-8232 Fax: 631-789-8231 vince@sunshinefarm.biz Food from Scratch: How to Start an Organic Vegetable Garden

Bryan Connolly Green Dragon Farm 76 Warrenville Rd Mansfield, CT 06250-1228 Super Vegetable Variety Round-up Michael Davis Willsboro Reasearch Farm 691 Sunset Dr Willsboro, NY 12996 518-963-7492 mhd11@cornell.edu Organic Flax Production in Northern New York Robert DeClue Chenango County SWCD 99 N Broad St Norwich, NY 13815 607-334-8634 x108 Fax: 607-336-2918 Robert-Declue@ny.nacdnet.org Introduction to Pasture Management Mark Dunau Mountain Dell Farm 2386 Roods Creek Rd Hancock, NY 13783-1826 607-467-4034 mldunau@ny.tds.net Super Vegetable Variety Round-up Elizabeth Dyck NOFA-NY, Inc. OSP Project Coordinator 1124 County Rd 38 Bainbridge, NY 13733 607-895-6566 organicseed@nofany.org Super Vegetable Variety Round-up Darrell Emmick & Karen Hoffman Sullivan Natural Resources Conservation Service 100 Grange Pl, Rm 204 Cortland, NY 13045 607-753-0851 x117 Fax: 607-756-0029 darrell.emmick@ny.usda.gov Introduction to Pasture Management

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Lisa Engelbert, Sherrie Hastings, Carol King & Marilyn Murray NOFA-NY Certified Organic, LLC. 840 Upper Front St Binghamton, NY 13905-1542 607-724-9851 Fax: 607-724-9853 certifiedorganic@nofany.org www.nofany.org Organic Certification Programs Judy Fink & Nena Johnson Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture 630 Bedford Rd Pocantico Hills, NY 10591-1202 914-366-6200 x113 Fax: 914-366-7905 judyf@stonebarnscenter.org www.stonebarnscenter.org Effective Techniques at Stone Barns for Educating the Public about Sustainable Ag Debbie Forester Roots and Wisdom 107 Nott Terrace, Ste 301 Schenectady, NY 12308 518-377-1622 x286 forester@sprynet.com www.rootsandwisdom.info TEENS: Roots & Wisdom: Creating Community through Agriculture TEENS: Brainstorming Forum for Youth about Sustainable Agriculture Kurt Froman Clearview Farm 243 Faas Rd Palmyra, NY 14522 315-597-6230 clearviewfarm@bluefrog.com Organic Pest and Disease Control For Vegetables

Jim Gardiner East N West Farm 2549 State Rte 26 Otselic, NY 13072 315-653-7819 herbswork4u@citlink.net Herd Health & Grazing Nutrition Joseph Gersitz 90 Hotchkiss Cir Penfield, NY 14526-1402 585-381-8659 josephg2@frontiernet.net Organic Gardenerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Roundtable Jean Giblette High Falls Gardens PO Box 125 Philmont, NY 12565-0125 518-672-7365 hfg@capital.net www.highfallsgardens.net Developing the Medicinal Plant Industry in New York Steve Gilman Ruckytucks Farm 130 Ruckytucks Rd Stillwater, NY 12170-1812 518-583-4613 sgilman@netheaven.com Practical Ways to Improve Soil Health Michael & Karma Glos Kingbird Farm 9398 W Creek Rd Berkshire, NY 13736-1329 607-657-2860 karma@kingbirdfarm.com www.kingbirdfarm.com Ethics & Morals of Raising Animals for Meat Livestock Herd Health: Worming & Parasite Control Martha Goodsell NY Farms! 125 Williams Rd Candor, NY 13743 607-659-3710 Fax: same - call first nyfarms@clarityconnect.com www.nyfarms.info Farm to School - Making the Connection

John Gorzynski Gorzynski Ornery Farm PO Box 113 Cochecton Center, NY 12727-0113 845-252-7570 gorzynski@citlink.net Super Vegetable Variety Round-up

Adele & Jim Hayes Sap Bush Hollow Farm 1314 W Fulton Rd Warnerville, NY 12187 518-234-2105 sapbush@midtel.net www.sapbush.com Ethics & Morals of Raising Animals for Meat

Maria Grimaldi Panther Rock Farm 148 Hardenburgh Rd Livingston Manor, NY 12758-7502 845-482-4164 pantherrock@hughes.net Successful Organic Perennial Gardening Developing the Medicinal Plant Industry in New York

