#PASA2017 Program Book by Pasa Sustainable Agriculture

Welcome! PASA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Welcome to the 26th Annual Farming for the Future Conference! There is no better way to cap off a year of tremendous change than by focusing in on the themes of Hope, Farm, Heal. Just as we farmers and supporters in the sustainable agriculture movement look to regenerate our soils, PASA is deep into regeneration as an organization and community. I couldn’t be more pleased to be ushering in the next 25 years of a vibrant, healthy and welcoming PASA future. 2016 was a challenging and sometimes trying year, not only for our community but across our nation and around our world. Whether politically, socially, environmentally, religiously or culturally, we’ve been stretched, sometimes seemingly to our limits. And yet, just as we trust the coming season to hold promise for healing our lands as we continue to nourish and work in harmony with our natural environment, we believe in the promise of healing for our communities, through being open-minded, inclusive and willing to be responsive to each other’s needs. As has been demonstrated numerous times throughout the history of our organization, we are a resilient community, full of the capacity to lift each other up. As is true every year when we come together, this year our conference will be full of conversation, learning, reflection, celebration and growth. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me, to offer your advice, share a story, or extend well-wishes. I am very much looking forward to taking this journey together.

Hannah Smith-Brubaker Executive Director

Scott Case Chair Centre County Brooks Miller Vice Chair Perry County Jessie Smith Secretary At Large Lloyd Traven Treasurer Bucks County Roy Brubaker Organizational Leadership Chair Juniata County Nathan Holmes Cultivation Chair Washington County

Michael Brownback Perry County Melanie Dietrich Cochran Cumberland County John Good Berks County Susan Miller Chester County Jessica Moore Philadelphia County David Mortensen Centre County Audrey Gay Rodgers Mifflin County Heidi Secord Monroe County

Claire Orner Program Chair Jefferson County

PASA STAFF Hannah Smith-Brubaker Executive Director

Kristin Hoy Educational Programs: Conference

Franklin Egan Educational Programs Director

Helen Kollar-McArthur Educational Programs

Lauren Smith Development Director

Christina Kostelecky Educational Programs

Dan Dalton Educational Programs: Three Rivers Hub

Peggy Perlongo Accounting

Aaron de Long Educational Programs: Delaware Valley Hub

Chris Rand Annual Giving

CONTENTS 1

Special Features

Schedule Overview

Site Map

Exhibitor Booth Map & List

Wednesday & Thursday Overview

Thursday Sessions at a Glance

Friday Overview

Friday Workshops & Membership Meetings at a Glance

10 Saturday Overview 11 Saturday Workshops & Discussion Sessions at a Glance 12 Providing Farms & Businesses for Meals & Receptions 13 Hannah Smith-Brubaker & PASA Staff Biographies 14 Program Descriptions THE PASA MISSION: Promoting Profitable Farms That Produce Healthy Food For All People While Respecting The Natural Environment

26 Speaker Biographies & Contact Information 30 Sponsors Contact List 37 Advertisements

Special Features Toddler Playroom (Room 222) & Infant Care Room (Room 115)

PASA’s Big Raffle — A New Twist! Thursday evening to Saturday, Deans Hall We bid adieu to the Benefit Auction and thank its donors and buyers for the past 14 years and welcome the Big Raffle! We’ve collected spectacular prizes — including our premier item: a BCS walk-behind tractor! Other raffle packages will appeal to farmers, homesteaders, and locavores, with prizes including farm supplies, a farm-totable dinner, a cheese making weekend, and more. The raffle will debut on Thursday evening in Deans Hall and run through Saturday afternoon. Try your luck, buy some tickets, and support your organization!

Trade Show

General Information

Thursday to Saturday Immerse yourself in the hustle and bustle of the conference by touring PASA’s wellknown Trade Show. Over 80 exhibitors offer a variety of products, from farming tools and services to educational opportunities and expert advice. You’ll also find vendors who feature items such as gourmet foods, textiles, books, gifts, handcrafted wares, and much more. Our vendors create a space that is bursting at the seams with knowledge, creativity, color, and flavor. Find time in your busy conference schedule to visit with our vendors. See pgs 4–5 for a map and list.

Thursday to Saturday, Second Floor Stair Landing Our General Information tables are the PASA community’s classified ad section; don’t miss this great place to learn about new resources and stay connected with the sustainable agriculture community. Browse to see what your fellow attendees are up to, or share something of your own.

Seed Swap & Book Exchange Thursday to Saturday, Second Floor Stair Landing Share and swap seeds, it’s simple! Just place your seeds in envelopes or bags clearly labeled with plant name/variety and where and when seeds were saved (include your contact information if you’re willing). Do you have books you’re ready to pass on? Participate in the leave a book, take a book shared library.

Thursday through Saturday These unstaffed rooms are available for parents with children five years and younger. Room 222 is stocked with toys and games. Room 115 has soft chairs and drawn window shades for children to nap or rest. Parents are responsible for supervising their children at all times, but may coordinate with each other if they wish to share supervision duties. Children may not be left unattended at any time.

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Conference Recordings Booth 70 With so many sessions to choose between, you can’t go to everything! Stop by Rhino Technologies to pick up a few CDs or the entire conference set. You can also get a compilation CD that features past conference keynoter recordings. Not all sessions are recorded. See the order form in your folder or descriptions pages in the program book.

Mercantile & BookNook Thursday to Saturday, Courtyard Lounge Be sure to check out the PASA Mercantile & BookNook in its convenient home off the main hallway. Pick up PASA gear to show your PASA pride and further support your organization! And we love our books! Don’t miss the broad selection brought in especially for the conference — over 100 titles! We proudly feature books authored by this year’s speakers. Check out the schedule of speaker book signings. Special thanks to our BookNook underwriter Chelsea Green Publishing.

Schedule Overview TUESDAY, JANUARY 31

Registration Desk is open from 5pm to 7pm. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1

Registration Desk is open from open 7am to 7pm. 8am Light Morning Snack, 2nd Floor Break Area 9am–5pm Track Programming Lunch in Gardens (ticketed) Dinner on your own. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2

Registration Desk is open from 7am to 7pm. 7–9am Continental Breakfast, 1st & 2nd Floor Break Areas 7am PASA Mercantile Opens, Courtyard Lounge 8:15am Kids Program Check-In, Rooms 219 to 221 9am–12:30pm Morning Session Programming 12:30pm Trade Show & Seed Swap Open 12:30–1:30pm Buffet Lunch (ticketed), Presidents Hall 1:30–5pm Afternoon Session Programming 4pm PA Farmers Union Business Meeting, Room 109 5pm Kids Program Ends 5–6:30pm Social Hour PASA Raffle Opens 5:15pm PA Farmers Union State Convention, Room 109 5:30–6:30pm Cheese Tasting, Senate Suite 5:30pm Speaker Book Signings, PASA Mercantile 6:30pm Buffet Dinner (ticketed), Presidents Hall 7:30pm Trade Show, Raffle, PASA Mercantile, & Seed Swap Close 8pm Live Music with Chuck Darwin & The Knuckle Draggers, Presidents Hall

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4

Registration Desk is open from 7am to 7pm.

Registration Desk is open from 7am to 5:30pm.

7am Trade Show, Raffle, PASA Mercantile, & Seed Swap Open Continental Breakfast, Deans Hall, 1st & 2nd Floor Break Areas Knitting Circle, Hotel Main Lobby by Fireplace

7–8am TriYoga Sessions, Rooms 211 & 218

7:30–8:30am Survey for Mid-Atlantic Fruit & Vegetable Farmers, Room 105

7:15–8:15am Q & A with PASA Leadership, Room 106

8:15am Kids Program Check-In, Rooms 219 to 221

7:30–8:30am Survey for Mid-Atlantic Fruit & Vegetable Farmers, Room 105

8:30–9:50am Workshops

8:15am Kids Program Check-In, Rooms 219 to 221

10:10am Opening Plenary: PASA Perspectives, Presidents Hall 10:30am Opening Plenary: Keynote Address by Janisse Ray, Presidents Hall Janisse Ray book signing immediately following address. 11:45am Farmers Market Café Opens, 1st Floor Break Area 12pm Box Lunch Pick Up (ticketed), Deans Hall Shaver’s Creek Birds of Prey Show, Down from Registration Desk 12:15pm Speaker Book Signings, PASA Mercantile

8:30–9:50am Workshops 10:10am PASAbilities Plenary: Sustainable Ag Leadership Awards, Presidents Hall 10:35am PASAbilities Plenary: Keynote Address by Gabe Brown, Presidents Hall 11:45am Farmers Market Café Opens, 1st Floor Break Area 12pm Box Lunch Pick Up (ticketed), Deans Hall 12pm Young & Beginning Farmer Lunch Meetup, Room 106

12:50–2:10pm Workshops

12:15pm Speaker Book Signings, PASA Mercantile

2:45pm Farmers Market Café Closes

12:50–2:10pm Workshops

2:20–3:20pm Membership Meetings

2:20–3:20pm Discussion Sessions

3:40–5pm Workshops

2:30pm Raffle Sales End

5pm Kids Program Ends Social Hour, Deans Hall & 1st Floor Young & Beginning Farmer Mixer, Legends Pub

2:45pm Farmers Market Café Closes

5:15pm Speaker Book Signings, PASA Mercantile

3:40–5pm Workshops

6:30pm Dinner (ticketed), Presidents Hall Trade Show, Raffle, PASA Mercantile, & Seed Swap Close 8:30pm Movie Screening: How to Let Go of the World, Room 207

3:15pm Raffle Winners Announced Speaker Book Signings, PASA Mercantile

4pm Trade Show, PASA Mercantile, & Seed Swap Close 5pm Kids Program Ends

Penn Stater Conference Center Map Executive Conference Rooms

See page 4 for a map of Exhibitor Booth locations.

Fireplace Front Desk

GROUND LEVEL Gardens Restaurant

Stairs between Conference Center & Hotel Lobby

Legends Pub

SECOND LEVEL

MAIN LEVEL

PASA Mercantile & BookNook

PASA Registration Desk

General Information & Seed Swap

Kid Play Room

FUTURE FARMERS

Senate Suite EXHIBITORS EXHIBITORS Courtyard Lounge

Breakfast (Fri & Sat)

Deans Hall

EXHIBITORS

Conference Recordings

Courtyard

Raffle

Infant Care Room

First Floor Break Area

Breakfast & Webster’s Coffee

Second Floor Break Area

(Thu, Fri & Sat)

Farmers Market Café (Fri & Sat)

Exhibitors (Thu, Fri & Sat)

Exhibitor Booth Map See page 3 for a full map of the Conference Center, including program rooms.

9 8

PRESIDENTS HALL

Senate Suite

DEANS HALL

14 7

Coat Room

5 4

30 48

38 37

31 49

PASA Mercantile

UPPER LEVEL 86

2nd Floor Break Area

51 52 53 54 55 57 56 58

90 91 61 62 63

Registration Desk

1st Floor Break Area

66 67

71 68 69

Key To Exhibitor Booth Map AgrAbility PA ............................................. 85

Johnny’s Selected Seeds ............................ 56

Pennsylvania Certified Organic ................... 5

Agri-Dynamics ........................................... 30

Pennsylvania DCNR Bureau of Forestry ...... 2

Agri-Service LLC ........................................ 49

Josephine Porter Institute for Applied Biodynamics ............................................... 58

Alfrea .......................................................... 78

King’s AgriSeeds ........................................ 43

Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Risk Management ................... 11

American Chestnut Foundation ................. 21

Kitchen Table Consultants ......................... 71

Pennsylvania Farmers Union ..................... 36

American HealthCare Group/ Farm to Table Pittsburgh ............................ 16

Lakeview Organic Grain LLC ..................... 54

Perdue Agribusiness LLC ........................... 76

Lancaster Ag Products .............................. 46

Permie Kids ................................................ 65

Animal Welfare Approved ........................ 60

Laurel Valley Soils ....................................... 61

Pure Life Organic Foods Limited ............... 23

The Barn at Lemont ................................... 69

McEnroe Organic Farm ............................. 84

Rhino Technologies (Recordings) ............. 70

BCS America LLC ....................................... 28

McGeary Organics, Inc ............................. 34

Rimol Greenhouse Systems ...................... 55

BeetWorks .................................................. 91

Mid Atlantic Highland Association ........... 18

Rodale Institute ............................................ 6

Biodynamic Association ............................ 57

Moyer’s Chicks .......................................... 38

SEDA–Council of Governments ................ 88

Certified Naturally Grown .......................... 17

National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) ................................... 77

Seedway, LLC ............................................. 66

Chatham University — Falk School of Sustainability .............................................. 41

National Farmers Union ............................. 37

Chesapeake Bay Foundation ..................... 40

Natural Hope Herbals LLC ........................... 3

Clean Power PA Coalition .......................... 24

Northeast SARE .......................................... 13

Community Partnerships RC&D ............... 83

Norwex — Ann Schultz Independent Consultant .................................................. 20

Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship .................. 64 Delaware Valley University ....................... 33 Dutch Valley Food Development .............. 32 EcoJarz ....................................................... 90 EnviroKure .................................................. 62 Farm Credit .................................................. 4 Farm Family Insurance Companies .............. 1

The Organic Mechanics Soil Co. ........ 50–52 Organic Valley/ CROPP Cooperative ........ 14 PA Farm Link .............................................. 48 PA Preferred ................................................ 10 Pennsylvania Women’s Agricultural Network (PA WAgN) ................................ 86

The Fertrell Company ................................ 59

PASA General Information & Photobooth ................................................... 9

FRESHFARM Markets ................................ 42

PASA Raffle .............................................. 7–8

Sharondale Mushroom Farm ..................... 15 Sierra Club PA Chapter .............................. 19 Simple Soil Solutions ................................. 29 Small Valley Milling .................................... 31 Southern Exposure Seed Exchange ........... 39 SQM Organic ............................................. 45 Sterman Masser Inc. ................................. 68 Summer Creek Farm .................................. 25 Tait Farm ............................................... 26–27 Thorvin, Inc. ............................................... 47 Tierra Farm ................................................. 75 USDA — Rural Development .................... 89 USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service ........................................................ 35

Green Heron Tools ..................................... 53

Peace Tree Farm .................................. 50–52

Vitalis Organic Seeds ................................ 79

Green Mountain Energy ............................ 63

Penn State Extension Sustainable Ag ........ 12

Weston A. Price Foundation ...................... 67

Harris Seeds ..................................................... 87

Penn State Press ........................................ 22

Wild For Salmon ........................................ 44

Farmers Market Café

Visit Our Farmers Market Café 1st Floor Break Area Don’t have a meal ticket? Hungry for a snack? Try some local food from local folks!

Here is a sampling of the menu items: Eden View Organics

Webster’s Café

Sandwiches: Chicken & Egg Salad Salads: Spinach Apple, Black Bean Corn, Spicy Sauerkraut Assorted Whole Grain & Gluten Free Desserts Crackers

Wraps: Vegan Hummus, Vegan Sunflower Seed Pâté, Curried Egg Salad Burritos: Beef, Vegan Chili & Mushroom Sides: Marinated Mushrooms, Potato Salad, Sunflower Seed Pâté Gluten-Free Entrée Salads Unsweetened Iced Tea Iced Brown Cow

Spring Bank Acres Raw Milk Cheese Yogurt Ice Cream Kombucha

EcoVents

Friday & Saturday 11:45am–2:45pm Larger quantities will be available Saturday to take home.

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Pulled Pork Sandwiches & Falafel Pitas Variety of Hearty & Healthy Salads incl Asian Slaw & Kale Variety of Fresh Breads Selection of Vegetarian Toppings & Dips incl Hummus, Olive Tapenade, & Harissa

Gemelli Bakery Assorted Breads & Baked Goods

Salt & Honey Catering Co. Curried Chickpea Sweet Potato Stew Moroccan Brown Rice Salad Miso Roasted Delicata Squash, Tofu, & Red Potatoes Beet, Spinach, & Goat Cheese Sandwich Roasted Eggplant Harissa Pita Sandwich

Wednesday & Thursday Overview Wednesday, February 1 Registration Desk is open 7am-7pm 8am Light Morning Snack, 2nd Floor Break Area 9am-5pm Track Programming Lunch in Gardens (ticketed) Dinner on your own.

Thursday, February 2 Registration Desk is open 7am-7pm 7-9am Continental Breakfast, 1st & 2nd Floor Break Areas 7am PASA Mercantile Opens, Courtyard Lounge 8:15am Kids Program Check-In, Rooms 219 to 221 9am-12:30pm Morning Session Programming 12:30pm Trade Show & Seed Swap Open 12:30-1:30pm Buffet Lunch (ticketed), Presidents Hall 1:30-5pm Afternoon Session Programming 4pm PA Farmers Union Business Meeting, Room 109 5pm Kids Program Ends 5-6:30pm Social Hour & PASA Raffle Opens 5:15pm PA Farmers Union State Convention, Room 109 5:30-6:30pm Cheese Tasting, Senate Suite 5:30pm Speaker Book Signings, PASA Mercantile 6:30pm Buffet Dinner (ticketed), Presidents Hall 7:30pm Trade Show, Raffle, PASA Mercantile, & Seed Swap Close 8pm Live Music with Chuck Darwin & The Knuckle Draggers, Presidents Hall

Snacks & Beverages The Penn Stater provides food and beverages in the Second Floor Break Area beginning at 8am. Food will be available from 8am until 11am and 2pm until 4pm. The beverage area, which includes coffee, tea, juice, and more, will be open from 7am until 5pm.

WEDNESDAY TRACKS 9AM–5PM For descriptions, see page 14. For speaker biographies, see page 26. Growing Success for Direct Market Farmers Atina Diffley Room 206

Lunch If you purchased a lunch through PASA, present your meal ticket to your server. Your ticket covers the Gardens’ hot and cold buffet, the dessert bar, and coffee or tea. If you did not purchase a lunch, you can order off the menu at either Legends Pub or Gardens. We recommend the buffet at Gardens as the quickest option. The PASA Registration Desk can also provide a list of area restaurants.

Starting a Farm from Scratch Kim & Joe Albano; Marilyn Anthony; Jim Gillis; Aimee & John Good; Ted LeBow; Anna Santini & Brooks Miller Room 207

Continental Breakfast & Beverages Continental breakfast foods and a selection of beverages will be available in the First & Second Floor Break Areas from 7am until 9am. The Penn Stater beverage stations will stay open until 10am. We hope you enjoy the spread, which includes a number of donated food products. See page 12 for the full list. Full day or morning only registration is required to participate.

Cheese Sampling Senate Suite Stop by the Senate Suite to meet farmstead cheesemakers, sample their wares, and purchase your favorites to take home.

Principles of Biological Systems & Implications Dan Kittredge Room 208

All Day Coffee & Tea by Webster’s Bookstore & Café Webster’s coffee is available in the First & Second Floor Break Areas starting at 10:30am, and will be closed down at 5pm. There is also a selection of tea and hot water. Donations are welcome, and we strongly encourage you to use your own reusable coffee mug to cut down on cost and waste. If you don’t have one, stop by the PASA Mercantile! An Evening of Socializing Deans Hall & Main Hallway Following the afternoon session, all attendees are invited to join in on a Social Hour, featuring some wonderful products from the PASA community — like the Wild for Salmon smoked salmon spread you’ll write home about and Tait Farm Shrub, which is served in Deans Hall. This year there’s a sweet new addition to Deans Hall: Pittsburgh Ice Cream Co is offering cones for a donation to PASA’s Seeley Legacy and Brownback Scholarship Funds.

Speaker Book Signings PASA Mercantile Gianaclis Caldwell, Sarah Flack, Ben Hartman, Michael Judd Chuck Darwin & The Knuckle Draggers Presidents Hall Fun and lively music will follow dinner on Thursday. The Knuckle Draggers bring roots music to the stage so come prepared to clap, stomp, and sing along. Everyone is invited to join and dance the night away!

Thursday Sessions at a Glance For descriptions, see page 14. For speaker biographies, see page 26.

THURSDAY MORNING SESSIONS 9AMâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;12:30PM Diversifying Your Farm with Organic Value-Added Grain Production Heather Darby; Joel Steigman; Eugene Lapp Room 104 Evaluating Pastured Poultry Housing for Any Scale: From Brooder to Field Mike Badger & Michael Kovach Room 105 Native Appalachian Medicinal Forest Plants: Production, Economics, & Markets Eric Burkhart & John Munsell Room 106 Sustainable Strawberry Stories Emily Lavely; Mark MacDonald; Whitney Scott Room 108

Farm Labor: Law Compliance & Strategies for Success Jim Crawford; Ola Creston & George Brittenburg; Don Kretschmann; Sean High & Ross Pifer Room 205 Grazing 101: Improving Pastures & Feeding the Herd (or Flock) Sarah Flack Room 206 Making Dairy Products at Home: Cheese, Yogurt, & Butter Gianaclis Caldwell Room 207 An Introduction to Lean Farming Ben Hartman Room 208

Aging Cheese: The Art & Science of Affinage Gianaclis Caldwell Room 205

THURSDAY AFTERNOON SESSIONS 1:30â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5:00PM

Taking Grazing to the Next Level: Monitoring the System & Building Resiliency Heather Darby & Sarah Flack Room 206 Grazing experience or attendance at Thurs AM Grazing 101 is required.

