2025 Conference Agenda Preview
Tuesday • December 9, 2025
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Registration Open and Vendor Setup
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch • Featuring delicious organic food from Montana producers!
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM Organic Farm and Facility Tours
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Montana Organic Producer Co-Op Meeting
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Cocktail Hour
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM Welcome Party with Drinks, Food, & Live Music!
Breakout Sessions
Wednesday • December 10, 2025
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM Registration Open
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Breakfast • Featuring delicious organic food from Montana producers!
8:00 AM - 8:15 AM Welcome Remarks from MOA Board Chair
Tracey Dion
MOA Board Chair
Austin Frerick
Expert on Agricultural & Antitrust Policy, Author of Barons
8:15 AM - 9:00 AM Keynote Session with Austin Frerick
9:00 AM - 9:20 AM Vendor Appreciation Break
9:20 PM - 10:00 AM Plenary Session
10:00 AM - 10:40 AM Quinn Institute Research Results
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Lunch • Featuring delicious organic food from Montana producers!
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM Vendor Appreciation Break
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Safflower in Rotations / Organic Transitions Projects
Breakout Sessions
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM The Impact of Fusarium oxysporum on Canada Thistle in Large Plot Organic Wheat Fields
Breakout Sessions
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM Vendor Appreciation Break
3:20 PM - 4:00 PM Food Product Development Lab: Field to Food
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Roundtable Discussions
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Cocktail Hour & MOA Awards
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Banquet Dinner • Featuring delicious organic food from Montana producers!
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM Live Auction • Featuring donations from businesses in Montana. Learn more about donation.
Thursday • December 11, 2025
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Breakfast & Annual MOA Business Meeting
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Plenary Session: Updates from the Montana Department of Agriculture Organic Program
8:30 AM - 9:20 AM Plenary Session
9:20 AM - 9:40 AM Vendor Appreciation Break
10:40 AM - 11:20 AM D.C. Meetings - Policy Recap
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM FSA Update Presentation
Bill Evans
Chouteau County Executive Director
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM Plenary Session
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Lunch • Featuring delicious organic food from Montana producers!
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM Closing Remarks from MOA Board Chair
Tracey Dion
MOA Board Chair
Glenn Elzinga
Alderspring Ranch
Bob Quinn
Institute Director, Quinn Institute
10:40 AM - 11:20 AM Modifying the Plant Shade Avoidance Response to Increase Plant Competitiveness and Yield
Breakout Sessions
Breakout Sessions
Mike Giroux
Professor: Wheat genetics & cereal quality | Montana State University
Megan Engel
Graduate Student | Montana State University
MOVE Session: In Partnership with Montana Organic Vegetable Expo
Nick Andrews
Oregon State University Organic Vegetable Extension
Breakout sessions will feature expert speakers on topics including cutting edge organic research, food and your health, succession planning, wealth building, policy, weed & pest management, finance options, and debt reduction.
11:20 PM - 12:00 PM Conference Breakout Sessions
Jed O. Eberly, PhD
Associate Professor , Agronomy & Soil Microbiology | Montana State University
Julia Barton
Organic Farmers Association
Alexandro Ferreira
Graduate Student | Montana State University
Succession Planning
MOVE Session: In Partnership with Montana Organic Vegetable Expo
Speaker being announced soon!
MOVE Session: In Partnership with Montana Organic Vegetable Expo
Speaker being announced soon!
Dr. Blaise Jumbam
Postdoctoral Research Associate | Montana State University
Sophia Seffrood
Extrusion Program Manager | Montana State University Food Product Development Lab
MOVE Session: In Partnership with Montana Organic Vegetable Expo
Speaker being announced soon!
Ed Tyanich
Organic Program Manager, Montana Department of Agriculture
Bob Quinn
Institute Director, Quinn Institute
MOVE Session: In Partnership with Montana Organic Vegetable Expo
Speaker being announced soon!