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Schedule

Sunday January 26, 2025

View Pre-Conference Events Here | Welcome Reception: 5 - 6:30 PM | Trivia Night Hosted by CTYF: 7PM

Monday January 27, 2025


Tuesday January 28, 2025



Speakers according to Session Tracks
Speakers and their session names are subject to change.

Specialty Crops

  • Dr. Genhua Niu (TAMU): Allium and Cucurbit Seedling Production Using Organic Fertilizers
  • Dr. Daniel Leskovar (TAMU) & Dr. Kevin Crosby (TAMU): Latest Research Results for Tomato and Pepper Production in Texas
  • Troy Swift (Swift River Pecans): Working with Nature to Grow Pecans
  • April Harrington & Katie Lavallee (TCLF): Value Added Product Development for Specialty Crop Farmers
  • Dr. Ken Mix & Kyle Krebs (Texas State University): How to Read Your Soil Test (Haney Test Too)
  • Cody Brown & Justin Duncan (NCAT): Specialty Melon Production

Livestock and Soil Health

  • David Cole (Tarrant County College): Understanding Soils for Growers; Successful Seeding and Transplanting (Home & Urban Track)
  • Randy Oakley (Oakley Family Apiaries): Beekeeping Taught By Nature
  • David Will (Think Organic Academy): High-Density Zero Rotation Grazing; Disease Suppressive Soils (Home & Urban Track)
  • Andie Marsh (Rhizos LLC): Raising Microbes: Practical Composting for Busy Farmers and Gardeners
  • Christine Martin (Holistic Management International): Profitable Pastures: Direct to Consumer Meats
  • Shawn Kelly (Crunchy Mama Farms): DIY Chicken Processing

Community and Policy

  • Tyler Cox (Texas TOPP): Organic Transitions: What it Really Takes
  • Joshua Coleman (USDA FSA) & Wilma Richler (USDA NRCS): USDA Resources for Small-Scale Texas Farmers and Ranchers
  • Donna Dorman (Square Mile Community Development), Brady Clark, Amanda Rohlich, Erin Flynn, David Barrow, Edwin Marty: Codes and Carrots: Local Government Support for Agriculture
  • Judith McGeary (Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance): Changing the Landscape for Farmers at the TX Legislature
  • Lorig Hawkins (Austin Community College), Ashly Tamayo (Recipe for Success), Michelle Akindiya (Farmshare Austin): Pathways to Agriculture: Training the Next Generation of Producers
  • Rachel Caldwell Hill (Central Texas Cherokee Township): Lessons from the Three Sisters Garden
Business and Marketing
  • Joshua Coleman (USDA FSA) & Wilma Richler (USDA NRCS): USDA Resources for Small-Scale Texas Farmers and Ranchers
  • Greg Rickert (Ranch Properties): Profitability for Small Scale Farmers
  • Sue Beckwith (Texas Center for Local Food) & Jose Aguirre (UTRGV SARA): Regional Food Business Centers in Texas
  • Tammy Howard & Robert Maggiani (NCAT): Getting to Know the Farm to School Supply Chain
  • Annelies Lottmann (UTRGV), Hayley Wood (Hot Spell Farm), Michelle Akindiya (Farm Share Austin), Lynn Saenz (RGV Meat Producers): Innovative Organization Models for Small Farmers
  • Hallie Casey (Common Market Texas), Candace Biehle (Smithville ISD), Kyle Massey (Lone Star Growers), Megan Steele (TDA): Farm to School in Texas: Small Producers Wanted

Home and Urban

  • Greg Joel (Opal's Farm): Bio-Intensive Urban Farming for Small Plots
  • Laurie Dixon: Landscaping for Beauty, Health, and Saving the World
  • Austin Davenport: Sterile Techniques for Mushroom Cultivation, Strategies for Success at Farmers Markets (Farmers Market Managers)
  • Angel Schatz (Central Texas Mycology): Mycelium Builds Community

Farmers Market Managers (Monday Jan. 27 Only)

  • Susan Barker and Anna Wright Smith (TCLF): Maximizing Food Access at Your Farmers Market: Accepting SNAP, Creating a Welcoming Market, and More!
  • Tommi Ayala and Eduardo "Lalo" Garcia (Brownsville Wellness Coalition):  Nurturing Partnerships, Growing Communities: Lessons from Brownsville Wellness Coalition's Urban Farms, Farmers Market, and The Happy Kitchen/ La Cocina Alegre

Preconference Speakers/Tour Guides

  • Savannah Rugg
  • Matt Batchelder
  • Jeremy Graves
  • Lisa Attaway
  • Greg Rickert
  • Matt Powers
  • Natalie Weber
  • Philip Drake
  • Rob Cunningham
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