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FRIDAY, AUGUST 7
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Lawnand Turf Course - Student Union Ballroom
Separate Registration Required!
8:30 am - 12:15 pm Raw Milk Roundtable - Campus Center Room 804
Raw milk farmers & advocates from around the Northeast are meeting in a pre-conference
session to share ideas and resources. Topics to be discussed include regulations and laws, marketing,
advocacy, and developing ways for raw milk farmers to collaborate effectively. Open by
invitation only; contact Winton Pitcoff at winton@nofamass.org, or (413) 634-5728.
11:00 am - 7:00 pm REGISTRATION - Registration Tent
11:00 am - 12:30 pm MEETING, NOFA Interstate Council - Suffolk Room, Student Union
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch by UMass Catering - Student Union Ballroom
1:00 pm FILM: The Real Dirt on Farmer John - Campus Center Reading Room
ADULT WORKSHOPS - FRIDAY 2:00 - 3:30 pm
1) Animal Power in Vegetable Fields - Campus Center 804-08
2) Attached Greenhouses for Food, Heat, and Hot Water - Campus Center 905-09
3) Dahlias and Gladiolas - Campus Center 911-15
4) Gardening Like the Forest: Home-Scale Food Forestry - Campus Center 163C
6) Growing Small Fruits - Campus Center 904-08
7) Be More Self-Reliant During Difficult Economic Times - Isenberg School 123
8) Land Trusts & Grassroots Community Organizations - Campus Center 811-15
9) Loans, Grants & Other Financial Assistance for NE Organic Farms - Campus Center 903
10) Let's Lacto-fer-mentate! - Isenberg School 122
11) Make Delicious Meals with Local Greens - Wheeler Dorm Basement Kitchen
12) Organic Apple Growing at Bird of the Hand Farm - Campus Center 168C
13) Pastured Certified Organic Poultry Production - Campus Center 101
14) Pedal Revolution: Bike Transport Today - Isenberg School 117
15) Principles of Making Quality Hay - Campus Center 917
16) Restoring Our Seed: On-Farm Breeding for Farmers - Campus Center 174-76
17) Rethinking Local Agricultural Infrastructure - Campus Center 805-09
18) Sausage Making, Smoking & Curing at Home - Campus Center 162-75
19) TOUR*: Hampshire College Farm Tour
20) Transitioning a Dairy Farm to Organic - Campus Center 803
21)What You ACTUALLY NEED to Live Off the Grid, and Why -
Campus Center 165-69
TEEN WORKSHOPS - FRIDAY 2:00 - 3:30 pm - Grad Lounge, Campus Center
22) How to Bag Waste
23) Tie-Dying
KIDS' WORKSHOPS - FRIDAY 2:00 - 3:30 pm - Cape Cod Lounge, Student Union
24) Butter Making for Beginners
25) Creating a Nature Weaving
26) Drawing from Nature
27) Felting Fun
2:30 pm FILM: The Crash Course (Part 1) - Campus Center Reading Room
ADULT WORKSHOPS - FRIDAY 4:00 - 5:30 pm
28) Backyard Medicinal Herb Walk - Meet at Registration Tent
29) Building Direct Year-Round Markets - Campus Center 163C
30) Carbon Negative Farming & Climate Change - Campus Center 168C
32) Co-ops: Planning for a Sustainable Future - Campus Center 803
33) Easy No-Knead Artisan Bread at Home - Wheeler Dorm Basement Kitchen
34) Farm and Garden Native Bee Habitat Creation - Campus Center 804-08
35) Growing Broccoli and Other Brassicas - Isenberg School 129
36) Growing Food and Family: Homestead Production - Campus Center 162-75
37) Holistic Energy Healing for Trees/Plants - Campus Center 903