Elizabeth Henderson Peacework Organic Farm 2218 Welcher Rd Newark, NY 14513-9308 315-331-9029 Fax: 315-331-6873 ehendrsn@redsuspenders.com www.gvocsa.org Turning CSAs into Cornerstones of Sustainable Communities Practical Ways to Improve Soil Health On-Farm Mentoring: Training the Next Generation of Farmers

Nancy Grove Old Path Farm 9148 Butler Rd Sauquoit, NY 13456-2002 315-737-8947 On-Farm Mentoring: Training the Next Generation of Farmers Dr. Vern Grubinger University of Vermont Extension 11 University Way Brattleboro, VT 05301-3669 802-257-7967 vernon.grubinger@uvm.edu www.uvm.edu/ vtvegandberry Cover Crops & Crop Rotation Climate Change, Renewable Energy & Agriculture David Haight American Farmland Trust 112 Spring St, Ste 207 Saratoga Springs, NY 12866-3351 518-581-0078 neaft@farmland.org Land Conservation Options for Organic Farmers

Jane Hodge Just Food 208 East 51st St, 4th Flr New York, NY 10022 212-645-9880 x228 Fax: 212-645-9881 jane@justfood.org www.justfood.org Growing and Selling in Urban Gardens Christy Hoepting Cornell Cooperative Extn. Vegetable Program 12 690 Rte 31 Albion, NY 14411 585-798-4265 Fax: 585-798-5191 cah59@cornell.edu Organic Pest & Disease Control for Vegetables

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Zoe Hollomon, Diane Picard & Youth Interns Massachusetts Avenue Project 271 Grant St Buffalo, NY 14213 716-882-5327 x4 hollomon@mass-ave.org www.mass-ave.org TEENS: SANA Means Healthy! Growing and Selling in Urban Gardens Steven Holzbaur & Roy Westwater CADE, Inc. 250 Main St, Ste 209 Oneonta, NY 13820-2561 607-431-6034 Fax: 607-431-4028 www.cadefarms.org Market Analysis & Business Planning Ed Hurst 2682 Stape Rd Penn Yan, NY 14527 315-536-7535 Grazing Producer Panel & Open Discussion - Lessons Learned Mark Hutton University of Maine Cooperative Extn Highmoor Farm 5722 Deering PO Box 179 Monmouth, ME 04259-0179 207-933-2100 Fax: 207-581-2999 mhutton@umext.maine.edu www.umaine.edu/pse/ index.html Super Vegetable Variety Round-up Heather Jerrett High Mowing Seeds 76 Quarry Rd Wolcott, VT 05680 802-472-6174 Fax: 802-472-3201 heather@highmowingseeds.com www.highmowingseeds.com Super Vegetable Variety Round-up www.nofany.org

Mark & Kristin Kimball Essex Farm 2503 Route 22 Essex, NY 12936 518-963-4613 kimball7@localnet.com Essex Farm: Full-Food, Year-Round, HorsePowered CSA Maureen Knapp Cobblestone Valley Enterprises, LLC. POB 121, 2023 Preble Rd Preble, NY 13141-0121 607-749-4032 Fax: 607-749-3080 cvfarm@twcny.rr.com www.cobblestonevalley.com Land Conservation Options for Organic Farmers Shane LaBrake 703 Bryan Point Rd Accokeek, MD 20607-9603 301-203-8954 Fax: 301-283-2049 sjlabrake@accokeek.org Turning CSAs into Cornerstones of Sustainable Communities Practical Ways to Improve Soil Health On-Farm Mentoring: Training the Next Generation of Farmers CR Lawn FEDCO Seeds PO Box 520 Waterville, ME 04903-0520 207-873-7333 Fax: 207-872-8317 www.fedcoseeds.com Super Vegetable Variety Round-up What Kind of Organic Seed System Would you Like to Grow?

Andy Leed Starflower Farm 243 Tubbs Hill Rd Candor, NY 13743-1103 607-659-3469 Fax: 607-255-4457 starflower.farm@gmail.com Super Vegetable Variety Round-up Organic Pest & Disease Control for Vegetables Bob Lefrancois Organic Equipment Technology 6900 Cockram Rd Byron, NY 14422 716-984-7442 bobl@lwemail.com Organic Weed Equipment Technology Gere Link Linkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;in Llama Farms 81 River St Hobart, NY 13788 607-538-1876 gmslink2002@yahoo.com KIDS: Creative Papermaking & Papermolding KIDS: Create Dream Catchers Maryrose Livingston Northland Sheep Dairy 3501 Hoxie Gorge Freetown Rd Marathon, NY 13803-2404 607-849-4442 tripletree@frontiernet.net Livestock Herd Health: Worming & Parasite Control Fred Magdoff University of Vermont/ Northeast SARE 16 Wilson St Burlington, VT 05401 802-656-0472 fmagdoff@uvm.edu Soil Health as the Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture & Society

