Symposium Schedule

Friday, February 13

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

2:00 - 3:30 pm Farm/land tour of Sunrise Ranch (link is external)
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, 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, 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