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