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2023 Schedule
November 1
DAY 1
November 1, 2023
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM
Title | Speaker(s) | Time | Location | Track |
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Mindful Meditation | Kiz Adams | 8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. EST | Main Auditorium | |
Conference Welcome & Overview | Venessa Sims / Rebecca Brightwell | 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. EST | Main Auditorium | |
USDA Greeting | Gloria Montaño Greene, USDA Deputy Under Secretary USDA | 9: 00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. EST | Main Auditorium |
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
Title | Speaker(s) | Time | Location | Track |
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Large Animal Rescue | Rebecca Husted | 10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. EST | General Sessions | Track 1 - Productioin |
Balancing It All - Female Farmer Panel on Stress Management & Resiliency | Oliva Bury / Linda Emanuel / Melissa Havemann | 10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. EST | General Sessions | Track 2 - Self-Care |
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM ---- BREAK (Visit the Virtual Booths for Gamification Points!)
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Title | Speaker(s) | Time | Location | Track |
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Easy Methods for Growing Delicious and Medicinal Mushrooms | Olga Katic | 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST | General Sessions | Track 1 - Production |
Finding HER Place at the USDA - A Farmer's Panel | Carrie Chlebanowski /
Renea Jones /
Amelia Kent /
Amanda Robertson /
Grace Summers | 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST | General Sessions | Track 3 - Business Resources |
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Title | Speaker(s) | Time | Location | Track |
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Using Plant Dyes to Create Value Added Products | UGA Botanical Garden | 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 a.m EST | General Sessions | Track 1 - Production |
Resiliency for Agriculture | Michele Payn | 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 a.m EST | General Sessions | Track 2 - Self-care |
Finding HER Place at the USDA - Farmer's Panel | Amanda Robertson | 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 a.m EST | General Sessions | Track 3 - Business Resources |
Finding HER Place at the USDA Farmer's Panel | Amanda Robertson | 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. EST | General Sessions | Track 3 - Business Resources |
Resiliency for Agriculture | Michele Payn | 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. EST | General Sessions | Track 2 - Self-care |
Using Plant Dyes to Create Value Added Products (UGA Botanical Garden) | Name? | 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. EST | General Sessions | Track 1 - Production |
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM ---- LUNCH BREAK (Visit the Virtual Booths for Gamification Points!)
1:15 PM - 2:10 PM
Title | Speaker(s) | Time | Location | Track |
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Day 1 - Keynote Speaker | Jamila Norman | 1:15 p.m - 2:15 p.m EST | Main Auditorium | |
Growing and Selling Flowers - Farmer Panel | Abigail Helberg Moffitt, Bloom WNC / Jeri Irby, Petal Pusher Farms / Lara Jackson, Wolfsong Flowers | 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EST | General Sessions | Track 1 - Production |
Assisting Military Veterans
to Succeed in Agriculture | Jeanette Lombardo, Farmer Veteran Coalition FVC / Isa Marie McIntryre, FVC | 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EST | General Sessions | Track 3 - Business Resources |
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
Title | Speaker(s) | Time | Location | Track |
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Dealing with Employee Issues | Suzy Martin | 2 :15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. EST | General Sessions | Track 3 - Business Resources |
Introduction to Forestry
with a Farmer Panel | Danielle Atkins | 2 :15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. EST | General Sessions | Track 1 - Production |
What Research Tells us About Female Farmer Stress | Christina Proctor | 2 :15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. EST | General Sessions | Track 2 - Self-care |
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM ---- BREAK (Visit the Virtual Booths for Gamification Points!)
Speed Friending 3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. EST
One of the best things about attending a conference is the great people you meet. Our Speed Friending event will randomly connect you with someone at the conference. After a few minutes, you will then be connected with someone new. If you are in a great conversation, you can choose to extend your time. However, try to meet and exchange information with as many people as possible. There is also a chat feature In the conference lounge area, so you can also connect with people at any time to say hello.
