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resetTitle | Topics | Speakers |
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2015 Farm-a-Palouse-a – I Have Property, Now What? | Conservation, Farm Planning, financial planning, property management, resource management | Hellie, Dean |
2015 Farm-a-Palouse-a – Planning for Pollinators: Creating Pollinator Habitat on Your Farm | Bees, Conservation, Habitat, Pollinators, Restoration | Sardinas, Hillary |
2015 Farm-a-Palouse-a – Better Farming Through Plastics: Season Extension, Mulch and More! | Mulch, plastic, Season Extension | Cowan, Jeremy, Ghimire, Shuresh |
Tilth Annual Meeting 2016 | Annual Meeting, History of Tilth, Seattle Tilth, Tilth Producers | |
2014 – B4 Part 1: Integrating Permaculture into Farming Systems: Patterning a New Agriculture | evolutionary agriculture, Permaculture, permaculture design | Millison, Andrew, Pilarski, Michael Skeeter, Tipping, Don |
2014 – D6 Land Access and Preservation | Farmland Preservation, land access, Land Trust, Leases, Leasing Land | Canty, Dennis, Hulse, Dan |
2014 – A2 Farming with Beneficial Insects: Ecological Strategies for Pest Management and Pollination | Bees, Beneficial Insects, Open Pollination, Pest Control, Pest Management, Pollination | Lee-Mader, Eric |
2014 – A3 From Hoof to Plate: Business Essentials for Meat Producers | Business Management, Meat Processing, Selling Meat | Thistlethwaite, Rebecca |
2014 – A4 The Next Generation of Farmers and Eaters: Changing the Food System though Education | beginning farmers, Education, Young Farmers | O'Neill, Stuart, Wheat, Beth |
2014 – A5 Scaling-Up: Exploring Selling to Wholesale Markets | Documentation, Packaging, postharvest handling, Scale, Wholesale, Wholesale Market | Armstrong, Kia, Fairchild, Jeff, Siri, Joe |
2014 – A6 Urban Farming: Gateway to Agriculture | Urban Agriculture, Urban Farm | Allan, Bryan, Neth, Warren, Warner, Becky |
2014 – Keynote – Generation Food: Breaking Rules to Feed the World | Food Systems, global agriculture, sustainability | Patel, Raj |
2014 – B1 Fundamentals of Seed Production | Genetics, plant reproduction, Seed, seed library, Seed Production, Seed Saving | Moore, Caitlin |
2014 – B2 Tools for Creating a Nutrient Management Plan in Organic Systems | ammendments, Fertilizer, Irrigation, Nutrient, nutrient application, Nutrient Management | Bowell, Ben, Collins, Doug, McCurdy, Adam |
2014 – B3 Opportunities for New Marketing Arrangements: Maximizing Avenues of Distribution | Community Supported Agriculture, Direct Marketing, Farmers Markets, Food Hubs, Marketing Channels, Wholesale Market | Schwartz, Anne, Thornton, Tom |
2014 – B5 The Economics of Biodynamic Agriculture | associative economics, Biodynamics | Sehmsdorf, Henning |
2014 – B6 Aphids: Biologically Based Pest Management Strategies | Aphids, Beneficial Insects, Pest Management | Muehleisen, Dave |
2014 – C1 New Apple Orchard Development: From the Soil Up | Apple Orchard, cider apple production, hard cider, new orchard, Orcharding, sweet apples | Gunn, Nick, Kisler, Keith, Mazzola, Mark |
2014 – C2 Imagine Organic Solutions: Spotted Wing Drosophila and Brown Marmorated Stink Bug | Biological Control, Brown Marmorated Stinkbug, Pest Management, Spotted Wing Drosophila | Dreves, Amy |
2014 – C3 Equipment, Ergonomics, and Efficiency on the Small Farm | Efficiency, Equipment, ergonomics, Tools | Volk, Josh |
