FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12 Conference schedule |
Keynote - Farming: Challenges and Pivots to successLiz is a farmer and owner of Happy Hollow Farm in Jamestown, MO.
Community supported agriculture (CSA) farming provided Liz the opportunity to fulfill her goal of growing beautiful, healthy food and sharing it with her community. Learn how Liz’s farm responded and thrived when faced with challenges over the last 10 years of growing USDA certified organic produce on her nearly 7-acre farm. Liz will discuss how she addressed challenges in the early years and how she handles them now, as she grows veggies, fruits, eggs and flowers for a 72-member CSA 32 weeks a year, farmers market and local Columbia restaurants. Winter production is a key component to her financial success.
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Liz Graznak is a Columbia, MO native whose love of gardening and the outdoors is the result of time spent outside with her grandparents growing up. It was in graduate school at Cornell University that Liz discovered Community Supported Agriculture farming and realized her passion for growing food & building community. After working on a number of different farms out east Liz decided to move back to the Columbia area. While farming with her friend & mentor Dan Kuebler, who owns The Salad Garden in Ashland, MO., Liz realized that if she was ever going to be able to afford to purchase her own farm than she was going to have to have a “real” job for a while. Liz worked for six years at Superior Garden Center honing her business & employee management skills. In November 2007 Liz & her wife Katie purchased Happy Hollow Farm.
Congratulations to Liz! MOSES 2021 Organic Farmer of the Year
Friday Schedule
Morning
9:00 - 9:40 AM Session 1 9:45 -10:30 AM Session 2 10:45 -11:25 PM Session 3 11:30 - 12:15 PM Session 4 |
Lunch
12:15-1:00 PM |
Afternoon
1:00-2:30 Keynote 2:45-3:30 PM Grower Association Meetings |
Tree FruitThis year's tree fruit track will focus on apples, particularly new technologies for successfully growing a crop. It includes discussions on new cultivars from the Midwest Apple Improvement Association, weed management, protective netting and ground cover trials, and a look at the newly designed Midwest Fruit Pest Management Guide.
9:00 - 9:40 am Apple Variety Update Bill Dodd, Midwest Apple Improvement Association (MAIA) 9:45 - 10:30 am A Weed Scientist's Perspective on Vegetation Weed-Free Strip/Herbicide Strip Width Stephen Meyers, Purdue University 10:30-10:45 am Break 10:45 - 11:25 am Understanding Changes to the New Midwest Fruit Pest Management Guide Lina Salamanca Rodriguez Salamanca and Joe Hannan, Iowa State University 11:30 - 12:15 pm Protective Netting, Particle Film and Reflective Ground Cover Trials for Kansas High Density Apple Production Zac Hoppenstedt, Kansas State University 12:15 - 1:00 pm Lunch 1:00 - 2:30 pm Keynote: Liz Graznak 2:30-2:45 am Break 2:45 - 3:30 pm Missouri Growers Association Meeting Join Meeting 3:30 pm Adjourn |
Vegetable ProductionCommercial vegetable production acreages have seen a steady growth over last five to ten years. Demand for fresh and locally produced vegetable has spurred growth in farmers markets, CSA's, restaurants, and wholesale supply chains. This vegetable production track will bring presenters that will cover a wide variety of topics relevant to commercial vegetable production in the Great Plains area.
9:00 - 9:40 am
Bountiful Brussel Sprouts: Tips for Success with a Finicky Crop Becky Sideman, University of New Hampshire 9:45 - 10:30 am Onion Production and Impact of Soil Fertility Tim Coolong, University of Georgia 10:30-10:45 am Break 10:45 - 11:25 am Low Tunnel Benefits Beyond Season Extension Ramon Arancibia, University of Missouri Extension 11:30 - 12:15 pm Cover Crops and Nightshade Production at Pekarek's Produce Ryan Pekarek, Pekarek Farms 12:15 - 1:00 pm Lunch 1:00 - 2:30 pm Keynote: Liz Graznak 2:30-2:45 am Break 2:45 - 3:30 pm Kansas Specialty Crops Growers Association Meeting Join Meeting 3:30 pm Adjourn |
Marketing in the new NormalcyThe challenges of 2020 have forced change and innovation in marketing local food. The Business Track this year will take a closer look how different vendors, farmer’s markets and online service providers have adapted their approaches, what has worked and which of those changes we may see continuing into next year.
9:00 - 9:40 am New Tools for Evaluating Your Marketing Channels Martha Sullins, Colorado State University 9:45 - 10:30 am Adaptations at Farmers Market - Producers Panel T. D. Hollub, Garden Oasis Farm, Coggon, IA Rachel Lynch, Webb City Farmers' Market, Webb, City, MO Miranda Duschack, Urban Buds: City Grown Flowers, St. Louis, MO 10:30-10:45 am Break 10:45 - 11:25 am COVID Adaptations for Local Products: Building Better Beyond Tim Woods, University of Kentucky 11:30 - 12:15 pm Online/ Delivery Adaptations - Producer Panel Karin Velez, Wolf Creek Family Farm Katie Nixon, Green Gate Family Farm Scott Thellman, Juniper Hill Farms 12:15 - 1:00 pm Lunch 1:00 - 2:30 pm Keynote: Liz Graznak 2:30-2:45 am Break 2:45 - 3:30 pm Nebraska Growers Association Meeting - No meeting this year. Watch for announcement of a summer meeting. 3:30 pm Adjourn |
NCR-SARE FARMER FORUM
The NCR-SARE Farmers Forum gives farmers, researchers and educators the opportunity to share results from their on-farm grant research projects with other growers.
9:00 - 9:40 am
Modeling Efficiency and Safety in a Vegetable Wash and Pack House James "Curtis" Millsap, Milsap Farms 9:45 - 10:30 am Exploration and Demonstration of Low Pressure Stem for Disease and Weed Control on a Small Scale vegetable Farm James "Curtis" Millsap, Milsap Farms 10:30-10:45 am Break 10:45 - 11:25 am Mesotunnels: Exploring a New Approach for Organic Cucurbits Mark Gleason, Iowa State University 11:30 - 12:15 pm Midwest Summer Greens Production - The Effect of Shade on Yield and Quality Emily Wright, Three Creeks Farm + Forest 12:15 - 1:00 pm Lunch 1:00 - 2:30 pm Keynote: Liz Graznak 3:30 pm Adjourn |
VIRTUAL TRADE SHOW
Trade show Exhibitors will be available online, each during an assigned time slot, to show and discuss with you current product offerings, including the latest seeds, supplies, equipment, and grower information. Join the Exhibitors online as your schedule allows.
9:00 -10:00 am
USDA-NRCS, Diane Bradley 10:00 - 11:00 am Johnny's Select Seeds, Wesley Palmer 11:00 - Noon BDi Machinery Sales, Paul Licata Noon - 1:00 pm Kansas State Univ./Univ. of MO Food Safety Londa Nwadike Cal Jamerson Tyler Carly 1:00 - 2:30 pm Keynote Break 2:30 - 3:30 pm FCS Financial, Kate Lambert & Stephanie Tyler 3:30 pm Adjourn |