5-in-1 Virtual Event ! The content you need to make critical decisions for your farm Register today: bit.ly/GrowingStronger2021 EVENT SPONSORS 5-in-1 Virtual Event: This conference is all about collaboration. These outstanding businesses have stepped up to make sure the “show goes on.” MOSES Organic Farming Conference Our community couldn’t gather without their support. Please join us GrassWorks Grazing Conference in thanking them and visiting their booths in the online exhibit area. OGRAIN Conference Midwest Organic Pork Conference Organic Vegetable Production Conference Feb. 22-27, 2021 Build your skills and nurture your passion for organic and sustainable farming! Register today to grow stronger Acres U.S.A. 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Kreher Family Farms Vermont Compost Call the Registration Team: Man@Machine | Treffler Organic Machinery Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, 888-90-MOSES MOSA Certified Organic Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) 3 Michael Perry SCHEDULE Bestselling Author, Humorist, Playwright, Radio Show Host CONFERENCE SCHEDULE Perry’s bestselling memoirs in- Growing Stronger is packed with opportunities to connect clude Population: 485 and Truck: and grow your farming skills, plus find resources for the grow- A Love Story. Raised on a small ing season ahead. The expanded schedule also gives you time Midwestern dairy farm, he lives away to take care of your family and your business. And, the with his wife and two daughters virtual platform means you can see as many workshops as in rural Wisconsin, where he you’d like! Join in live workshops with Q&As and watch the keeps chickens and serves on the volunteer fire and rescue rest at your leisure—recordings will be posted for 90 days. service. He hosts the nationally syndicated “Tent Show Radio” and tours with his band, The Long Beds. His live humor KEYNOTES albums include “Never Stand Behind a Sneezing Cow.” He’s We’ll kick off the conference Monday, Feb. 22 with a talk by online at www.sneezingcow.com. a special guest known for his work on the impact of climate change. Watch for details on the Growing Stronger website. BOOKSTORE To close the event, we’ll focus on next steps —ways we can Find presenter-recommended books and other titles about all contribute to creating a more transparent, socially just, and farming, homesteading, and green living in the Mother Earth robust food system. We’ll share the Real Organic Project’s News bookstore in the exhibit area. film “What Can We Do?” And, hear from a panel of farmers and activists about ways to create change in our world. FARMER SPEED PRESENTATIONS Show our community what’s happening on your farm FRIDAY NIGHT SOCIAL through a 5-minute video. Share a tip you’ve developed to La Crosse Distilling Co. hosts our virtual cocktail party with make a farm chore easier, a cool tool you’re using or hack live music from some of the area’s favorite artists. The distillery you’ve created, or simply provide a virtual tour of your farm. is known for its handcrafted spirits made with top-quality See mosesorganic.org/farmer-share-speed-presentation. grains grown by Wisconsin organic farmers. The distillery’s mixologists will show us how Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday to make a few of their signature cocktails. 9 - 10:30 Conference Workshops We’ll post ingredient lists ahead so you can Kick-Off Keynote 10:30 - Noon & Keynote mix along with them! Exhibits, Roundtables, & Meetings Conversation FILMS 12:30 - 2 Workshops We’re obtaining the rights to several films Afternoon Exhibits, Roundtables, & Meetings about issues related to farming. These will be Evening Friday Night Evening Michael Perry available to watch any time during the event. Programming Social Since 1939, Growers Have Geared Up with Gemplers – T Brands, Trusted Quality – Industrial Hemp Workwear Family ned. Fi cely independent. Shop gemplers.com | Call 800.382.8473 Shop gemplers.com/organic for commercial-grade products for your organic farm. 4 Business, Marketing, Bee Better Certification: WORKSHOPS & Management Add Value to Your Farm & Market Cameron Newell 5 Steps to Build Legal Resilience for See the Growing Stronger website Your Farm in a Pandemic & Beyond Halal Certification for descriptions and additional Rachel Armstrong Serdar Mamedov workshops yet to be finalized. Cooperative Organic Grain Marketing Practical Organic Recordkeeping Also, find content in these tracks: Mike Schulist, Timothy Baalman, for Working Farmers Beginning Farmers