2014 – C4 Part 2: Integrating Permaculture into Farming Systems: Patterning a New Agriculture | Permaculture, permaculture design | Fullmer, Jim, Lia, Barry |
2014 – C6 Food and Farming Policy Briefing: All You Need to Know to Advocate in 2015 | Farm Bill, Farm Policy, Food Policy, Food Safety, National Organic Program, Policy Briefing, Regulations | Gray, Ellen, McEvoy, Miles, Taylor-Stanley, Ariana |
2014 – Capnote – An Agrarian Legacy: Institutionalizing the Work of a Self-Described Crank and the Kindest of Fathers | agriculture of the middle, berry center, Small Farms, Wendell Berry | Berry, Mary |
2014 – D1 Designing for Plant Disease Management on Your Organic Vegetable Farm | Disease Diagnosis, Disease Management, plant disease, vegetable production | Stone, Alexandra |
2014 – D2 Farm to School: Reasons, Rules, and Realities | Documentation, Farm to School, Food Safety, Nutrition | Kovacs, Tricia, McGreevy, Jim, Qazi, Joan |
2014 – D3 The Benefits of Season Extension | Farm Infrastructure, Greenhouse, High Tunnels, Season Extension, Winterizing | Cowan, Jeremy, Cox, Gabe, MacCormack, Harry |
2014 – D4 Aquaponics: Its Place in Agriculture | Aquaponics | Hasey, Michael, Hittner, Olivia |
2014 – D5 Livestock: Proactively Preventing Parasite Problems | animal husbandry, dewormers, Goats, Livestock, livestock parasites, Parasite Resistance, Sheep | Kerr, Susan |
2014 – E4 Sustainable Honeybees | Beekeeping, Bees, honeybees, Pollination, Pollinators | Freeman, Jacqueline |
2014 – E5 Farm Financing | Business Management, Cash Flow, Credit Lending, Farm Finances, Farm Planning, Finance Management, Financing, Loans, Microloans | Iscovitz, Nancy, Phillips, Vianna, Smith, Lisa |
2014 – E6 Cover Crops: Rye Not Vetch Some Oats, Peas? | Biomass, Clover, Cover Crop, Nutrient Management, Oats, Peas, Rye, Vetch, Winter Cover Crop | Latham, Scott |
2014 – Symposium: Growing For Nutrition, Part 1 | Food Traditions, Nutritional Value, Organic Practices | Jones, Stephen, Krohn, Elise, Robinson, Jo, Segrest, Valerie |
2014 – Symposium: Growing For Nutrition, Part 2 | Bread Lab, Gluten, Grains, Nutrition, Plant Breeding, Processing Grains | Jones, Stephen |
2014 – Symposium: Growing for Nutrition, Part 3 | Fruit, Nutritional Value, Varieties, Vegetables | Jones, Stephen, Krohn, Elise, Robinson, Jo, Segrest, Valerie |
2014 – Symposium: Growing for Nutrition, Part 4 | Food Traditions, Grains, Nutritional Value | Jones, Stephen, Krohn, Elise, Robinson, Jo, Segrest, Valerie |
2015 – B3 Measuring Soil Health on the Farm | Soil Analysis, Soil Management, Soil Quality | Brown, Tabitha, Kahl, Kendall, Morrow, Jason |
2014 – Symposium: Holistic Management for Specialty Crop Producers, Part 1 | Farm Management, Farm Planning, Finance Management, Holistic Management, Specialty Crops | Robinette, Maurice, Thatcher, April |
2014 – Symposium: Holistic Management for Specialty Crop Producers, Part 2 | Business Plan, Farm Planning, Holistic Management, Specialty Crops | Robinette, Maurice, Thatcher, April |
2014 – Symposium: Holistic Management for Specialty Crop Producers, Part 3 | Business Plan, Farm Planning, Finance Management, Holistic Management | Robinette, Maurice, Thatcher, April |
2015 – A2 Medicinal Crops for Farmers | market potential, Medicinal Plants, Permaculture | Pilarski, Michael Skeeter |
2015 – A3 Croptime: Scheduling Vegetable Crops Using Degree Days | CROPTIME, degree days, scheduling, vegetable production | |