38) Importance of Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Your Diet - Campus Center 911-15
39) Local Produce for Low-Income Communities - Campus Center 811-15
40) Northeast SARE Farmer Grants - Campus Center 805-09
41) Owner-Built Straw Bale Home Construction - Campus Center 917
42) Perennial Division - Isenberg School 123
43) Starting a CSA - Campus Center 101
44) Stretches to Sustain the Farmer's Body - Isenberg School 122
45) The Raw Milk Revolution - Campus Center 174-76
46) TOUR*: Simple Gifts Farm's CSA Management
47) Using Organic Dairy Resources in the Field - Campus Center 905-09
48) Vegetable Production for the Fall Market - Campus Center 165-69
49) Vitex: A Woman's Incredible Herb! - Isenberg School 117
TEEN WORKSHOPS - FRIDAY 4:00 - 5:30 pm - Grad Lounge, Campus Center
50) Filmmaking for Beginners
51) Preparing Wild Edibles and Weeds
KIDS' WORKSHOPS - FRIDAY 4 - 5:30 pm - Cape Cod Lounge, Student Union
52) Building Fairy Houses
53) Indoor Composting with Red Wigglers
54) Painting the 2009 Children's Parade Banner
55) Victorian Games
4:00 pm FILM: The Corporation - Campus Center Reading Room
5:30 - 7:00 pm DINNER - Franklin Dining Hall
7:00 pm FILM: Arithmetic, Population and Energy - Campus Center Reading Room
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7:00 - 9:00 pm CONCERT: Jay Mankita: Eat Like a Rainbow and Other Songs
Cape Cod Lounge, Student Union
7:30 - 9:00 pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS by Paul Stamets - Student Union Ballroom
9:00 pm - midnight Contra DANCE with Rhubarb Pie - Student Union Ballroom
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8
6:30 - 8:00 am BREAKFAST - Franklin Dining Hall
7:00 am - 1:00 pm REGISTRATION - Registration Tent
ADULT WORKSHOPS - SATURDAY 8:00 - 9:30 am
56) Paradigm Shift: Concepts for Producing Nutrient Dense Crops - Campus Center 174-76
57) Arcosanti, Paolo Soleri, and Ecological Cities - Campus Center 905-09
58) DIY Natural Body Products - Isenberg School 122
59) Eden Arising: Ecological Design as Spiritual Practice - Campus Center 163C
60) Felting Wool - Meet at Registration Tent
61) Grazing 101 - Campus Center 804-08
62) How to Get Started in Beekeeping - Isenberg School 125
63) Indoor Composting with Redworms - Isenberg School 129
64) Los Basicos de Fertilidad de Suelo (Spanish)- Campus Center 911-15
65) Introduction to Water Bath Canning - Wheeler Dorm Basement Kitchen
66) LIFE: Locally Integrated Food and Energy - Campus Center 917
67) Luscious Landscaping - Campus Center 101
68) Making the Most of Your Woodland - Campus Center 903
69) Maple Sugarin' - Campus Center 811-15
70) NAIS: What It Is, And What You Can Do About It - Isenberg School 117
71) Nuts & Bolts of a Financially Successful Business - Campus Center 168C
73) Pasturing in Extreme Conditions - Campus Center 805-09
74) Perennial Plant Care - Isenberg School 123
75) Raising Organic Hogs from Piglet to Porkchop - Campus Center 165-69
76) Sustainable Mushroom Cultivation For Home & Farm - Campus Center 162-75
76A) Getting Into Raw Foods - Campus Center 904-08
76B) Humanure - Campus Center 803
TEEN WORKSHOPS -SATURDAY 8:00 - 9:30 am - Grad Lounge, Campus Center
77) Coastal Erosion, Fisheries, and Climate Change
78) Natural Remedies for a Toxin Free Life!