Farm Smarter, not Harder, with farmOS Dorn Cox & Mike Stenta Room 104 Commercial Herb Production from Seed to Shelf Matt Dybala; Linda Shanahan & Eric Vander Hyde Room 105

Reducing Tillage Across the Farm: Permanent Beds in Organic Vegetables Anu Rangarajan & Ryan Maher; Bruce Cramer; Liz Martin Room 207

Farm as Ecosystem Gabe Brown Room 106 Yards that Yield Ira Wallace & Michael Judd Room 108

Applying Lean Farming on a Vegetable Farm Ben Hartman Room 208

Weather & Climate Resilience Planning on the Farm Dan Dostie; Rachel Schattman; Justin Geisinger; Don Kretschmann; Matt Steiman Room 204

Conference CDs, DVDs, and MP3s are available! Farming for the Future Plenaries, Sessions, & Workshops are recorded courtesy of Rhino Technologies. CDs of individual recordings and an MP3 of the full conference are available on-site, along with CDs of past keynoters. After the conference, MP3s of individual programs will be available online.

rhino-technologies.com

For a list of which programs are recorded, see the order form in your registration folder

Visit Rhino at Booth #70 7

Friday Overview Friday, February 3 Registration Desk is open 7am-7pm 7am Trade Show, Raffle, PASA Mercantile, & Seed Swap Open Continental Breakfast, Deans Hall, 1st & 2nd Floor Break Areas Knitting Circle, Hotel Main Lobby by Fireplace 7-8am TriYoga Sessions, Rooms 211 & 218 7:30-8:30am Survey for Mid-Atlantic Fruit & Vegetable Farmers, Room 105 8:15am Kids Program Check-In, Rooms 219 to 221 8:30-9:50am Workshops 10:10am Opening Plenary: PASA Perspectives, Presidents Hall 10:30am Opening Plenary: Keynote Address by Janisse Ray, Presidents Hall Janisse Ray book signing immediately following address. 11:45am Farmers Market Café Opens, 1st Floor Break Area 12pm Box Lunch Pick Up (ticketed), Deans Hall Shaver’s Creek Birds of Prey Show, Down from Registration Desk 12:15pm Speaker Book Signings, PASA Mercantile 12:50-2:10pm Workshops 2:45pm Farmers Market Café Closes 2:20-3:20pm Membership Meetings 3:40-5pm Workshops 5pm Kids Program Ends Social Hour, Deans Hall & 1st Floor Young & Beginning Farmer Mixer, Legends Pub 5:15pm Speaker Book Signings, PASA Mercantile 6:30pm Dinner (ticketed), Presidents Hall Trade Show, Raffle, PASA Mercantile, & Seed Swap Close 8:30pm Movie Screening: How to Let Go of the World, Room 207

Opening Plenary Join PASA leadership for a “state of the organization” update on the past year for PASA, and a look towards challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. Hear from the inspiring and often amusing Tom Beddard of Lady Moon Farms. Then enjoy the keynote presentation by renowned author, naturalist, and activist Janisse Ray. Drawing on her books including Ecology of a Cracker Childhood and The Seed Underground, Janisse will explore how we can find the strength we need to protect our most precious resources. See pg 32 for her full biography. Janisse will sign her books immediately following the address. Special thanks to Lady Moon Farms for their support of Friday’s opening plenary! Speaker Book Signings PASA Mercantile • Fri 12:15pm Ben Hartman, Julia Shanks, Beth & Shawn Dougherty, Lee Reich • Fri 5:15pm Sarah Flack, Caroline Owens, Simon Huntley

Movie Screening: How to Let Go of the World & Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change Join us for a screening of acclaimed documentarian Josh Fox’s investigation into the greatest threat our world has ever known: Climate Change. The film acknowledges that it may be too late to stop some of the worst consequences of climate change and asks, what is so deep within us that no calamity can take it away? Room 207

Friday Workshops & Membership Meetings at a Glance For descriptions, see page 14. For speaker biographies, see page 26.

WORKSHOPS 8:30–9:50AM Fruit Tree Planting & Establishment Lee Reich Presidents 1 Native Appalachian Medicinal Forest Plants: Finding a Niche in Forest Herbs Eric Burkhart & John Munsell Presidents 2 The Graziers Tool Box: Improving Pasture Productivity & Quality Sarah Flack Room 104 Biodynamic Farming Principles & Practices Mac Mead Room 105 Farmers & Local Government: What’s in It for Me? Judy Chambers Room 106

Growing Cut Flowers for Market Charis Lindrooth Room 205

Sheep 101: How to Have A Successful First Year Caroline Owens Room 108

Managing Cover Crops with Reduced Tillage for Improved Soil Health Bill Curran, Ron Hoover, & Wade Esbenshade Room 206

Q & A: Conversation with Our Keynoter Janisse Ray Room 202

Lean Vegetable Growing: Tips & Techniques Ben Hartman Room 207 Allium Pests & Diseases from Allium Leaf Miner to Rot Beth Gugino, Dana Roberts, & Shelby Fleischer Room 208 QuickBooks for Farmers Julia Shanks Senate Suite

WORKSHOPS 12:50–2:10PM

100% Beef: Farmers & Processors Work Together to Use the Whole Animal Tony Page; Cathy Pomanti Room 107

Data-Driven Farming & Citizen Science with FARMDATA Franklin Egan; Trey Flemming; Matt Steiman Executive Conference Suite

The Independent Homestead: Reducing Off-Farm Inputs Beth & Shawn Dougherty Room 108

Growing Sweet Potatoes from Start to Finish Pam Dawling Presidents 1

The Dynamics of Farming with Family: A Panel Discussion Terra & Will Brownback; Anna Santini & Brooks Miller; Linda Shanahan & Eric Vander Hyde Room 109 DGA: Formal Apprenticeship as a Pathway to a Successful Farming Career Altfrid Krusenbaum Room 202 Mycotoxins, Manure Signals, & Health Issues in Poultry Casey Trinkaus Room 203 Why the Farm Bill Matters: Subsidies, GMOs, Pollution & Big Opportunities Colin O’Neil Room 204

An Introduction to Vegetable Transplant Production Sarah Bay Presidents 2 Farm Hack: Democracy, Tools, & Soil Dorn Cox Room 104 Pennsylvania Farm Policy Roundtable Heidi Secord; Erin Smith; Geoffrey Whaling Room 105 Integrating Pasture-Raised Laying Hens onto a Produce Farm George Brittenburg Room 106 Q & A: Nutrient Management on Organic Farms Heather Darby Room 107

Farmers Market Management: Who’s Running the Show? Judy Chambers & Brian Moyer Room 203 Q & A: Applying Lean to Your Farm Ben Hartman Room 205 Unshelling the Chestnut Industry from Orchard Planting to Marketing the Harvest Ian Cheek & Gary Gilmore Room 206 Marketing for All: How to Stop Overthinking & Get Back to the Basics Angela Corrado Room 207 Growing Food & Community through Multi Plot Urban Farming Sunil Patel Room 208 The Biodynamic Preparations: Connecting to Our Plants, Animals, & Farms Mac Mead Senate Suite Freezing Local Food to Address Health Issues & Food Waste CANCELLED

MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS 2:20–3:20 PM Select a room based on your home county. If you live outof-state, pick whichever region is closest to you. North Central Region Room 108 Bradford, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Elk, Lycoming, McKean, Montour, Northumberland, Potter, Sullivan, Tioga, Union

Western Region Room 206 Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Greene, Indiana, Jefferson, Lawrence, Mercer, Somerset, Venango, Warren, Washington, Westmoreland Eastern Region Room 207 Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Delaware, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia, Pike, Schuylkill, Susquehanna, Wayne, Wyoming South Central Region Room 208 Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lebanon, Mifflin, Perry, Snyder, York

WORKSHOPS 3:40–5PM Food Rescue: A Grassroots Response to Food Waste & Food Inequality Jamie McKnight & Cathy Snyder Executive Conference Suite Preventing Pasture Pitfalls: Learning from Our Livestock & Pastures Sarah Flack Room 104

Climate Change: Why & How to Reverse Greenhouse Gas Emissions Mark Dixon Room 109 Using Baby Carriers around the Farm…for Babies and Much More! Rachel Gaston-Pifer Room 202 Cheese from Sunlight & Rain Jonathan White Room 203 Rotational No-Till & Insectary Strips for Organic Cucumber Production Gladis Zinati Room 204 Goat Health Triage: Learning to Read the Signs & Keep a Healthy, Holistic Herd Gianaclis Caldwell Room 205 Biodynamics & Permaculture: Intertwining Holistic Farming Systems Stewart Lundy Room 206 Sustainable Energy Projects on the Farm Matt Steiman & Don Kretschmann Room 207 Developing a Soil Health Plan & Integrating Test Results Dan Kittredge Room 208 What Eaters Want Simon Huntley Senate Suite

Mixing Your Cover Crop Cocktail Ebony Murrell & Dave Mortensen Room 105 Creating Enterprises to Take Advantage of Opportunities on Your Farm Gabe Brown Room 106 Preparing for & Protecting the Farm from the Cost of Long Term Care Karen Hackman Room 107 High Tunnel Raspberry Production Claire & Rusty Orner; Kathy Demchak Room 108

Saturday Overview Friday, February 4 Registration Desk is open 7am-5:30pm 7am Trade Show, Raffle, PASA Mercantile, & Seed Swap Open Continental Breakfast, Deans Hall, 1st & 2nd Floor Break Areas Knitting Circle, Hotel Main Lobby by Fireplace 7-8am TriYoga Sessions, Rooms 211 & 218 7:15-8:15am Q & A with PASA Leadership, Room 106 7:30-8:30am Survey for Mid-Atlantic Fruit & Vegetable Farmers, Room 105 8:15am Kids Program Check-In, Rooms 219 to 222 8:30-9:50am Workshops 10:10am PASAbilities Plenary: Sustainable Ag Leadership Awards, Presidents Hall 10:35am PASAbilities Plenary: Keynote Address by Gabe Brown, Presidents Hall 11:45am Farmers Market Café Opens, 1st Floor Break Area 12pm Box Lunch Pick Up (ticketed), Deans Hall 12pm Young & Beginning Farmer Lunch Meet Up, Room 106 12:15pm Speaker Book Signings, PASA Mercantile 12:50-2:10pm Workshops 2:20-3:20pm Discussion Sessions 2:30pm Raffle Sales End 2:45pm Farmers Market Café Closes 3:15pm Raffle Winners Announced Speaker Book Signings, PASA Mercantile 3:40-5pm Workshops 4pm Trade Show, PASA Mercantile, & Seed Swap Close 5pm Kids Program Ends

Continental Breakfast & Beverages Continental breakfast foods and a selection of beverages will be available in the First & Second Floor Break Areas from 7am until 9am. The beverages will stay open until 10am. We hope you enjoy the spread, which includes a number of donated food products. See page 12 for the full list. Registration is required to participate. All Day Coffee & Tea by Webster’s Bookstore & Café Webster’s coffee is available in the First & Second Floor Break Areas starting at 10:30am, and will be closed down at 5pm. There is also hot water and a selection of teas. Donations are welcome, and we strongly encourage you to use your own reusable coffee mug. If you don’t have one, stop by the PASA Mercantile! No Lunch Ticket? Visit the Farmers Market Café or Gardens lunch buffet! Enjoy a snack or a meal from a variety of local food vendors in the Farmers Market Café, available from 11:45am to 2:45pm in the First Floor Break Area. See page 5 for a list of vendors and food items. The Gardens lunch buffet is also a great option for a quick lunch. Stop by the PASA Registration Desk for a list of area restaurants. Q & A with PASA Leadership It’s been a year of transitions for PASA, including major staff changes, a new Executive Director, and a renewed focus on educational programming. Please join PASA staff and board members for an open discussion of your questions and concerns. PASAbilities Plenary Hear inspiring stories from this year’s recipients of the Sustainable Agriculture Leadership Awards, Todd & John Hopkins and Small Farm Central. We’ll be joined by PA Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding, followed by an address by PASA’s new Executive Director Hannah Smith-Brubaker. Then hear how soil health pioneer Gabe Brown and his family use Holistic Management to regenerate landscapes and solve problems in a natural and sustainable way. Soil health is a priority, which they build through no-till, diverse cropping strategies, an evolving grazing strategy, and the elimination of synthetic fertilizers, fungicides, and pesticides. See page 26 for his full biography. Special thanks to Kimberton Whole Foods for their support of Saturday’s PASAbilities plenary! Todd & John Hopkins Sustainable Ag Leadership Award Todd and John Hopkins are Pennsylvania natives who worked on ranches out West in the 1980s before returning home to found Forks Farm, located near Bloomsburg. Starting out by breeding and raising cattle for auction, bottom-line realities and personal beliefs quickly led them to embrace ideas they were learning

from Joel Salatin and other farmers they were meeting through PASA. At Forks Farm, they have continuously advanced techniques for multi-species grazing and now manage an 86-acre operation all focused on a direct market model. Longtime active PASA members, Todd and John have hosted field days, served on PASA’s board of directors, volunteered at PASA events, and mentored beginning farmers. Small Farm Central Sustainable Ag Business Leadership Award Small Farm Central provides innovative marketing and management tools to help family farms and start-up farms succeed. Founder Simon Huntley grew up on a small farm in the hills of southwestern Pennsylvania. An information technology specialist by trade, he began Small Farm Central in 2006, after working to help expand and create an online presence for a longtime Colorado fruit grower and his start-up CSA. Ten years in, Small Farm Central has worked with thousands of farms, helping growers market themselves and reach customers interested in smallscale, sustainable food systems. In a field where many know soil but few know UNIX, Small Farm Central has helped farmers tackle marketing and affiliated technologies to grow profits. Speaker Book Signings PASA Mercantile • Sat 12:15pm Sarah Flack, Lee Reich, Pam Dawling, Gianaclis Caldwell • Sat 3:15pm Victoria Miller, Beth & Shawn Dougherty, Micheal Judd

Saturday Workshops & Discussion Sessions at a Glance For descriptions, see page 14. For speaker biographies, see page 26.

WORKSHOPS 8:30–9:50AM Crop Rotations for Vegetables & Cover Crops Pam Dawling Presidents 1 Homestead-Scale Pig Production from Piglet to Porkchop Beth & Shawn Dougherty Presidents 2 Starting up a Vegetable Operation on Two Acres or Less Justin Naylor Presidents 3 Success with Blueberries Lee Reich Presidents 4 Diversifying Your Product List with Value-Added Grains Heather Darby Room 104 Q & A: Fine Tuning & Troubleshooting Your Grazing System Sarah Flack Room 105 Writing Your Own Story: Creative Nonfiction from the Farm Janisse Ray Room 106 Seed Growing in a Biodynamic Setting Lia Babitch Room 107

Liquor Laws & Regulations in Pennsylvania Tim Bowser & Mike Negra Room 205

The Farm Bill is Coming! Make Your Voice Heard Marla Larrave & Wes King Room 107

Guild House Farm’s Trials in Maximizing Production on a Small-Scale Farm Ari Rosenberg Room 206

Winning CSA Strategies Panel Anton Burkett; Dave Liker; Simon Huntley Room 108

Forest Farming Approaches & Crop Options Eric Burkhart & John Munsell Room 207

Q & A: Conversation with Our Keynoter Gabe Brown Room 109

Biological Pest Management for Success with Organic Tomatoes & Bell Peppers Steve Bogash Room 208

Q & A: Dairy Herd Health Gianaclis Caldwell Room 203

Creating Room to Flourish: Managing Interpersonal Conflict Effectively Walt Whitmer Senate Suite

WORKSHOPS 12:50–2:10PM Organic Sweet Corn Production & Double-Cropping Cole Crops Will Brownback Presidents 1 Strategies for Livestock & Irrigation Water on the Homestead or Farm Beth & Shawn Dougherty Presidents 2

Planning for Growth Julia Shanks Room 108

Tools & Practices for Zone Tillage in Organic Vegetables Anu Rangarajan & Ryan Maher Presidents 3

Q & A: Producing Nutrient-Dense Food Dan Kittredge Room 109

Craft Distilling: Making Liquor Legally at Home Victoria Miller Presidents 4

Taking Leadership Within Your Cooperative or Food Hub Judy Chambers & Peggy Fogarty Room 202

If You’ve Got Livestock, You’ve Got Deadstock Sandra Kay Miller Room 104

Dairy Udder Health Gianaclis Caldwell Room 203 Pastured Livestock for a Hungry World Franklin Egan & Brooks Miller Room 204

Pastured Poultry Nutrition & Management Casey Trinkaus Room 105 Keeping Records in the Field with Mobile Apps Alex Smith Room 106

Producing Potatoes for the Wholesale Market Nancy Jury Room 204 So You’re Looking for a Loan? Amanda Knackstedt & Hannah Masser Room 205 Farmers Markets in Underserved Neighborhoods: Strategies for Success Lisa Kelly & Bob Solly Room 206 Value-Added Products to Expand & Diversify Your Product Line Kim Tait; Jessica Seeley & Kim Seeley; Ben Wenk Room 207 Uncommonly Easy to Grow Fruits in the Food Forest Michael Judd Room 208 Q & A: Applying Biodynamics in Your Farm or Garden Lia Babitch; Stewart Lundy; Mac Mead Senate Suite

DISCUSSION SESSIONS 2:20–3:20 PM University Farms Meetup Room 105 Food Service Professionals Meetup Room 106 Music Jam Session Room 112 Let’s Talk about the Farm Bill Room 204 Emergency Planning on the Farm Room 205 Finding/Creating Marketing Outlets Room 207 Urban Farming Room 208 TBA based on membership meetings Room 108 TBA based on membership meetings Room 206

Advantages of Growing in a Sustainable, Peat Free Soil-Less Mix Rick Hood Room 105 Hemp in Pennsylvania Erica McBride & Geoffrey Whaling Room 106 Small-Scale Hop Production from Planning to Processing Tess Weigand & Joshua Brock Room 107 Selling to Schools: Community Supported Agriculture Tegan Bernstein & Kelsey Porter Room 108 Cooperating for Food Safety Success Lindsay Gilmour & Jeff Stoltzfus Room 109 Increasing Beneficial Fats in Forage & Milk Heather Darby Room 204 Biodynamic Animal Husbandry Mac Mead Room 205

WORKSHOPS 3:40–5PM Succession Planting for Continuous Vegetable Harvests Pam Dawling Presidents 1 Holistic Soil Fertility Management: Feeding Your Soils for Better Crops Dan Dalton Presidents 2 Creating & Sustaining a Successful Small Business Jenn & Steve Kurian Presidents 3 Pollinator Preferred: Favorite Plants of Our Beneficial Insects Wendy Brister Presidents 4

Solar Water Pumping with Drip Irrigation Bill Hennessy & Reuben DeMaster Room 206 Hardy Kiwifruit, Better than the Fuzzies Lee Reich Room 207 Poultry Unplugged: Free Ranging Poultry Just about Anywhere Victoria Miller Room 208 Q & A: Reducing Tillage for Vegetable Crops Anu Rangarajan & Ryan Maher Senate Suite

Small-Scale Biogas Systems for Farm & Homestead Bob Hamburg Room 104

2017 PROVIDING FARMS & BUSINESSES PASA works hard to bring in some of the best ingredients to prepare our conference meals. We are proud to share the extensive list of participating businesses. We hope you enjoy their products! Country Time Farm

Lady Moon Farms

Once Again Nut Butter Collective

Sterman Masser Potato Farms

Hamburg, Berks County Sweet Italian Sausage

Florida & Georgia Organic Eggplant, Lettuces, Fennel, Swiss Chard, Kale & Tomatoes

Nunda, New York Natural Peanut Butter

Sacramento, Schuylkill County Pennsylvania Potatoes

Organic Valley Family of Farms

Stone Meadow Farm

LaFarge, Wisconsin Cheddar & Cream Cheese, Cheese & Meat Snacks, Summer Sausage, Chocolate Milk, Half & Half, Soy Creamer

Woodward, Centre County Farmstead Cheeses & Grass-Fed Ground Beef

Cow-a-Hen Farm Mifflinburg, Union County Ground Pastured Pork

Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative Lancaster, Lancaster County Organic Butternut Squash & Spinach

Culton Organics Silver Spring, Lancaster County Organic Cornmeal

The Family Cow Chambersburg, Franklin County Pastured Chicken

Lancaster Hummus Company Lancaster, Lancaster County Fresh-Made Hummus

Leidy’s Natural Pork Souderton, Montgomery County Natural Pork Bacon

Four Seasons Produce

Leraysville Cheese Factory

Ephrata, Lancaster County Organic Produce…and lots of it!

Leraysville, Bradford County Assorted Pennsylvania Cheeses

Frankferd Farms Foods

Macneal Orchard & Sugar Bush

Saxonburg, Butler County Organic Quinoa, Beans & Tofu, Peanut Butter Support

Rebersburg, Centre County Maple Syrup

Milky Way Farms Golden Rock Farm Roaring Branch, Tioga County Grass-fed Beef

Hares Valley Growers Mapleton Depot, Huntingdon County Organic Turnips

Help from Above Farm Three Springs, Huntingdon County Organic Rosemary

Troy, Bradford County Chocolate Milk & Heavy Cream

Sunny Ridge Farm Over the Moon Farm Rebersburg, Centre County Savory Breakfast Sausage

Spring Run, Franklin County Organic Watermelon Radishes & Carrots

Sunrise Logistics Patchwork Farm Aaronsburg, Centre County Organic Dry Beans

Ephrata, Lancaster County Product Consolidation & Transportation

Tait Farm Foods Pittsburgh Ice Cream Company Pittsburgh, Allegheny County Handcrafted Ice Cream

Centre Hall, Centre County Assorted Chutneys & Fruit Shrubs

Three Springs Fruit Farm Phillips Mushroom Farms Kennett Square, Chester County Organic Mushrooms

Aspers, Adams County Apples & Peaches

Triangle Organics Farm Porter Farm

Aaronsburg, Centre County Grass-Fed Ground Beef

Mockingbird Hill

Elba, New York Organic Yellow Onions & Green Cabbage

Millville, Columbia County Organic Red Beets

Profeta Farms

Mother Earth Organic Mushrooms

Readington, New Jersey Organic Pastured Chicken

West Grove, Chester County Organic Button Mushrooms

Roaring Spring Premium Water

Tuscarora Organic Growers Cooperative (TOG)

Natural Dairy

Roaring Spring, Blair County Fresh Spring Water

Hustontown, Huntingdon County Organic vegetables from their farms!

Sauder’s Eggs

Village Acres Farm & FoodShed

Lititz, Lancaster County Hardboiled Eggs

Mifflinburg, Juniata County Organic Eggs

Trickling Springs Creamery Chambersburg, Franklin County Pennsylvania Ice Cream

Spring Run, Franklin County Organic Parsnips

Newark, Delaware Organic Half & Half, Sour Cream, Heavy Cream, Whole & Chocolate Milk, Brown Sugar Whipped Cream

Hidden Brook Farm

New Morning Farm

Seven Stars Farm

Webster’s Bookstore & Café

Spring Run, Franklin County Organic Carrots

Hustontown, Huntingdon County Apple Cider Support

Phoenixville, Chester County Biodynamic Yogurt

State College, Centre County Fresh-Brewed Coffee & Assorted Teas

Koch’s Turkey Farm

Old School Snacks

Snyder’s of Hanover

Wild For Salmon

Tamaqua, Schuykill County Fresh Turkey

Cairnbrook, Somerset County Wild Rice & Sesame Snacks

Hanover, York County Gluten Free Pretzels

Bloomsburg, Columbia County Wild-Caught Salmon

Hickory Nut Farm

Farmers Market Café

Visit Our Farmers Market Café 1st Floor Break Area Don’t have a meal ticket? Hungry for a snack? Try some local food from local folks!

