This is an essential event for ranchers, growers, and farmers who are improving their soil health management systems. Our instructors are real farmers who practice what they teach. View the agenda for two days of workshops here:
Schedule subject to change.
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2022 Agenda
August 2, 2022
(All times listed in Pacific Daylight Time)
7:00 a.m. – 1:oo p.m.
Optional add-on tour
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Welcome Coffee
1:30 p.m. – 1:40 p.m
Welcome
1:40 p.m. – 2:15 p.m
Where to Start Your Journey & Why
2:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m
Soil Microbiology
Judy Fitzpatrick, MicroBiometer
3:15 p.m. – 3:55 p.m. | Coffee Break
3:55 p.m. – 4:45 p.m
Soil & Plant Nutrient Testing
David Knaus, ApicalLabs
4:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m
Regenerative Organic Stewardship With No Tillage
Rick Clark, Farm Green
6:00 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. | Evening Reception
August 3, 2022
(All times listed in Pacific Daylight Time)
7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Morning Coffee
8:00 a.m. – 8:10 a.m
Morning Welcome
8:10 a.m. – 9:10 a.m
Soil & Water Management
9:10 a.m. – 10:10 a.m
How Plants Cultivate and Extract Nutrients from Soil Microbes
Dr. James White
10:10 a.m. – 10:55 a.m. | Coffee Break
10:55 a.m. – 11:25 a.m
Case Study: Integrating Livestock into Vineyards
Kelly Mulville, Paicines Ranch
11:25 a.m. – 12:25 p.m
Featured Presentation
John Kempf, AEA
12:25 p.m. – 12:55 p.m
Case Study: Soil Health Principles for Orchardists
Our speakers are vetted practitioners of soil health management and are leaders in agriculture. Click on their photo for more information.
Rick Clark
Rick Clark is a fifth generation farmer from Williamsport, Indiana. Rick’s goal on his farm is to build soil health and achieve balance with nature. Rick has developed and is constantly improving a systematic approach to regenerative farming, and his farm is 100% non-GMO, 100% no-till, and 100% cover crop. Rick is transitioning all acres of the farm to organic, and is most proud of developing a system of organic farming that utilizes no tillage and suppresses weeds with cover crops. Listen to his podcast interview with Acres U.S.A. here.
Judith Fitzpatrick
Dr. Judith Fitzpatrick is a microbiologist and a recognized leader in the development of on-site diagnostic tests. Her goal is to help show how biology in the soil can be measured and managed to improve farming systems around the world. Before creating the research and tools driving microBIOMETER, a soil biology testing technology company, she was the founder and CEO of Serex where she developed more than 15 medical diagnostic tests with unique reagents and methods of testing. Read her latest article for Acres U.S.A. here.
David Knaus
David Knaus is the founder of Apical Crop Science LLC, a Portland Oregon area Ag-tech company that leverages modern laboratory analytics, online data science and complex organic crop inputs to provide growers with the tools they need. His goal is to help customers find the best products and systems to grow extremely healthy, optimal yielding crops organically with minimal pest problems. David is a certified International Crop Advisor with more than 15 years of experience in plant and soil science, organic crop management and college-level instruction in sustainable agriculture.
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