2015 – A4 The Voice of the Market: Best Practices for Selling to Retail Grocers and Restaurants in the Intermountain West | intermountain, local sales, Marketing, retail sales | DePhelps, Colette, Newman, Soren, Williams, Cinda |
2015 – A5 How to Adapt and Respond to New Produce Safety Rules: Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) | Food Safety, Food Safety Modernization Act, FSMA, Gap, Good Agricultural practices, Produce Act | Kovacs, Tricia, Ullmann, Karen |
2015 – B5 Learning from the Land: Farm Internship Programs in Washington State | Farm Internship Pilot Program, internship programs, Small Farm Internship Program, WSU Cultivating Success | Henwood, Kellie, Kane, Kelly, Lewis, Laura, Soeteber, Tisa |
2015 – C3 The Environmental Footprint of Organic Farming | Carbon Sequestration, environmental footprint, greenhouse gases, OFoot | Adewale, Cornelius, Carpenter-Boggs, Lynne, Granatstein, David |
2015 – C4 How to Prepare for Your Lender | credit, Financing, loan programs | Knopp, Wendy, Schilling, Dan |
2015 – C5 Food and Farming Policy Briefing | Gray, Ellen, Taylor-Stanley, Ariana | |
2015 – D4 Leveraging Farmers Markets to Expand Sales | Farmers Markets, Marketing, Sales | Donovan, Colleen, Kinney, Karen |
2015 – E1 Micro-Dairying on a Biodynamic Farm | biodynamic, Dairy, dairy regulation, Microdairy, raw cheese, raw milk | Sehmsdorf, Henning |
2015 – E5 Our Dangling Carrot? Social Change – Identifying and Reaching Your Audience | audience, audience development, social change | Dublin, Sarah, Dunn, Patrick |
2015 Farm-a-Palouse-a – AgrAbility | adapting tools, adaptive techniques, disability, farming with disability | Chastain, Cindy |
2015 Farm-a-Palouse-a – Making Your New Battle Plan: How to Deal with Drought, Fire and Other Forces of Nature | cost-share programs, crop insurance, disaster relief, FSA, risk management, RMA | Bieker, Chris, Nelson, John, Seufer, Jo Lynne |
2015 – E4 WSDA Organic Program: “Sound and Sensible” | app, Farm Walk, Organic Food Program, Sound and Sensible, WSDA | Book, Brenda, Granatstein, David |
2015 A1 – Sustainable Beef Production for Beginners | Beef, breed selection, Budgeting, Marketing, Pasture Management, Record-Keeping | Busboom, Jan, Heitstuman, Mark, Kerr, Susan, Robinette, Maurice |
2015 C1 – Getting Started with a Small-Scale Dairy | Breeding, Cattle, Dairy, Food Safety, Goats, nice dairy, Sheep | Conway, Lorie, Kerr, Susan |
2015 C2 – Creating Healthy Soil and Fertility Using Organic No-Till Combined with Year Round Cover Cropping for the Market Gardener | Cover Crop, direct seeding, No Till, Weed Management | Miller, Gary, Plant, Amy |
2015 D1 – Sustainable Pork Production for Beginners | breed selection, Budgeting, Marketing, Pasture Management, Pork | Busboom, Jan, Heitstuman, Mark, Kerr, Susan |
2015 D2 – Irrigation for Drought | Drip Irrigation, Drought, Irrigation, water management | Peters, Troy |
2015 D3 – Ignorance is Bliss? History Repeated for Brassica Black Leg in the Pacific Northwest | black leg, brassica production, Phoma lingam, Seed Production | du Toit, Lindsey |
2015 D5 – Challenges and Opportunities in Growing New Farm Businesses: Veterans and Socially Disadvantaged Farmers | farmer training, Latino, Veterans, Viva Farms, WSU Small Farms team | Hackett, Mike, Selting-Smith, Kate, Smith, Rob, Wolf, Chris |
2015 E2 – Flower Production: The Farmer to Florist Movement | Flower Production, Flowers, Fresh Cut Flowers, Marketing | Asmus, Emily |