Here is a sampling of the menu items: Eden View Organics

Webster’s Café

Sandwiches: Chicken & Egg Salad Salads: Spinach Apple, Black Bean Corn, Spicy Sauerkraut Assorted Whole Grain & Gluten Free Desserts Crackers

Spring Bank Acres Raw Milk Cheese Yogurt Ice Cream Kombucha

EcoVents

Friday & Saturday 11:45am–2:45pm Larger quantities will be available Saturday to take home.

Brough to you in part by

Pulled Pork Sandwiches & Falafel Pitas Variety of Hearty & Healthy Salads incl Asian Slaw & Kale Variety of Fresh Breads Selection of Vegetarian Toppings & Dips incl Hummus, Olive Tapenade, & Harissa

Gemelli Bakery Assorted Breads & Baked Goods

Introducing Hannah Smith-Brubaker Executive Director Hannah Smith-Brubaker comes to PASA having most recently served as Pennsylvania Agriculture Deputy Secretary. As Deputy, she focused on agricultural markets and economic development, farmland preservation, and the charitable food system. No stranger to the PASA family, Hannah, with her partner Debra Brubaker and family, operates Village Acres Farm & FoodShed — an organic produce and pastured poultry farm in Juniata County. Lifetime and Permanent Business members of PASA, Village Acres has been in operation for 35 years, 25 of which have been organically certified and nearly 20 of which have involved year-round community supported agriculture. Hannah brings more than twenty years of off-farm experience in nonprofit education, community development, business administration, and a proven record of working with the full diversity of agriculture, insisting on inclusion and open dialogue. Hannah is excited to help PASA build on a firm foundation of community partnerships, for, as she states, “what makes PASA special as an organization is its focus on people and the desire of its members to share their knowledge and experience.” Welcome Hannah with a note! Stop by PASA’s information table in Deans Hall to send a note to Hannah. Well wishes, concerns, ideas, and any other kinds of feedback are encouraged.

MEET THE REST OF THE PASA TEAM! FRANKLIN EGAN Education Director Franklin joined PASA in June 2015 as our first Director of Educational Programs. Franklin will be leading PASA’s efforts to develop a rigorous new farmer training program, enhance networks for farmer to farmer learning, and build a platform for on-farm research and experimentation. LAUREN SMITH Development Director Lauren is in her 18th year at PASA and has seen incredible organizational growth and impressive increases in small farms selling REAL food. AARON DE LONG Delaware Valley Sustainability Hub Program Manager Aaron grew up in southeast Pennsylvania, and worked on fruit, flower, and vegetable farms for years, before becoming a field biology research technician for various non-profits and government agencies across the country.

KRISTIN HOY Conference Manager Kristin joined the PASA staff in 2007 as a seasonal conference employee. She is currently the Conference Manager, overseeing the planning of PASA's annual Farming for the Future Conference. PEGGY PERLONGO Accounting Manager Peggy joined the PASA staff in July 2015 as our Accounting Manager. She recently returned to central Pennsylvania. CHRIS RAND Annual Giving Manager Chris moved to State College in 2002, bringing with him finance and business expertise and a love of the great outdoors. Following a decade in property management and development, he found a new passion in non-profit work. HELEN KOLLAR-MCARTHUR Educational Programs Coordinator Helen began her work at PASA in the late summer of 2013 as a Conference

Assistant. She is now the Educational Programs Coordinator and works to coordinate educational events and program evaluation across the Sustainability Hubs. CHRISTINA KOSTELECKY Educational Programs Associate Christina joined PASA in October 2015 as Educational Programs Associate. Christina recently relocated to Pennsylvania after living in South Korea for a few years. DAN DALTON Three Rivers Sustainability Hub Manager Dan joined PASA in October 2016 as the Three Rivers Sustainability Hub Manager. He is responsible for educational programming, member outreach, and research coordination in western Pennsylvania. Dan holds a master’s degree in international development from the University of Pittsburgh with a major in development planning and environmental sustainability, which he focused on agriculture and rural development.

Program Descriptions All programs are recorded unless otherwise noted.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 TRACKS 9AM– 5PM Growing Success for Direct Market Farmers Atina Diﬄey, FamilyFarmed.org Material Level: General Not Recorded Room 206 Who is your customer and why do they buy? Meeting the needs and values of your customers is fundamental to creating a healthy long-term relationship. Maintaining the relationship requires attention to details. This track will cover how to serve the direct market and make your farm a highly desired source of fresh produce, as well as discuss key areas of food safety and scale-appropriate ways to minimize risk and embed safe practices into your daily operations. All experience levels welcome. In partnership with Family Farmed with funds provide by the USDA.

Starting a Farm from Scratch Kim & Joe Albano, Ironstone Creamery; Marilyn Anthony, Temple University Fox School of Business; Jim Gillis, USDA NRCS; Aimee & John Good, The Good Farm; Ted LeBow, Kitchen Table Consultants; Anna Santini & Brooks Miller; North Mountain Pastures Material Level: Introductory/Overview Not Recorded Room 207 Starting a farm begins with a vision, but often becomes an exercise in logistics. This full-day, pre-conference track is designed to help aspiring farmers think critically about their farm vision, from land acquisition decisions, to farm design, to effective business planning. Presenters with professional consulting experience in each of these key areas will speak alongside three different farms, each of whom have followed different paths towards long-term sustainability. Attendees are invited to come with their questions, thoughts, and plans, as the day will be a conversation and exchange designed to help participants make their farm vision a reality.

Principles of Biological Systems & Implications Dan Kittredge, Bionutrient Food Association Material Level: Introductory/Overview Not Recorded Room 208 This track will cover the dynamics by which plants evolved to ﬂourish, and management

practices that support the environment for that to occur. Strategies for soil aeration, hydration, mineral balancing, inoculation, and feeding through the liquid carbon pathway will be presented. Presenter Dan Kittredge will also cover broader implications for soil carbon sequestration, increases in pest and disease resistance, along with nutritive value, ﬂavor, aroma, and shelf life. The lay of the land as it pertains to consumer education, marketing, and the food movement will also be discussed.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2 SESSIONS 9AM– 12:30PM Diversifying Your Farm with Organic Value-Added Grain Production Heather Darby, University of Vermont; Joel Steigman, Small Valley Milling; Eugene Lapp, Lapp Brothers LLC Material Level: Introductory/Overview Room 104 Join Dr. Heather Darby and PA grain growers Eugene Lapp and Joel Steigman for an exciting session that will provide you with a picture of what it takes to take grain from seed to table. This session will start with a basic overview of grain production including types of grains, ﬁeld preparation, fertility, planting, weed control, and harvesting techniques. Equipment considerations for growing and harvesting grains will be highlighted. In addition on-farm processing will be discussed.

Evaluating Pastured Poultry Housing for Any Scale: From Brooder to Field Mike Badger, APPPA/Pastured Poultry Talk & Michael Kovach, Walnut Hill Farm Material Level: Introductory/Overview Room 105 This class will evaluate the design and use of pasture-based housing models in the context of principled pastured poultry practices, animal welfare, and production economics. We’ll cover housing models for all scales of production using real-world examples for broilers, layers, and turkeys. Whether you build your shelters yourself or buy them, you’ll be able to make informed decisions based on your needs. Construction guidance will be provided for some popular shelter designs.

Native Appalachian Medicinal Forest Plants: Production, Economics, & Markets Eric Burkhart, Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center & John Munsell, Virginia Tech Material Level: Introductory/Overview Room 106 In this pre-conference intensive, we will provide an overview of the forest botanical marketplace, associated quality and pricing concerns, and discuss current efforts to provide consumers with sourcing assurances via a new forest botanical labeling network (‘forest grown’) that relies upon third-party inspections and veriﬁcation. We will also provide a foundational understanding of forest farming practice and cropping approaches, and review common production practices for forest crops.

Sustainable Strawberry Stories Emily Lavely, Penn State University; Mark MacDonald, Bee Tree Berry Farm; Whitney Scott, Scott’s Berry Farm Material Level: Introductory/Overview Room 108 A strawberry is the irresistible sign of early summer, and it can greatly add to your income, but its susceptibility to weed and pest pressure makes it a challenge to produce sustainably. Join a panel of strawberry growers to hear what’s working and what’s not. Discussion will range from production to marketing. Supported by funds via a Specialty Crop Block Grant from the PA Department of Agriculture.

Farm Labor: Law Compliance & Strategies for Success Jim Crawford, New Morning Farm; Ola Creston & George Brittenburg, Taproot Farm; Don Kretschmann, Kretschmann Organic Farm; Sean High & Ross Pifer, Penn State Law Material Level: Some Prior Knowledge/ Experience Recommended Room 205 This program will educate producers as to the speciﬁc legal requirements applicable to their operations’ workforce whether labor is provided by employees, volunteers, interns, or others. The program also will provide producers with the tools - including an agricultural labor law self-assessment and fact sheets - to implement necessary actions to ensure their ongoing compliance with all applicable federal and state agricultural labor laws. In partnership with Penn State Law with funds via a Specialty Crop Block Grant from the PA Department of Agriculture.

Program Descriptions All programs are recorded unless otherwise noted.

Grazing 101: Improving Pastures & Feeding the Herd (or Flock) Sarah Flack, Sarah Flack Consulting Material Level: Introductory/Overview Room 206 This workshop will cover the essentials of how to use livestock to manage pasture plants so that pasture productivity and quality improve, while also meeting the nutritional needs of the herd or ﬂock. Topics in the morning will include how different plants respond to grazing, (good and bad!), how to calculate paddock sizes, stocking density, stocking rates & decide what pre-grazing height & post grazing residual height to use to maximize pasture improvement & feed intake for livestock.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2 SESSIONS 12:30–5PM Farm Smarter, not Harder, with farmOS Dorn Cox, Farm Hack & Tuckaway Farm; Mike Stenta, FarmOS Material Level: Introductory/Overview Room 104 This workshop will cover the web-based software for farm management and record keeping called farmOS. The intended audience is farmers who want to keep track of their assets and activities in one place.

Supported by funds from the PA Grazing Lands Coalition.

Making Dairy Products at Home: Cheese, Yogurt, & Butter Gianaclis Caldwell, Pholia Farm Material Level: Introductory/Overview Room 207 Learn how easy it can be to make many high quality, healthy dairy products at home using farm fresh milk and grocery store milk. In this class we’ll make butter and two quick cheeses as well as cover the simple steps for making terriﬁc yogurt.

An Introduction to Lean Farming Ben Hartman, Clay Bottom Farm Material Level: Introductory/Overview Room 208 In this session, Ben Hartman, author of The Lean Farm, will explain the lean system and how it can be used by any size and type of farm to boost proﬁts with less work. Lean is a production system invented by Japanese automakers that is now used by tech start-ups, hospitals, nonproﬁts, and others to cut out waste and increase productivity. Ben will showcase examples of lean ideas at work on Clay Bottom Farm, where the author and his wife earn a comfortable living growing organic vegetables on less than an acre of land.

Commercial Herb Production from Seed to Shelf Matt Dybala, Herb Pharm & Linda Shanahan & Eric Vander Hyde, Barefoot Gardens Material Level: Some Prior Knowledge/ Experience Recommended Room 105 Spend an afternoon exploring the challenges and rewards of commercial production of medicinal and culinary herbs. Growers from Pennsylvania and Oregon will discuss business models, marketing strategies, production techniques, labor issues, and the challenges faced when competing with global market prices. Time and attention will be given to ﬁeld planning, record keeping, equipment, harvest and post harvest handling, processing and storage. Supported by funds via a Specialty Crop Block Grant from the PA Department of Agriculture.

Farm as Ecosystem Gabe Brown, Brown’s Ranch Material Level: General Room 106 This workshop will focus on how Brown’s Ranch has utilized zero-till, cash crops, cover crops, beef cattle, stockers, grass ﬁnishers, sheep, swine, poultry, insects and wildlife as tools to regenerate their natural resources. Gabe will discuss how all of these “tools” are used and the role they play in a healthy ecosystem.

permaculture designer Michael Judd and renowned seed saver and gardener Ira Wallace, this workshop covers the full spectrum from design to seed saving. Special focuses on: passive water management and use through raised beds on contour, hugelkultur beds, uncommon but easy to grow fruits, outdoor mushroom cultivation, planning for pollinators, and seed saving.

Weather & Climate Resilience Planning on the Farm Dan Dostie, USDA NRCS; Rachel Schattman, USDA Northeast Climate Hub; Justin Geisinger, Air Hill Acres; Don Kretschmann, Kretschmann Farm; Matt Steiman, Dickinson College Farm Material Level: Prior Knowledge/Experience Required Room 204 Join us to hear about successes and lessons learned from three farmers who prepared for, coped with, and or recovered from impacts of extreme weather and climate change in 2016. After sharing their stories, they will help you explore climate change considerations and prepare strategic response actions to adaptively manage next year. Finally, give us feedback about weather and climate related challenges you are facing and suggest information and decision-support tools that would help you best overcome them.

Aging Cheese: The Art & Science of Aﬃnage Gianaclis Caldwell, Pholia Farm Material Level: Some Prior Knowledge/ Experience Recommended Room 205 Aged cheeses are some of the most sought after and valued cheeses in the world. Aging them naturally is a process that can be complicated and creates many questions and challenges for the cheesemaker. In this session we’ll cover how to age several types of cheese and talk about the unique challenges of aging. Bring sample cheeses for rind questions. Supported by Dairy Heritage by Agri-Service LLC.

Supported by Longwood Gardens.

Yards that Yield Ira Wallace, Southern Exposure Seed Exchange & Michael Judd, Ecologia, Edible & Ecological Landscapes Material Level: General Room 108 Yards that Yield is an exploration into creative, functional, and productive home landscapes. Led by complementary duo, edible landscape/

Taking Grazing to the Next Level: Monitoring the System & Building Resiliency Heather Darby, University of Vermont & Sarah Flack, Sarah Flack Consulting Material Level: Grazing experience or attendance at Thurs AM Grazing 101 is required. Room 206 Building on what we learned in the morning, we will discuss managing pastures and animals

Program Descriptions All programs are recorded unless otherwise noted.

so that we can maximize pasture dry matter intake and use grazing to improve pasture quality and productivity. Using examples of real farm grazing systems we will cover system design, fence, water systems, and lanes. Other topics will include different plant species, sheep, goats, and cows, and how to observe and monitor pastures and cattle so that we can better understand if the grazing system is successful. Supported by funds from the PA Grazing Lands Coalition.

Reducing Tillage Across the Farm: Permanent Beds in Organic Vegetables Anu Rangarajan & Ryan Maher, Cornell University — Small Farms Program; Bruce Cramer, Cramer Farm; Liz Martin, Muddy Fingers Farm Material Level: Some Prior Knowledge/ Experience Recommended Room 207 Organic vegetable growers are using permanent beds to reduce tillage and improve soils for a diversity of crops. These systems are valuable for managing production while controlling field traffic and soil compaction, year after year. Learn from growers at different scales that have adopted permanent beds, what benefits they have seen and major challenges they face. Hear the latest Cornell research on how transitioning to reduced tillage practices can impact your soils, weeds, and productivity.

Applying Lean Farming on a Vegetable Farm Ben Hartman, Clay Bottom Farm Material Level: Introductory/Overview Room 208 This workshop is geared for small-scale vegetable growers. Ben Hartman, author of The Lean Farm, will discuss the innovative growing techniques he and his wife Rachel Hershberger use at Clay Bottom Farm, where they earn a comfortable living on less than an acre of land. The workshop will focus on techniques developed through their work with the lean system to minimize waste and boost production with less work. Ben’s specialty is educating and inspiring growers to pursue small-scale growing as a career.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3 WORKSHOPS 8:30–9:50AM Fruit Tree Planting & Establishment Lee Reich, Springtown Farmden Material Level: Some Prior Knowledge/ Experience Recommended Presidents 1 Success with fruit trees starts with selecting the right kind of nursery tree. From there, we’ll cover planting, in so doing dispelling certain myths about when and how to do it, and then move on to early care — pruning, staking, watering, and soil management. All these details are important to getting a fruit tree off to a good start and a healthy future. Supported by funds via a Specialty Crop Block Grant from the PA Department of Agriculture.

Native Appalachian Medicinal Forest Plants: Finding a Niche in Forest Herbs Eric Burkhart, Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center & John Munsell, Virginia Tech Material Level: Introductory/Overview Presidents 2 The adoption of forest-based medicinal plant cultivation (i.e. agroforestry) could provide a mechanism for forest landowners in the eastern United States to generate income, conserve forestlands, while simultaneously addressing native medicinal plant conservation and quality concerns. In this workshop, we will provide an overview of the forest botanical marketplace, associated quality and pricing concerns, and discuss current efforts to provide producers with viable marketing options. Supported by funds via a Specialty Crop Block Grant from the PA Department of Agriculture.

The Graziers Tool Box: Improving Pasture Productivity & Quality Sarah Flack, Sarah Flack Consulting Material Level: Some Prior Knowledge/ Experience Recommended Room 104 This workshop will discuss how to use the basic “tools” of grass farming to feed our livestock and improve the pastures. Topics will include different stocking rates, stock densities, trampling, variable regrowth periods, the amount of residual pasture left behind, and the pre grazing height of the pasture. Each of these “tools” can be used to change the pasture plant species composition, pasture productivity and quality, soil health, and livestock performance.

Biodynamic Farming Principles & Practices Mac Mead, Pfeiffer Center Material Level: General Room 105 We will cover the background and basic principles of biodynamics and how they are applied in soil management, composting, cover cropping, calendar use, and the horn preparations. Supported by the Biodynamics Association.

Farmers & Local Government: What’s in It for Me? Judy Chambers, Penn State Extension Material Level: General Room 106 A lot of the policies that directly affect your farm happen at the local level, such as zoning and permitting. Many local governments want to be farm-friendly, but don’t really understand modern farming. This presentation explores how you can be involved in local government to advocate for and create farmfriendly local policy, and includes brief case studies from farmers and township oﬃcials.

100% Beef: Farmers & Processors Work Together to Use the Whole Animal Tony Page, Rooster Street Butcher Shop & Cathy Pomanti, Sugar Hill Farm Material Level: General Room 107 The workshop will be primarily about moving and making use of whole animals from the perspectives of both the farmer and the processor/seller. The working relationship between the farmer and the processor will be discussed.

The Independent Homestead: Reducing Off-Farm Inputs Beth & Shawn Dougherty, The Sow’s Ear Farm & Pottery Material Level: General Room 108 Exploring the place of forage conversion in low-input food production, emphasizing the conversion of grass into proteins and fats by grazing ruminants. We outline the methods of farm and food independence with milk and meat for the table, surplus and waste as primary or supplementary nutrition for young ruminants, hogs and poultry, and integrating multi-species grazing, four-season gardening, and garden-raised roots and grains for animal feed.

Program Descriptions All programs are recorded unless otherwise noted.

The Dynamics of Farming with Family: A Panel Discussion

This session will give attendees an overview of the Farm Bill and why it matters for our health, the environment and sustainable farm businesses. Topics will include organic farm programs, farm subsidies, conservation programs, crop insurance and emerging policy reforms being discussed on Capitol Hill and across the country. Following the presentation there will be time devoted to discussion.

Terra & Will Brownback, Spiral Path Farm; Anna Santini & Brooks Miller, North Mountain Pastures; Linda Shanahan & Eric Vander Hyde, Barefoot Gardens Material Level: General Not Recorded Room 109 Farming with a family brings a unique dynamic to the already challenging job of running a business. This panel of farmers represents a variety of family make-ups, from a family with young kids to a son who has taken over from his parents’ to business and life partners without kids. The panelist will share their experiences, take questions from the audience, and encourage discussion among the attendees as well.

Charis Lindrooth, Red Earth Farm Material Level: Introductory/Overview Room 205 Cultivation of some key cut flowers for specialty bouquet and flower arranging will be covered. A review of pricing and marketing flowers for profit will be included.

DGA: Formal Apprenticeship as a Pathway to a Successful Farming Career

Managing Cover Crops with Reduced Tillage for Improved Soil Health

Altfrid Krusenbaum, Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship Material Level: Introductory/Overview Not Recorded Room 202 This workshop will give an overview of Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship and how it works. It will also explain why formal apprenticeship is the best way to start farming career and the beneﬁts to the apprentice, the master farmer and the dairy industry.

Bill Curran, Ron Hoover, & Wade Esbenshade, Penn State University Material Level: Some Prior Knowledge/ Experience Recommended Room 206 This program will present the results and progress from our reduced tillage organic systems experiment (ROSE). This research has examined opportunities to reduce tillage in an organic corn-soybean-small grains rotation. The results from the ﬁrst three years will be presented as well as the progress we have made in the last two years that includes on-farm trials. This includes the roller crimper, relay cropping and interseeding, and some different methods for establishing cover crops.

Mycotoxins, Manure Signals, & Health Issues in Poultry Casey Trinkaus, The Fertrell Company Material Level: Some Prior Knowledge/ Experience Recommended Room 203 Often times farmers know there is something ‘off’ with their ﬂock, but they aren’t quite sure what. During this presentation, we’ll discuss some of the reasons farmers might see a change in the health of their ﬂock and what they should be looking for. This includes looking at the effects of mycotoxins in feed, what healthy manure (and unhealthy manure) looks like, and symptoms of some of the illnesses we see and how to treat them naturally.

Why the Farm Bill Matters: Subsidies, GMOs, Pollution & Big Opportunities Colin O’Neil, Environmental Working Group Material Level: Introductory/Overview Room 204

Growing Cut Flowers for Market

Lean Vegetable Growing: Tips & Techniques Ben Hartman, Clay Bottom Farm Material Level: General Room 207 In this workshop, Ben Hartman, author of The Lean Farm, will showcase lean tips and tricks to boost yield and proﬁts with less work. He and his wife, Rachel Hershberger, earn a comfortable living on 1/2 acre of land. Will include lots of pictures from Clay Bottom Farm.

Allium Pests & Diseases from Allium Leaf Miner to Rot Beth Gugino, Dana Roberts, & Shelby Fleischer, Penn State University Material Level: Introductory/Overview Room 208

Alliums include many varieties of onions, chives, garlic, and leeks — plus ornamental species and wild alliums. Bacterial and fungal pathogens cause serious loss of cultivated species. The newly invasive allium leafminer is adding signiﬁcant problems to about ﬁve additional major insect pests. We will cover the biology and ecology of these biotic stressors, discuss management options, and get discussions going about how the allium leafminer is affecting your operation.

