The Fifth Annual Purdue Extension Indiana Small Farm Conference!
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MARCH 2-4, 2017 Danville, Indiana www.purdue.edu/dffs/smallfarms Thank OurYou to Sponsors Ingredient Sponsors Silver Sponsors Platinum Sponsor Keynote Sponsors 2 Gold Sponsor Cover photos courtesy of Laura Johnson ofLaura courtesy photos Cover Welcome Letter PURDUE UNIVERSITY COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE Office of the Director On behalf of Purdue Agriculture, Purdue Extension, and Agricultural Research at Purdue, we are delighted to welcome you to the 5th Annual Indiana Small Farm Conference! We’re honored to host this three-day event that can help you advance small-farm production and profitability. Through Purdue Extension and Agricultural Research at Purdue, the Purdue College of Agriculture proudly serves a diversity of Indiana farms, and it’s exciting to see so much growth among small and urban farms. Futures are certainly bright in these areas. Our researchers and Extension specialists continue leading-edge scientific work in these highly entrepreneurial aspects of Indiana agriculture. Meanwhile, Extension educators deliver programs to producers like you and help you capitalize on market opportunities. At this conference, you’ll hear from many of our professionals firsthand, along with industry experts and other small-farm owners. Key conference sessions will address starting a small farm in Indiana, financial tools for successful farms, on-farm food safety, hops production, direct marketing, and much more. New this year is an Urban Agriculture Tour where you will visit a school-based livestock project, a commercial hydroponic farm, and a commercial market farm. With so much variety, we’re confident you will pick up many beneficial ideas to immediately implement in your operation. After the conference, we encourage you to tap into additional small-farm resources, and remain up-to-date on the work of our campus Extension specialists and researchers, by visiting your county Extension office, Purdue Extension’s website (extension.purdue.edu), Purdue Extension’s Small Farm website (purdue.edu/dffs/smallfarms), or Agricultural Research at Purdue’s website (ag.purdue.edu/arp). If you have programming or research suggestions, please fill out a conference evaluation form, visit with a Purdue Extension staff member at the conference, or contact your county Extension office. Also, a special thanks to all members of the conference’s steering committee and all those who worked hard to gather many people with a passion for small farms. We appreciate the many roles you play in championing Indiana’s small-farm success. Have a great conference! Cordially, Jay T. Akridge, Ph.D. Karen Plaut, Ph.D. Jason Henderson, Ph.D. Glenn W. Sample Dean of Agriculture, Senior Associate Dean Associate Dean Purdue University Director, Agricultural Research Director, Purdue Extension AGRICULTURAL ADMINISTRATION BUILDING ■ 615 WEST STATE STREET ■ WEST LAFAYETTE, IN 47907- 2053 (765) 494-8489 ■ FAX (765) 494-5876 Purdue University, Indiana Counties and U.S. Department of Agriculture Cooperating, An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Institution Index Sponsors ....................................................................................... 2 Saturday Schedule .......................................................................... .8 Letter from the Office of the Director ......................................... 3 Saturday Session Descriptions ........................................................ .9 Conference Information ............................................................... 4 Speaker Biographies .......................................................................... 12 Map .............................................................................................. 5 List of Trade Show Exhibitors ............................................................ 18 Friday Schedule .......................................................................... 6 Conference Meal Ingredient Sources................................................. 21 Friday Session Descriptions .......................................................... 7 Notes ................................................................................................. 