Program

GATHERING AT A GLANCE

Day 1 – Sunday, Dec. 6th, 2020

10 – 10:30        Welcome by Keefe Keeley, Co-Executive Director,   Savanna Institute and Uma Karki, President, Association for Temperate Agroforestry

11 – 12:00        General nutshell talks

11 – 12:00        AFTA Panel

12 – 1:00        Deep Roots Award: Honoring Paul Johnson

12:30 – 2:00     Lunch break

2:00 – 3:00       AFTA Panel: Silvopasture and Soil Health

2:00 – 3:00       Elderberry panel: Natasha Simone, Pat Byers, Andy Thomas

3:00 – 4:30      Grafting Workshop with Tom Wahl    

3:00 – 3:45     Mushrooms in agroforestry: Steve Gabriel & Olivia Watkins

3:45 – 4:30       Agroforestry maple syrup: Cecil Wright, Sheamus Johnson

4:30 – 6:00       Dinner break

6:00 – 7:00      Elderberry Meet-up Group

6:00 – 7:00      Young Farmers Mixer

6:00 – 7:00      Connecting with Keefe Keeley and Kevin Wolz

7:00 – 8:00       Conference Q&A and daily synthesis session

Day 2 – Monday, Dec. 7th, 2020

9:30 – 10:00    Yoga with Yoga For Good

10:00 – 12:00  General Nutshell Talks

10:00 – 11:00  AFTA panel: Partnering for Perennials

11:00 – 12:20  AFTA panel: Regional and Scaled Approaches to Resilient Agriculture

 12:30 – 1:30   Decolonizing agriculture workshop: Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquín & Regenerative Agriculture Alliance

2:00 –  3:00    Orchards and cider panel: Matt Raboin of Brix Cider

2:00 – 3:00     AFTA Panel: Plant Breeding and Polycultures

 3:00 – 3:45     Indigenous food systems: Elizabeth Day

3:00 – 4:30     Farm planning workshop for carbon sequestration  workshop: Eric Toensmeier

3:45 – 4:30     Exploring Hazelnuts: Tom Molnar

4:30 – 6:00     Dinner break

5:30 – 6:15     Orchards and Fruit Meet-up

5:30 – 6:15     Chestnut Growers Meet-up

5:30 – 6:15     Grazing & Silvopasture Meet-up

5:30 – 6:15     Hazelnut Growers Meet-up

6:30 – 8:00     Keynote panel & discussion

Keynote Panel

This year we’re excited to host three women of agroforestry for a lively discussion: Olivia Watkins, Oliver’s Forest; Dr. Jifunza Wright-Carter, Black Oaks Center; and Kathy Dice, Red Fern Farm.

Day 3 – Tuesday, Dec. 8th, 2020

9:30 – 10:00    Yoga

10 – 12:30      Silvopasture Nutshell talks

10:00 – 11     AFTA panel: Agroforestry, Biodiversity, and Restoration Agriculture

11:00 – 12     AFTA panel: Help Shape an American Forest Farming Council

11:00 – 12:00 Cooking demo with Beth Dooley

12:30 – 1:30   Decolonizing agriculture workshop: Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquín & Regenerative Agriculture Alliance

2:00 –  3:00    Land trust in Agroforestry

2:00 – 3:20     AFTA panel: Practical Tools for Agroforestry

3:00 – 3:45     Grassland 2.0: Dr. Claudio Gratton & Dr. Randy Jackson

3:00 – 4:00     AFTA Post Presentations

3:45 – 4:30     Policy & Program Support for Agroforestry: Erin Meier, Green Lands Blue Waters et al.

4:30 – 6:00     Dinner break

6:00 – 6:45     Zen of Elderberries: Chris Patton

6:00 – 7:00     Careers in Agroforestry

6:30 – 7:30     Agroforestry, Livestock & Food Safety

Day 4 – Wednesday, Dec. 9th, 2020

9:30 – 10:00  Yoga with Yoga For Good

10:00 – 11:00 Nutshell Talks

10:00 – 11:00 AFTA: Research Relevant to Farmers

11:00 – 12:20 AFTA: New Approaches, Techniques, and Crops

12:30 – 1:30   Decolonizing agriculture workshop: Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquín & Regenerative Agriculture Alliance

2:00 –  3:00    Regenerative Farm Design from Paper to Practice:       Peter Allen, Lindsey Rebhan

3:00 – 3:45     Forever Green: Nick Jordan, Colin Cureton

3:45 – 4:30     Farm Finances Panel: David Lezaks, Paul Dietmann, John Steven Bianucci

4:30 – 5:00     Closing and Conference Synthesis