2021 West Virginia Small Farm Conference Program
Tuesday, February 23rd
8:30 – 8:50 Welcome & Technology Overview
8:00 – 5:00 DAY LONG Produce Safety Alliance Grower Training
9:00 – 10:00 No Bull Here—Maximizing
Income Potential Through Direct Meat Marketing
10:15 – 11:15 Transitioning to Winter Growing
11:30 – 12:30 Rotational Grazing with Small Ruminants
1:00 – 2:00 The Charm Farm: What’s New & What’s Changed
3:00 – 4:00 Opportunities and
Resources for Farmers Markets & Producers in 2021
6:00 – 7:00 West Virginia Agri-Women Meeting
Wednesday, February 24th
8:30 – 8:50 Welcome & Technology Overview
9:00 – 10:00 USDA Rural Development
Programs: USDA Rural Energy for America Program and USDA Value-Added Producers
Grant Program
9:00 – 10:00 Pastured Poultry
10:15 – 11:15 Capture Your Cash
“Cow” with Online Sales
11:30 – 12:30 Building Enjoyable
Trails that Last
11:30 – 12:30 U-Pick Strawberries in 2020: Coping with the Pandemic
1:00 – 2:00 Multi-species Grazing in West Virginia
1:00 – 2:00 Elderberry Production & Harvest
2:15 – 3:15 Elderberry Processing
3:00 – 4:00 Farm to Fashion: Establishing the Central Appalachian Fibershed
Network
4:00 – 6:00 PAD Network Happy Hour
6:30 – 8:30 Integrated Pest Management Panel
Thursday, February 25th
8:30 – 8:50 Welcome & Technology Overview
9:00 – 10:00 Developing Songbird
Habitat for Agritourism
10:15 – 11:15 Shade Cloth on High Tunnels
11:30 – 12:30 Grazing Alternative Forages
11:30 – 12:30 Seed Saving
1:30 – 3:30 Farmer Veteran Coalition: Mobilizing Veterans to Feed America,
Yearly Meeting and Updates
3:30 – 4:30 What's New in Vegetable
Varieties?
6:30 – 8:30 Surviving the Tsunami of
2020—Best Practices in Pivoting for Marketing Shocks
Friday, February 26th
8:30 – 8:50 Welcome & Technology Overview
9:00 – 10:00 Navigating the
Regulations Highway—WV Cottage Food Laws
10:15 – 11:15 Legal Liability
Protections for Landowners Engaging in Outdoor Recreation Activities
10:15 – 11:15 Sharing Our Story, Being an “Ag”Vocate
11:30 – 12:30 Common and Uncommon Small Fruit to Grow
1:00 – 2:00 Meat Processing Business
Tool Kit
1:00 – 2:00 Geothermal High Tunnel System8:30 -
2:15 – 3:15 High Tunnel Crop Scheduling
3:30 – 4:30 High Tunnel Irrigation Design
6:30 – 8:30 Forest Farming Friday
Fun
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