QuickBooks for Farmers Julia Shanks, Julia Shanks Food Consulting Material Level: General Not Recorded Senate Suite In this workshop, we will provide practical tools for using QuickBooks to manage your farm bookkeeping. We will review basic accounting concepts that underlie QuickBooks. We will go through the basic setup of QuickBooks, including creating a customized chart of accounts. We will review basic transactions such as entering expenses, creating wholesale customer invoices and recording bank deposits. We will also discuss the various reports that can help you manage cash ﬂow and growth.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3 WORKSHOPS 12:50–2:10PM Data-Driven Farming & Citizen Science with FARMDATA Franklin Egan, PASA; Trey Flemming, Two Gander Farm; Matt Steiman, Dickinson College Farm Material Level: Some Prior Knowledge/ Experience Recommended Not Recorded Executive Conference Suite Whether for rotations, business plans, or certiﬁcation, vegetable farmers need to keep track of a ton of info. Matt and Trey will show how they use the free recordkeeping app, FARMDATA, to track sales and expenses, develop pest control plans, and make better decisions on the farms. Combined across farms, records logged in FARMDATA become a great resource for citizen science. We will also share results from a PASA project gathering info from FARMDATA users to gain new insights into soil health.

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Growing Sweet Potatoes from Start to Finish Pam Dawling, Twin Oaks Community Material Level: Introductory/Overview Presidents 1 At this workshop you will learn how to grow your own sweet potato slips, plant them, grow healthy crops and harvest good yields, and select suitable roots for growing next year’s slips. You will also learn how to cure and store roots for top quality and minimal losses. This workshop will be useful to beginners and experienced growers alike.

An Introduction to Vegetable Transplant Production Sarah Bay, Tuscarora Organic Growers Cooperative Material Level: Introductory/Overview Presidents 2 Healthy transplants are one key to achieving healthy plants in the ﬁeld. Sarah will focus on techniques learned in her agricultural experiences, which includes working on two organic farms with 40 and 5 production acres, respectively. Topics covered include ideal temperatures for germination and growth, tools, watering, hardening off, pests, diseases, propagation structures, transplant preparations, and record keeping. Beginning and aspiring farmers will beneﬁt most from this workshop.

Farm Hack: Democracy, Tools, & Soil Dorn Cox, Farm Hack & Tuckaway Farms Material Level: General Room 104 Farm Hack is an open source community of farmers and non-farmers, sharing technical skills and knowledge to develop innovative and adaptable farm tools for resilient agriculture. The farm hack methodology, skills and technology will be used in an interactive and collaborative session to illustrate the power of global knowledge applied to local production.

Pennsylvania Farm Policy Roundtable Heidi Secord, PA Farmers Union; Erin Smith, PA Department of Agriculture; Geoffrey Whaling, PA Hemp Industry Council Material Level: Introductory/Overview Room 105 This roundtable will bring a diverse group of people together: advocates, farmers, eaters, educators and policy makers. We will identify agricultural policy issues, discuss state policies, and identify how PASA, PFU and the PA

Department of Agriculture can work towards supporting small and medium scale family farmers to improve the economic viability, environmental soundness and social responsibility of food and farming systems in Pennsylvania. Audience participation and engagement will be encouraged.

Integrating Pasture-Raised Laying Hens onto a Produce Farm George Brittenburg, Taproot Farm Material Level: Some Prior Knowledge/ Experience Recommended Room 106 This workshop will focus on systems for managing pasture-raised hens and the techniques for safely incorporating chicken pasture into a vegetable rotation using cover crops. The speaker will address the economics, logistics, techniques, marketing, beneﬁts and challenges of raising hens and producing eggs in such a system.

Q & A: Nutrient Management on Organic Farms Heather Darby, University of Vermont Material Level: Introductory/Overview Not Recorded Room 107 Are you interested in improving crop productivity, quality, and your bottom line? Learn the basics of understanding a soil analysis and how to approach applying fertility to your forages. Understand how to best prioritize your onfarm nutrient resources and where you can supplement with purchased amendments. See scenarios that show a return on investment from good fertility management in your hay ﬁelds and pastures!

Sheep 101: How to Have A Successful First Year Caroline Owens, Owens Farm Material Level: Introductory/Overview Room 108 New to sheep, or planning for the future? Jump-start the learning curve and avoid common mistakes. Topics include initial purchase, health maintenance, fencing, physical facilities, handling and restraint, processing, and lambing vs. buying weanlings. Caroline Owens has sold feeder lambs for years, and will share the challenges faced and overcome by new shepherds.

Q & A: Conversation with Our Keynoter Janisse Ray, Farmer/Author/Ecologist Material Level: Introductory/Overview Not Recorded Room 202 In this session you’ll have a chance to ask questions of Janisse Ray, author of The Seed Underground and keynote speaker. She will talk about the three easiest kinds of seeds to save and how to get started, as well as help you understand the particulars of harder-to-save seed. She’ll discuss how to start a seed library in your community. She will list for you her Top Ten favorite vintage seeds. The session will include what you can do for the world’s seeds even if you’re not a farmer.

Farmers Market Management: Who’s Running the Show? Judy Chambers, Brian Moyer, Penn State Extension Material Level: General Room 203 Successful farmer’s markets have more than great vendors and loyal customers – they have strong management and an organized structure of governance, usually a board of directors. Whether your market is run by volunteers, paid staff, or both, you need a clear deﬁnition of roles, responsibilities and expectations in order to keep things running smoothly. This workshop will explore basic governance as well as best practices for market management.

Q & A: Applying Lean to Your Farm Ben Hartman, Clay Bottom Farm Material Level: General Not Recorded Room 205 Ben Hartman, author of The Lean Farm, will ﬁeld your questions about applying the lean system on your farm.

Unshelling the Chestnut Industry from Orchard Planting to Marketing the Harvest Ian Cheek, I.M. Chestnuts & Gary Gilmore, PA DCNR Material Level: Introductory/Overview Room 206 Chinese chestnuts present a nearly untapped opportunity in perennial agriculture. Beyond roasting or eating them cured, low oil content of the nut allows them the be ground to a sweet tasting ﬂour or meal. Experience gained in the harvesting, drying, storage, grinding,

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and marketing of Chinese chestnuts will be shared. The presentation will also include some historical and current perspectives of chestnut orchard establishment as well as information on a working chestnut cooperative in Ohio.

more comfortable with the preps and will also aim to bring an overall biodynamic perspective on our relationships to our farms and gardens. Supported by the Biodynamics Association.

Freezing Local Food to Address Health Issues & Food Waste Marketing for All: How to Stop Overthinking & Get Back to the Basics Angela Corrado, Against The Grain LLC Material Level: Introductory/Overview Room 207 This class will emphasize the power of using genuine, low-cost and creative marketing strategies to increase brand awareness and the overall value of your business. It will explain how the average business owner can harness simplistic, everyday knowledge and apply it in a variety of consumer touch points. Social media will be covered slightly but not in your traditional sense. You will leave the class feeling far less overwhelmed by marketing tasks and empowered to exercise newly learned skills.

Growing Food & Community through Multi Plot Urban Farming Sunil Patel, Patchwork Urban Farms Material Level: Introductory/Overview Room 208 This workshop will cover the foundational philosophy and vision of Patchwork Urban Farms in Asheville, North Carolina to create a vibrant village-scale food and farming economy, the ins and outs of running a multi-plot farm, lessons learned and successes at the end of year three of the project, and the desired evolution of the farm to become a way to connect people in networks of exchange, trust, and obligation through cooperative models and alternate modes of exchange.

The Biodynamic Preparations: Connecting to Our Plants, Animals, & Farms Mac Mead, Pfeiffer Center Material Level: Introductory/Overview Not Recorded Senate Suite Biodynamic preparations are used to help create greater vitality in our food and on our farms. They can be understood through exploring the nature of plants, animals and the earth’s rhythms. They can also become tools that broaden our thinking about how and why we work as farmers and gardeners. This introductory session will help attendees become

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3 WORKSHOPS 3:40–5PM Food Rescue: A Grassroots Response to Food Waste & Food Inequality Jamie McKnight & Cathy Snyder, Rolling Harvest Food Rescue Material Level: General Not Recorded Executive Conference Suite Rolling Harvest Food Rescue is a replicable model for farm to food pantries. We will share our best practices, our successes and our challenges. Attendees will walk away inspired with concrete ideas of what they can do to help divert agricultural food waste into nutritious donations for their own neighborhoods, how to engage volunteers, and how to partner with farmers.

Preventing Pasture Pitfalls: Learning from Our Livestock & Pastures Sarah Flack, Sarah Flack Consulting Material Level: Some Prior Knowledge/ Experience Recommended Room 104 Managing pastures well requires observation skills to assess what plants and animals are telling us about their health. This workshop will review key grazing principles that can improve pastures, maximize pasture dry matter intake, and avoid a whole list of potential problems. We will look at examples of how to observe livestock, manure, soils, and plants to determine how the grazing system is working and discuss creative ways to adjust the grazing system to improve livestock well-being, pasture quality, and productivity.

Mixing Your Cover Crop Cocktail Ebony Murrell & Dave Mortensen, Penn State University Material Level: Introductory/Overview Room 105

Cover crop mixtures have the potential to provide a greater array of beneﬁts (N supply, N retention, weed suppression, etc.) than monocultures, but selecting and growing a good mixture can be challenging. This workshop will discuss the beneﬁts and challenges of growing cover crop mixtures versus monocultures. We will also demonstrate how we have designed mixtures for our on-farm research, based on the research our team has conducted at Penn State since 2012.

Creating Enterprises to Take Advantage of Opportunities on Your Farm Gabe Brown, Brown’s Ranch Material Level: General Room 106 Gabe will discuss how Brown’s Ranch has stacked enterprises in order to take advantage of the resources available to maximize both regeneration and proﬁt. Cash crops, cover crops. beef cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and bees are all used in harmony. They are direct marketed to consumers in order to maximize proﬁt.

Preparing for & Protecting the Farm from the Cost of Long Term Care Karen Hackman, RHP Law Group LLC Material Level: General Room 107 The escalating cost of long term care has replaced taxes as the greatest threat to the future of sustainable family farming today. The forced sale of a sustainable farm to pay for long term care is entirely preventable with timely and proper planning. The discussion will cover the do’s and don’ts of protecting your farm and family from Medicaid liens and lawsuits by providers against children as well as what to look for in selecting the legal advisors to guide you through the planning process.

High Tunnel Raspberry Production Claire & Rusty Orner, Quiet Creek Herb Farm & Kathy Demchak, Penn State Extension Material Level: Introductory/Overview Room 108 This class will showcase Quiet Creek’s everbearing raspberry plants that produce through late October, but will also include discussion of their Junebearing plants and other varieties. Discussion topics will include high tunnel infrastructure, soil food web, plant selection, and mainte-

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nance considerations. Supported by funds via a Specialty Crop Block Grant from the PA Department of Agriculture.

Climate Change: Why & How to Reverse Greenhouse Gas Emissions Mark Dixon, Blue Lens LLC Material Level: Some Prior Knowledge/ Experience Recommended Not Recorded Room 109 The 2015 COP21 climate summit in Paris was a monumental event, but it left much to be desired. We’ll take a look at what happened before, during, and since COP21 with a close look at why and how we need to dramatically reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and then remove them from the atmosphere as quickly as possible. Indeed, climate models giving us a mediocre chance of retaining a climate suitable to human civilization rely on carbon “sequestration.” What does that mean for you? Find out here.

Using Baby Carriers around the Farm…for Babies and Much More! Rachel Gaston-Pifer, CBWS Certiﬁed Babywearing Consultant Material Level: General Not Recorded Room 202 Attendees will learn the differences between and how to use the major styles of baby carriers, how baby carriers can be used for skin to skin therapy, and how baby carriers can be used to carry human babies, farm animals, pets, produce, farm equipment, and other items as needed. Attendees will learn about baby carrier use and manufacturing in traditional agriculture communities across the globe.

Rotational No-Till & Insectary Strips for Organic Cucumber Production Gladis Zinati, Rodale Institute Material Level: Some Prior Knowledge/ Experience Recommended Not Recorded Room 204 Insect and weed management are two of the biggest impediments to competitive organic vegetable production. In this workshop, Gladis Zinati and Andrew Smith from Rodale Institute and Mike Brownback from Spiral Path Farm will discuss methods for reduced tillage for organic cucumber production and present results on the impact of cover crop management and insectary strips on yield, soil health and cucumber beetle management.

Goat Health Triage: Learning to Read the Signs & Keep a Healthy, Holistic Herd Gianaclis Caldwell, Pholia Farm Material Level: Introductory/Overview Room 205 Learn how to troubleshoot goat health problems by assessing their behavior and systems then what to do about it using holistic, organic, and complementary medicine.

Biodynamics & Permaculture: Intertwining Holistic Farming Systems Stewart Lundy, Perennial Roots Farm Material Level: Some Prior Knowledge/ Experience Recommended Room 206 Discover practical ways to integrate biodynamics into your permaculture farm or garden. Increase vitality in the soil and health in your plants! Explore biodynamic management for perennial shrubs, trees, pasture, compost, livestock, and more. This workshop does NOT teach permaculture design. Prior experience with permaculture might be helpful but is not necessary. Experience with medicinal herbs would be a real bonus. Supported by the Biodynamics Association.

Cheese from Sunlight & Rain Jonathan White, Bobolink Dairy & Bakehouse Material Level: General Room 203 A case study that examines how Bobolink Dairy combined sunlight, rain, soil, microbes, pasture plants, livestock and human effort to create artisanal cheese, high quality meats, and eggs, while building soil fertility.

Sustainable Energy Projects on the Farm Matt Steiman, Dickinson College Farm; Don Kretschmann, Kretschmann Organic Farm Material Level: General Room 207 Climate change is happening and it affects us all. As sustainable farmers we’re naturally driven to reduce our energy consumption for eco-

nomic and environmental reasons. This presentation will give detailed accounts of several farmer-built renewable energy projects, including battery-based and grid-tied solar power, electric tractors, low-energy crop storage, and on-farm biodiesel and biogas production. Lessons learned and practical advice will be shared by these two experienced, hands-on guys.

Developing a Soil Health Plan & Integrating Test Results Dan Kittredge, Bionutrient Food Association Material Level: Some Prior Knowledge/ Experience Recommended Room 208 Soil health occurs in a ﬂourishing biological ecosystem. Life needs a few critical factors to exist: air, water, food, home, and community. Which of these factors is missing in your farm, and how can you work to address that limitation? We will discuss typical causal factors in many imbalances, and strategies to systematically address them with a focus on simple, inexpensive, and proven strategies. If time permits, we will also discuss collaborative data collection to support collective learning.

What Eaters Want Simon Huntley, Small Farm Central Material Level: General Not Recorded Senate Suite The local food landscape is changing and becoming more competitive with large corporations vying for the same dollars that go to CSA and farmers markets. This competition is changing the expectation of our best customers. Simon will review current research in this area as well as his one-on-one interviews with eaters to help farmers better market their products in the changing marketplace.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4 WORKSHOPS 8:30–9:50AM Crop Rotations for Vegetables & Cover Crops Pam Dawling, Twin Oaks Community Material Level: Introductory/Overview Presidents 1 This workshop will help you design a sequence of vegetable crops which maximizes the chance to grow good cover crops as well as reduce pest and disease likelihood. We will cover formal rotations and ad hoc systems for shoehorning minor crops into available spaces. We will discuss cover crops suitable at various times of year, especially winter cover crops between vegetable crops in successive years. We will include examples of undersowing of cover crops in vegetable crops and of no-till options.

Homestead-Scale Pig Production from Piglet to Porkchop Beth & Shawn Dougherty, The Sow’s Ear Farm & Pottery Material Level: General Presidents 2

Success with Blueberries Lee Reich, Springtown Farmden Material Level: Some Prior Knowledge/ Experience Recommended Presidents 4 A workshop starting with the kinds and varieties of blueberries to order, then moving on to all-important soil preparation and ongoing soil care, planting, pruning, and harvest. We’ll foray into bird issues, potential pest problems, as well as what to do with your probable overabundance.

Diversifying Your Product List with Value-Added Grains Heather Darby, University of Vermont Material Level: Introductory/Overview Room 104 This session will discuss grain production and how it might ﬁt into your current operation. Basic information on grain characteristics and production will be shared. Discussion of value added products that can be developed on-farm will occur.

Q & A: Fine Tuning & Troubleshooting Your Grazing System

The cost of home-raised pork can be decreased or eliminated when pigs are fed a natural diet derived from the surpluses of the farmstead – grass, dairy, forages, and dairy and slaughtering offal – and slaughtered on-site for the freshest pork and best home-cured hams, bacon and sausages.This workshop explains speciﬁc methods for production, storage and timed feeding of farm products and describes simple home slaughter tools and techniques.

Sarah Flack, Sarah Flack Consulting Material Level: Some Prior Knowledge/ Experience Recommended Not Recorded Room 105 Bring your questions about grazing management. There will not be any formal presentation at this session, just questions and discussion about grass-based livestock production systems for ruminants.

Starting up a Vegetable Operation on Two Acres or Less

Writing Your Own Story: Creative Nonﬁction from the Farm

Justin Naylor, Old Tioga Farm

Janisse Ray, Farmer/Author/Ecologist Material Level: Some Prior Knowledge/ Experience Recommended Room 106 You’ve been jotting down ideas. You’ve been keeping a journal. You’ve been walking the pastures and ﬁelds, collecting anecdotes and images and metaphors. If you are ready to think about writing with intent and telling your story, this is a workshop for you. We’ll cover the basics of personal narrative, memoir, the essay, putting a book together, the writing life, and getting published. Beginners are welcome in this class. Come prepared to do a bit of writing, with pencil and paper.

Material Level: Introductory/Overview Presidents 3 In recent years, a micro-scale model for profitable vegetable farming on two acres or less has been proven to be viable. This workshop, intended for beginners, will walk participants through all the details of starting such an operation, from selecting land, to understanding soil tests, buying equipment, growing, and marketing. There will also be a focus on the human side of farming, with a frank discussion of the challenges of farming and the skills needed to make such operations successful.

Seed Growing in a Biodynamic Setting Lia Babitch, Turtle Tree Seed Material Level: Introductory/Overview Room 107 We will look at the basics of garden- and farmscale seed saving, and how seed saving can be integrated into biodynamic settings. Supported by the Biodynamics Association.

Planning for Growth Julia Shanks, Julia Shanks Food Consulting Material Level: Some Prior Knowledge/ Experience Recommended Room 108 Have you ever had a hard time weighing the costs and beneﬁts of new opportunities, such as expanding production or purchasing new equipment? This workshop will provide a framework for informed decision making. Enterprise analysis allows farmers to assess the costs and impact of an investment decision, such as the purchase of new equipment, a facility upgrade, or a new line of business. Julia will show you how to evaluate whether an investment is affordable given projected revenues and expenses.

Q & A: Producing Nutrient-Dense Food Dan Kittredge, Bionutrient Food Association Not Recorded Room 109 Join Dan Kittredge to get your questions answered about soil health, plant health, and food health through nutrient management.

Taking Leadership Within Your Cooperative or Food Hub Judy Chambers, Penn State Extension & Peggy Fogarty, Keystone Development Center Material Level: Introductory/Overview Not Recorded Room 202 Cooperatives bring out the talents, energy and resources of a group of people who have a mutual need. Owned and operated by the people who use their services, cooperatives help farmers improve marketing power while providing them control over business decisions. What are the opportunities for leadership? What is expected of a board member? Why should you take the next step? How you can be a valuable board member? For farmers, managers, leaders and visionaries of existing or start up food hubs.

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Dairy Udder Health Gianaclis Caldwell, Pholia Farm Material Level: Some Prior Knowledge/ Experience Recommended Room 203 It’s easy to assume that our milk cows, goats, and sheep are making healthy milk, but often udder health isn’t as ideal as it should be. In this class we’ll cover how to assess udder health and support it with nutrition and management.

Pastured Livestock for a Hungry World Franklin Egan, PASA & Brooks Miller, North Mountain Pastures Material Level: Some Prior Knowledge/ Experience Recommended Room 204 Pastured livestock farms can offer many benefits for people and the environment, but they have also been criticized as too inefficient to feed the world. Well, just how much land does it take to raise meat on pasture, and how many families can the typical pastured farm feed? Brooks Miller will share how he has been exploring these questions using data from his farm. We will also compare his findings against benchmarks from a team of PASA farms and data from published research.

Liquor Laws & Regulations in Pennsylvania Tim Bowser, Elk Creek Cafe & Mike Negra, PA Liquor Control Board Material Level: General Room 205 Learn about the recent changes to Pennsylvania liquor laws, in particular those that impact breweries, wineries, and distilleries. Bring your questions as there will be ample time for discussion.

Guild House Farm’s Trials in Maximizing Production on a Small-Scale Farm Ari Rosenberg, Greener Partners Material Level: Some Prior Knowledge/ Experience Recommended Room 206 In this workshop we will discuss what we’ve learned through experimentation at Guild House Farm in Philadelphia. The workshop will explain the results of our on-farm trials to maximize yield based on a variety of variables: broadcasting vs. seeding in rows for radishes and carrots and intercropping with different companions in tomato and okra beds. We will

also discuss best practices and methods for onfarm experimentation.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4 WORKSHOPS 12:50–2:10PM

Forest Farming Approaches & Crop Options

Organic Sweet Corn Production & Double-Cropping Cole Crops

Eric Burkhart, Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center & John Munsell, Virginia Tech Material Level: Introductory/Overview Room 207 The management and stocking of existing forestlands to yield edible, medicinal and ﬁber products is often referred to as forest farming. In this region, there are many woodland ‘crops’ that can be grown or stewarded for proﬁt, personal use, and ecosystem enrichment. In this workshop, an overview of forest farming approaches and practices will be presented along with an introduction to ‘forest crops’ that are currently in demand.

Will Brownback, Spiral Path Farm Material Level: Some Prior Knowledge/ Experience Recommended Presidents 1 This workshop will explain in detail how Spiral Path Farm grows Organic sweet corn with plasticulture and fall Brassicas on bare ground. Topics include: seeding, transplanting, fertility, weed control, pest control, irrigation, cover crops, and more.

Supported by funds via a Specialty Crop Block Grant from the PA Department of Agriculture.

Biological Pest Management for Success with Organic Tomatoes & Bell Peppers Steve Bogash, ISP Technologies Material Level: Some Prior Knowledge/ Experience Recommended Room 208 Growing great and abundant ﬁeld-grown bell peppers and tomatoes requires careful attention to detail. Both of these crops place heavy demands on soil fertility and have a broad assortment of serious pests to challenge a growers’ skills. We’ll build and maintain a strong soil fertility from transplanting though harvest while proactively managing disease, insect and mite pests using mostly biological materials and methods.