Title | Speaker(s) | Time | Location | Track |
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Speed Friending Event | You! | 3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. EST | Main Auditorium |
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Title | Speaker(s) | Time | Location | Track |
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Day One Closing Stretch | Kiz Adams | 4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST | Main Auditorium | |
Mindful Yoga Stretch | Kiz Adams | 4:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. EST | Main Auditorium |
November 2
DAY 2
November 2, 2023
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM
Title | Speaker(s) | Time | Location | Track |
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Mindful Meditation | Kiz Adams | 8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. EST | Main Auditorium | |
Conference Welcome & Overview | Heather Sedges / Rebecca Brightwell | 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. EST | Main Auditorium |
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Title | Speaker(s) | Time | Location | Track |
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Keynote Speaker - Cultivating
Advocacy
| Audra Mulkern, The Female Farmer Project | 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. EST | Main Auditorium |
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Title | Speaker(s) | Time | Location | Track |
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Micro-Ranching For
Profit: Sheep on 30 Acres | Grace, Harmony Farms
The Shepherdess | 10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. EST | General Sessions | Track 1 - Production |
The Importance of Building
Community | Cyndi Ball, National Ladies Homestead Gathering | 10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. EST | General Sessions | Track 2 - Self-Care |
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM ---- BREAK (Visit the Virtual Booths for Gamification Points!)
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
Title | Speaker(s) | Time | Location | Track |
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Managing a Cattle Operation - A Farmer's Panel | Brandi Karisch / Caroline Lewallen / Kendall Whatley | 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST | General Sessions | Track 1 - Production |
Optimizing Female Producer
Health with a Focus on
Mental Wellbeing | Tara Haskins / Olivia Bury
AgriSafe Network | 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST | General Sessions | Track 2 - Self-Care |
Creating A Successful
Economic Stream Through
AgriTourism - A Farmer's Panel | Cheryl Smith, GA Dept. of Agriculture / Pamela Borgel, Painted Horse Winery / Vicky Porter, Farm at Brusharbor | 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. EST | General Sessions | Track 3 - Business Resources |
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Title | Speaker(s) | Time | Location | Track |
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MarketLink Panel | Lisa Roach | 11:15 a.m - 12:15 a.m EST | General Sessions | Track 3 - Business Resources |
Economic Safety for Women | Linda Emmanuel | 11:15 a.m - 12:15 a.m EST | General Sessions | Track 2 - Self-care |
Introduction to Beekeeping | Samantha Foxx | 11:15 a.m - 12:15 a.m EST | General Sessions | Track 1 - Production |
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM ---- LUNCH BREAK (Visit the Virtual Booths for Gamification Points!)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Title | Speaker(s) | Time | Location | Track |
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Day 2 - Keynote Speaker | Meryl Kennedy, Kennedy Rice | 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. EST | Main Auditorium | |
Managing Soil Health with Soil Organic Matter | Rebecca Abney | 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EST | General Sessions | Track 1 - Production |
Becoming a McGyver - Rapid Problem Solving on the Farm | Therese Willkomm, Director of the New Hampshire Statewide Assistive Technology Program | 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EST | General Sessions | Track 2 - Self-Care |
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Title | Speaker(s) | Time | Location | Track |
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Food Safety | Name? | 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EST | General Sessions | Track 1 - Production |
Coaxing More Profit from Your Farm | Ellen Polishuk | 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EST | General Sessions | Track 3- Business Resources |
Estate Planning for
Women Landowners | Veronica McClendon, J.D. | 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST | General Sessions | Track 3- Business Resources |
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Title | Speaker(s) | Time | Location | Track |
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Ideas on Ways to Fund Your Farm | Margo Hale | 3:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m EST | General Sessions | Track 3 - Business Resources |
Solar Panel for Smaller Farms | Tiffany Bradford | 3:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m EST | General Sessions | Track 1 - Production |
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM ---- BREAK (Visit the Virtual Booths for Gamification Points!)
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM
Title | Speaker(s) | Time | Location | Track |
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Day 2 Closing | Diane Bales | 4:30 p.m - 5:00 p.m EST | Main Auditorium | |
Mindful Yoga Stretch | Name? | 4:15 p.m - 4:30 p.m EST | Main Auditorium |

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