National Farm Viability Conference

National Farm Viability Conference

Francesca Gallo

Legal Food Hub, a project of Conservation Law Foundation

Program Coordinator

Providence, RI

legalfoodhub.org

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11:00am MDT

Registration Opens North Atrium

12:00pm MDT

Lunch Alvarado ABCD

12:30pm MDT

Opening Plenary: Welcoming Remarks Alvarado ABCD

1:30pm MDT

Breakout Session 1 Supporting Farmers Through Stress and Change: Practical Relational Tools for Advisors Alvarado GClaudia Kenny

3:00pm MDT

Coffee & Conversation Break North Atrium

3:30pm MDT

Breakout Session 2 Small Farm Viability Reality Through Case Studies Alvarado GMegan Hunter • Jeff Cole • Christina Lynch • Ellen Polishuk Rooted in Trust: Culturally Responsive Farm Viability for Latino Farmers BallroomDeborah Nares • Tania Zuñiga • Mercedes Rodriguez • Danny Jacobo • Anna Chotzen • Dr. Natalia Pinzón • Andrea Levy

5:00pm MDT

Reception: Hors d'Oeuvres & Cash Bar Spanish Gardens

6:30pm MDT

Conference Day Ends - Dinner Out in Self-Organized Small Groups

8:15am MDT

Morning Reflections (Group Reflections from Tuesday) Alvarado ABCDBenneth Phelps

9:00am MDT

Breakout Session 3 Navigating the Complex Emotional, Social, and Financial Issues of Working with Farmers in Distress Alvarado GSam Smith • Michael Robertson

10:30am MDT

Coffee & Conversation Break North Atrium

11:00am MDT

Breakout Session 4 Ethical Quandary: Holding Both Farm Profitability and Food System Change, When They Don't Always Pull the Same Direction FireplacePaige Phinney • James Smith

12:45pm MDT

Pickup Box Lunch & Join Tour Buses Hotel Entrance Loose Leaf Farm: Diversity for Future Viability Farm TourSarah Robertson • Mark Robertson

5:30pm MDT

Tour Buses Return

6:00pm MDT

Conference Day Ends - Dinner Out in Self-Organized Small Groups

8:00am MDT

Breakout Session 5 Assessing What Matters - How Do We Know Our Programs Are Working? Alvarado HRachel Brice • Liz Gleason • Winona Dorris

9:30am MDT

Coffee & Conversation Break North Atrium

10:00am MDT

Breakout Session 6 The Algorithm in the Room: Generative AI and Farm Viability Roundtable PottersStevie Schafenacker • Jesse Wright Communicating for Change: Navigating Values and Mental Models to Move Succession Conversations Forward BallroomAngie Doucette • Anna Sekine

11:30am MDT

Lunch Alvarado ABCD

12:00pm MDT

Closing Plenary: Updates on Ethics Model; Closing Reflections Alvarado ABCD