National Farm Viability Conference

National Farm Viability Conference

11:00am MDT

Registration Opens North Atrium

11:30am MDT

Networking North Atrium

12:00pm MDT

Lunch Alvarado ABCD

12:30pm MDT

Opening Plenary: Welcoming Remarks Alvarado ABCD

1:30pm MDT

Breakout Session 1 Loan-Ready Clients: A Workshop for Service Providers Who Help Make It Happen WeaversAndrea Krahmer Starting Farms with Limited Resources: What Actually Works and How to Support It TurquoiseAnu Rangarajan • Mildred Alvarado When Does Wholesaling Work? Helping Your Farms Understand Wholesale Readiness and Costs of Distribution Alvarado FRose Wilson • Elisa Clancy Workshopping a Model Chart of Accounts FireplacePoppy Davis Land & Housing Preservation: Heirs' Property Alvarado HFran Miller • Dr. Kara Woods • Lizbeth Davila Supporting Farmers Through Stress and Change: Practical Relational Tools for Advisors Alvarado GClaudia Kenny Designing Business Assistance Programs for Farmer Success BallroomLiz Gleason • Asia Hampton • Dorothy Suput • Chuck Ross Designing Effective Farm and Ranch Programs to Build Skills PottersSeth Wilner

3:00pm MDT

Coffee & Conversation Break North Atrium

3:30pm MDT

Breakout Session 2 Perceived vs. Real Risk: Why Good Farm Deals Don't Get Funded WeaversAsia Hampton • Indy Brahm • Joel Moyer Inside the Machine: Tactical and Strategic Approaches to Institutional Food Markets Alvarado FHeather Nieto-Friga Making Holistic Management Work: Adapting Whole Farm Planning Tools for Real-World Farm Advising TurquoiseAnn Adams • Stevie Schafenacker Small Farm Viability Reality Through Case Studies Alvarado GMegan Hunter • Jeff Cole • Christina Lynch • Ellen Polishuk Climate Risk, Adaptation, and Business Advising Roundtable PottersConnor Stedman An Accountant, a Lender and a Bookkeeper Walk into a Bar - and Spend the Evening with a Balance Sheet Alvarado HJane Garcia • Poppy Davis • Winona Dorris What Goes into a Farm Transfer Plan? FireplaceLiz Gleason • Liya Schwartzman • Melissa Adams 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

6:00am MDT

Breakfast Alvarado ABCD

8:15am MDT

Plenary "Resilience in Practice: Policy Lessons for Challenging Times" Alvarado ABCDBenneth Phelps • Zach Ducheneaux • Reggie Knox • Chuck Ross

9:00am MDT

Breakout Session 3 New Ideas for Our Intractable Problems Alvarado FLori Stern • Tera Johnson • Zach Ducheneaux Navigating the Complex Emotional, Social, and Financial Issues of Working with Farmers in Distress Alvarado GSam Smith • Michael Robertson Surviving or Thriving? Helping Beginning Farmers Start, Scale and Withstand Risk FireplaceSean Patrick • Carrie Litkowski • Janet Wright Side Meeting: Conservation Practices Cost-Benefit - By Invitation PottersBrett Melone, California Farm Link • Amanda Cather • Reid Miller • Dorothy Suput Build Your Capacity to Meet Clients' Marketing Needs WeaversMyrna Greenfield Cross-State Approaches to Equitable Farmland Tenure and Purchase BallroomLiya Schwartzman • James Nakahara • Krisztián Varsa • Kathryn Lyddan Developing a Model Ethics Policy for Farm Business Assistance Organizations TurquoiseRachel Armstrong • Paige Phinney • Benneth Phelps • Jack Hornickel • Poppy Davis

