Symposium Schedule

Friday, February 13

Closing of Agriculture Section Meeting (link is external) at 12:00 pm
Transition
Travel/arrival of Symposium participants

2:30 - 4:00 pm

PAVILION LIVING ROOM

Alliance of Biodynamic Organizations Open House 

4:30 - 5:00 pm

PAVILION LIVING ROOM

“What is the Agriculture Section?” Introduction by Sherry Wildfeuer

4:00 - 6:00 pm

FRONT DESK

PAVILION LIVING ROOM

Registration and room check-in

6:00 - 7:00 pm

PAVILION

DINING ROOM

Dinner

7:00 - 9:00 pm

GREEN RIDGE

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

Featuring panelists Anna Jones-CrabtreeRobert Karp, Jodie Lindsey Popma, and Steffen Schneider.

Moderated by Delmar McComb

Introduction by Carin Fortin and Anthony Mecca

Saturday, February 14

7:30 - 8:30 am

DINING ROOM

Breakfast

8:30 - 10:00 am

GREEN RIDGE

Panel: Integrating Agriculture, Education, Community, and Healing

Featuring panelists Frank Agrama, Zuri AgramaDana Burns, Daphne Kingsley,  and Alex Tuchman

Moderated by Anthony Mecca

10:00 - 10:30 am

Break

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

GREEN RIDGE

Panel: Associative Economics and the Marketplace

Featuring panelists Anna Jones-CrabtreeRachel Schneider, Steffen Schneider, and Brian Wickert

Moderated by Anthony Mecca

12:00 - 2:00 pm

DINING ROOM

Lunch and break

2:00 - 3:30 pm

GREEN RIDGE

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

Featuring panelists Ian McSweeney, Mark Voss, and Anna Jones-Crabtree

Moderated by Robert Karp

3:30 - 4:00 pm

DINING HALL

Snack and break

4:00 - 6:00 pm

GREEN RIDGE

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

Featuring Carin Fortin, Robert Karp, Delmar McComb, Douglas Wylie, and Mark and Petra Zinniker

6:00 - 7:00 pm

DINING ROOM

Dinner and break
7:00 - 9:00 pm Douglas Wylie Presentation on Alternative Currencies

Sunday, February 15

7:30 - 8:30 am

DINING ROOM

Breakfast

8:30 - 10:00 am

GREEN RIDGE

Action Steps, Individual and Collective: How will I move forward? What will I change? What is a vision for progression in agriculture to collectively address these issues in community and economics?
10:00 - 10:30 am Break

10:30 - 11:45 am

GREEN RIDGE

Where do we go from here - Areas of work together moving forward

11:45 am - 12:00 pm

GREEN RIDGE

Closing ceremony