8:00- Check In/Registration Open
8:45am- Welcome, Brent Johnson, President, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
9:00am- Opportunity Is Daring To Do Something Different, Sarah Frey, Frey Farms
10:00am and 11:15- Morning Breakout Sessions
1. Beginning Farmer Loan, Mary Glaspie, Farm Service Agency
2. Factors to Consider when Purchasing a High Tunnel, Randall Vos, Iowa State Extension & Outreach
3. Building Your Cut Flower Farm, Meredith Nunnikhoven, Barnswallow Flowers
4. Understanding the Ins and Outs of Direct Marketing Beef, Alex Swanstrom, Swanstrom Farms
5. Raising and Selling Meat Birds, Ashley Wenke, Pleasant Grove Homestead
6. How do you Choose Iowa? Brand and Grant Opportunities, Beth Romer, Choose Iowa Program Director, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
12:15- Networking and Lunch
1:30pm and 2:45pm Afternoon Breakout Sessions
1. Ecommerce for Farmers/Small Business: Keys to Success, Sydney Hadacek, ChopLocal
2. Developing a Specialty Meat Market, Steve Kerns, Mangalitsa Estates
3. Small Grains, James Holz, Iowa Cover Crop
4. Get the Most Out of Your Pasture with Regenerative Grazing, Michael Vittetoe, Long Creek Pastures
5. Pending
6. Pending
4:00- Closing
4:40- 6:00pm- Networking and Hors d’oeuvres
(Note: this may start earlier. Depends on closing speaker)
