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 Montana Organic Association 2009 Conference
November 12-14, 2009
Holiday Inn, Great Falls, MT
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Click on session name for description and speaker's name for bio.
Please note: Due to hip surgery, Paul Hepperly, keynote speaker from the Rodale Institute, will not be able to attend the Conference. In the Friday, 3:45 session, Jeff Schahczenski from NCAT will present Organic Agriculture: A Climate Friendly System for the Next Century, followed by John Pulasky presenting El Nino and the Price of Chicken.. the fowl weather report, a look at how a weather event can alter history. See below for details.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009 - ORGANIC UNIVERSITY
9:00 AM - Registration Opens
10:00 AM - Welcome and Introductions
10:10 AM - Foundation, Margaret Scoles (IOIA)
10:40 AM - Certifying Agents in Montana, Doug Crabtree (MDA) and Shawn Matteson (OCIA)
11:00 AM - Organic Standards, Doug Crabtree
11:40 AM - Organic Inspection, Margret Scoles
12:20 PM - Lunch
1:00 PM - Economics, Chad Lee (MDA)
1:50 PM - Weed Management for Transition Years, Fabian Menalled (MSU)
2:40 PM - Funding for Transitioning to Organic, Kris Berg (EQIP)
3:05 PM - Break
3:30 PM - MSU Extension Service Resources, Jim Knight, (MSU)
3:45 PM - NCAT and ATTRA Resources, Susan Tallman (NCAT)
4:00 PM - Converting CRP Acres, Shawn Matteson (OCIA) and Dee Turner (OCIA)
4:20 PM - Where to Sell Your Organic Products, Buyers' Panel
5:00 PM - Wrap up and Questions
6:30 - 9:30 PM - Informal Get Together at The Sting (next door to Holiday Inn) for music by the Thrillbillies, dancing, food and drinks
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2009 - GENERAL CONFERENCE SESSIONS
7:30 AM - Registration Opens
9:00 AM - Welcome and MSU Updates, Jeff Jacobsen (MSU) with Mary Stein (MSU), Pat Hatfield (MSU) and Bruce Maxwell (MSU)
10:30 AM - Break and Visit with Vendors
11:00 AM - Break Out Sessions
-----Carbon Credits, Jim Sargent
-----Land Monitoring and Grazing Management Part 1, Charley Orchard (Land EKG)
-----Organic Seed Production: Challenges and Opportunities for Farmer to Farmer Collaboration, Jan Tusick (LCCD) and Micaela Colley (OSA)
12:30 PM - Lunch, including Legislative Update: Jacob Cowgill (Senator Tester's office) and messages from Senator Baucus and Congressman Rehberg. NOSB Update, Barry Flamm (NOSB Board)
1:45 PM - Break Out Sessions
-----MSU Researchers: Information Exchange, Clain Jones, Perry Miller, Bruce Maxwell and Catherine Zabinski
-----Land Monitoring and Grazing Management Part 2, Charley Orchard
-----Organic Seed Production Basics, Micaela Colley (OSA)
3:15 PM - Break and Visit with Vendors
3:45 PM - Organic Agriculture: A Climate Friendly System for the Next Century, Jeff Schahczenski (NCAT) and El Nino and the Price of Chicken.. the fowl weather report, John Pulasky, (NBS)
5:15 PM - Social Hour with no-host bar
7:00 PM - Dinner with Guest Speaker, Ron de Yong, Director of the MT Dept. of Ag. and
MOA Awards Ceremony
8:30 PM - Entertainment, Chuck Fulcher playing an eclectic variety of acoustic guitar music.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2009 - GENERAL CONFERENCE SESSIONS
7:30 AM - Breakfast
8:30 AM - Break Out Sessions
-----Cooking with Chefs Sedgie and Howard, Sedgie (Holiday Inn, Great Falls)
-----Off Site Tour of Montana Milling, Sam Schmidt (Montana Milling)
10:00 - Break and Visit with Vendors
10:30 AM - Break Out Sessions
-----From the Farm to the Fork: A Retailer's Perspective, Paul Rosen (Good Food Store)
-----Ready to Break New Ground: Panel Discussion with Organic Farmers about CRP Land, Dave Turner, Randy Hinebauch, Roy Benjamin, with Shawn Matteson, Dee Turner (OCIA)
12:30 PM - Lunch
1:30 PM - Don't Give Up the Farm, Guest Speaker Sandra Hare (S-Hare Solutions)
3:00 PM - MOA Annual Meeting
5:00 PM - Conference Adjourns
6:00 PM - MOA Board Meeting (MOA Board Members only)
Register for the 2009 Conference
Link to all Session Descriptions
Link to all Speaker Bios
If you have any specific questions about the conference, please email Conference Coordinator, Susan Waters or phone (406) 871-0019.
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