2015 E3 – The State of Organic Seed | GMO contamination, Organic Seed Alliance, Plant Breeding, Seed Production, State of Organic Seed | Hubbard, Kiki |
2015 Capnote – Living the Dream: Farming in my Lifetime | diversified vegetables, Skagit Valley | de Vries, Ray |
2015 Keynote – Moving Agriculture into the 21st Century | conservation agriculture, integrated agriculture, Organic Agriculture, sustainable practices | Reganold, John |
2016 A5 – Organic Certification 101 | Organic Certification, Sound and Sensible, USDA National Organic Program, WSDA, WSDA Organic Certification, WSDA Organic Program | Anegon, Angela |
2016 A6 – Hedgerow Agro-Ecology | crop pollination, Hedgerow, Pest Management, Xerces Society | Lee-Mader, Eric |
2016 B5 – Soils 101: Ecological Soil Management | Manure, organic fertilizers, Soil Amendments, Soil Fertility, soil formation, Soil Management, soil test interpretation | Collins, Doug |
2016 B6 – Managing Fire Blight in Apples and Pears Organically | Apples, Fire Blight, organic management, Pears, WSU Tree Fruit Research Extension Center | DuPont, Tianna |
2016 C4 – Management of Pests and Beneficial Insects on Vegetable Crops | Beneficial Insects, natural pest supression, pest identification, Pest Management, pest monitoring, WSU CAHNRS | Blubaugh, Carmen |
2016 C5 – Holistic Disease Management in Orchards | apple rot, apple rust, apple scabs, Fire Blight, herbal brews, holistic disease management, liquid fish treatments, Lost Nation Orchard, Michael Phillips, neem oil | Phillips, Michael |
2016 D4 – Orchard Health | Biodiversity, holistic disease management, Michael Phillips, orchard diseases, orchard health, understory management | Phillips, Michael |
2016 D5 – Cover Crops in Production Agriculture Discussion Panel | Composting, Cover Crops, fertility management, Nitrogen, soil formation | Bailie, Brad, Baird, Jim, Collins, Doug, McGreevy, Jim |
2016 E5 – Starting a Draft-Horse Farm: Becoming a Farm Owner | Apprenticeships, Draft Horses, farm financing, land access, sourcing equipment | Briggs, Chandler |
2016 E6 – Facilitating Healthy Relationships with Interns and Employees Panel | communication systems, managing employees, managing interns, mentorship strategies | D'Agnolo, Sean, Gordon, Matt, Johnson, Rawley, McCurdy, Adam |
2016 Keynote – Biological Resiliency: Finding Community in all the Right Places | Community, Holistic Management, Michael Phillips, orchards, Pest Management, Soil Health | Phillips, Michael |
2003 Keynote – Mushrooms as Allies: Potentiating Planetary Host Defenses Through Fungi | Fungi, Mushrooms | Stamets, Paul |
2012-D4 Tools and Implement Use for Organic Production & High Tensile Fencing 101 | New Zealand Fence, Small Scale Cultivating Techniques, Voltage, Wire Spacing | Gunning, John, Hopkins, Jesse, Shaw, Liam |
2012-E1 Diversified Marketing for Profitability and Risk Management (Beginning Farmer Series) | CSA Program, Nuts, Wholesale Variety, Wreaths, Year-Round Workforce | Burrows, Clayton |
2012-E2 Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) & Good Handling Practices (GHP) Certification | Audit Process, Documentation, Standards | Dragoo, Chuck, Kovacs, Tricia, Thomson, Emily |
2012-E3 Hands On Seed Saving Basics | Harvest, Isolation, Morphology, Population Size, Processing, Storage, Techniques, Vocabulary | Moore, Caitlin |
2012-E4 The Bugs and Slugs that Ate Washington State | Brown Marmorated Stinkbug, Detecting New Insects, Pest Threats, Spotted Wing Drosophila | Murray, Todd |