22 3 Conference Information Welcome to the fifth annual Purdue Extension Indiana Small Farm Conference! This conference is made possible through the generous support of the Indiana State Department of Agriculture and our sponsoring organizations listed throughout the program booklet. We want to express a special thanks to Dr. Jay Akridge, Glenn W. Sample Dean of Agriculture, Dr. Karen Plaut, Director of Agricultural Research, Dr. Jason Henderson, Director of Purdue Extension, and Dr. Michael Schutz, Assistant Director of Agriculture and Natural Resources for supporting small farms and sustainable agriculture educational program efforts. A big thank you is owed to Chef Lali Hess of The Juniper Spoon, for once again stepping up and helping us with our meals and snacks for the conference and to Steve Patterson and the staff of the Hendricks County 4-H Fairgrounds and Conference Complex. It is hard to believe we’re already celebrating our fifth annual conference together. We are confident that this year’s program will once again serve as a valuable educational and farmer-to-farmer networking opportunity for you, the growing Indiana small farm community! Small Farms Conference Committee Trade Show Information Michael O’Donnell (Chairperson) The trade show in Exposition Hall has the following hours: Roy Ballard Karen Mitchell Friday: 11:00 a.m.—7:00 p.m. Tamara Benjamin Amy Thompson Saturday: 8:00 a.m.—1:30 p.m. Phil Cox Emily Toner Jodee Ellett Diane Turner On Friday evening from 5:30—7:00 p.m., please Steve Engleking Andrew Westfall join our trade show exhibitors in the Exposition Sarah Hanson James Wolff Hall for the Keynote Reception immediately Mike Hornbach (retired) Marion Welsh following Eliot Coleman’s talk. Registration Information Should You Have Further Questions The registration desk is just inside the entrance. Please Contact Michael O’Donnell The registration desk will be open: Email: [email protected] Friday: 8:00 a.m.—10:00 a.m. Phone: (765) 284-8414 Saturday: 8:00 a.m.—10:00 a.m. Web: https://www.purdue.edu/dffs/smallfarms/ Please note: Name tags must be worn at all about-us/ times. 4 Map Expo Hall (Trade Show) Classroom Classroom F E North Hall Conference Rooms South Hall Classroom A Classroom B Classroom C N W E S 5 2017 Indiana Small Farm Conference Sessions Friday, March 3 Room South Hall Conference Rooms North Hall Classrooms A-B-C 8:00–8:45 Conference Registration in entry way 8:45–9:00 CONFERENCE WELCOME – North and South Hall TOOLS AND IDENTIFYING AND FINANCIAL TOOLS FOR INNOVATION ON ENHANCING GOOD SUCCESSFUL FARMS SMALL FARMS GARDEN BUGS ON 9:00–11:00 SMALL FARMS Collin Thompson Dr. Mary Gardiner Dr. Ariana Torres Eliot Coleman TRADE SHOW BREAK Trade Show Demo Consulting Corner—Classroom E Smartphone Crop Sensing Technologies, Sam Smith, 11:00–12:00 Exposition Hall Dr. Krishna Nemali Farm Business Specialist (Trade Show open 11-7) Book Signing, Dr. Mary Gardiner NETWORKING LUNCHEON 12:00–1:30 North and South Hall Lunch catered by The Juniper Spoon IMPROVING SEASON RE-BUILDING POULTRY NUTRITION BUSINESS TUNE-UP FOR EXTENSION REGIONAL FOOD AND DISEASE EXPERIENCED GROWERS EFFICIENCIES SYSTEMS FOR Dr. Geoffrey Lossie STAPLE CROPS IN 1:30–3:30 THE MIDWEST EGG HANDLING, WASHING, & STORAGE Collin Thompson Bill Davison Dr. Darrin Karcher Sam Smith Consulting Corner—Classroom E TRADE SHOW BREAK Trade Show Demo 3:30–4:30 Dr. Darrin Karcher & Dr. Geoffrey Lossie Exposition Hall Cover Crop Tips and Techniques, Information Session—Conf. Rooms Dan Perkins Solar Dehydration Project KEYNOTE SESSION – North and South Hall 4:30–5:30 Plant Euology: A New Approach to Pests in Agriculture Eliot Coleman, Four Season Farm EVENING RECEPTION with the Indiana Chapter of National Young Farmer Coalition Exposition Hall 5:30–7:00 Book Signing, Eliot Coleman Light fare and cash bar catered by The Juniper Spoon 9:00am– Documentary Screening—The Market Gardener’s Toolkit: An educational documentary featuring 4:30pm J.M Fortier, small-scale vegetable grower and author of The Market Gardener, will be screened (Classroom F) repeatedly on Friday and Saturday 6 2017 Indiana Small Farm Conference Sessions Friday, March 3 Tools and Innovation on Small Re-Building Regional Food Poultry Nutrition and Disease Financial Tools for Successful Farms Systems for Staple Crops in the Dr. Geoffrey Lossie, Purdue Farms Collin Thompson, The North Farm, Midwest University College of Veterinary Dr. Ariana Torres, Purdue Michigan State University Bill Davison, University of Illinois Medicine University Eliot Coleman, Four Season Farm Extension Dr. Lossie will cover a number of In this presentation you will learn Having the right tools for the job is Bill will discuss his work with the basic, but essential topics related about key financial tools and how essential, but sometimes those Grand Prairie Grain Guild. He to poultry health and management. to use them to make strategic tools don’t yet exist. This session works with a diverse coalition of The importance and implementa- choices in your farm business. We will discuss the design process for partners from across the Midwest tion of proper biosecurity will be will also focus on how these tools farm tools and equipment, empow- to re-build viable regional food discussed as well as the 10 most add value to your farm business, ering growers to build, hack, and systems. We are taking