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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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