Pre-Conference Events Thursday, January 11th
Not included in conference registration. Register and pay for separately.
Please note that many of the the times overlap and are at different locations, so you may not be able to register for multiple events.
8:00 AM
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5:00 PM
Amigo Farm Tour & Lunch
Symbria Patterson
The Amigo Farm tour is always a good time. We meet in Cedar City early in the morning and enjoy hot beverages and pastries before we load the shuttle bus. Symbria Patterson, a founder of Red Acre Center, will be aboard as your guide enjoying an organic lunch and snacks along the way.
So if you are up for a full-day adventure, join us.
Location
10:00 AM
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1:00 PM
How to Kill DoorDash and Grubhub Through Food Prep
Alison Einerson
In this hands-on workshop, Alison will spill the saucy secrets of canning to be ready when the urge to call grubhub hits. You'll learn all about canning veggies in season – and no, it's not just a summer fling. Even in the icy grip of winter, local farms are dishing out a root vegetable extravaganza, and we're seizing the best from Red Acre Farm's winter storage crops - beets, carrots, radishes, kohlrabi, and turnips. Hone your culinary skills, foster self-sufficiency, and savor the flavors of preserved produce long after the workshop concludes.
Location
10:00 AM
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3:00 PM
Branching Out: Pruning 101
Charlie Perington, Danielle Ringle
A short overview of different pruning systems and discussion of pruning wounds. Followed by sensitive observations of the trees of Red Acre Farm in response to their pruning during 2023. Decisions will be made on the future pruning cycle for the trees and pruning will hopefully take place the same day. Lunch break from 12 PM - 1 PM.
Location
2:00 PM
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4:00 PM
Fresh Sausage
Tom Wheatley
Hands-on. Learn how to make sausage, and take home 2 lbs pounds of sausage and detailed notes and recipes/formulas.
Location
3:00 PM
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4:30 PM
Small-Scale Market Garden Tools
TK Kern
Free to all conference attendees.
A 90-minute nerd-out on small-scale, no-till-market garden tools.
Mark from BCS will give us a demonstration of Red Acre Center's new BCS 749 and flail mower, which are being incorporated into the Center's tool lending library.
Kim from Johnny's Selected Seeds will show and demonstrate the latest and greatest tools they are offering.
TK, Director of Botanical Affairs at Red Acre Farm, will show and demonstrate some of Red Acre Farm's many tools: the Neversink gridder, Jang seeder, Growers & Co rake, Neversink Mutineer hoe, Glaser wheel hoe, a high-arch wheel plow, Earthway seeder, flame weeders, and more.
Location
Thursday, January 11th
6:30 P.M.
Welcome and Gather
Blessing - Scott Redhorse
Keynote - Cultivate Change by Going Back to the Basics - Jorge Fierro
Presentation of the Clinton Ray Miller Food & Agriculture Legacy Award
Dinner brought to you by Chef Shon Foster of Sego and Wood Ash Rye
Sponsored By Utah's Own, Water Canyon Winery, and Redmond Real Salt
Music Sponsored by Utah Farm to Fork School Network
8:30 P.M. - 9:30 P.M.
Introduction and Stewarding of the Seed Exchange - Al Grossi
Blessing of the Seeds - Bill McDorman
Sponsored by KRCL Punk Rock Farmer Al Grossi
Friday, January 12th
at Heritage Theater
105 North 100 East, Cedar City, UT, 84720
8:00 A.M.
Check-In & Registration
8:30 A.M. - 6:00 PM
Room 7 - Kid Cultivation Station
8:50 A.M. - 10:20 A.M.
Theater
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Welcome and Gather with Cedar City Councilman Scott Phillips
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Greeting
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Keynote - Double Click on Small Scale - Bill McDorman
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Keynote - The Enormous Power of Small Farms - Jesse Frost
10:30 A.M. - 11:40 A.M.