Creating Room to Flourish: Managing Interpersonal Conﬂict Effectively Walt Whitmer, Penn State Extension Material Level: General Not Recorded Senate Suite This interactive workshop will explore interpersonal conﬂict in the work environment – understanding it, assessing its underlying causes, and managing it to maximize team productivity, interpersonal relationships, and trust. Following an overview of central concepts and considerations, we’ll discuss challenges and successes from participants’ perspectives in an open dialogue designed to foster a peer-to-peer learning environment.

Strategies for Livestock & Irrigation Water on the Homestead or Farm Beth & Shawn Dougherty, The Sow’s Ear Farm & Pottery Material Level: General Presidents 2 Explore using non-electric and captured livestock water systems in intensive grazing and food production. Through diagrams, photographs and discussion, we examine low-tech methods for utilizing roof water and runoff, developing springs and seeps, and accessing ponds and streams for in-paddock stock water and for pasture and garden irrigation. Walk away with the conﬁdence to implement nonelectric and captured water use, alone or in addition to pressurized water, on your own farm or homestead.

Tools & Practices for Zone Tillage in Organic Vegetables Anu Rangarajan & Ryan Maher, Cornell University — Small Farms Program Material Level: Some Prior Knowledge/ Experience Recommended Presidents 3 Zone tillage targets soil disturbance to a narrow planting strip to reduce tillage and build soil health. Adopting this system on your farm requires careful crop planning, from planting to cultivation. Identifying the necessary tools and making adjustments is key. Join the Cornell Reduced Tillage Team to discuss the strategies that ﬁt for organic management, how growers are using equipment, and what research is teaching us about integrating cover crops, managing soils, and controlling weeds.

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Craft Distilling: Making Liquor Legally at Home Victoria Miller, Canyon Creek Farms Material Level: Introductory/Overview Presidents 4 This talk covers the basics of the process of alcohol distillation, as well as legal and licensing issues around distilling. This is an overview for anyone looking to understand how licensing relates to hobby or non-commercial distilling, and a brief description of the steps involved in converting grain into ﬁnished spirits. Supported by New Society Publishers.

If You’ve Got Livestock, You’ve Got Deadstock Sandra Kay Miller, Painted Hand Farm Material Level: General Room 104 How quickly the dreamy vision of bucolic pastures wears off when farmers are faced with mortality. It happens. This workshop will be a humorous approach to practical and sustainable methods for dealing with death on the farm including methodologies for humane dispatch, environmentally responsible disposal along with giving new and beginning farmers an idea of what to expect on their agricultural endeavors in raising animals.

crop, manage crop rotations, and record observations in the ﬁeld. We will discuss how to integrate data into an overall farm management system, and also talk about the limits of tech and when it might be best to put down the phone. This workshop is for all farmers.

The Farm Bill is Coming! Make Your Voice Heard Marla Larrave & Wes King, National Sustainable Ag Coalition Material Level: Introductory/Overview Room 107 The next farm bill is just around the corner and now is the time to make sure farmers’ voices are heard at the policy table. Come learn about farm bill basics and preparation work, then share your challenges, concerns, and priorities for the next farm bill. We want to hear from you on conservation, crop insurance, credit, beginning farmers issues, land access, minority farmers, local food infrastructure, marketing programs, organic, research, and more!

Winning CSA Strategies Panel Anton Burkett, Early Morning Farm; Dave Liker, Gorman Farm; Simon Huntley, Small Farm Central

Pastured Poultry Nutrition & Management

Material Level: General Room 108

Casey Trinkaus, The Fertrell Company Material Level: Some Prior Knowledge/ Experience Recommended Room 105 Have you ever looked at the guaranteed analysis on your poultry feed tag and wondered if it was good enough? During this session, we’ll go over what we’re looking for nutritionally in order to make the best feed for a pastured poultry ﬂock. Going soy free? We’ll look at your options for alternative protein sources as well. In addition to nutrition, we’ll discuss some of the best management techniques we’ve seen work in ﬂocks of all sizes.

CSA is an excellent way to connect with your local community and build a base for a smallto-medium scale farm business. However, it is not easy to attract and retain members over the long term, let alone the pressure to ﬁll a box with excellent produce week in and week out throughout the season. This panel will bring together experts in CSA to discuss how they structure their CSA, how to effectively grow for a CSA box, which technology solutions help, and marketing methods that work.

Q & A: Conversation with Our Keynoter Keeping Records in the Field with Mobile Apps Alex Smith, Living Hope Farm/Beetworks Material Level: General Room 106 Good record keeping can help farmers build on their successes, learn from their failures, and create ever more productive and resilient farms. We will look at mobile apps that can help farmers track the proﬁtability of each

Gabe Brown, Brown’s Ranch Material Level: General Not Recorded Room 109 Gabe will take questions anyone may have about any aspect of his diversiﬁed operation. From soil health to production to direct marketing, Gabe is willing to discuss any aspect of his ranch.

Q & A: Dairy Herd Health Gianaclis Caldwell, Pholia Farm Material Level: Some Prior Knowledge/ Experience Recommended Not Recorded Room 203 Bring your questions about small, holistic dairy management!

Producing Potatoes for the Wholesale Market Nancy Jury, Sterman Masser, Inc. Material Level: Introductory/Overview Room 204 Sterman Masser, Inc. has been growing potatoes in western Schuylkill and northern Dauphin counties since 1959, and packing for retail markets since 1970. We are uniquely situated in the northeast U.S. to supply large retailers. All these markets desire locally grown products. We would like to be the catalyst for increasing potato production in Pennsylvania. The workshop is intended for growers wanting to learn how to increase their income by growing potatoes for our markets. You grow, we package. Supported by funds via a Specialty Crop Block Grant from the PA Department of Agriculture.

So You’re Looking for a Loan? Amanda Knackstedt & Hannah Masser, MidAtlantic Farm Credit Material Level: Introductory/Overview Room 205 Applying for a loan may seem overwhelming, or even a little scary for some. This workshop will provide an overview of the information needed to apply for a loan, and why that information is being requested. You may be surprised to learn that gathering that data can not only help you apply for a loan, but also allows you to uncover possible areas of risk within your operation.

Farmers Markets in Underserved Neighborhoods: Strategies for Success Lisa Kelly, The Food Trust & Bob Solly, Solly Brothers Farm Material Level: General Room 206 Farmers markets in low-income communities may not always appear to farmers to be great market opportunities. However, shoppers in diverse, underserved communities are shopping at farmers markets now more than ever. Thanks to SNAP and FMNP beneﬁts and incentive programs of all stripes, farmers are

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ﬁnding success in these lower income, often overlooked communities. Marketing to lower income shoppers, customer service and cultural competence all play a key role in having a strong market.

Value-Added Products to Expand & Diversify Your Product Line Kim Tait, Tait Farm; Jess Seeley & Kim Seeley, Milky Way Farm; Ben Wenk, Three Springs Fruit Farm Material Level: General Room 207 A trio of farm businesses will discuss how they have used value-added to diversify their product lines.

Uncommonly Easy to Grow Fruits in the Food Forest Michael Judd, Ecologia, Edible & Ecological Landscapes Material Level: General Room 208 Food Forests are grown like a forest, not in the forest. By observing the natural patterns of a healthy forest ecosystem, we see a lot of intimate, successful relationships to learn and adapt for growing a cornucopia of fruits. Food forests are easily set up and started with a select handful of easy to grow fruits. Join permaculture and edible landscape designer Michael Judd in a clear and simpliﬁed approach to starting a food forest from scratch.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4 WORKSHOPS 3:40–5PM Succession Planting for Continuous Vegetable Harvests Pam Dawling, Twin Oaks Community Material Level: Introductory/Overview Presidents 1 How to plan sowing dates for continuous supplies of popular summer crops, such as beans, squash, cucumbers, edamame and sweet corn; cold-weather hoophouse greens and year round lettuce. Using these planning strategies can help avoid gluts and shortages.

Holistic Soil Fertility Management: Feeding Your Soils for Better Crops Dan Dalton, PASA Material Level: General Presidents 2 Regardless of your farm’s size, building and managing your soil fertility affects all other areas of your farm’s production — crop yield and quality, pest and disease management, and store-ability after harvest — but it should not feel like rocket science! This session will cover how to use a soil test to determine your soil fertility needs and how to build a plan to get there holistically. We will discuss using manures, compost, cover crops, and common soil amendments, while reducing reliance on fertilizer inputs.

comes to availability of pollen and nectar. This workshop will review the results of a 20122014 Penn State Extension study comparing 84 native plant species and cultivars for their attractiveness to pollinators and how to use that information to create a full season of pollinator food sources.

Small-Scale Biogas Systems for Farm & Homestead Bob Hamburg, Omega-Alpha Recycling Systems Material Level: Introductory/Overview Room 104 A reﬁned and updated version of the July 16, 2016 Farmer-to-Farmer Field Day held at Dickinson College Farm with participation of Omega-Alpha Recycling Systems and Solar Cities.

Advantages of Growing in a Sustainable, Peat Free Soil-Less Mix Rick Hood, Summer Creek Farm Material Level: General Room 105 Attendees will learn the beneﬁts of using different organic-approved ingredients and soilless mixes, how to adjust the drainage characteristics of your mix, and the use of inserting nutrients directly into the mix. No prior experience is needed.

Hemp in Pennsylvania Q & A: Applying Biodynamics in Your Farm or Garden Lia Babitch, Turtle Tree Seed; Stewart Lundy, Perennial Roots Farm; Mac Mead, Pfeiffer Center Material Level: General Not Recorded Senate Suite This session will be guided by the questions you bring. A dialog can result, as opposed to just “an answer”, as three individuals working in biodynamics contribute his or her perspective to the topic at hand.

Creating & Sustaining a Successful Small Business Jenn & Steve Kurian, Wild For Salmon Material Level: Introductory/Overview Presidents 3 Join Steve and Jenn as they share their experiences growing and molding their small business, Wild For Salmon. Learn the top 10 tips which attributed to their success. Wild for Salmon has grown from its ﬁrst sale at a local farm market to a retail store with 15 employees. Entrepreneurs, or those with a passion for small business, will beneﬁt.

Erica McBride & Geoffrey Whaling, PA Hemp Industry Council Material Level: General Room 106 Hemp has returned to PA! This workshop will cover the current status of permitting and how farmers can participate in a pilot program. We will also provide a brief history of hemp in the Commonwealth as well as show all the modern day uses for hemp, everything from traditional textiles and food products to hemp plastics, biofuels, building products, nutraceuticals, land remediation and more!

Pollinator Preferred: Favorite Plants of Our Beneﬁcial Insects

Small-Scale Hop Production from Planning to Processing

Wendy Brister, Harvey’s Gardens Material Level: General Presidents 4 Our pollinators are currently threatened by several factors, including lack of nutritious ﬂoral resources. Although many garden plants are available, they are not all equal when it

Tess Weigand & Joshua Brock, Commonwealth Hops Material Level: Introductory/Overview Room 107 With locally-grown hops in high demand from craft breweries, there’s been a resurgence in interest for local production. This workshop

Supported by the Biodynamics Association.

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will feature detailed information on the ins and outs of hops production, including tips on how to decide what varieties to plant, soil nutrition, hopyard infrastructure and equipment, pest and disease management, harvesting, drying and pelletizing. Learn ﬁrsthand accounts from two hops farmers who have joined forces to help jumpstart local production in PA!

Selling to Schools: Community Supported Agriculture Tegan Bernstein, USDA Food & Nutrition Service & Kelsey Porter, The Food Trust Material Level: General Not Recorded Room 108 Why should farmers consider selling to schools? The Food Trust and USDA will go over why and how farmers of all sizes can and should create symbiotic business relationships with schools. Schools are a consistent and stable customer that can provide a supplemental market to farmers of all types. Furthermore, reinvigorating connections between farmers and schools creates a structure for community remediation and pride. Join us to learn more about this important market!

Cooperating for Food Safety Success Lindsay Gilmour, Fair Food Philadelphia & Jeff Stoltzfus, Penn State University Material Level: Some Prior Knowledge/ Experience Recommended Not Recorded Room 109 Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) have become an imperative for many farmers selling, or scaling up to sell, into the wholesale marketplace. The burden is similar whether you farm 800 or 2 acres. Collaborating can reduce costs and provide valuable peer support. We will discuss alternatives for certifying as a group including Group GAP and single entity group certiﬁcation. Of interest to farmers and their neighbors, food hubs, cooperatives, distributors, incubator farms, educators and advocates.

Increasing Beneﬁcial Fats in Forage & Milk

Hardy Kiwifruit, Better than the Fuzzies

Heather Darby, University of Vermont Material Level: Introductory/Overview Room 204 This session will provide a basic understanding of beneﬁcial fats that are found in forages and in milk. The role that these fats play in forage and animal health will be outlined. Factors and practices that can help improve or enhance beneﬁcial fats in forages and milk will be discussed.

Lee Reich, Springtown Farmden Material Level: Some Prior Knowledge/ Experience Recommended Room 207 Hardy kiwifruit is a cousin to the fuzzy market kiwifruit but tastes better. This no-spray fruit is also very ornamental; in fact, it was once grown strictly as an ornamental. Ease of handling, ﬂavor, and pest resistance also make this a good market fruit. This presentation will cover everything from species and variety choice to planting, pruning, harvest, and storage.

Biodynamic Animal Husbandry Mac Mead, The Pfeiffer Center Material Level: General Room 205 Mac will cover the role of the domestic animal in biodynamic farming and go into speciﬁcs with the care of poultry, sheep, horses, and cows. Supported by the Biodynamics Association.

Solar Water Pumping with Drip Irrigation Bill Hennessy, Berks Solar LLC & Reuben DeMaster, Willow Haven Farm Material Level: Introductory/Overview Room 206 Free energy from the sun is used to water and grow vegetables and provide water for poultry and livestock. This is a case study with installation costs and water-use data from a CSA that converted a row crop field to drip-irrigation vegetable production. A side benefit of the installation was to add value to a hay field by providing water for a chicken tractor and a few cows. Participants will learn the detailed costs and materials involved for a solar/drip irrigation installation.

Poultry Unplugged: Free Ranging Poultry Just about Anywhere Victoria Miller, Canyon Creek Farms Material Level: Introductory/Overview Room 208 There are many beneﬁts to free-ranging chickens, turkeys and ducks. How do you successfully free-range poultry when you have predators, climate issues and limited time? This talk focuses on reasons why free-ranging works and how to deal with the inherent challenges of raising birds this way.

Q & A: Reducing Tillage for Vegetable Crops Anu Rangarajan & Ryan Maher, Cornell University — Small Farms Programs Material Level: Some Prior Knowledge/ Experience Recommended Not Recorded Senate Suite Bring your ideas and questions for an open discussion about reducing tillage in your vegetable rotations. Where have you had success? Or what strategies are you thinking about and what are the big obstacles? Are there tools, techniques, or cover crops that may work for your farm? Learn from other growers and join the Cornell Reduced Tillage Team for this casual conversation to ﬁnd success with reduced tillage.

Speaker Biographies & Contact Information Kim & Joe Albano, Ironstone Creamery Kim and Joe Albano have a diversified farm raising pastured chicken, pork, and eggs, as well as a grass fed dairy. They are in their fifth year farming on leased land, currently at Lundale Farm in Chester County, Pennsylvania. 3500 Coventryville Rd Pottstown, PA 19465 (610) 952-2748 kim@ironstonecreamery.com IronstoneCreamery.com Marilyn Anthony, Temple University/ Fox School of Business

Marilyn Anthony is an Assistant Professor of Strategic Management at Temple University/ Fox School of Business and Director of the Flinders Project in South Australia. Previously, she has served as executive director of Lundale Farm and as PASA’s Eastern Regional Director. m.anthony@temple.edu Lia Babitch, Turtle Tree Seed

Lia Babitch grew up on a biodynamic farm in Southeastern Pennsylvania. After school projects in biodynamic greenhouse growing she went on to join and then lead the urban gardening club at college. For the past 11 years Lia has been training and working on biodynamic farms, in both England and the US. For the last seven years she has been corunning Turtle Tree Biodynamic Seed Initiative at Camphill Village. 10 White Birch Rd Copake, NY 12516 (518) 329-3038 turtle@turtletreeseed.org turtletreeseed.org Mike Badger, APPPA/Pastured Poultry Talk

Mike Badger raises pastured poultry and breeds Beltsville Small White turkeys at Badger’s Millside Farm and currently serves as the Executive Director of APPPA. He publishes the organization’s bi-monthly trade magazine, Grit, a 28-page publication focused exclusively on pastured poultry and the business of poultry farming. He hosts the Pastured Poultry Talk podcast. 16 Pine Run Rd Hughesville, PA 17737 apppa.org & pasturedpoultrytalk.com Sarah Bay, Tuscarora Organic Growers Cooperative

For ten years, Sarah Bay has worked on organic vegetable farms in South Central Pennsylvania. As an apprentice at New Morning Farm and then as manager of the Fulton Farm at Wilson College, Sarah managed the transplant production systems for these two vastly different sized farms. Sarah now works at Tuscarora Organic Growers Cooperative as a field consultant. bay.sarah.e@gmail.com Tegan Bernstein, US Department of Agriculture

Tegan (Hagy) Bernstein is the Mid-Atlantic Regional Lead for the USDA’s Office of Community Food Systems. In this capacity she

is deeply engaged in carrying out training and technical assistance activities to a wide variety of constituents; she has worked in food systems for 12 years including time on an organic farm and designing and building school gardens. Her newest gig as mom is her favorite. 300 Corporate Blvd Robbinsville, NJ 08691 (609) 259-5071 tegan.hagy@fns.usda.gov Steve Bogash, ISP Technologies

Steve Bogash is recently retired as a Horticulture Educator and Researcher with Penn State University Cooperative Extension. In his current position, Steve helps to develop new nutrient products and the recommendations to use these products in vegetables, small fruit and flowers. He continues to do applied research in field and high tunnels on bell peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, and processing tomatoes, seeking to improve yields and nutritional quality. 75 North High St Newville, PA 17241 stevebogash@isptech.com isptech.com Tim Bowser, Elk Creek Cafe + Aleworks

Tim Bowser is founder and managing partner of Elk Creek Cafe + Aleworks, a farm-to-fork cafe and brewery. In fall 2016 Elk Creek began to take advantage of changes in liquor regulations that allow beer sales at farmers markets and festivals. Elkcreekcafe.net Wendy Brister, Harvey’s Gardens

Wendy Brister owns/operates Harvey’s Gardens, a native plant nursery and consulting business (assisting businesses in the green industry with online marketing). Wendy has a B.S. in Landscape Architecture from Temple University, is a former Horticulture Instructor at Harrisburg Area Community College and has worked in several areas within the horticulture field, including design/build, nursery operations, and agriculture. 38 New Bridgeville Rd Wrightsville, PA 17368 harveysgardens@comcast.net George Brittenberg, Taproot Farm

George Brittenburg owns Taproot Farm with his wife Ola Creston. Founded in 2009, they grow 20 acres of Certified Naturally Grown vegetables and raise 500 laying hens. Taproot serves the region through CSA, farmers markets, and wholesale distribution. George is very passionate about sustainable agriculture and the movement to build a local, sustainable food system. 66 Kemmerer Rd Shoemakersville, PA 19555 (610) 926-1134 taprootfarm@gmail.com Taprootfarmpa.com Joshua Brock, Commonwealth Hops

A native of Saint Marys, Pennsylvania, Joshua Brock currently works full time as a Macintosh Systems Administrator for AccuWeather, and part time as a sales associate for Appalachian

Outdoors. He owns and operates Hoffman Appalachian Farm in Saint Marys as well as coowns Commonwealth Hops along with his partner, Tess Weigand. (814) 404-2929 joshua@commonwealthhops.com commonwealthhops.com Gabe Brown, Brown’s Ranch

Gabe Brown is a farmer and soil health pioneer at Brown’s Ranch. At Brown’s Ranch, they believe that faith, family, and working with the natural resources that God has provided allows for a meaningful life. They enjoy using these resources to regenerate landscapes for a sustainable future. Brown’s Ranch is located just east of Bismarck, ND. Gabe and his wife Shelly purchased the ranch from Shelly’s parents in 1991 and have grown the operation to 5,200 acres of owned and leased land. Their son, Paul, returned to the ranch after graduation from North Dakota State University and became a partner in the operation. The Browns believe in and practice Holistic Management, a part of which is farming and ranching in nature’s image. They strive to solve problems in a natural and sustainable way. Improving soil health is a priority and no-till farming has been practiced since 1993. A diverse cropping strategy, which includes cover and companion crops are used. The ranch has eliminated the use of synthetic fertilizers, fungicides, and pesticides. They use minimal herbicide and are striving to eliminate it. They do not use GMOs or glyphosate. Their ever evolving grazing strategy allows most of their pastures a recovery period of over 360 days. These strategies have allowed the health of the soil, the mineral and water cycles to greatly improve. In other words, the natural resources have benefited. This results in increased production, profit, and a higher quality of life. They are moving towards sustainability for not only their but future generations as well. 3752 106th St NE Bismarck, ND 58503 (701) 527-5570 brownranch@bektel.com brownsranch.us Terra Brownback, Spiral Path Farm

Terra Brownback is an owner of Spiral Path Farm, a certified organic vegetable farm in Perry County, Pennsylvania since 1978. She is a first-generation farmer. Today, two grown sons, Will and Lucas Brownback, both farm with the family on 255 certified organic acres, with about 80 acres in produce, 5 acres under greenhouse vegetable production and 13,000 square feet of transplant production for onfarm use.