Peter Mapstone Pastureland Dairy 8062 West Rd, #2 Manlius, NY 13104 315-682-2724 plmilk@alltel.net Grazing Shorts - From Pasture Mgmt to Crossbreeding: Keys to My Success Klaas & Mary-Howell Martens Lakeview Organic Grain POB 361, 119 Hamilton Pl Penn Yan, NY 14527-0361 315-531-1038 Fax: same - call first kandmhfarm@sprintmail.com Predicting Fertilizer Needs Using Compost on Organic Farms Organic Grain Varieties & Marketing Roundtable Peter & Elizabeth Martens Mary-Howell & Klaas Martens Farm 1443 Ridge Rd Penn Yan, NY 14527-9765 315-536-9879 TEENS: Start Your Own Business Venture & Get Money to Fund It! Peter McDonald McDonald Farm 5374 NYS Route 414 Romulus, NY 14541 607-869-9928 peter@pasturepride.com www.pasturepride.com A Pastured Chicken in Every Pot Meg McGrath Cornell University LIHREC 3059 Sound Ave Riverhead, NY 11901 631-727-3595 Fax: 631-727-3611 mtm3@cornell.edu www.vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu Organic Pest & Disease Control for Vegetables

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Monica Pless & Youth Interns The Food Project PO Box 256141 Dorchester, MA 02125 617-442-1322 Fax: 617-442-7918 mpless@thefoodproject.org www.thefoodproject.org KIDS: Food: Whose Choice Is it Anyway? TEENS: Food: Whose Choice Is it Anyway?

Krista & Aram Oarcea Morning Garden Farm 452 County Rd 2 Accord, NY 12404 845-687-7885 kristaoarcea@earthlink.net KIDS: Birds in Our Backyards & Gardens Homesteading with Children Through the Cycle of the Year

Sandra Prokop NYFB Foundation PO Box 5330, 159 Wolf Rd Albany, NY 12205 518-436-8495 nysprokop@fb.org www.nyfbfoundation.org KIDS: Journey from Orchard to Table

Greg Palmer 3200 NYS Rte 89 Savannah, NY 13146 315-365-3439 Organic Pest & Disease Control for Vegetables Trina Pilonero Silver Heights Farm PO Box 48 Cochecton Center, NY 12727 (845) 482-3608 slvrhgts@pronetisp.net Organic Pest and Disease Control For Vegetables Richard Pirog Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture Iowa State University, 209 Curtiss Hall Ames, IA 50011 515-294-1854 rspirog@iastate.edu www.leopold.iastate.edu Keynote Address Building Vibrant & Sustainable Food Networks

Teri Ptacek Agriculture Stewardship Association 28R Main St Greenwich, NY 12834 518-692-7285 asa@agstewardship.org www.agstewardship.org Land Conservation Options for Organic Farmers Matthias & Andrea Reisen Healing Spirits Herb Farm & Education Center 61247 State Rte 415 Avoca, NY 14809 607-566-2701 healingspirits@infoblvd.net www.infoblvd.net/ healingspirits Developing the Medicinal Plant Industry in New York Sean Robinson The Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Museum PO Box 30 Cooperstown, NY 13326-0030 607-547-1431 Fax: 607-547-1499 s.robinson@nysha.org www.farmersmuseum.org KIDS: From Rocks to Cheese

Joel Salatin Polyface, Inc. 43 Pure Meadows Ln Swoope, VA 24479 540-885-3590 Fax: 540-885-5888 husbandman@ntelos.net www.polyfacefarms.com/ contact.html Keynote Address Pastured Livestock Systems a la Salatin Meagan Schipanski Cornell University 134A Plant Science Bldg Ithaca, NY 14853 607-254-2945 mec62@cornell.edu Predicting Fertilizer Needs Using Compost on Organic Farms Rachel & Steffen Schneider Hawthorne Valley Farm 327 County Rte 21C Ghent, NY 12075 518-672-4465 x104 Fax: 518-672-7457 srschn@aol.com www.hawthornevalleyfarm.com Hawthorne Valley Farm: Synergies of Farm, School & Economic Enterprises

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Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program Steve Miller PO Box 1209 Morrisville, NY 13408 315-684-3001 x106 Fax: 315-684-9290 sgm6@cornell.edu The Fertrell Company Dave Mattocks 600 N Second St Bainbridge, PA 17502 717-367-1566 Fax: 717-367-9319 dave@fertrell.com www.fertrell.com Goldpetals Ellen White Weir 111 Christian Hill Rd Cooperstown, NY 13326 607-547-8425 goldpetals@oecblue.com www.goldpetals.com Grindstone Farm Richard deGraff 780 County Rte 28 Pulaski, NY 13142 315-298-4139 Fax: 315-298-2119 gsforganic@aol.com www.grindstonefarm.com

