WVA Small Farms Conference

 

2021 West Virginia Small Farm Conference Program

 

Tuesday, February 23^rd

              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 24^th

              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 25^th

              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 26^th

              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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