2009 Conference Break-out Sessions

View schedule from program (pdf)

The Future of Agriculture and the Environment

1. Planning for water quality while preserving a vital agriculture industry
2. Using conservation markets to protect the environment while strengthening agriculture
3. Policy perspectives on the future of agriculture and the environment
4. Models for the future of agriculture and the environment

Nursery/Greenhouse Track

1. Learn from the mistakes of others;  top tips on greenhouse operations
2. In Search of the Holy Grail, greenhouse production practices for higher profits
3. Use Online Social Media to Build a Community of Buyers
4. For Owners Only… OK…Everyone is invited, but please bring the owner
   with you…if you dare!

The Business of Farming

1. The Business of Preserving Local Agriculture
2. Succession Planning: Keeping the Farm in the Family
3. Marketing Panel – New Ways to Sell
4. Tools for Food Safety on the Farm

Bioproducts: A Recycling Plan for Agriculture

1. Bioproducts: Recovering the energy-efficient farm
2. Anaerobic Digester Products -- New Technology, New Products
3. Re-conditioning Soils with Biochar
4. Pest Control with Brassica Seed Meals

Urban Farming – Connecting People, Communities and Product

1. Your Brand Says a Lot About You
2. Growing a Local Food Market Takes Teamwork
3. You Grew It – Now Let’s Sell It
4. Incorporating a profitable farm into the city

Wine

• Starting an estate Vineyard/Winery in the Puget Sound AVA. What you need to know.
• Variety and Rootstock studies at Mt Vernon for the past 8 years and suggested cultural practices
• Organic Grape Growing in the Puget Sound
• Making Wine from Puget Sound Grown Grapes

Building Your Bounty Through Livestock Production

1. Marketing Grass Fed Beef – building an organic livestock industry
2. Raising Pastured Pork – Happy Pigs are Healthy Pigs
3. Small Scale Poultry Processing
4. Find your niche in the Dairy Industry