10:30am MDT

Coffee & Conversation Break North Atrium

11:00am MDT

Breakout Session 4 Sharing Practices and New Thinking to Unlocking Capital and Collaboration to Increase Farmland Access TurquoiseJulia Valliant • Jan Joannides • Dorothy Suput Integrating Climate Risk Assessments & Resilience Strategies into Farm Business Planning Alvarado FAmanda Cather • Poppy Davis • Reid Miller Navigating Farm Financial Stress: Tools, Decisions, and Knowing Your Tipping Point Alvarado GPaul Dietmann • Chris Laughton Tax Management Strategies and a Tax Estimator Tool BallroomAdam Kantrovich • JC Hobbs • Ruby Ward Expanding Value-Added Processing for Institutional Markets: Barriers, Roles, and Solutions Alvarado HLibby Christensen • Amy Buskirk • Brandon Seng • Jacqueline Montoya Farmlinking Roundtable PottersLiya Schwartzman • Shemariah Blum-Evitts Ethical Quandary: Holding Both Farm Profitability and Food System Change, When They Don't Always Pull the Same Direction FireplacePaige Phinney • James Smith Sustaining and Funding an Ecosystem - How Four Organizations are Coming Together to Strengthen Small-Scale Farming Businesses in the Salinas Valley WeaversAndrea Levy • Nathan Harkleroad • Rui Bing Zheng

12:45pm MDT

Pickup Box Lunch & Join Tour Buses Alvarado ABCD Chispas Farm & Grow the Growers Program: Sustainable Agriculture in the South Valley - FULL Farm TourSal Palmero • Casey Holland

Collaboration in Corrales: How Neighboring Producers Join Forces for Economic Viability - FULL Farm TourMax Wagner • Elan Silverblatt-Buser • Aaron Silverblatt-Buser

Four Daughters Pecan Orchard: Growing NM Pecans and Business Resilience Farm TourTroy Richardson

Hearth, Wind and Sol Farm: Monitoring, Adaptation, and Innovation Farm TourJohn Humphries • Ann Adams

Loose Leaf Farm: Diversity for Future Viability Farm TourSarah Robertson • Mark Robertson

Sile Pastures: Nourishing Land, Animals, and Community Raising Grassfed Beef and Lamb Farm TourAndrea Hagan • Sage Hagan

5:30pm MDT

Tour Buses Return

6:00pm MDT

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

6:00am MDT

Breakfast Alvarado ABCD

8:00am MDT

Breakout Session 5 Side Meeting: Lenders Stronger Together - By Invitation PottersReggie Knox Identifying Policy Problems and Developing Advocacy Campaigns FireplaceDuncan Orlander • Emily Liss • Tim Fink • Nezahualcoyotl Xiuhtecutli Resilience Meets Recordkeeping: Building Whole‑Farm Strength Alvarado FDarron Gaus Driving Farmer Outcomes with Tax & Investment Strategy WeaversMichael Robertson Right-Sizing Farm Accounting Systems TurquoiseGina Simmons Developing a Marketing Strategy with Farm and Food Businesses Alvarado GRose Wilson • Christine Porcaro • Sara Armstrong Donegan Practical Considerations for Ground Leases BallroomMargaret Christie • Jack Hornickel • Shemariah Blum-Evitts 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 Side Meeting: Federal Advocacy Platform Conversation - By Invitation TurquoiseEmily Liss • Tim Fink The Algorithm in the Room: Generative AI and Farm Viability Roundtable PottersStevie Schafenacker • Jesse Wright Guarding the Ground in Eastern New Mexico: Sentinel Landscapes, Water Security, and Farm Viability FireplaceD'Llaynn Bruce • Dylan Marks • John Tunberg • Marco Lueras Strengthening Farm Resilience Through Farmer-to-Farmer Learning WeaversNicole Gwishiri • Nicole DelCogliano • Nancy LaRowe Strengthening Regional Food Systems with Cooperative Models and the Power of Partnerships Alvarado HVirginia Pleasant • James Nakahara • Anne Massie • Thomas Smith Communicating for Change: Navigating Values and Mental Models to Move Succession Conversations Forward BallroomAngie Doucette • Anna Sekine How to Grow and Cultivate Farm Stories and Land Succession Through Technical Assistance Support Alvarado FMichael Carter Jr. • Ebonie Alexander Case Management Approach for Farm Viability Alvarado GAnna Chotzen • Rob Smith • Micah Anderson

11:30am MDT

Lunch Alvarado ABCD

12:00pm MDT

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

12:30pm MDT

Conference Closes

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