Cooperative Extension Service

Sustainable Agriculture Conference

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Accommodations

Tuesday, March 12 — Preconference Agenda

Princess Edgewater Room and Copper Room

8:30 – 11:50 Design and Construction of Water Cisterns, Billy Kniffen, American Rainwater

Catchment Systems Association, San Antonio, Texas

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch on site

1:15 – 4:30 Constructing Your Own Rain Barrel and Irrigation Systems, Billy Kniffen, American

Rainwater Catchment Systems Association, San Antonio, Texas (Edgewater Room)

1:15 – 4:30 Low-Cost Sustainable Farming Methods, Don Bustos, Santa Cruz Farm, Santa Cruz,

New Mexico (Copper Room, Upstairs)

Wednesday, March 13 — Conference Agenda

Princess Edgewater Room

7:45 – 8:15 Registration

8:15 – 8:30 Welcome, Fred Schlutt, Director of UAF

Cooperative Extension Service, Fairbanks

8:30 – 9:15 Finding Food in Interior Alaska, Ken Meter,

Crossroads Resource, Minneapolis, Minnesota

9:15 – 10:00 Farmer-to-Farmer Training Program, Don

Bustos, Santa Cruz Farm, Santa Cruz, New Mexico

10:00 – 10:30 Break and Poster Session

10:30 – 11:15 Harvesting Rainwater for Farmers, Billy

Kniffen, San Antonio, Texas

11:15 – 11:45 Marketing Update, Amy Pettit, Alaska Division of

Agriculture, Palmer

11:45 – 12:05 Farm to School — Scaling Up, Johanna Herron,

Alaska Division of Agriculture, Fairbanks

12:05 – 1:35 Lunch on site

1:35 – 1:55 Agritourism and Farm Stays, Lydia Clayton,

UAF Cooperative Extension Service, Kenai Peninsula

1:55 – 2:40 Jewell Gardens and Garden City Glassworks, Charlotte Jewell, Jewell Gardens and

Garden City Glassworks, Skagway

2:40 – 3:10 Break and Poster Session

3:10 – 3:40 Birch Products and Farm Tours, Brenda Graber, Kahiltna Birchworks, Talkeetna

3:20 – 3:40 From 4-H Project to Agribusiness, Jane Atkinson, Running Reindeer Ranch,

Fairbanks

3:40 – 4:00 UAF Campus Community Garden, Nicole Swenson, UAF School of Natural

Resources and Agricultural Sciences, Fairbanks

4:00 – 5:00 Different Paths to Farm Fertility, panel discussion, moderator, Susan Willsrud,

Calypso Farm and Ecology Center, Ester, with a variety of growers, TBA

5:00 Closing Remarks, Announcements and Evaluation

6:30 – 8:30 Alaska Community Agriculture Association Annual Meeting

Thursday, March 14 — Conference Agenda

Princess Edgewater Room

7:45 – 8:15 Registration

8:15 – 8:30 Welcome, Fred Schlutt, Director of UAF Cooperative Extension Service, Fairbanks

8:30 – 8:50 Eight Ways You Can Farm or Garden More Sustainably in Alaska, Heidi Rader,

UAF Cooperative Extension Service, Tanana Chiefs Conference, Fairbanks

8:50 – 9:10 Alaska Innovation Grant: Rosie Creek Farm, Mike Emers, Rosie Creek Farm, Ester

9:10 – 9:30 Alaska Innovation Grant: Passive Solar Greenhouse, Emily Garrity, Twitter Creek

Garden, Homer

9:30 – 9:50 Bender Mountain Farm and Using the Internet for CSAs, Maria Papp, Bender

Mountain Farm, Fairbanks

9:50 – 10:20 Break and Poster Session

10:20 – 10:40 Nenana Urban Farm, Kat McElroy, Nenana Urban Farm, Nenana

10:40 – 11:25 Organic Weed and Pest Control, Charlotte Jewell, Jewell Gardens and Garden

City Glassworks, Skagway

11:25 – 11:55 Growing Grains, Bob Van Veldhuizen, UAF School of Natural Resources and

Agricultural Sciences, Fairbanks

11:55 – 1:25 Lunch on site

1:25 – 1:45 Food Service Outreach – Restaurant Rewards & Chef at the Market, Kristi Krueger,

Alaska Division of Agriculture, Palmer

1:45 – 2:15 Chefs at the Farmers Market, Michael Roddey, UAF Community and Technical College,

Fairbanks

2:20 – 2:40 On-Farm Food Safety and GHP/GAP Food Safety Audits, Barb Hanson, Alaska

Division of Agriculture, Palmer

2:40 – 3:10 Break and Poster Session

3:10 – 3:35 Potential For Small Flock Fiber Production, Tom Zimmer, Calypso Farm and Ecology

Center, Ester

3:30 – 3:50 Clucko De Mayo (aka Juneau Chicken Summit), Darren Snyder, UAF Cooperative

Extension Service, Juneau

3:50 – 4:05 Circumpolar Agriculture Conference, Steven Seefeldt, UAF Cooperative Extension

Service, Fairbanks

4:05 – 5:00 Expanding Agriculture in Interior Alaska, panel discussion, moderator, Amy Nordrum,

Downtown Association of Fairbanks, Fairbanks, panel TBA

5:00 Closing Remarks, Announcements and Evaluation

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Please call the UAF Cooperative Extension Service Tanana District Office at 907-474-1530 for more information.