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GENERAL INTEREST
Tuesday
9:00am - 11:00am
Adoption in the Ag Tech Space
Adoption Of Cultivators
Sam Oschwald Tilton - Sam Oschwald Tilton
The following companies will talk about the
adoption of their latest technology:
Sun Sugar Farms (produce container folding robot)
Carbon Robotics (laser weeder)
FloraPulse (water sensors)
Farm-ng (Amiga all-electric micro-tractor)
Aoption Of A Direct In-Plant Water Measurement
Device For Precise Irrigation Management
Alan Lakso - Cornell University
9:00am - 11:00am
Grants and Other Government Programming
MDARD Grants
Amy Bearss - Michigan Department of Agriculture
and Rural Development
Agricultural Preservation And Its Financial Benefi ts
Matthew Channing - Kent County
USDA-NRCS and FSA Programs
9:00am - 11:00am
Lavender 1
The Lavender Life Cycle
Joanne Voelcker - Mt Airy Lavender
9:00am - 12:00pm
Beginning Farmer Meet and Greet With Trade
Show Tour
Meet Service Providers And Chat With Them
Meet And Greet Fellow Beginning Farmers And Others
Tour Of Trade Show With A Focus On What Can Be
Useful To A Beginning Farmer
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Autism Spectrum Individuals - An Untapped
Potential Employee Pool
Carolynne VanderVeen - Easterseals MORC
1:00pm - 4:00pm
Intro to Organic Practices
Not So Scary- Organic Certifi cation And Inspection
Dan Rossman - Rossman Farms
Becoming Your Own Plant Detective-How To Identify
The Critters
Steve Bogash - ProFarm
Go Green Go White, Lets Get The Cover Crop Right!
Ajay Nair - Iowa State University
Farmer Discussion-Bring Your Questions And Sharings
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Enterprise Budgets for Beginning Farmers
Enterprise Budgets For Beginning Farmers
Steve Whittington - Michigan State University
Extension
Jon LaPorte - Michigan State University Extension
2:00pm - 4:00pm
On-Farm Produce Safety
The Finer Points Of Cleaning And Sanitizing
Dave Gambrall - Remco Products
Listeria In Cold Storage: Where Is It And How Can We
Get Rid Of It?
Teresa Bergholtz - Michigan State University
Unique Risks of Hydroponic and Indoor Agriculture
Joe Smith - Michigan Department of Agriculture
and Rural Development
Estimating Risk of Contamination By Irrigation Water
For Use On Produce Fields
Phil Tocco - Michigan State University
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Lavender 2
Growing Your Lavender Farm Into A Business
Jonathan LaPorte - Michigan State University
Extension
Pathways For Converting Lavender Into Income
Bill Mansfi eld - Lavender Hill Farm
Tricia Wilson - Dollie's Farm
Trish Dennis - Indigo Lavender Farms
Group Break Outs To Discuss, Distillation, Agritourism
And/Or Retail Farm Store
Kim Benz - Onederings Lavender Farm
Wednesday
9:00am - 11:00am
Labor 1 - Ag Labor Policy
Ag Labor Market And Policy Overview
Margaret Jodlowski - Ohio State University
Zach Rutledge - Michigan State University
H-2A Visa Program
Brian Pasternak - US Department of Labor
Sarah Black - Great Lakes Ag Labor Services
Labor Policy And Foreign Program Panel
Michael Lalich - Low Country Labor Company
Bradley Lapchak - US Department of Labor
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