Show opens at 8:00 AM
THURSDAY SCHEDULE:
8:30-Welcome and Overview of the Day
8:45- Key Note Speaker: “In Pursuit of Regenerative: Introduction and the Three F’s of Farming in the Future” – Dwight Stoltzfoos
10:00-Vendor Show/Morning Break
10:30-Breakout Sessions:
Room 1) Soil Prep for Weed Control by Gary McDonald
Room 2) Why We Farm? (Part time to Full time Sheep Farmer) – Levi Hershberger Jr
Room 4) Honey Production
11:45-Lunch and Vendor Show
1:00-Keynote Speaker: “Using Permaculture Methods in Organic Orcharding” – by Stefan Sobkowiak
2:30-Vendor Show
3:00-Breakout Sessions:
Room 1) Weed Control in Organic Row Crops – by Gary McDonald
Room 2) Raising Sheep as your Primary Income on the Farm – panelists – Elvin Miller, Leroy Kuhns, Owen Schlabach and moderator, Levi Hershberger Jr
Room 3) How Do You Manage Your Bee Yard?
3:30-Dismiss
Home Section:
Thursday:
9:00 – Intro to Conference
9:15 – Home Brewed Kombucha – Susan Yoder
10:00 – Ladies Panel – What We Can Do/Keeping Up the Morale on the Farm – Moderator – Mary Shetler
Panelists: Pauline Yutzy, Edna Miller and Barbara Grim
1:00 PM – Sauerkraut and Kimchi – Marion Yoder
2:00 PM – Houseplants Made Easy
2023 ORGANIC CONFERENCE Brochure
Contact: 330-674-3975