Speaker Biographies & Contact Information 538 Spiral Lane Loysville, PA 17047-9520 (717) 789-4433 terra@spiralpathfarm.com spiralpathfarm.com Will Brownback, Spiral Path Farm

Will Brownback is a second generation organic vegetable farmer. He and his family manage Spiral Path Farm. Spiral Path Farm has successfully grown a diverse array of organic vegetables since the early 1990s. They have a large CSA and grocery store account, and also sell at farmers markets. Will has broad knowledge about growing high quality crops and improving the soil at the same time. spiralpathfarm.com Anton Burkett, Early Morning Farm

Anton Burkett is the chief farmer at Early Morning Farm, a 1000+ member farm that serves the central portion of New York state. 9658 State Route 90 Genoa, NY 13071 (315) 364-6961 support@earlymorningfarm.com earlymorningfarm.com Eric Burkhart, Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center

Dr. Eric Burkhart is an ethnobotanist who works on production, conservation and trade issues surrounding native medicinal forest plants originating from the eastern United States. His research program in Pennsylvania is focused on developing sustainable wild crop management and production systems for native forest through the use of agroforestry cultivation and plant husbandry. 3400 Discovery Rd Petersburg, PA 16669 (814) 863-2000 epb6@psu.edu ecosystems.psu.edu/directory/epb6 Gianaclis Caldwell, Pholia Farm

Gianaclis Caldwell is the author of several books on small dairy topics, cheesemaking, and holistic goat care. She and her husband operate Pholia Farm in southern Oregon where for over a decade they made raw goat’s milk cheeses at their grade A facility from the milk of their herd. Gianaclis provides consultation services for all farmstead and cheese questions. 9115 W Evans Creek Rd Rogue River, OR 97537 (541) 582-8883 gianaclis@pholiafarm.com pholiafarm.com Judy Chambers, Penn State Extension

Judy Chambers works in the areas of organizational and leadership development, strategic planning and local government training. In 2009-2010 she served as Penn State Extension Fellow with the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania. She holds degrees from Northwestern University and Penn State University. 670 Old Harrisburg Rd Gettysburg, PA 17325 (717) 334-6271 x313 chambers@psu.edu extension.psu.edu/community/ecd

Ian Cheek, I.M. Chestnuts

Harvesting, curing, and processing mast crops including Chinese chestnuts, walnuts, and hickory nuts have been a fall-time staple for Ian Cheek over the past four years. Seeking a connection between these perennial crops and other interests in animal and vegetable farming, working with the versatile Chinese chestnut was an obvious choice when a supply from a mature orchard became available. 1517 Pea Ridge Rd Lonaconing, MD 21539 imcheek14@gmail.com Angela Corrado, Against The Grain LLC

With 10+ years of small business experience, a passion for the outdoors, and a desire to help others, Angela Corrado founded Against The Grain in 2015 with a strict “marketing for all” philosophy. Primarily assisting artisans and agriculturalists, Angela’s clients appreciate her simplistic, but creative and effective, strategies. A part-time farmer as well, you need not doubt her work ethic. (484) 955-3817 MissAngeCorrado@gmail.com getagainstthegrain.com Dorn Cox, Farm Hack/FarmOS

Dorn Cox is a co-founder of the Farm Hack Community and a farmer in Lee New Hampshire, on a 250-acre certified organic farm where he continues to develop and refine open source agricultural research and development systems to improve soil health, farm productivity and resilience. He speaks regionally and nationally about the intersection of soil health, technology and agrarianism, and has a PhD from the University of New Hampshire. 11 Randall Rd Lee NH 03861 (603) 781-6030 dornawcox@gmail.com farmhack.org Bruce Cramer, Cramer Farm

Bruce Cramer is a first-generation secondcareer produce grower who, along with wife Diane and daughter Lucy, operates Cramer Farm in Centre County, Pennsylvania. All manner of vegetables as well as small fruits, mushrooms, eggs and pork are sold through CSA and farmers market. The past 12 years have focused on finding efficiencies to enable a financially sustainable lifestyle on a smallfootprint farm. 350 Crust Rd Howard, PA 16841 cramerfarm.com Jim Crawford, New Morning Farm

Since 1972, Jim Crawford, with wife Moie, has owned and operated New Morning Farm, 30 acres of certified-organic, mixed vegetables and berries in south-central Pennsylvania. The farm employs 25 to 30 workers in season, including 12 apprentices and three H2A farm workers from Jamaica. Jim has tried a number of strategies for managing labor over the years, and can discuss pros and cons of many.

22263 Anderson Hollow Rd Hustontown, PA 17229 (814) 448-3904 jim@newmorningfarm.net newmorningfarm.net Ola Creston, Taproot Farm

Ola Creston co-owns and co-operates Taproot Farm with her husband in Berks County, Pennsylvania. She is the marketing and communications manager for Taproot. Some of her roles include employee paperwork, managing the farm’s CSA program, communicating with wholesale and farmers market customers, and working at the farmers markets. 66 Kemmerer Rd Shoemakersville, PA 19555 (610) 926-1134 farmers@taprootfarmpa.com taprootfarmpa.com Bill Curran, Penn State University

Bill Curran is a Professor in the Department of Plant Science at Penn State University. Dr. Curran has an extension-research split and has statewide responsibilities for weed management education in agronomic crops. Dr. Curran conducts research on integrated weed management, weed management in conservation tillage systems, cover crops, and organic weed management. 116 ASI Bldg University Park, PA 16802 (814) 863-1014 wcurran@psu.edu weeds.psu.edu Dan Dalton, PA Association for Sustainable Agriculture

Dan Dalton joined PASA in October 2016 as the Three Rivers Sustainability Hub Manager. He is responsible for educational programming, member outreach, and research coordination in western Pennsylvania. He has worked as an agronomist, advising farmers on how to manage their soils more sustainably, as a vegetable grower, and as an educator teaching agroecology. 6101 Penn Ave, Suite 201 Pittsburgh, PA 15206 (814) 349-9856 x 17 dan@pasafarming.org pasafarming.org Heather Darby, University of Vermont

Dr. Heather Darby is an Extension Agronomist with the University of Vermont Extension. Dr. Darby has an extensive applied research and outreach program that has focused on meeting the needs of organic producers in the Northeast. Her work has focused on soil, forages, small grains, and other specialty crops such as dry beans, hops, and hemp. 278 S. Main St St. Albans, VT 05478 (802) 524-6501 heather.darby@uvm.edu uvm.edu/extension/cropsoil Pam Dawling, Twin Oaks Community

Pam Dawling is the author of Sustainable Market Farming and writes for Growing for Market magazine. An avid vegetable grower for 40 years, she lives at Twin Oaks Community in central Virginia, growing vegetables for 100

Speaker Biographies & Contact Information people on 3.5 acres, and providing training for members in sustainable vegetable production. She blogs at sustainablemarketfarming.com and on Facebook. 138 Twin Oaks Rd Louisa, VA 23093 sustainablemarketfarming.com Reuben DeMaster, Willow Haven Farm

Reuben DeMaster began farming in 2009 and operates a 50 acre farm. In order to expand his vegetable production and CSA, he drilled a well and powered it with a solar irrigation system this past year. This allowed him to put an additional three acres into production in an area of the farm that lacked water. 7686 Herber Rd New Tripoli, PA 18066 (610) 298-2197 willowhavenfarm@live.com willowhavenfarmpa.com Kathy Demchak, Penn State University

Kathy Demchak has been in the Department of Plant Science at Penn State University since 1999. She has worked with berry crops since 1992, and has conducted research and demonstration work on high tunnel berry production for the past 17 years. She is part of an extensive Specialty Crops Research Initiative project entitled “Optimizing Protected Culture Environments for Berry Crops” led by Eric Hanson at Michigan State University. 102 Tyson Building University Park, PA 16802 (814) 863-2303 efz@psu.edu tunnelberries.org extension.psu.edu/plants/vegetable-fruit

“Adaptation Resources for Agriculture” to guide users in assessing and adapting to climate change impacts. daniel.dostie@pa.usda.gov climatehubs.oce.usda.gov/northeast Beth & Shawn Dougherty, The Sow’s Ear Farm & Pottery

Shawn and Beth Dougherty farm 45 acres of steep rocky land in eastern Ohio, where they raise grass, beef and dairy cattle, pigs, sheep, and various poultry. Their farming practices develop from the conviction that truly sustainable farming is not dependent on purchased, off-farm inputs, including feed, but builds its fertility and productivity through good management of sunlight and soil. 210 Burge Rd Toronto, OH 43964 (740) 537-5178 shawnandbeth@att.net onecowrevolution.wordpress.com Matt Dybala, Herb Pharm

Since 2007, Matt Dybala has researched and cultivated a diversity of medicinal and aromatic plants at Herb Pharm’s 116-acre organic farm in Oregon. Today, he will be sharing his agricultural experiences of growing flowering annuals, hardy perennials, and native woodland crops from seed through harvest for the commercial herb market. PO Box 116 Williams, OR 97544 (541) 846-9224 mdybala@herb-pharm.com herb-pharm.com Franklin Egan, PA Association for Sustainable Agriculture

Atina Diffley is an organic farmer and author of the 2012 award-winning memoir, Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works. Atina draws on her decades of experience in vegetable production and marketing to provide produce farmers with useful, practical, profit-making guidance on how to achieve and market the highest quality produce for sale! atina@organicfarmingworks.com atinadiffley.com

Franklin Egan is the Director of Education for PASA. Franklin holds a PhD in agroecology and has conducted research and teaching on topics including weed management, soil health, dairy grazing, and pollinator conservation. At PASA, he coordinates the SOIL Institute projects for farmer training and development, farmer to farmer exchange, and farm-based research. PO Box 419 Millheim, PA 16854 (814) 349-9856 franklin@pasafarming.org pasafarming.org

Mark Dixon, Blue Lens, LLC

Wade Esbenshade, Summit Valley Farm

Mark Dixon is an award-winning filmmaker, activist, and public speaker exploring the frontiers of social change on a finite planet. His productions include Your Environmental Road Trip, a year-long “eco-expedition” through all 50 United States, and The Power of One Voice: A 50-Year Perspective on the Life of Rachel Carson. In 2015, Mark attended the COP21 climate negotiations as press. (412) 204-6098 mark@lens.blue markatcop21.wordpress.com

Wade Esbenshade manages Summit Valley Farm in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. After receiving his B.S. and M.S. in Agronomy, he took over the family farm which he began transitioning to organic in 2004. He now farms 150 acres of certified organic corn, soybeans, spelt and alfalfa which is marketed to local organic dairies. He has been continually looking for innovative ways to integrate cover crops on his farm. 199 Eastern School Rd New Holland, PA 17557 summitvalleyfarm@gmail.com

Atina Diffley, Organic Farming Works LLC

Dan Dostie, USDA Climate Hub

Dan Dostie works for the USDA Northeast Climate Hub as a project liaison and subject matter link to NRCS conservation technology and programs. Dan’s primary project has been co-authoring a new USDA publication called

Sarah Flack, Sarah Flack Consulting

Sarah Flack, author of The Art and Science of Grazing, is a consultant, speaker and writer specializing in grass-based organic livestock farming systems. Taking a practical approach

in applying the science of grazing, her goal is to help create more farms with successful grassbased management systems, empowering farmers to create positive change for pastures, soils, livestock, and farmers. sarahflackconsulting@gmail.com sarahflackconsulting.com Shelby Fleischer, Penn State University

Shelby J. Fleischer is a Professor of Entomology at Penn State University with 25 years’ research and extension experience in vegetable cropping systems focused on insect population dynamics and advancing IPM. Priority is placed on advancing economically feasible management that improves worker and environmental safety. He’s been on the frontline of dealing with the newly invasive allium leafminer. 501 ASI Bldg University Park, PA 16802 sjf4@psu.edu Trey Flemming, Two Gander Farm

Trey and Deirdre Flemming manage Two Gander Farm, a certified organic CSA and market farm outside of Downingtown, Pennsylvania. They are in their fifth year of growing on ten acres of a 264-acre preserved farm that is owned by the Brandywine Conservancy Land Trust. Trey is using FARMDATA as a management tool to help guide crop spraying, irrigation scheduling and seeding trials. 110 Buck Rd Downingtown, PA 19335 (610) 812-2582 twoganderfarm@gmail.com twoganderfarm.com Peggy Fogarty, Keystone Development Center

Peggy Fogarty, Executive Director of Keystone Development Center, works with cooperatives in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Her entrepreneurial spirit, vision and ability to leverage community partners are key to her clients’ success in important phases of development and expansion. She helps farmers, fisheries and agricultural businesses focus on the development of social and physical infrastructure. 108 F N. Reading Rd, Suite 200 Ephrata, PA 17522 (717) 792-2163 info@kdc.coop kdc.coop Rachel Gaston-Pifer, Certified Babywearing Consultant

Rachel Gaston-Pifer is a Certified Babywearing Consultant and USIKC Certified Kangaroo Care (KC) Consultant helping caregivers choose and learn to use baby carriers and KC garments in the greater Centre County region and worldwide online. Her specialty is helping those in special situations, especially those with a need to care for and/or carry more than one family member. (814) 933-5668 rachelgaston@hotmail.com rachelgaston-pifer.blogspot.com Justin Geisinger, Air Hill Acres

Justin Geisinger operates Air Hill Acres which

Speaker Biographies & Contact Information consists of 145 acres. Air Hill Acres sits on top of a shale ridge in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania located in South Central Pennsylvania. In 2010, the farm transitioned from row crops to permanent grass stands. These soils are very drought prone, and there have been many observed benefits from practicing conservation on all of the acres. Livestock play an important role here. 8445 Nyesville Rd Chambersburg, PA 17202 Jim Gillis, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Jim Gillis, State Biologist for USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service in Pennsylvania, was raised on a grass-fed beef farm in southwestern Pennsylvania and has worked on farms for most of his life. He has many years of practical and scientific experience with biology, forestry, and agriculture. Some of his specialties are holistic planning and matching land uses to environmental conditions. 359 E Park Dr, Suite 2 Harrisburg, PA 17111 james.gillis@pa.usda.gov pa.nrcs.usda.gov Gary Gilmore, DCNR Forestry

Gary Gilmore is a forester with the DCNR. Over the past 20 years he has worked with landowners in helping them manage their woods. With a keen interest in developing permaculture food sources, he is turning his attention to growing chestnuts. This past year he has planted 70 chestnut seedlings on a backfilled strip mine that is part of his tree farm. 9055 Coal Hill Rd Luthersburg, PA 15848 ggilmore@pa.gov Lindsay Gilmour, Organic Planet LLC

Lindsay Gilmour is a food systems consultant currently focused on GAP food safety education. She is a qualified internal auditor for USDA Group GAP and ISO quality management systems, a trainer for the Produce Safety Rule, and a Preventative Controls qualified individual. She co-managed a USDA Group GAP Pilot in Pennsylvania, supporting 100+ Amish farmers through certification. Lindsay recently developed a USDA-approved single-entity management food safety program for a small farm cooperative. She is currently working with Chesapeake Harvest in Maryland, helping them develop a Group GAP program for their grower network. (215) 696-9780 lindsaygilmour@comcast.net Aimee & John Good, The Good Farm

Aimee and John Good have owned and operated Quiet Creek Farm, a 250-member CSA located at The Rodale Institute, for 11 years. They are currently transitioning their operation to an 18-acre farm they purchased three years ago. They have two children, Celia and Lyle, who are excited to help them raise certified organic vegetables, flowers, herbs,

and berries at Good Farm. 8112 Church Rd Germansville, PA 18053 goodfarmcsa.com Beth Gugino, Penn State University

Beth K. Gugino is an Associate Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology at Penn State University. Her extension and research program focuses on the identification, epidemiology and management of vegetable diseases important to Pennsylvania and the Northeast regions with a current emphasis on bacterial diseases of onion. 204 Buckhout Lab University Park, PA 16802 (814) 865-7328 bkgugino@psu.edu plantpath.psu.edu/directory/bmk120 Karen Hackman, RHP Law Group

Karen L. Hackman, J.D. practices law with a commitment to the quality of life in rural Pennsylvania. For the past 33 years she has worked with farmers, farm families and woodland owners to preserve and protect our farms and woodlands. She is a frequent speaker to attorneys, community and conservation groups about the importance of estate and long term care planning to the future of farming. 1372 North Susquehanna Trail Selinsgrove, PA 17870 (570) 743-2333 hackman@rhplegal.com rhplegal.com Bob Hamburg, Omega-Alpha Recycling Systems (OARS)

Bob Hamburg began focusing upon anaerobic digestion systems as a Peace Corps Nepal Volunteer in 1974. His farming experience and extensive travel around the world have developed his geographic perspective, which drives OARS’ efforts suggesting that developing small-scale biogas systems is akin to livestock domestication rather than a technological fix to our need for energy. 532 Georgian Rd Glenside, PA 19038 (215) 605-7408 bhanomalous7@gmail.com dragonhusbandry.com Ben Hartman, Clay Bottom Farm

Ben Hartman is the author of The Lean Farm. He and his wife, Rachel Hershberger, own and operate Clay Bottom Farm in Goshen, Indiana, where they make their living growing and selling specialty crops on a 1/2 acre of land using the lean production system. Their farm is ten years old and has twice won Edible Michiana’s Reader’s Choice Award. claybottomfarm.com Bill Hennessy, Berks Solar, LLC

For the past ten years, Bill Hennessy has led Berks Solar, LLC—a Berks County electrical contracting company that specializes in smallscale photovoltaic installations and battery backup systems. He has taught hands-on solar installation workshops on-site and at colleges

throughout eastern Pennsylvania and is vice president of the volunteer Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Association. 371 Centennial Rd Mertztown, PA 19539 (484) 560-4666 bill@berkssolar.com berkssolar.com Sean High, Penn State Center for Agricultural & Shale Law

Born and raised in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Sean High developed a strong interest in agriculture while working summers on his grandparents’ dairy farm. He is a graduate of Penn State Law and serves as staff attorney at the Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law where his duties include researching agricultural law issues and presenting his findings to the public. 329 Innovation Blvd., Suite 118 University Park, PA 16802 pennstatelaw.psu.edu/casl Rick Hood, Summer Creek Farm

Rick Hood has farmed commercially using Organic practices since 1984. He has served as president of the Maryland Food and Farming Association, West Frederick Farmers Market, and Maryland Certified Organic Growers Coop. He served nine years on the Frederick County Maryland Agriculture Business Council. SCF is an innovative organic produce grower and supplier of soilless potting mixes. 15209 Mud College Rd Thurmont, MD 21788 farmer@summercreekfarm.com summercreekfarm.com Ron Hoover, Penn State University

Ron Hoover is an extension associate and instructor in the Department of Plant Science at Penn State University. He is a coordinator of on-farm research where the focus is on agronomic crops and soils management. His involvement in several organic reduced-tillage projects has been to test tillage-reducing practices on private farms to identify limitations and opportunities for improving farming systems. 116 ASI Bldg, Penn State University University Park, PA 16802 (814) 777-4785 rjh7@psu.edu Simon Huntley, Small Farm Central

Simon Huntley founded Small Farm Central in 2006 to help farm businesses grow through technology. He grew up on a farm in southwestern Pennsylvania and later managed a CSA farm in Colorado. He is the author of Cultivating Customers: A Farmer’s Guide to Online Marketing. 6560 Lilac St Pittsburgh, PA 15217 (412) 567-3864 simon@smallfarmcentral.com smallfarmcentral.com Michael Judd, Ecologia, Edible & Ecological Landscapes

Principle designer/founder of Ecologia and author of Edible Landscaping with a

Speaker Biographies & Contact Information Permaculture Twist Michael Judd is a well known and enjoyed speaker, noted for enthusiastic and clear presentations on a host of subjects surrounding edible and ecological landscapes. Presenter for Mother Earth News and NOFA — Northeast Organic Farmers Association, guest on popular radio such as A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach, and a host of podcasts revolving around edible landscaping, gardening and permaculture. (240) 344-5625 info@ecologiadesign.com ecologiadesign.com Nancy Jury, Sterman Masser, Inc.

Nancy (Schlegel) Jury is the Director of Food Safety at Sterman Masser, Inc. (SMI), and has been with the company 16 years. She grew up on a potato farm in Tower City, Pennsylvania, and just can’t seem to get away from spuds. She has a B.S. in Agricultural Science from Penn State University. She would love to see potatoes being grown everywhere in Pennsylvania again. 2 Fearnot Road PO Box 210 Sacramento, PA 17968 (570) 682-3709 info@masserspuds.com stermanmasser.com Lisa Kelly, The Food Trust

country to growers on principles of biological systems. He has been farming for 30 years, and he and his wife have a 24-acre mixed farm with hoophouses, winter greens, pastured poultry, and grass-fed beef. 24 Hillsville Rd N Brookfield, MA 01535 (978) 257-2627 dan@bionutrient.org bionutrient.org Amanda Knackstedt, MidAtlantic Farm Credit

Amanda Knackstedt is a Loan Officer with MidAtlantic Farm Credit Working with farmers in southeastern Pennsylvania. She earned a B.S. of Business Administration from Lebanon Valley College and an MBA in Food and Agribusiness from Delaware Valley University. 411 W Roseville Rd Lancaster, PA 17601 Mike Kovach, Walnut Hill Farm

Michael Kovach is a grass-based sustainable livestock farmer from Mercer County. With his family, he raises grass-fed and grass-finished Angus beef and lamb, as well as pigs and poultry in ways that both match their natural habits, and improve the soils on which they are grown. 4965 Saranac Dr Sharpsville, PA 16150 mkovach@thewalnuthillfarm.com

Lisa Kelly is a Program Associate with The Food Trust, supporting the Farmers Market Program. Lisa works closely with farmers and vendors, including recruitment for markets, on-site support and marketing, and promotions technical assistance. She manages Headhouse Farmers Market on behalf of the agency, and has a Bachelors degree in Urban Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. 1617 John F Kennedy Blvd, Suite 900 Philadelphia, PA 19103 lkelly@thefoodtrust.org thefoodtrust.org

Don Krestchmann has 40 years experience growing about 20 acres of organic vegetables and three acres of organic apples in western Pennsylvania. They market the majority of produce directly to consumers via a large CSA. We currently work with a mixed crew of yearround, seasonal and H2A employees. Most of the electric for the farm and home is provided by a solar array. 257 Zeigler Rd Rochester, PA 15974 (724) 452-7189 don@kretschmannfarm.com kretschmannfarm.com

Wes King, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Altfrid Krusenbaum, Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship

Wes King has worked on sustainability and food policy issues for the past eight years. He staffs NSAC’s Marketing, Food Systems and Rural Development Committee. Wes spent the past six years at NSAC member organization Illinois Stewardship Alliance, working on food access, farmers markets and working-lands conservation policy; and leading efforts to create a more risk and scale-appropriate regulatory environment. 110 Maryland Ave, Suite 209 Washington, DC 20002 (202) 547-5754 wking@sustainableagriculture.net sustainableagriculture.net

Altfrid Krusenbaum works as the On-Farm Education Director for Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship (DGA). In this role he visits apprentices and master farmers in eastern and southern Wisconsin and also assists other Education Coordinators of DGA in other regions. Prior to his work with DGA, Altfrid and his wife Sue operated for 26 years Krusen Grass Farms, a 140-cow, 450-acre organic, pasture-based dairy. (715) 560-0389 info@dga-national.org dga-national.org

Dan Kittredge, Bionutrient Food Association

Dan Kittredge is the founder and Executive Director of the Bionutrient Food Association, an organization focused on increasing quality in the food supply. He speaks across the

