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Marbleseed Conference 2025

Join the Local Food Revolution at Marbleseed 2025!

The Marbleseed (formerly MOSES) Organic Farming Conference (held at the La Crosse Center) is widely known as the largest organic farming conference in the United States. Every year regenerative and organic farmers from a wide range of farm sizes, experiences, and backgrounds gather to learn the latest in organic farming methods, build community, and shape the future of the organic farming movement.

The Marbleseed Conference offers knowledge for all experiences from organic and sustainable farmers, homesteaders, food policy advocates and more. Join us for a lineup of inspirational and educational content and workshops tailored to organic and regenerative farming. Choose from dozens of transformative, skill-building workshops and roundtables covering business management, soil health, and production are crafted to advance resilient organic farms and regenerative food systems. Whether you’re certified organic, using organic practices on your regenerative farm, or considering the switch to organic, you’ll find the people, partners, and skill-building opportunities to help your farm business thrive.

  • Marbleseed's 36th Organic Farming Conference
  • Theme: Local Food Revolution
  • February 20-22, 2025
  • La Crosse Center, 300 Harborview Plaza, La Crosse, Wis. 54601
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Interested in volunteering?

Apply to volunteer at the conference and recieve discounted registration! Deadline to apply is Thursday February 6 2025. Volunteer positions are limited and scheduled in the order they are received. The 8-10 required hours will be scheduled on at least two days. Volunteer shifts overlap workshops–you will be unable to attend all workshop sessions.
Apply here .

Need help translating registration?

If you need help registering for the conference, contact Marbleseed at 888-906-6737 or via email at registration@marbleseed.org

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Registration Information and Pricing

Pricing
Category Early Bird* Pre-Registration** Door Price Notes
Category: Full Conference Early Bird*: $250 Pre-Registration**: $300 Door Price: $350 Notes: Friday breakfast and lunch and Saturday breakfast included
Category: Two-day Conference Early Bird*: $150 Pre-Registration**: $200 Door Price: $250 Notes: Above meals included on days attending
Category: One-day Conference Early Bird*: $110 Pre-Registration**: $130 Door Price: $150 Notes: Above meals included on days attending
Category: Youth (3 - 17) Price: $40/day Notes: Children under 3 are free
Category: Suppers (Thursday, Friday) Price: $30/meal Notes: Youth (3-17): $20/meal

* Early Bird registration ends Tuesday, Jan 7 at 11:59 p.m.

** Pre-registration (online registration) ends Thursday, Feb 6 at 11:59 p.m.


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Featuring a keynote from Dr. Robert Dunn

Friday, February 21st at 8 a.m.
Increasingly, farmers and ranchers will confront radically new climatic and ecological futures. In his talk, Rob Dunn explores what we already know about these futures as well as, in their light, a series of alternative futures for farms. At one extreme, we might imagine “mutualism farms,” that focus on the interdependence of species and maximize mutualisms. An alternate future is robot and AI driven. Between these extremes lurk interesting complementarities. In telling the stories of possible futures, Dunn will consider the kinds of risk that these futures entail. In doing so, he will draw on insights from the studies of crows, belly buttons, slime molds and many other species from which we might learn. As a thought experiment, Dunn will invite participants to imagine what farms and futures that focus on heightening mutualisms look like. When we consider a more (rather than less) biologically connected future, what do we see and what can we, together, create?

Plus, a panel featuring:

Marc Grignon
Marc works on hemp varieties as a farmer. He also has extensive policy and advocacy experience and works with Rural Co.

Glen Philbrick
Glen is a college teacher and farmer in Turtle Lake, North Dakota. He has been awarded several farmer SARE grants and is always curious and trying new things on his farm.

Karin Jokela
Karin has a strong background in pollinator conservation and agriculture. She holds a master's degree in ecology and evolutionary biology from Iowa State University, where she studied skipper butterfly conservation and grassland restoration within agroecosystems. Karin and her husband are also organic vegetable farmers in southern Minnesota, and Karin manages a small native plant nursery on their farm, Sogn Valley Farm.

headshot of Rob Dunn

Dr. Robert Dunn

Happening at Marbleseed 2025

Learn and grow with a workshop

We will kick off the conference on Thursday with focused half-day sessions giving farmers the opportunity to go in-depth into a specific topic. Session focuses this year are produce, fruit, grazing, field crops, local food, and policy. Farmers will then get to attend sessions between Friday and Saturday with topics ranging from livestock management, marketing, on-farm research, organic certification, and much more!

Click here to view the full list of workshops.

Prioritize what’s important at a farmer summit

Prioritizing self-organizing, farmer summits have no strict pre-defined agenda. Guided by a facilitator, farmers collaboratively build an agenda based on the theme in real time, allowing them to freely explore topics driven by their curiosity, needs, and expertise. These half-day summits will take place Friday afternoon. This year’s themes are:

  • Land Access & Capital
  • Climate Mitigation: Seeds & Breeds
  • Organic is Regenerative
  • The Right Scale for Your Farm
  • Livestock Value Chains

Tradeshow

Featuring 150+ exhibitors including buyers, suppliers, service providers, ag agencies, nonprofits, and more. See familiar faces and make exciting new connections!

Click here to view our full list of sponsors and exhibitors.

Organic Research Forum

See the latest research on organic production. View current projects in the Research Poster Gallery, the juried poster session for farmers and student researchers.

Check out this year’s selected projects!

Affinity Groups

Affinity groups are defined as "voluntary groups that share a common interest, background, or goal, such as promoting diversity and inclusion." These groups are intended to provide safe spaces for networking, mentorship, and professional development.

Learn more about affinity meetup groups here .

Work hard, play hard: Join us for evening entertainment!

Join us for a series of engaging and entertaining evening events that celebrate learning, community, and fun! Learn more and view the full schedule.

Sponsors


Blazing Star Sponsors


Sunflower Sponsors

Geranium Sponsors

  • Acres U.S.A.
  • Albert Lea Seed House
  • Blue Farm Chips
  • Cashton Farm Supply LTD
  • CIRANDA, Inc.
  • Compeer
  • designCraft Advertising
  • Dramm Corporation
  • General Mills
  • Intertribal Ag Council
  • Johnny's Selected Seeds
  • Lakewinds Food Co-op
  • New Country Organics
  • NICS - Nature's International Certification Services
  • Nifty Hoops
  • Organic Farmers Agency for Relationship Marking (OFARM)
  • Regenerative Agriculture Alliance
  • Sea-90 Ocean Minerals
  • Sustane Natural Fertilizer, Inc.
  • The Market Gardener Institute
  • Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection

Daisy Sponsors

  • American Farmland Trust
  • Dr. Bronner's
  • Edible Madison
  • FairShare CSA Coalition
  • Farm-To-Power
  • Fedco Seeds Inc
  • Kollath CPA
  • Kreher Family Farms
  • Michael Fields Agricultural Institute
  • Minnesota Crop Improvement Association
  • People's Food Co-op
  • Return
  • Savanna Institute
  • Shining Hills Farm and Gardens
  • Sitka Seafood Market
  • Stepwell Strategies
  • SustainableHR PEO and Recruiting
  • Tellus LLC
  • The Organic & Non-GMO Report
  • Vermont Compost Company
  • Wilson Organic Solutions

Marbleseed is a farmer-led organization with a commitment to organic and regenerative farming. We vet all sponsors and exhibitors of the Marbleseed Organic Farming Conference to ensure strong values and mission alignment. Find out how to become a conference sponsor or exhibitor.