KIDS' WORKSHOPS - SATURDAY 8 - 9:30 am - Cape Cod Lounge, Student Union
79) Calf Care Union
80) Dogs Herd Ducks; Kids Herd Kids
81) Down on the Farm
82) Karate Kids
83) Wildcraft: Herbal Adventures
8:00 am FILM: The Century of the Self, Episode 1 - Campus Center Reading Room
9:00 am FILM: The Century of the Self, Episode 2 - Campus Center Reading Room
ADULT WORKSHOPS - SATURDAY 10:00 - 11:30 am
84) Alternative Health Practices for Livestock - Campus Center 804-08
85) Bicycle Empowerment - Meet at Registration Tent
86) Cultivating A Profit From Community and School Gardens - Isenberg School 129
87) Gardening in the 21st Century: The Sustainable Landscape - Campus Center 168C
88) Got Stress? A Holistic Approach to Health - Isenberg School 123
89) Grass-fed Sheep Production and Management - Meet at the sheep
90) Growing Gourmet & Medicinal Mushrooms - Campus Center 101
91) Herbal Medicine From the Outside In - Wheeler Dorm Basement Kitchen
92) Herbs and Companion Planting - Isenberg School 117
93) How Are We Going To Eat? - Campus Center 803
94) Introduccion a la Venta de Productos y Servicios Agricola (Spanish)-
Campus Center 911-15
95) Making the Most of Your Maples - Campus Center 903
96) Nutrient Dense Crop Production: A How To - Campus Center 174-76
97) Plant Species Diversity and Pasture Management - Campus Center 805-09
98) Production & Business Fundamentals of Organic Egg Production - Campus Center 163C
99) Promoting Urban Agriculture with Inner-City Youth - Campus Center 905-09
100) Raised Bed Gardening - Campus Center 904-08
101) Root Cellars & Crop Storage Structures: Methods, Materials, and Designs -
Campus Center 162-75
103) Small Scale Aquaculture & Aquaponics - Agricultural Engineering Building 102
104) Sustainable City Toolbox - Isenberg School 122
105) This Ain't Peanuts! It's Small Farm Food Safety - Isenberg School 125
106) Tools for Starting Community Farms - Campus Center 811-15
107) Value-Added Products From Your Farm - Campus Center 165-69
107A) Streamlining Your Garden Maintenance Routine - Campus Center
TEEN WORKSHOPS - SATURDAY 10:00 - 11:30 am - Grad Lounge, Campus Center
108) Fiber Art Fun
109) Making Herbal Creams and Salves
KIDS' WORKSHOPS - SATURDAY 10 - 11:30 am - Cape Cod Lounge, Student Union
110) Hopi Blue Corn from Grain to Griddle
111) Not-so-boring Board Games
112) Oxen
113) Singing all the Day
10:00 am FILM: The Crash Course, Part 2 - Campus Center Reading Room
11:00 am - 1:00 pm LUNCH - Franklin Dining Hall
12 noon FILM: We Feed the World - Campus Center Reading Room
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ADULT WORKSHOPS - SATURDAY 1:00 - 2:30 pm
114) Basic Homestead Electrical Wiring - Campus Center 903
115) Cheese from Sunlight & Rain: Profitable Grass-fed Dairying -Campus Center 803
116) Comparing Grass-fed Steers to Grain-fed Steers - Campus Center 805-09
117) Continuous Lettuce Production - Campus Center 174-76
118) Designing & Building Low Cost Farm Structures - Campus Center 163C
119) Dismantling Legal Obstacles to Self-Reliance - Isenberg School 122
120) Extending the Growing Season in New England - Campus Center 904-08
121) Hands-on Draft Horses - Meet at the draft horses
122) Introduction a la Permacultura (Spanish) - Campus Center 911-15
123) Living Aloha - Campus Center 905-09
124) Local Economies Connecting Communities and Agriculture - Campus Center 162-75
125) Maintaining Optimum Health for the Whole Family - Isenberg School 117
126) Metabolic Cleansing for Today's Toxic World: A 3-Step Approach - Campus Ctr. 917
127) My Weedless Garden - Campus Center 168C