Don Kretschmann, Kretschmann Farm

Jenn & Steve Kurian, Wild For Salmon

Jenn and Steve Kurian founded Wild For Salmon in 2003. What began as a working vacation to Alaska evolved into a successful business. Steve comes from a family where small business and hard work are a way of life. Business didn’t necessarily come naturally to Jenn, but customer service did, which helped

grow Wild for Salmon to its current size, including a retail store and 13 employees. 521 Montou Blvd Bloomsburg, PA 17815 (570) 387-0550 info@wildforsalmon.com wildforsalmon.com Eugene Lapp, Lapp Brothers, LLC

Eugene Lapp is a third generation farmer, caring for his family farm since 1989. Lapp Brothers, LLC currently farms 700 acres in corn, wheat, soybeans and alfalfa, transitioning additional acreage to organic as they are able. Always looking for solutions to a better end, Eugene makes it a priority to educate himself and others. He is a student, ever learning…and a teacher, always expounding. 25 Pequea Valley Rd Kinzers, PA 17535 (717) 629-8556 lapptop6@gmail.com Marla Karina Larrave, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Marla Karina Larrave works with grassroots members to link identified priorities and needs with policy efforts and advocacy opportunities on a national scale. She facilitates NSAC’s work on equity within the food and farm system through the Diversity Committee. Marla holds an M.A. in International Development from American University and a B.A. in Global Studies from the University of California Santa Barbara. 110 Maryland Ave NE, Suite 209 Washington, DC 20002 (202) 547-5754 mlarrave@sustainableagriculture.net sustainableagriculture.net Ted LeBow, Kitchen Table Consultants

Ted LeBow is CEO and Co-Founder of Kitchen Table Consultants (KTC). KTC’s goal is simple — to help passionate farmers and food artisans build lasting, profitable, locallyfocused businesses. Ted has owned and operated nine businesses. His passion is financial sustainability and he and KTC have worked with over 200 entrepreneurs helping them to be sustainable. 112 Righters Ferry Rd Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 (610) 324-6973 ted@kitchentableconsultants.com kitchentableconsultants.com Dave Liker, Gorman Farm

Gorman Farm is a 500-member CSA farm that started with 30 members in 2009. Dave Liker, owner/farmer, has always held the CSA program, the customer, and the CSA-to-farm logistics as top priority. Enhancing functionality, crop quality and distribution has developed strong member retention. After years of farmers markets, onsite farm stands and retail operations, they are now back to a CSA-only model. (301) 908-8063 info@gormanproducefarm.com gormanproducefarm.com

Speaker Biographies & Contact Information Charis Lindrooth, Red Earth Farm

Charis Lindrooth and her husband Michael Ahlert own and operate Red Earth Farm in Kempton, Pennsylvania. Charis heads up the flower production, growing and arranging specialty cut flowers for markets and their CSA, as well as for weddings and special events. 5785 Golden Key Rd Kempton, PA 19529 (610) 756-3600 info@redearthfarm.org RedEarthFarm.org Stewart Lundy, Perennial Roots Farm

Stewart Lundy has been farming organically for seven seasons. Together with his partner Natalie, he manages their 50-acre polyculture farm. Stewart oversees their diverse multispecies heritage breed animals with rotational grazing. He uses permaculture strategies along with the biodynamic planting calendar. Stewart practices making and applying biodynamic preparations for pasture, orchard, and garden. PO Box 538 Accomac, VA 23301 (757) 709-8761 perennialroots@gmail.com perennialroots.com Mark MacDonald, Bee Tree Berry Farm

Mark MacDonald and his wife Laura planted their first 5000 strawberries in 2012. Along with blueberries, raspberries, elderberries and currants, they are now cultivating one and a half acres of matted row strawberries for upick, three-quarters of an acre using plasticulture for on-farm and farmers market sales, as well as one-third of an acre of day neutral strawberries for farm market sales. 494 Benner Rd Bellefonte, PA 16823 (814) 383-2134 beetreeberryfarm@gmail.com Ryan Maher, Cornell University — Small Farms Program

Ryan Maher is a Research and Extension Specialist in the Cornell Small Farms Program. He manages projects on soil health and reduced tillage in vegetable cropping systems and focuses on strategies that work for organic farms at a range of scales. 135 Plant Science, Cornell University, Hort Section Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-2102 rmm325@cornell.edu smallfarms.cornell.edu Liz Martin, Muddy Fingers Farm

Liz Martin and Matthew Glenn run Muddy Fingers Farm. Entering their fifteenth year growing heirloom and unusual vegetables, they market through CSA, farmers markets, and to restaurants. 3859 Dugue Rd Hector, NY 14841 Hannah Masser, MidAtlantic Farm Credit

Hannah Masser is an agricultural lender with Farm Credit based out of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She grew up on her family’s produce farm in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania and still helps manage their

summer farm markets. Hannah is a graduate of Penn State University with a B.S. degree in agricultural business management. 411 W. Roseville Rd Lancaster, PA 17601 (888) 339-3334 hmasser@mafc.com mafc.com Erica McBride, Pennsylvania Hemp Industry Council

Erica McBride is passionate about hemp and its promise for a better tomorrow. She was part of the team that got Pennsylvania’s industrial hemp legislation introduced and advocated for it through all its stage. She has organized numerous educational events, met with many legislators, worked on political campaigns and given speeches at various events to promote hemp in Pennsylvania. ericamcbride@pahic.org pahic.org

Victoria Miller, Canyon Creek Farms

Victoria Mller and her husband David have lived on their off-grid homestead in northwestern Washington state for over ten years. In addition to designing and installing their own solar-electric system, they raise freerange poultry. Victoria is the author of Pure Poultry: Living Well with Heritage Chickens, Turkeys and Ducks, and the award-winning Craft Distilling: Making Liquor Legally at Home. PO Box 2806 Sequim, WA 98382 (360) 808-4942 offgridbaker@gmail.com victoriaredhedmiller.com Dave Mortensen, Penn State University

Dave Mortensen is a Professor of Weed and Applied Plant Ecology at Penn State University. He also serves on the PASA Board of Directors. 422 ASI Building University Park, PA 16802 (814) 865-1906 dmortensen@psu.edu

Mac Mead, Pfeiffer Center

Mac Mead has been practicing biodynamics for over 40 years, including vegetable and herb production, orcharding, and animal husbandry. For 30 years he helped manage the gardens and farm at the Fellowship Community, an intergenerational elder care facility, and since 2006 has been the program director of the Pfeiffer Center for Biodynamics. Both organizations are in Chestnut Ridge, New York. 241 Hungry Hollow Rd Chestnut Ridge, NY 10977 (845) 352-5020 x20 info@pfeiffercenter.org pfeiffercenter.org Brooks Miller, North Mountain Pastures

Brooks Miller has been raising livestock on pasture since 2007 with his wife Anna Santini. In 2009, they started North Mountain Pastures, a meat CSA originally selling pastured poultry and grass-fed beef to the central Pennsylvania and Washington, DC areas. They have expanded to include pork, lamb, and duck in the CSA, and provide CSA members with specialty cured meats and European-style charcuterie. 201 Cold Storage Rd Newport, PA 17074 (717) 497-3496 brooks@northmountainpastures.com northmountainpastures.com Sandra Miller, Painted Hand Farm

Sandra Kay Miller has been actively raising livestock for over 30 years. She retails all her pasture-based meats through farmers markets, buying clubs and to award-winning restaurants in the mid-Atlantic region. She is a Lifetime Member and a former board member of PASA. PO Box 256 Mt. Holly Springs, PA 17065 (717) 860-9385 sandra@paintedhandfarm.com paintedhandfarm.com

Brian Moyer, Penn State Extension

Brian Moyer is a program assistant with Penn State Extension at the Lehigh County office where he assists farmers and markets with marketing and regulations. Brian was the founder and manager of the Skippack Farmers Market from 1999 to 2009. Brian and his wife Holley own and run Green Haven Farm and raise grass-fed livestock on their 27-acre farm just outside of Fleetwood in Berks County. 4184 Dorney Park Rd Allentown, PA 18104 (610) 391-9840 bfm3@psu.edu John Munsell, Virginia Tech

John Munsell is an Associate Professor and Extension Specialist in Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation at Virginia Tech. He focuses on private forest and farm stewardship, agroforestry and whole farm planning, and bioenergy and family forest sustainability. He resides in Blacksburg, Virginia with his wife and two children, and enjoys playing jazz bass and making venison jerky. 304C Cheatham Hall (0324) Blacksburg, VA 24061 (540) 231-1611 jfmunsel@vt.edu frec.vt.edu/people/munsell/ Ebony Murrell, Penn State University

Ebony Murrell is a postdoctoral scholar in the Ecosystem Science and Management Department at Penn State University. She is a member of the PSU Cover Crop Cocktails research team, which is investigating the benefits and tradeoffs of planting cover crop monocultures and mixtures. She is currently managing a project investigating cover crop mixture performance at eight organic farms throughout Pennsylvania and New York. egmurrell@gmail.com ecosystems.psu.edu/directory/egm3 Justin Naylor, Old Tioga Farm

Justin Naylor has operated Old Tioga Farm

Speaker Biographies & Contact Information since 2008, raising vegetables and breads for 60 families on the CSA model while operating with his wife Dillon an on-farm, fine-dining restaurant open every Friday and Saturday evening. As a former high school teacher, Justin is passionate about sharing information and fostering discussion among others. 1432 Old Tioga Tpke Stillwater, PA 17878 justin@oldtiogafarm.com oldtiogafarm.com Mike Negra, Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board

Mike Negra, a resident of Potter Township, Centre County, joined the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board in Fall 2014. He helps manage South View Farm, a working farm in Centre Hall that has been a member in PASA. Mike served on the executive board of the Centre County Chamber and has been active in local charities. Mike and his wife Wanda White love dogs, particularly their working border collie, Goldie. 502 Northwest Office Building Harrisburg, PA 17124 lcb.pa.gov Colin O’Neil, Environmental Working Group

Colin O’Neil is Agriculture Policy Director at EWG, where he focuses on a wide array of matters related to food and farm policy, including farm pollution, farm subsidies, conservation programs, food labeling, organic and sustainable farming and biofuels. Prior to joining EWG, Colin served as Director of Government Affairs at Center for Food Safety. He is a graduate of Beloit College in Wisconsin. Suite 100 Washington, DC 20009 (202) 667-6982 ewg.org Claire & Rusty Orner, Quiet Creek Herb Farm & School of Country Living

For 20 years, Quiet Creek Herb Farm & School of Country Living has been offering workshops on sustainable living — and high tunnel raspberry production is an exciting part of the mission — living healthful, sustainable lives. Claire and Rusty Orner and family steward Quiet Creek, a 30-acre, non-profit farm in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. 93 Quiet Creek Ln Brookville, PA 15825 (814) 849-9662 quietcreek@windstream.net quietcreekherbfarm.org Caroline Owens, Owens Farm

Caroline Owens and her husband David raise Coopworth and Katahdin sheep, Tamworth pigs, chickens, and bees in Sunbury, Pennsylvania. Sheep are the centerpiece of the farm with the ewe flock currently at 130. The lamb crop is sold as weanlings to other producers or finished on grass and marketed consumer-direct. She is also the author of the new book, Time Management Tips for Farmers. 2611 Mile Post Rd Sunbury, PA 17801 (570) 898-6060 caroline@owensfarm.com owensfarm.com

Tony Page, Rooster Street Butcher Shop

Biography not provided. roosterst.com Sunil Patel, Patchwork Urban Farms

A farmer, permaculturalist, and a food and farming thought-leader, Sunil Patel has studied natural farming methods across the country. Now living in Asheville, North Carolina, he is in the fourth season of forming Patchwork Urban Farms, an urban farmers cooperative that seeks to connect land owners, growers, workers, and consumers in a citywide, village-scale food and farming economy. (412) 418-2633 patchworkurbanfarms@gmail.com patchworkurbanfarms.com Ross Pifer, Penn State Center for Agricultural & Shale Law

Ross Pifer is a Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Agricultural and Shale Law at Penn State Law. He also directs the school’s Rural Economic Development Clinic. He holds degrees from Penn State, the Dickinson School of Law, and the University of Arkansas School of Law. 329 Innovation Blvd, Suite 118 University Park, PA 16802 pennstatelaw.psu.edu/casl Cathy Pomanti, Sugar Hill Farm

Cathy Pomanti is the proprietor of Sugar Hill Farm. Sugar Hill Farm is a 200 acre former dairy farm in north central Pennsylvania that that has raised 100% grass-fed, certified organic beef from Scottish Highland cattle since 2006. The farm also has certified organic eggs from pasture raised poultry. 1 Harrogate Dr Hummelstown, PA 17036 (717) 991-7757 service@sugarhillfarmpa.com sugarhillfarmpa.com

reduced tillage systems for vegetables to improve soil health while maintaining crop quality, yields and farm profitability. She also directs the Cornell Small Farm Program. G13 Plant Science, Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-1780 ar47@cornell.edu smallfarms.cornell.edu Janisse Ray, writer

Writer and activist Janisse Ray is author of five books of literary nonfiction. Her most recent, The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food, looks at what’s happening to seeds. Her first book of creative nonfiction, Ecology of a Cracker Childhood, is a memoir about growing up on a junkyard in the ruined longleaf pine ecosystem of the Southeast. Besides being a plea to protect and restore the glorious pine flatwoods of the South, the book looks hard at family, mental illness, poverty, and fundamentalist religion. At home in southern Georgia, Ray attempts to live a simple life on Red Earth Farm with her husband and daughter. She is an organic gardener, tender of farm animals, slow-food cook, seed saver, and community organizer. She lectures widely on nature, community, agriculture, wildness, sustainability and the politics of wholeness. She is at work on a book about her long-time friendship with the late Georgia naturalist Milton Hopkins, as well as a collection of essays about rural farm life in the 21st Century. 895 Catherine T. Sanders Rd Reidsville, GA 30453 (912) 557-1053 wildfire1491@yahoo.com janisseray.weebly.com

Kelsey Porter, The Food Trust

Kelsey Porter is a Project Coordinator at The Food Trust, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit focused on ensuring everyone has access to nutritious food and the information to make healthy decisions. Kelsey coordinates farm-toschool work and provides technical assistance on the procurement of local products for school meal programs, school gardens, and food and agriculture education. She also currently serves as the Mid-Atlantic Regional Lead for the National Farm-to-School Network. 1617 John F Kennedy Blvd, Suite 900 Philadelphia, PA 19103 (610) 844-2485 kporter@thefoodtrust.org thefoodtrust.org Anu Rangarajan, Cornell University

Dr. Anu Rangarajan is a Cornell Fresh Market Vegetable Production Specialist. Her research and extension program focuses on sustainable vegetable production systems (organic and conventional). Her current aim is to adapt

Lee Reich, Springtown Farmden

Dr. Lee Reich is an avid farmdener (more than a gardener, less than a farmer) who turned from plant and soil research with the USDA and Cornell University to writing, lecturing, and consulting. His writing includes a number of gardening books and a bimonthly column for Associated Press. His farmden is a test site for innovative techniques in soil care, pruning, and growing fruits and vegetables. 387 Springtown Rd New Paltz, NY 12561 garden@leereich.com leereich.com Laura Riccardi Lyvers, Biodynamic Ag Resources

Cancelled Dana Roberts, Penn State University

Dana Roberts, M.S. in Entomology, performed field trials to assess Allium Leafminer behavior and biology. She is creating educational material and working closely with growers to determine organic management options. 530 ASI University Park, PA 16802

Speaker Biographies & Contact Information Ari Rosenberg, Greensgrow Farms

Ari Rosenberg has been growing food for over 14 years in both rural and urban environments. She also supports urban youth in connecting with their food, gaining entrepreneurship skills and developing and enhancing leadership skills. She was co-manager of Guild House Farm for two growing seasons where she and co-manager Nicole Sugerman focused on, among other things, trialing farming techniques in order to maximize yields in a small space (half acre). She is currently the Finance and Operations Manager at Greensgrow Farms. 2503 E. Firth St Philadelphia, PA 19125 (215) 235-2185 ariel.rosenberg@gmail.com greenerpartners.org Anna Santini, North Mountain Pastures

Anna Santini’s farming experience has been at organic vegetable farms around Pennsylvania, including research at the Rodale Institute and a farm manager of Hope Springs Farm, a therapeutic farm for adults with disabilities. She has been farming for a living with her husband Brooks Miller since 2007. They run North Mountain Pastures, a diverse pastured livestock farm and meat CSA. 201 Cold Storage Rd Newport, PA 17074 anna@northmountainpastures.com northmountainpastures.com

pafarmersunion.com Jessica Seeley, Milky Way Farms

Jessica Greenblatt Seeley has worked on organic vegetable farms, PA Certified Organic, and the FoodRoutes Network/Buy Fresh Buy Local Chapters. Jessica’s focus on local foods marketing and food systems complements her work at Milky Way, where she helps manage their on-farm store and restaurant. Her two greatest accomplishments are Jack and Audra! 439 Phinney Dr Troy, PA 16947 jgseeley@gmail.com milkywayfarms.net Kim Seeley, Milky Way Farms

Kim Seeley is a dairy farmer. He and his family operate a grass-based dairy and bottle their own milk, known as Milky Way Farms. This autumn, he began fulfilling a long awaited partnering with Bohlayer’s Orchards In Troy, Pennsylvania. With Bohlayer’s Certified Naturally Grown apples and pears, the Seeleys are pressing, pasteurizing and bottling cider! 17075 Route 14 Troy, PA 16947 (570) 772-1664 milkyway1@frontiernet.net milkywayfarms.net Linda Shanahan & Eric Vander Hyde, Barefoot Gardens

Rachel Schattman is a postdoctoral fellow with the USDA Northeast Climate Hub. Her academic background is in agroecology, with a focus on community food security and farmbased adaptive practices to climate change. Her experience owning and managing a diversified vegetable farm and working with University of Vermont Extension informs her research and outreach approach. rschattman@fs.fed.us rschattman.com

Barefoot Gardens is a small-scale, productionoriented, Certified Organic herb farm entering its tenth growing season. Historically vegetable growers, Linda Shanahan and Eric Vander Hyde always grew some medicinal and culinary herbs for small manufacturers and restaurants. In 2016, they transitioned to focus primarily on medicinal herb production. They strive to transform the farm into a collection of gardens, forming a small circle of ecosystems complementing each other while creating a farm organism that reflects their dedication to sustainable land stewardship. 113 Decatur St Doylestown, PA 18901 (215) 345-4771 lindas@barefootgardens.net barefootbotanicals.net

Whitney Scott, Scott’s Berry Farm

Julia Shanks, Julia Shanks Food Consulting

Whitney Scott has been growing strawberries for 28 years. He started out conventional matted row then went on to hydroponic to day neutral on raised beds to organic. He loves to share what he has learned over the years. 153 Scotts Dr Winfield, PA 17889 whitneyscott570@gmail.com

Julia Shanks works with food and agricultural entrepreneurs, helping them achieve financial sustainability. She provides technical assistance and business coaching that enables them to launch, stabilize and grow their ventures. She is a frequent lecturer on sustainable food systems, accounting and small business management; and is the author of The Farmer’s Office and The Farmers Market Cookbook. (617) 945-8718 info@juliashanks.com juliashanks.com

Rachel Schattman, USDA Northeast Climate Hub

Heidi Secord, PA Farmers Union

Heidi Secord owns and operates the Josie Porter Farm in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania and is the President of Pennsylvania Farmers Union (PFU). Heidi is deeply passionate about social justice issues and policy, advocacy and education efforts that support family farms. Her interest developed while she served in Peace Corps Mali, West Africa ‘92-’94 and with OXFAM. Heidi also serves on the PASA Board. PO Box 863 Stroudsburg, PA 18360 (717) 576-0794 pafarmersunion@gmail.com

Alex Smith, Living Hope Farm/BeetWorks

Alex Smith manages Living Hope Farm in Harleysville, Pennsylvania. In the off season he creates mobile record keeping apps for farmers through his company BeetWorks. Alex has a background in agricultural research and understands the importance of good data. He

works to make it easy for farmers to collect the information they need to keep their farms healthy and profitable. 461 Indian Creek Rd Harleysville, PA 19438 (812) 327-5773 alex@beetclock.com beetclock.com Erin Smith, PA Department of Agriculture

Erin Smith is the policy director at the PA Department of Agriculture. Smith grew up on a dairy farm in Lebanon County, and holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Penn State University. She coordinates the department’s comments on federal and state legislation and regulations and serves as the agriculture liaison between the Governor’s Policy Office and PDA. 2301 N. Cameron St Harrisburg, PA 17110 erins@pa.gov Cathy Snyder, Rolling Harvest Food Rescue

Cathy Snyder has grown Rolling Harvest Food Rescue from an initial connection between one food pantry and one farm to a vibrant network of volunteers, farms and hunger-relief sites. Cathy is committed to raising awareness about the hidden face of local hunger, food waste and food insecurity. 3920 River Rd Lumberville, PA 18933 (267) 293-0085 rollingharvest@gmail.com RollingHarvest.org Bob Solly, Solly Brothers Farm

Biography not provided. Joel Steigman, Small Valley Milling

Biography not provided. Matt Steiman, Dickinson College Farm

Matt Steiman has been working in organic farming for over two decades, the past ten years have been spent managing the Dickinson College Farm with his wife Jenn Halpin. When not working on crop or livestock production, Matt enjoys tinkering and teaching. He has built several on-farm solar and biogas systems, made a climate action plan, and is the cocreator of the FARMDATA smartphone record system. 553 Park Dr Boiling Springs, PA 17007 steimanm@dickinson.edu blogs.dickinson.edu/farm Mike Stenta, farmOS

Michael Stenta is the founder and lead developer of farmOS, an open-source farm planning and record keeping software application, and Farmier, a farmOS hosting service. He also serves as a technical adviser to Farm Hack, and is the lead web developer of Cornell’s Comprehensive Assessment of Soil Health web application. PO Box 364 Mansfield Center, CT 06250 farmOS.org Jeff Stoltzfus, Penn State Extension

Jeff Stoltzfus has spent the past 30 years working as agriculture educator with farmers

Speaker Biographies & Contact Information in eastern Lancaster County. During the past eight years his focus has shifted toward food safety, as local vegetable farmers have needed to adapt to changing regulatory and marketdriven requirements. Last year he began working with Penn State Extension as an educator in farm food safety. 1383 Arcadia Rd, Rm 140 Lancaster, PA 17601 (717) 394-6851 jhs3@psu.edu extension.psu.edu/food/safety/farm Kim Tait, Tait Farm Foods