Workshops
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Theater - Till Less, Enjoy More - Jesse Frost
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Room 1 - Change You Can Taste - Bill McDorman
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Room 2 & 3 - Flower Farming: in the USA, in Utah, and on Your Farm - Loretta Clayson
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Room 4 & 5 - Farmers Don't Fear the Carbon - Tony Richards
11:50 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.
Workshops
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Theater - Tips for Maximizing Your Hoophouse or Greenhouse Vegetable Production - Andrew Mefferd
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Room 1 - What's Happening in the Utah Flower World - Fawn Rueckert, Stephen Workman, Julie Hall, Kaydee Emmet
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Room 2 & 3 - Breakin Out! - My Life as a Whole Animal Butcher in Utah - Phillip Grubisa
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Room 4 & 5 - 1924-2024 - 100 Years of Biodynamic Agriculture - Lloyd Nelson
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Upstairs Board Room - The Organic Discussion - Jesse Frost, Sara Patterson, TK Kern
2:00 P.M. - 2:20 P.M.
2:30 P.M. - 3:40 P.M.
Workshops
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Theater - Holistic Management - Doniga Markegard
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Room 1 - Key Pillars to Profitability For Flower Farmers - Lennie Larkin
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Room 2 & 3 - Alternative Housing - Stanford Jensen, Josh Ellis
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Room 4 & 5 - Self-Reliant Communities: Small Farm Growth Through a Shared Digital Marketplace - Bobby Clayson
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Room 6 - What Do Farmers Think About Farmers Markets? - Chandler Rosenberg, Sara Patterson, Madison Goodman, Penny Trinca, Laci Tagge
4:00 P.M. - 5:45 P.M.
Keynote: Making It Happen in Utah - Steve & Emily Forbes of The Forbes Family Farm, Philip Grubisa of Beltex Meats in the Theater
6:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M
Dinner
Please support a local business.
For inspiration on nearby eating options check out our Where to Eat page.
Saturday, January 13th
at Heritage Theater
Heritage Center
105 North 100 East, Cedar City, UT, 84720
8:00 A.M.
Check-In & Registration
8:00 A.M. - 11:30 A.M.
State-Wide Farmer's Market open in Festival Hall and Heritage Theater Lobbies
Sponsored by Downtown Farmers Market and Cedar City Brian Head Tourism Bureau
We encourage you to purchase breakfast at the Farmer's Market from one or more of our vendors and a hot beverage on-site from The Grind Coffeehouse
8:00 A.M. - 11:30 A.M.
Vendors, Book Store, & The Grind Coffeehouse open in the Heritage Theater Lobby
10:10 A.M. - 11:10 A.M.
Workshops
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Theater - Pastured Poultry in Utah...Is it possible, profitable, worth it? - Mitch Dumke
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Room 1 - Growing for Market - 33 Years of Publishing (and Now Podcasting!) - Andrew Mefferd
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Room 2 & 3 - Harmony and Homestead - Living a Permaculture Lifestyle - Ros McCann
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Room 4 & 5 - Tree Talk - Charlie Perington, Danielle Ringle
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Room 6 - Movement Building - Utah Farm to Fork
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Room 7 - An Introduction To Crop Cost of Production & Profitability (Flowers and Veg, too!) - Lennie Larkin
11:20 A.M. - 12:20 P.M.
Workshops
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Theater - Collectively - An Easier Way - Jessie Westover, Stephen Workman
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Room 1 - Mushroom Cultivation in Dry Climates - Katie Lawson
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Room 2 & 3 - Engaging with the Deeply Spiritual Power of Nature - Randy Ramsley
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Room 4 & 5 - Using Private Communities to Grow & Protect Your Farm - Phillip Taylor
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Room 6 - Movement Building, Continued - Utah Farm to Fork
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Room 7 - The Stars and the Spirit in Agriculture - Lloyd Nelson
12:30 A.M. - 1:30 P.M.
Closing and Keynote - Cultivate Change by Embracing the Wild - Doniga Markegard
