Symposium Schedule

Friday, February 13

Closing of Agriculture Section Meeting (link is external) at 12:30 pm
Transition
Travel/arrival of Symposium participants

4:00 - 6:00 pm Registration and room check-in
6:00 - 7:00 pm Dinner
7:00 - 9:00 pm

Opening panel and conversation: What are the trends, challenges, and opportunities facing agriculture in the realm of community and economics?

Featuring panelists Steffen SchneiderRobert Karp, Anna Jones-Crabtree, and others

Moderated by Delmar McComb

Introduction by Carin Fortin and Anthony Mecca

Saturday, February 14

7:30 - 8:30 am Breakfast
8:30 - 10:00 am

Panel: Integrating Education, Community, and Healing

Featuring panelists Dana Burns, Daphne KingsleyAlex Tuchman, Anthony Mecca, Jae Vyskocil, and others

Moderated by Anthony Mecca

10:00 - 10:30 am Break
10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Panel: Associative Economics and the Marketplace

Featuring panelists Rachel Schneider, Steffen Schneider, Anna Jones-Crabtree, and others

12:00 - 2:00 pm Lunch and break
2:00 - 3:30 pm

Panel: Challenges and Innovations in the Context of Land and Housing

Featuring panelists Ian McSweeney, Mark Voss, and others

Moderated by Robert Karp

3:30 - 4:00 pm Snack and break
4:00 - 6:00 pm

Grassroots Practical Examples: Blossom's Farm (link is external) and Zinniker Farm (link is external) 

Featuring Carin Fortin, Delmar McComb, Douglas Wylie, Robert Karp, and others

6:00 - 7:00 pm Dinner and break
7:00 - 9:00 pm Open space with group conversation, artistic elements, bonfire, stargazing, music, etc.

Sunday, February 15

7:30 - 8:30 am Breakfast
8:30 - 8:40 am Singing
8:40 - 10:00 am Case Clinics
Action Steps: How will I move forward? What will I change?
10:00 - 10:30 am Break
10:30 - 11:45 am Reviewing the past two days
Impressions and epiphanies from panelists
Whole group reflections and sharing
11:45 am - 12:00 pm Closing ceremony