Kim Tait is the owner of Tait Farm Foods, a diversified family business that grows organic vegetables that serves a CSA, farmers market, on-line cooperative and retail store. The business also manufactures a line of 50+ specialty foods that are sold both retail and wholesale, and they also operate a year-round farm store and seasonal greenhouse. 179 Tait Rd Centre Hall, PA 16828 (814) 466-2386 kimtait@taitfarmfoods.com taitfarmfoods.com Casey Trinkaus, The Fertrell Company

Casey Trinkaus is a Livestock and Poultry Specialist with the Fertrell Company. Holding a Masters in Food Studies, Casey’s main focus is on poultry and swine nutrition, health, and management. She raises both broilers and turkeys for field trials and has a love for turkeys like no other. PO Box 265 Bainbridge, PA 17502 (800) 347-1566 x224 casey@fertrell.com fertrell.com

(540) 894-9480 ira@southernexposure.com SouthernExposure.com Tess Weigand, Commonwealth Hops

Tess Weigand resides near Coburn, Pennsylvania and is the co-founder of Commonwealth Hops, which has a mission to provide growers with convenient harvest and processing resources. She is a graduate of Penn State University where she focused on agronomy. Tess began hop farming in 2012 in her parent’s backyard. Now in its fourth year, Happy Valley Hop Yard continues to expand acreage. Tess is currently employed by PCO. PO Box 10 Coburn, PA 16832 (717) 989-4980 tess@commonwealthhops.com commonwealthhops.com Ben Wenk, Three Springs Fruit Farm

Ben Wenk is the seventh-generation owner/manager of Three Springs Fruit Farm. Three Springs is a Food Alliance certified, diverse family farm that specializes in tree fruits, berries, and specialty veggies. They provide their own produce and value-added products to farmers markets, through regional wholesale channels and, most recently, are also the makers of Ploughman Cider. 1606 Bendersville Wenksville Rd Aspers, PA 17304 ben@threespringsfruitfarm.com threespringsfruitfarm.com

Ira Wallace, Southern Exposure Seed Exchange

Geoffrey Whaling, Pennsylvania Hemp Industry Council

Ira Wallace is a worker/owner of the cooperatively managed Southern Exposure Seed Exchange. Ira serves on the board of Organic Seed Alliance and Virginia Association of Biological Farmers. She presents on heirloom vegetables and seed saving as well as writing for magazines and blogs including Mother Earth News, Fine Gardening, Southern Exposure and her book, The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Southeast. PO Box 460 Mineral, VA 23117

Geoffrey W. Whaling is the Founder, President and CEO of AgriNEXTUSA and Pennsylvania Harvest. He is the founder and President of the Pennsylvania Hemp Industry Council, Board Member of the Pennsylvania Farmers Union, Co-Founder of the Coalition for Access Now — America’s largest CBD Advocacy organization and a member of the leadership team, Producers of Cannabis World Conference and Business. geoffwhaling@pahic.org pahic.org

Jonathan White, Bobolink Dairy & Bakehouse

Jonathan White was a an early pioneer in the artisanal cheese movement. His cheesemaking hobby, begun in 1989, became his profession in 1993. In 2002, his desire for 100% grass-fed milk led him and his wife, modern dancer turned artisanal baker Nina White, to found Bobolink Dairy and Bakehouse. 369 Stamets Rd Milford, NJ 08848 Jonathan@cowsoutside.com Cowsoutside.com Walt Whitmer, Penn State Extension

Walt Whitmer is a Senior Extension Associate with Penn State Extension responsible for statewide economic and community development research and educational programs. His focus areas include community economic development, community and organizational development, strategic planning, engagement and public participation, conflict management, grant-writing, program evaluation, and facilitation. 6C Armsby Building University Park, PA 16802 (814) 865-0468 wew2@psu.edu extension.psu.edu/community/ecd Gladis Zinati, Rodale Institute

Gladis Zinati is an Associate Research Scientist at Rodale Institute, Kutztown, Pennsylvania. She has a Ph.D. in Soil Fertility from Michigan State University and has over 23 years of experience in sustainable and organic farming systems. She conducts research on crop and pest management systems to improve plant and soil health using cover crops, flowering plants, compost formulations, and reduced tillage. 611 Siegfriedale Rd Kutztown, PA 19530 (610) 683-1402 gladis.zinati@rodaleinstitute.org rodaleinstitute.org

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SPONSORS SPONSORS AgrAbility PA 201 Ferguson Bldg. University Park, PA 16802 (814) 867-5288 AgrAbilitypa.org

Agri-Dynamics Inc PO Box 267 Martins Creek, PA 18063 (610) 250-9280 agri-dynamics.com

Agri-Service LLC 11606 Greencastle Pk Hagerstown, MD 21740 (301) 573-8171 dairyheritage.com

Alfrea 23 Abington Ct. Mays Landing, NJ 08330 (610) 220-3359 Alfrea.com

Contact List Blue Skies Farm

EnviroKure Inc

Johnny’s Selected Seeds

18797 Gravel Hill Rd. Georgetown, DE 19947 (202) 546-6622 blueskiesfarmde.com

5222 E. Comly St. Philadelphia, PA 19135 (215) 289-9800 Envirokure.com

955 Benton Ave. Winslow, ME 04901 (207) 660-4324 johnnyseeds.com

Certified Naturally Grown

Ephrata National Bank

540 President St., 3rd Fl. Brooklyn, NY 11215 (845) 687-2058 CNGfarming.org

31 E. Main Street Ephrata, PA 17522 (717) 733-4181 epnb.com

Josephine Porter Institute for Applied Biodynamics

MOM’s Organic Market

201 East Main St., Ste. 14 Floyd, VA 24091 (304) 258-4410 jpibiodynamics.org

5612 Randolph Rd. Rockville, MD 20852 (301) 816-1133 Momsorganicmarket.com

Chatham University

Farm Credit

Falk School of Sustainability-Eden Hall Campus 6135 Ridge Rd. Gibsonia, PA 15044 (412) 365-1386 falk.chatham.edu

411 W Roseville Rd. Lancaster, PA 17604 (888) 339-3334 Agchoice.com or mafc.com

Kimberton Whole Foods

Moyer’s Chicks

2140 Kimberton Rd. Kimberton, PA 19442 (610) 935-1444 Kimbertonwholefoods.com

266 E. Paletown Rd. Quakertown, PA 18951 (215) 536-3155 moyerschicks.com

Farm Family Casualty Insurance Company

King’s AgriSeeds

Chesapeake Bay Foundation

PO Box 656 Albany, NY 12201 (518) 431-5378 Farmfamily.com

60 N Ronks Rd. Ronks, PA 17572 (717) 687-6224 kingsagriseeds.com

National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT)

Fedco Seeds

Kitchen Table Consultants

PO Box 520 Clinton, ME 04927 (207) 426-8247 fedcoseeds.com

112 Righters Ferry Rd. Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 (610) 324-6973 Kitchentableconsultants.com

The Fertrell Company

Lady Moon Farms, Inc.

PO Box 265 Bainbridge, PA 17502 (800) 347-1566 fertrell.com

1795 Criders Church Rd. Chambersburg, PA 17201 (717) 369-2113 ladymoonfarms.com

FRESHFARM

Lakeview Organic Grain

945 G St. NW Washington, DC 20001 (202) 362-8889 freshfarm.org

PO Box 361 Penn Yan, NY 14527 (315) 531-1038 lakevieworganicgrain.com

Green Heron Tools

Lancaster Ag Products

6239 Schochary Rd. New Tripoli, PA 18066 (610) 298-0002 greenherontools.com

60 N. Ronks Rd. Ronks, PA 17572 (717) 687-9222 lancasterag.com

Green Mountain Energy

Laurel Valley Soils

3711 Market St. 10th Fl. Philadelphia, PA 19104 (267) 295-0821 greenmountain.com

PO Box 640 Avondale, PA 19311 (610) 268-5555 Laurelvalleysoils.com

Harris Seeds

Longwood Gardens

PO Box 24966 Rochester, NY 14624 (585) 935-7016 harrisseeds.com

PO Box 501 Kennett Square, PA 19348 (610) 388-1000 longwoodgardens.org

Harvest Market Natural Foods

McEnroe Organic Farm

PA Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation

194 Coleman Station Rd. Millerton, NY 12546 (518) 789-3252 mcenroefarm.com

206 Forest Resource Lab University Park, PA 16802 (814) 863-7192 patacf.org

McGeary Organics

PA DCNR Bureau of Forestry

PO Box 299 Lancaster, PA 17608 (717) 394-6843 mcgearyorganics.com

400 Market St. Harrisburg, PA 17105 (717) 783-0381 bcnr.state.pa.us

1426 N. 3rd St. Harrisburg, PA 17102 (717) 234-5550 cbf.org

Clean Power PA Coalition American HealthCare Group/Farm-to-Table Pittsburgh 1910 Cochran Rd., One Manor Oak, Ste. 405 Pittsburgh, PA 15220 (412) 563-7807 farmtotablepa.com

Animal Welfare Approved PO Box 6 Marion, VA 24354 (717) 412-1701 animalwelfareapproved.org

Ann Schultz- Norwex Independent Consultant 5224 Kortwright Rd. Ashville, NY 14710 AnnSchultz.norwex.biz

The Barn at Lemont 201 Elmwood St. State College, PA 16801 (814) 208-8300 LemontBarn.com

BCS America, LLC 5001 N. Lagoon Portland, PA 97217 (800) 543-1040 bcsamerica.com

BeetWorks 461 Indian Creek Rd. Harleysville, PA 19438 beetclock.com

Biodynamic Association 25844 Butler Rd. Junction City, OR 97448 (262) 649-9212 biodynamics.com

1429 Walnut St., Ste. 1100 Philadelphia, PA 19102 cleanpowerpa.org

Community Partnerships RC&D 23 North Main St. Lewistown, PA 17044 (717) 248-4901 cpartnerships.com

Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship 7234 Gad Rd. Medford, WI 54451 (715) 560-0389 dga-national.org

Delaware Valley University 700 East Butler Ave. Doylestown, PA 18940 delval.edu

Dutch Valley Food Development 7615 Lancaster Ave. Myerstown, PA 17067 (717) 933-7267 dutchvalleyfoods.com

Earth Tools Inc 1525 Kays Branch Rd. Owenton, KY 40359 (502) 484-3988 earthtoolsbcs.com

East End Food Co-op 7516 Meade St. Pittsburgh, PA 15208 (410) 242-3598 eastendfood.coop

PO Box 1739 Hockessin, DE 19707 (302) 234-6779 harvestmarketnaturalfoods.com

Herbalist & Alchemist EcoJarz 7 Union St. Freeville, NY 13068 (717) 381-5398 EcoJarz.com

51 South Wandling Ave. Washington, NJ 07882 (908) 689-9020 herbalist-alchemist.com

Mid Atlantic Highland Association 635 Stagecoach Rd. Lehighton, PA 18235 (570) 788-9771 Mahighlandcattle.org

3040 Continental Dr. Butte, MT 59701 (406) 494-4572 attra.ncat.org

National Farmers Union 20 F Street NW, Ste. 300 Washington, DC 20001 (202) 554-1600 nfu.org

Natural Hope Herbals LLC 670 Phillips Rd. Millersburg, PA 17061 (717) 692-5100 Naturalhopeherbals.com

NE SARE Pennsylvania State Program 116 Ag Sci & Ind Bldg. University Park, PA 16801 (814) 863-9845

Organic Mechanics Soil Company LLC PO Box 272 Modena, PA 19358 (610) 380-4958 organicmechanicsoil.com

Organic Valley/ CROPP Cooperative One Organic Way La Farge, WI 54639 (608) 625-3716 Organicvalley.coop or Farmers.coop

SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS

Contact List

PA Farm Link

Pennsylvania Farmers Union

2301 N. Cameron St., Rm 310 Harrisburg, PA 17110 (717) 705-2121 Pafarmlink.org

PO Box 863 Stroudsburg, PA 18260 (570) 992-0899 pafarmersunion.org

Sierra Club Pennsylvania Chapter

PA Preferred

Perdue Agribusiness LLC

2301 North Cameron St. Harrisburg, PA 17110 (717) 705-9511 Papreferred.com

28338 Enviro Way Seaford, DE 19973 (888) 268-2988 perdueagribusiness.com

PA Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Agricultural Network (PA WAgN)

Pure Life Organic Foods Limited

Small Farm Central

302 Armsby Bldg. University Park, PA 16802 (814) 865-7031 agsci.psu.edu/wagn

3910 Pecos McLeod, Ste. D-100 Las Vegas, NV 89121 (708) 990-5817 purelifeorganicfoods.com

6560 Lilac St. Pittsburgh, PA 15217 (412) 567-3864 smallfarmcentral.com

Peace Tree Farm, LLC

Rimol Greenhouse Systems

Small Valley Milling

295 Park Drive West Kintnersville, PA 18930 (610) 847-8152 peacetreefarm.com

40 Londonderry Tpke. Hooksett, NH 03106 (603) 629-9004 Rimolgreenhouses.com

1188 Mountain House Rd. Halifax, PA 17032 (717) 362-9850 Smallvalleymilling.com

Penn State Extension Sustainable Ag

Rodale Institute

Southern Exposure Seed Exchange

225 Market, Ste. 501 Harrisburg, PA 17101 (717) 232-0101 pennsylvania.sierraclub.org/

Simple Soil Solutions 2370 Buffalo Station Dr. Gladstone, VA 24553 (434) 983-8000 Simplesoilsolutions.com

T.A. Seeds

Weston A. Price Foundation

39 Seeds Ln. Jersey Shore, PA 17740 (866) 813-7333 taseeds.com

4200 Wisconsin Ave. NW Washington, DC 20016 (202) 363-4394 Westonaprice.org

Tait Farm Foods

Wild For Salmon

179 Tait Rd. Centre Hall, PA 16827 (814) 466-2386 Taitfarmfoods.com

521 Montour Blvd. Bloomsburg, PA 17815 (570) 387-0550 wildforsalmon.com

Thorvin, Inc. 49 Race Street New Castle, VA 24127 (540) 864-5108 thorvin.com

Tierra Farm

611 Siegfriedale Rd. Kutztown, PA 19530 (610) 683-1447 Rodaleinstitute.org

Penn State University University Park, PA 16801 (814) 863-9845 Agsci.psu.edu

Penn State University Press

SEDA-Council of Governments

820 N University Dr, USB 1, Ste. C University Park, PA 16802 (814) 867-2224 psupress.org

201 Furnace Rd. Lewisburg, PA 17837 (570) 524-4491 seda-cog.org

Pennsylvania Certified Organic

Seedway, LLC

106 School St. Spring Mills, PA 16875 (814) 422-0251 paorganic.org

1259 Indian Creek Rd. PO Box 460 Mineral, VA 23117 (540) 894-9480 southernexposure.com

SQM Organic 2727 Paces Ferry Rd. Bldg. 2. Ste. 1425 Atlanta, GA 30339 (770) 916-9423 allganic.net

1734 Railroad Pl. Hall, NY 14463 (585) 526-6391 seedway.com

Sterman Masser, Inc.

Sharondale Mushroom Farm Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Risk Management 2301 North Cameron St. Harrisburg, PA 17110 (717) 705-9511 Agriculture.pa.gov

PO Box 375 Keswick, VA 22947 (434) 296-3301 sharondalefarm.com

2 Fearnot Rd. Sacramento, PA 17968 (570) 653-1511 stermanmasser.com

Summer Creek Farm 15209 Mud College Rd. Thurmont, MD 21788 (301) 271-9399 summercreekfarm

2424 State Rte 203 Valatie, NY 12184 (888) 674-6887 tierrafarm.com

Tuscarora Organic Growers Cooperative 22275 Anderson Hollow Rd. Hustontown, PA 17229 (814) 448-2173 tog.coop

USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service 4050 Crums Hill Rd., Ste. 203 Harrisburg, PA 17112 (717) 787-3904 nass.usda.gov

USDA Rural Development 359 East Park Dr. Harrisburg, PA 17111-2747 (717) 237-2286 rd.usda.gov/pa

Vitalis Organic Seeds 7 Harris Pl. Salinas, CA 93901 (831) 757-6857 vitalisorganic.com

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FARMERS MARKET CAFE VENDORS EcoVents PO Box 427 Millheim, PA 16854 (512) 576-4831 ecovents.wordpress.com

Eden View Organics 4707 Warriors Mark Path Tyrone, PA 16686 (814) 632-8589 edenviewfoods.com

Gemelli Bakers 129 McAllister Alley State College, PA 16801 (814) 234-8946

Salt & Honey Catering Co. 428 Long Ln. Coburn, PA 16832 (814) 880-8462

Spring Bank Acres 531 Millheim Narrows Rebersburg, PA 16872 (814) 349-5594

Websterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cafe 133 East Beaver Avenue State College, PA 16801 (814) 826-3278 websterbooksandcafe.com

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PAID ADVERTISING SECTION The paid display advertisements in this program book are submitted by conference sponsors and independent businesses and organizations. While we encourage you to give our sponsors and exhibitors every opportunity to gain your business and support, we offer no guarantee as to the validity of any speciďŹ c claims made in these ads, and any views expressed in them do not necessarily reďŹ&#x201A;ect those of the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture.

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Special Thanks to Roaring Spring Water of Blair County for the donation of fresh spring water

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Special Thanks to Our Underwriters In addition to our many sponsoring companies, those listed below provided support to specific pieces of our conference programming — from tracks and workshops to the Seed Swap and BookNook.

THANK YOU TO OUR

Kids & Youth Program Coordinators & Volunteers!

Educational Advisory Committee

We are grateful to the amazing volunteers who have offered their time, creativity, and enthusiasm to educate and empower the next generation of local food producers and advocates. We would particularly like to thank to following people for developing the programming: • Mary Lemmon & the PSU Student Farm Club Thu Sprouts & Seedlings, Fri & Sat Seedlings • The Orner Family, Quiet Creek Herb Farm & School of Country Living Thursday Youth • Jen Mendez, Permie Kids Friday Sprouts • Leslie Pillen & Michele Crowl, Discovery Space Children’s Science Museum Saturday Sprouts • Jim Flanagan, Penns Valley Conservation Association & Dan Shimp, PVCA Volunteer Friday Youth • Stacey Budd, Friends & Farmers Co-op & Jim Flanagan, PVCA Saturday Youth Students will also be hearing from various conference speakers who have graciously agreed to spend some extra time working with the kids. Special thanks also goes to Earth Tools LLC for providing underwriting support for this program.

The volunteers of the Educational Advisory Committee assisted with the development of the conference programming. We are grateful for the time and care they put into helping us prepare an inspirational conference!

• Jess Seeley, Milky Way Farms • John Hopkins, Forks Farm • Julie Brubaker, Blue Rooster Farm • Leslie Pillen, Penn State Student Farm • Leslie Zuck, PA Certified Organic • Mary Barbercheck, PSU Entomology

• Brian Moyer, Penn State Extension

• Michael Kovach, Walnut Hill Farm & PA Farmers Union

• Brooks Miller, North Mountain Pastures (PASA board member)

• Nicole McNeil, PA Certified Organic

• Claire Orner, Quiet Creek School of Country Living (PASA board member)

• Roman Stoltzfoos, Spring Wood Organic Farm

• Jackie Ricotta, Delaware Valley University

• Steve Bogash, ISP Technology • Zach Larson, Penn State Extension

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2017 FARMING FOR THE FUTURE CONFERENCE SPONSORS Opening Keynote Sponsor

PASAbilities Sponsor

Patron Sponsors

AN AMERICAN NATIONAL COMPANY

GUARDIAN

CHAMPION

Agri-Service LLC • The Barn at Lemont • BCS America, LLC • Chatham University — Falk School of Sustainability • Chesapeake Bay Foundation • Delaware Valley University • Dutch Valley Food Development • EnviroKure Inc • The Fertrell Company • FRESHFARM • Green Mountain Energy • Harvest Market Natural Foods • Josephine Porter Institute for Applied Biodynamics • Laurel Valley Soils • McGeary Organics • Moyer's Chicks • NE SARE Pennsylvania State Program • Organic Mechanics Soil Company LLC • Organic Valley/CROPP Cooperative • Peace Tree Farm, LLC • Rimol Greenhouse Systems • Rodale Institute • Seedway, LLC • Simple Soil Solutions • Southern Exposure Seed Exchange • Tait Farm Foods • Thorvin, Inc. • Weston A. Price Foundation

ALLY

American HealthCare Group/Farm to Table Pittsburgh • Animal Welfare Approved • Biodynamic Association • Blue Skies Farm • Certified Naturally Grown • Green Heron Tools • King's AgriSeeds • Lakeview Organic Grain • Longwood Gardens • McEnroe Organic Farm • Mid Atlantic Highland Association • Penn State University Press • Pennsylvania Farmers Union • Perdue Agribusiness LLC • Permie Kids • Sharondale Mushroom Farm • Sierra Club Pennsylvania Chapter • Small Farm Central • SQM Organic • USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service • Wild For Salmon

ADVOCATE

Alfrea • Ann Schultz- Norwex Independent Consultant • Clean Power PA Coalition • Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship • Ephrata National Bank • Lancaster Ag Products • PA Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation • PA Farm Link • Pure Life Organic Foods Limited • Summer Creek Farm • Tierra Farm • Vitalis Organic Seeds

BACKER

AgrAbility PA • BeetWorks • Community Partnerships RC&D • Earth Tools Inc • EcoJarz • Fedco Seeds • Harris Seeds • Herbalist & Alchemist • National Center for Appropriate Technoology (NCAT) • PA Women's Agricultural Network • SEDA-Council of Governments • T.A. Seeds • Tuscarora Organic Growers Cooperative • USDA Rural Development

Friends of the Conference 2017

Mary Barbercheck • The Barnhart Family • Nancy & Bob Bernhardt • Lisa & John Boecker • Virginia & Mike Byers • Eda & Scott Case • Helen & Bill Elkins • Forks Farm • Brian Futhey • Lyn Garling & Patty Neiner • Meg Gleason • Aimee & John Good • Kathy & Wes Gordon • Kristin & Steve Hoy • Keswick Creamery • Mary & Aaron Kolb • Kretschmann Family Farm • Milky Way Farms • Jessica & Jon Moore • Libby & Dave Mortensen • Mountain Meadow Farm • Ginny & Larry Mutti • Paper Hill Farm • Susan Richards & Rob Amsterdam • Susan & Don Sauter • Peggy & Joseph Schott • Jessie L. Smith • Lauren & Ian Smith • Three Rivers Grown • Eliza Walbridge • Walnut Hill Farm • Village Acres • Anonymous • and those who contributed after this program went to press