2012-E5 Traditional Charcuterie | Animal Processing, Farm/Home Economics, Husbandry, Peasant Food, Pigs, Slaughter, Traditional Meat Curing | Sheard, Brandon |
2012-WSU Symposium Seeding the Future 1 of 3 | Adaptive Research, Breeders, Germplasm Development, History of Plant Genetic Resources, Intellectual Property, Plant Genetic Commons | Lewis, Laura, Patzek, Lucas, Schwartz, Anne |
2013-Learning From Elders Roundtable | Characteristics for Success, Cohesion, Commitment, Elders, Lominger Competency List, Mission, Passion, Perserverance, Sharing | Granatstein, David, Lynn, Marilynn, Meyer, Jim, Musick, Mark, Razey, Bill, Schwartz, Anne |
2013 – Symposium A – Producing Pastured Poultry: Feed and Breeds for Broilers and Layers | Cost Efficiency, Mixing Feed, Nutrition, Pastured Birds | Hermes, James |
2013 – Symposium B – Managing Pastured Poultry on the Farm | Best Practices, Breeds, Brewer's yeast, Brooder, Camelina, Chick Health, Compatability, Feed, Grit, Kelp, Mash, Procssing, Soaking, Varieties | Barker, Melissa |
2013 – Symposium C – Meat Quality in Small Ruminants | Biosecurity, Cuts, Genetics, Nutrition, Parasite Resistance, Weighing Scale | Busboom, Jan |
2013 – Symposium D – Building Topsoil with Livestock and Crop Rotation and On-Farm Production of BAlanced Feed Rotations for Chickens, Pigs, and Turkeys | Blends, Chickens, Crown S Ranch, Fertility, Finishing Cattle on Pasture, Nutrition, Turkeys, Yield | Argraves, Jennifer, Sukovaty, Diane |
2013 – Symposium E – Processing, Marketing, and Regulations for Poultry and Small Ruminants | Direct Marketing, Marketing, Processing, Regulations, Small-Scale, WSDA | Barker, Melissa, Busboom, Jan, Coles, Claudia |
2013 – A1 Weed Management in Organic Vegetable Production (Beginning Farmer Series) | Conditions, Cover Crops, Mulches, Organic Herbicides, Practices, Prevention, Seed Meals | Bailie, Brad, Boydston, Rick |
2013 – A2 Growing Seeds for the Market Place: Strategies Challenges, Regulations | Greenbank Farms, Inspection, Marketing, Production, Regulations, Scale, Tests, WSDA | Babcock, Jessica, Barrentine, Patrice |
2013 – B1 Crop Planning Using Spreadsheets (Beginning Farmer Series) | Bookkeeping, Bottom Line, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Efficiency, Excel Spreadsheets, Field Mapping, Planning, Systems | Warner, Becky |
2013 – B2 Fire Blight Control in Organic Orchards: New Practices to Adapt to Changing Standards | Alternatives, Bio Controls, Bloom Time, Competing Controls, Cougar Blight, Demand for Apples, Diversity, Integrated Preventative Mgt., Pollinators, Prevention, Research, Soluable Coppers, Stay calm- Don't give up | Book, Brenda, Keogh, Brian, Nate Lewis, Ostenson, Harold, Smith, Tim |
2013 – B3 Food Safety Compliance & Communication | Audits, Certifications, Food Safety, Food Saftey Planning for the Farm, FSMA, Gap, Preventive Practices, WSDA | Coles, Claudia, Sherryl Stiltenow |
2013 – B4 Why We Farm and Work With Food – Moments and Memory | Generational Transfer, Memoirs, Poetry, Sharing, Writing | Masumoto, David Mas |
2013 – C1 Reduced-Till Cover Cropping For Weed Management (Beginning Farmer Series) | Cascadian Home Farm, Flail Mower, Nitrogen, Roller/Crimper, Squash and Pumpkins, Varieties for Mulching, Weed-supression | Meyer, Jim, Wayman, Sandra |