128) Mycoforestry and Mycoremediation - Campus Center 101
129) Primitive Spinning for the 21st Century - Isenberg School 125
130) Producing Natural, Local Meat for Consumers - Campus Center 804-08
131) Public Schools and Summer Programs - Campus Center 811-15
132) Raising Sheep: Why and How - Meet at the sheep & herding dogs
134) TOUR*: Red Fire Farm's Machinery for Vegetable Farming
135) TOUR*: Sidehill Farm Dairy
136) Urban Farms: Connecting Urban Communities to Local Food - Isenberg School 129
137) Veggies Your Family Will Love! - Wheeler Dorm Basement Kitchen
138) Winter Growing for CSA - Campus Center 165-69
138A) Overcoming the Affordability Barrier: Connecting Low-Income People to Fresh
Food - Isenberg School 123
TEEN WORKSHOPS - SATURDAY 1:00 - 2:30 pm - Grad Lounge, Campus Center
139) Beginning Goat Keeping
140) Edible Wild Plants of the Northeast
KIDS' WORKSHOPS - SATURDAY 1 - 2:30 pm - Cape Cod Lounge, Student Union
141) NOFA Anthem Parade Rap
142) Parade Prep
2:00 - 4:00 pm DISCUSSION GROUP& LECTURE - Campus Center Reading Room
- Phillip Botwinick presents Money Talks: The Two Faces of Money
3:30 - 5:00 pm TOUR*: Grazing School Pasture Walk - UMass Pasture Research Center
3:00 - 6:00 pm THE FAIR and FARMERS MARKET - On the Green by the Pond
4:00 - 7:00 pm REGISTRATION - Registration Tent
4:00 pm FILM: Money as Debt - Campus Center Reading Room
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4:30 - 7:30 pm DINNER - Franklin Dining Hall
6:00 pm FILM: Escape From Suburbia - Campus Center Reading Room
7:00 - 9:00 pm CONCERT: Drumming Journey with Steve Leicach - Cape Cod Lounge,
Student Union
7:00 - 9:00 pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS by Will Allen - Student Union Ballroom
9:00 pm - midnight Cajun DANCE Party with Dirty Rice - Student Union Ballroom
9:00 pm - midnight DJ Reuben's DANCE Party - Cape Cod Lounge, Student Union
SUNDAY, AUGUST 9
6:30 - 8:00 am BREAKFAST - Franklin Dining Hall
7:00 - 10:00 am REGISTRATION - Registration Tent
ADULT WORKSHOPS - SUNDAY 8:00 - 9:30 am
144) Acquiring Land: Strategies and Options - Isenberg School 125
145) City Chickens: Hens in Cities and Suburbs - Campus Center 917
146) College to Collards: Creating Campus Gardens - Campus Center 803
147) Connecting Growers and Buyers - Isenberg School 122
148) Cultured Dairy Products - Campus Center 101
149) Food as Medicine - Isenberg School 123
150) Food Safety: What's Next? - Campus Center 805-09
151) Growing Whole: An Introduction to Psychosynthesis for Farmers/Gardeners -
Campus Center 903
152) Health Focused Dentistry - Campus Center 904-08
153) Heirloom Economy - Campus Center 165-69
155) More than Just Food: Mission-Driven Education - Campus Center 811-15
156) On-Farm Water Quality Monitoring - Campus Center 905-09
158) Putting Up Food: Local Eating for the Year - Campus Center 168C
159) Replacing Invasive Plants with Native Varieties - Meet at Registration Tent
160) Small Growers Co-ops for Farm Viability - Isenberg School 117
161) Starting A Farm - Campus Center 163C
162) Storage Crops for Market: Expanding into Winter Availability - Campus Center 162-75
163) The Path to Nutrient Density - Campus Center 174-76
164) Sustainable, Affordable, and Ecological Living - Campus Center 804-08
165) Your Farm's First Cow - Meet at the cow
165A) Changing the Landscape of Landscaping: Organic Land Care Activism -
Campus Center 911-15
165B) Community Acupuncture for All - Isenberg School 129
TEEN WORKSHOP - SUNDAY 8:00 - 9:30 am - Grad Lounge, Campus Center
167) You GLOW Girl!