Homestead Organics Richard Courville PO Box 39, 1 Union St Berwick, Ontario, CAN KOA 1RO 613-984-0480 Fax: 613-984-0481 richard@homesteadorgnics.ca www.homesteadorganics.ca Horizon Organic Peter Slaunwhite 7895 Tachabury Rd Canastota, NY 13032-4508 315-420-3293 Fax: 315-366-0014 peterslaunwhite@horizonorganic.com www.horizonorganic.com Johnny’s Selected Seeds Di Cody 955 Benton Ave Winslow, ME 04901 207-861-3900 x235 Fax: 800-738-6314 mphilbrook@johnnyseeds.com www.johnnyseeds.com

King’s Agri Seeds, LLC. Tom Adams 96 Paradise Ln Ronks, PA 17572 866-687-6224 astrock@verizon.net Kreher’s Poultry Farm Brett Kreher PO Box 410 Clarence, NY 14031-0410 716-759-6802 Fax: 716-759-8697 brett@krehereggs.com Lakeview Organic Grain Chuck Richtmyer & Daniel Hoover POB 361, 119 Hamilton Pl Penn Yan, NY 14527-0361 315-531-1038 Fax: 315-531-1038 kandmhfarm@sprintmail.com Lancaster Ag Products Jacob Stoltzfus & Merlin Nussbaum 340 Beechdale Rd Bird-in-Hand, PA 17505-9617 717-295-9100 Fax: 717-295-9117 lancasterag1@verizon.net LEAD New York Larry Van De Valk 114 Kennedy Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 607-255-7907 Fax: 607-255-7905 ljv4@cornell.edu www.leadny.org National Center for Appropiate Technology (NCAT) Tammy Hinman 3040 Continental Dr Butte, MT 59201 406-494-8683 Fax: 406-494-2905 tammyh@ncat.org www.attra.ncat.org

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Organix Green Industries Clayton Potter 500 Technology Farm Rd Geneva, NY 14456 585-394-8400 Fax: 585-394-8488 clayton@rollisonLLC.com www.organixgreenindustries.com Panther Rock Farm Maria Grimaldi Moxie Alley Soaps Marie Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Antoni 148 Hardenburgh Rd Livingston Manor, NY 12758 845-482-4164 pantherrock@hughes.net www.pantherrockfarm.com

New York Center for Agricultural Medicine & Health (NYCAMH) Sharon Scofield & Barbara Kersman One Atwell Rd Cooperstown, NY 13326 800-343-7527 Fax: 607-547-6087 sscofield@nycamh.com www.nycamh.com New York Farm Bureau Alan Knight PO Box 5330 Albany, NY 12205-0330 518-461-3244 Fax: 518-431-5656 nyaknight@fb.org www.nyfb.org NOFA-NY Certified Organic, LLC. Carol King 840 Upper Front St Binghamton, NY 13905 607-724-9851 607-724-9853 certifiedorganic@nofany.org www.nofany.org NOFA-NY Organic Seed Partnership Elizabeth Dyck 1124 County Rd 38 Bainbridge, NY 13733 607-895-6913 organicseed@nofany.org www.nofany.org

Northern IPM Center Carrie Koplinka-Loehr Cornell University The Insectary Ithaca, NY 14853 607-255-8879 ckk3@cornell.edu NYS Agricultural Mediation Program Charlotte Carter 255 River St Troy, NY 12180 866-669-7267 charlotte@nysdra.org www.nysdra.org Organic Equipment Technology Bob Lefrancois 6900 Cockram Rd Byron, NY 14422 716-984-7442 bobl@lwemail.com Organic Valley/CROPP Cooperative Peter Miller & Lynette Swendsen PO Box 67 Cortland, NY 13045-0067 612-801-3506 Fax: 608-625-3019 peter.miller @organicvalley.coop www.organicvalley.coop

Restora-Life Minerals, LLC. David Kunkle 2827 Swain Hill Rd Swain, NY 14884 585-476-2262 Fax: 585-476-2406 gpakunkle@frontiernet.net Rochester Roots, Inc. Patrick Keeler 121 N Fitzhugh St Rochester, NY 14614 585-232-1463 ecofranco@yahoo.fr www.rochesterroots.org Seedway, LLC. Debra Deis 99 Industrial Rd Elizabethtown, PA 17022 800-952-7333 Fax: 717-367-0387 info@seedway.com www.seedway.com Silver Heights Farm Trina Pilonero PO Box 48 Cochecton Center, NY 12727 (845) 482-3608 slvrhgts@pronetisp.net Organic Pest and Disease Control For Vegetables