2013 – C2 Are Value-Added Products And A Commercial Kitchen Right For Your Farm? | Adding Products, Drying, Food Processor License, Freezing Canning, Inspections, Lessons Learned, Organic Certification for Processing Facility, WSDA | Lynn, Marilynn, Lynn, Rick |
2013 – C4 Storytelling: The Soul Power Of Food | Editing, Preparation, Process, Writing | Masumoto, Nikiko |
2013 – C3 What’s Bugging Your Farm? | Problem Solving, Roundtable, Solutions | Muehleisen, Dave |
2013 – C5 Using High Tunnels For Crop Production | AIr Circulation, Design, Do-it-Yourself Construction, Maximizing Alley Space, Passive Heat, Roll-up Walls, SHelters for Animals | Cowan, Jeremy, Craig, Kyle |
2013 – D2 Marketing Psychology: Using Best Strategies to Generate Increased Market Sales | Booth Display, Eating Culture, EBT, Farmers Markets, Leveraging Sales, Photographs, Robin Crowder, Transactions, WSFMA | Kinney, Karen, Robin Crowder |
2013 – D1 Leasing Land For Farming (Beginning Farmer Series) | Access Points, Adjacent Uses, Agreement, Buffers, Cascade Harvest Coalition, Farm Link, Filaree garlic, Handshake, Infrastructure, Landlord, Lease Template, Map, Permitting, Zoning | Bishop, Stephen, Swiss, Alley, Wilcox, Sarah |
2013 – D3 Need Money to Buy Or Improve Your Farm? | En Espanol, Farm Service Agency, Human Links, Marquez Farm, Microloans, Minority Producers, Northwest Farm Credit Services, OnePacifcCoast Bank | Easterbrooks, Jae, Garza, Crispin, Marquez, Lilia, Marquez, Sergio, Ruiz, Cristina Alvarez, Viebrock, Margaret |
2013 – D4 Renewable Energy On The Farm | Community-Based Alerntive Energy, Conservation, Converter, Crown S Ranch, Efficiency, Energy Audit, Local Energy Movmement, Northwest SEED - Sustainable Energy for Economic Development, Passive Solar, Renewable Energy, Solar Panels | Argraves, Jennifer, Devine, Mia, Sukovaty, Louis |
2013 – D5 Reliable Prosperity: Financial Planning Within HOlistic Management | Farm Planning, Holistic Management, Living Wage, Spreadsheets | Robinette, Maurice, Thatcher, April |
2013 – E2 Organic Quinoa Production | Downy Mildew, Heat Tolerance, Marketing, Nutritional Value, Pre=Harvest Sprouting, Processing, Quinoa, Saponins, Seed Cleaning, Varieties | Ian Clark, Murphy, Kevin |
2013 – E4 Tools For Sustainable Farm Partnerships | Agreements, Contracts, Greif, Partnerships, Relationships, Separation | Candib, Addie |
2013 – E3 Organic Pest Management In Orchards & Berries | IPM - Integrated Pest Management, Organically-grown Fruits, Pests | Bush, Michael, Tonnemaker, Kole |
2013 – E5 Integrating Honey Bees Into Your Farm Operation | Beekeeper Problems, Bees, Coddling Moth, Honey, Honey Bee Gneetics, Honeybee Adaptations, Honeybee Global Genetic History, Mites, Orchard, Stock Selection | Bishop, Stephen, Sheppard, Walter |
2012-WSU Symposium Seeding the Future 3 of 3 | Alternative Models to Fund Public Breeding, Camas Country Mill, Common Germplasm Holdings and Public Breeding Programs, Community Seed Resource, Elected Officials, Food Quality Productivity, Open Pollination, Public Seed Production, Seeds for Milling, Small Seed Companies, Universities | Campbell, Brian, Huber, Nash, Lewis, Laura, McGee, Rebecca, Neff, Michael, Patzek, Lucas |
2012-WSU Symposium Seeding the Future 2 of 3 | Biotechnology, Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), Germplasm History and Public Access, Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), International Trade Agreements, Privatization, Public Breeding, Transgenic Crops, USDA | McGee, Rebecca, Neff, Michael |