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KIDS' WORKSHOPS - SUNDAY 8:00 - 9:30 am - Cape Cod Lounge, Student Union
168) Candlemaking
169) Music and Movement
170) Rubber Stamping
171) Why is the Sky So High? A Play
8:00 am FILM: The Century of the Self, Episode 3 - Campus Center Reading Room
9:00 am FILM: The Century of the Self, Episode 4 - Campus Center Reading Room
ADULT WORKSHOPS - SUNDAY 10:00 - 11:30 am
173) Community Farming in Maine: A Case Study - Campus Center 811-15
174) Culinary Herbs for Fresh, Potted and Dried Sales - Campus Center 163C
175) Farms Forever: Farm Transfer Resources - Campus Center 805-09
176) Forming and Maintaining a Group Garden - Isenberg School 123
177) Generating an Income and Empowering Teens - Isenberg School 125
178) Growing Black Walnuts for Timber and Sustenance - Isenberg School 129
179) Lyme Disease: A Conventional and Naturopathic Medical Perspective -
Isenberg School 122
180) MA Beginning Farmers: Programs Assessment - Campus Center 911-15
181) Market Mobile: Better Food Distribution - Campus Center 162-75
182) Nature as Model: Rearing and Breeding Pigs in the Woods - Campus Center 168C
183) Political Climate for Raw Milk - Campus Center 903
184) Preserving Land in the City for Food Production - Campus Center 101
185) Producing Diverse and Biologically Active Compost Tea - Campus Center 165-69
186) Small-Scale Grain Production - Campus Center 917
187) Take Grazing to a Higher Level - Campus Center 905-09
188) Teaching Kids in the Kitchen, Barn, and Garden - Isenberg School 117
189) Tomatoes 101 - Campus Center 174-76
190) TOUR*: Brookfield Farm's CSA Management
191) Vermiculture: The Wonderful World of Worm Composting - Campus Center 804-08
192) Zero Waste: A Solution to the Garbage Crisis - Campus Center 803
192A) Slow Foods for Quick Preparation - Wheeler Dorm Basement Kitchen
TEEN WORKSHOPS - SUNDAY 10:00 - 11:30 am - Grad Lounge, Campus Center
193) Backyard Chickens
194) Making Nature Journals
KIDS' WORKSHOPS - SUNDAY 10 - 11:30 am - Cape Cod Lounge, Student Union
195) Discovering Wind Energy
196) Farm Soccer
197) Puppets
198) What is Health?
10:00 am - 12 noon FILM: The Crash Course, Part Three - Campus Center Reading Room
11:00 am - 1:00 pm LUNCH - Franklin Dining Hall
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12 noon FILM: Farming the Future - Campus Center Reading Room
ADULT WORKSHOPS - SUNDAY 1:00 - 2:30 pm
199) “Real Food” From the Home Garden - Campus Center 168C
200) Accessing Public & Non-Profit Land for Community Farming -Campus Center 811-15
201) Agroforestry in the Northeast - Campus Center 917
202) Bio-Intensive Backyard Gardening - Campus Center 162-75
203) Cooking With Herbs - Isenberg School 117
204) Deep Green Technology, Home Planning, and the Code - Campus Center 911-15
205) Electric Tractors for Farm Use - Campus Center 803
206) Growing an ORGANICzation - Campus Center 805-09
207) Herbal Remedies 101: A Demonstration - Isenberg School 129
208) Herbs and Perennials in Landscape Design - Campus Center 804-08
209) Indian Snacks - Wheeler Dorm Basement Kitchen
210) Net Zero Energy Homes - Campus Center 165-69
211) New Farmer Training Programs & Multi-Farm CSAs - Campus Center 904-08
212) Organic Agriculture in Cuba - Isenberg School 123
213) Potatoes: Not Just Round and White! - Campus Center 101
214) Producing Organic Compost for the Current Markets - Campus Center 163C
215) Singing for Love of Land and Life - Isenberg School 125
216) The Ecological Impact of Factory Farming - Isenberg School 122
217) TOUR*: Insect Biology and Management at Simple Gifts Farm
218) Traditional Pickling/Lacto-Fermentation - Campus Center 174-76
219) Urban Beekeeping - Campus Center 905-09
TEEN WORKSHOPS - SUNDAY 1:00 - 2:30 pm - Grad Lounge, Campus Center
220) Needle Felting
221) Writing Music For Social Change
KIDS' WORKSHOPS - SUNDAY 1:00 - 2:30 pm - Cape Cod Lounge, Student Union
222) Plant Part Salad
223) Play Party Dancing
224) Pond Creatures
1:00 pm FILM: In Debt We Trust - Campus Center Reading Room
1:00 - 3:30 pm REGISTRATION - Registration Tent
3:00 pm AUCTION To Benefit the Farming Education Fund - Registration Tent