Stonyfield Farm Mary Townsend 10 Burton Dr Londonberry, NH 03053 603-437-4040 x2242 mtownsend@stonyfield.com www.stonyfield.com Tierra Farms, Inc. Gunther Fishgold 2424 State Rte 203 Valatie, NY 12184 888-674-6887 gunther@tierrafarm.com www.tierrafarm.com U.S. Soil Judy Roylance PO Box 926 Salida, CO 81201 877-287-7645 www.ussoil.net Vermont Compost Company Joe Klein 1996 Main St Montpelier, VT 05602 802-223-6049 Fax: 802-223-9028 sales@vermontcompost.com www.vermontcompost.com Watershed Agricultural Council Allison Bennett 33195 State Highway 10 Walton, NY 13956 607-865-7790 x125 allisonbennett@nycwatershed.org www.buypurecatskills.com Weston A. Price Foundation Elizabeth Benner PMB 106-380, 4200 Wisconsin Ave NW Washington, DC 20016 585-247-8962 info@westonaprice.org www.westonaprice.org

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Organic Equipment Technology Specializing in Weeding and Cultivating Equipment Kovar Einbรถck Hatzenbichler Call today with your cultivation needs!

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Safety Issues On Your Farm? We Make House Calls! Free On-Farm Hazard Survey & Training Program

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The New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health can assess mechanical, environmental and personal hazards on your farm. Training is also available and covers equipment, farmstead/building and personal protective equipment safety. Ag educators are available to keep you and your workers safe, and to prevent farm injuries.

Call Today for a Free Consultation Contact Jim Carrabba at NYCAMH 800-343-7527 or via e-mail jcarrabba@nycamh.com.

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Over 300 varieties of 100% Certified Organic Vegetable, Herb, Flower and Cover Crop Seed New and Improved Open-Pollinated & Hybrid Seed! Extensive list of accessories, tools and OMRI & USDA approved fertilizers, disease control and insect control products! Also featuring great seed rack programs for farm stands, markets or cooperative food stores! Call or visit us online for more information or to request a FREE catalog 802-472-6174 www.highmowingseeds.com A Vermont family-owned farm and seed company serving organic growers and gardeners since 1996

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Keeping You Growing!

Watch your business grow with ag-specific record-keeping from Farm Credit. Why do the painstaking work yourself when Farm Credit has the experience and a proven history of working with agribusiness owners for more than 90 years? We understand agriculture and can simplify all your financial accounting tasks, giving you more time in your day to run your business. Farm Credit. Record-keeping that keeps you growing!

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Farmers’ Market Community! SELL DIRECT TO CONSUMERS • Central locations with high visibility and parking

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HORIZON ORGANIC is looking for new organic producer partners!

To learn more about becoming an organic dairy producer partner --- call Peter Slaunwhite at 800-381-0980 or local 315-420-3293. Email: peters@horizonorganic.com

Produce WITHOUT the use of ANTIBIOTICS, added GROWTH HORMONES or DANGEROUS PESTICIDES!

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Thank you, organic farmers, for all that you do.

From all the folks at

Stonyfield Farm

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All Meals are in Convention Center Rooms C and D.

Location, location, location...

All Keynotes are in the Ballroom area. All Saturday Garden Workshops are on the first floor in Boardroom 1 (1st floor). The Teen Conference is in Boardroom 4 (1st floor). The Children’s Conference is in Boardroom 2 (1st floor). Child Care is on the first floor in Room 139. Trade Show & Organic Marketplace is in the Foyers and Convention Center A. The Silent Auction is in Convention Center Rooms C and D. The Boardroom area can be reached by taking lobby elevators up one level to 1st floor.

We are grateful to our sponsors for helping to make NOFA-NY’s 25th Conference a success. PLATINUM Horizon Organics

PATRON OF ORGANICS

GOLD The Fertrell Company Donald Hooper Northeast Farm Credit Associations Organic Valley / CROPP Cooperative

SILVER Angelica Kitchen, Inc. CADE, Inc. Harris Seeds 48

Lakeview Organic Grain Lancaster Ag Products Panther Rock Farm Upstate Farms Cooperative, Inc.

BRONZE

U.S. SOIL, INC.

Agricultural Consulting Services, Inc. Bard Center for Environmental Policy Kreher’s Poultry Farm Collette Mealy-Wampole National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) Nature’s Best Organic Feeds Nature’s Pantry

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