OAK Conference 2011

Conference

OAK's first annual conference gathers organic farmers, consumers, researchers, extension agents, and other who care passionately about organic food and farming. Don't miss this historic event.

8:00 am - 4:00 pm Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
L.D. Brown Agricultural Exposition Center
406 Elrod Road, Bowling Green, KY (map)

Free to members!

OAK membership is required for registration. There is no additional fee for OAK members who register before February 18th, 2011. A $10 late registration fee (cash or check, please) will be collected at the door from those who register after February 18th.

Agenda

Organic Crop Track

Organic Livestock Track

General Organic Track
8:00
 Registration and Breakfast
8:30-9:00
 Introduction and Welcome
Larry Brandenburg, OAK President
9:00-10:15
 Walking to Spring:
Using High Tunnels to Grow Produce All Year
 Organic Grazing
 Bio-WHAT?
Introduction to Biodynamics
10:30-11:45
 Being Fruitful:
Organic Berry and Treefruit Production
 Grow Your Own Feed:
Organic Grain Production
 Gettin' Legal:
Organic Certification
11:45-12:15
 Lunch Buffet
Featuring local and organic food
12:15-1:15
 Organic Agriculture and Community
David Kline, Organic Dairy Farmer, Naturalist and Writer*
1:25-2:10
 Veggie Tales:
Organic Vegetable Production
 Breeding Organic Livestock
  • Roger Garland, Organic Dairy Farmer*
 Perma-WHO?
Introduction to Permaculture
2:20-3:05
 Machinery for Organic Farms:
A Systems Approach
 Organic Herd Health
 The Energy we Eat:
Can Organic Farming Fix our Energy-Intensive Food System?
3:15-4:00
 Good Bugs, Bad Bugs:
Organic Pest Management
 Hands-on Organic Herd Health
 Gettin' Paid:
Selling Premium Products at Premium Prices
4:00
 Conference Adjourns
4:30-6:00
High Tunnel Tour
Led by Paul and Alison Wiediger and Joe O'Daniel
O'Daniel Farms, Warren County (15 minutes from conference site)

*Speaker farms or conducts research on USDA Certified Organic land