Luke Peterson, Scott Friedman, Martin Eddy, Kevin Mahalko, Carmen Fernholz, Carmen Fernholz, Merle Kramer Chuck Anderas Build a good foundation for your farm with this curated track. Enhance Economic Stability by What it Takes to Become Building Financial Resilience Certified Organic MOSES In Her Boots Project Marie Raboin, Lauren Rudersdorf Kristen Adams Connect with other women farmers to share ideas and support. Farm Business Management for Beginners Paul Dietmann Farming Systems Organic Research Forum Learn from the current research Get Your Farm Online Affordably & Efficiently Framework for Integrated Regenerative taking place in organic production. Kelsey Jorissen Olesen Agriculture Sector in Midwest Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin SARE Farmer Forum Values-Based Marketing to Attract Learn from the on-farm projects Local Customers & Sales Fundamentals of Raising Goats Heidi Anderson in Silvopasture funded by North Central Region- Sue Wika, Tom Prieve SARE to encourage good farming. Certification & Labeling Minimal Tillage Strategies for CEUs for Certified Crop Advisors will Organic Vegetable Production be offered in designated workshops. Become Real Organic Project Certified Jan-Hendrick Cropp, Ellen Drews, Ariel Pressman Rue Genger, Dana Jokela Act for a Sustainable World An Ecocert Group Company +1 (888) 337-8246 +1 (608) 637-7080 www.ecocertusa.com www.naturesinternational.com Organic Certification & More with People You Trust Biological Solutions For Agriculture 5 Real Organic Project: Farming & Climate Health & Homesteading Understanding & Fighting Monopoly Power Ariel Pressman and Panel in our Food System Alternative Building Methods for Your Farm Austin Frerick, Lauren Langworthy Stock-Cropping Chris McCellan Zach Smith Don’t be Chicken—Try Poultry Processing Livestock Surviving COVID, Derecho, and Drought: Matt Wilkinson Lessons of Resilience in 2020 Becoming an Organic Processor Kathleen Delate, Scott Shriver, Levi Lyle, Foraging for the Future Ty Gustafson Ron Rosmann, Maria Rosmann Nicole Telkes Beginning Grazier 101 Healthy Soil, Food, People Adam Abel Field Crops John Moody Economics 101 for the New and Can Organic Systems Stabilize Soil Carbon? Successful Agritourism Transitioning Organic Pork Producer Randy Jackson, Gregg Sanford Beyond the Pandemic David Stender Matt Stephens Manage Cover Crops for Diversity & Nitrogen Grazing Research at in Organic Grain Systems the Dairy Forage Research Center Tom Cotter, Charlie White Leadership & Community Dennis Hancock No-Till Organic Production for Row Crops Democratizing Agriculture Hazelnut-Finished Pork in Rick Clark, Erin Silva Chris Newman the Upper Midwest Pete Lammers Systems-Based Management for Land Back: Guide to Returning Land to Organic Soybeans an Indigenous Community Multi-Species Grazing on the Savanna Joel Gruver, Klass Martens Corrine Rice, Andrew Perera Peter Allen Technology & Ecology for Successful Organic Farmer Forum with the Parasites in Pastured Pigs: Lessons Learned Organic Weed Management in Row Crops National Organic Program Diane DeWitte Eric Gallandt, Jacob Bolson, Roger Knutson David Glasgow More Livestock Workshops g Proud Sponsor MOSES Organic Farming Conference We are America’s Leading Organic Farmer Cooperative OrganicValley.coop | Farmers.coop The trusted name in buying & selling ® ORGANIC GRAINS Natural Fish Fertilizers for Organic Crop Production Loaded Rail or On-Farm Pricing • Barley, Peas, Wheat, Rye • Screenings PASTURE ROW PRODUCE CROPS Dramm Corporation 888.531.4888 • [email protected] Manitowoc, WI USA www.FishFertilizer.com 6 Perspectives on Pastured Poultry Vegetable Farm Labor: Underground Invertebrates: Nicholas Bryant, Heather Flashinski, Make it Work for Employers & Employees Farming with Soil Life Jennifer Riemer Laura Frerichs, Kim Sowinksi, Ariel Pressman Stephanie Frischie, Rick Clark Profitable Production Flow for Organic Winter Squash & Pasture-Based Pork Producers Jessika Greendeer, Katy Dickson, Specialty Crops Jude Becker Rebecca Webster Business Planning for Organic Fruit Growers Silvopasture 101: Thaddeus McCamant, Rachel Henderson Getting Livestock Back on the Land Soils Ashley Conway Economics & Markets for Mixed Perennials Build Soil Health & Suppress Pathogens in Cindy Hale, Chris McGuire, Organic Systems Rachel Henderson Market Farming Jessica Shade and Panel Graft Fruit Trees Successfully CSA Retention Strategies: 5 Secrets to Turn Farm-Scale Composting John Knisley Your Members into Raving Fans Jeff Endres Corrina Bench Invasive Insects & the