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Thu, Feb 26

Session	Start / End	Workshops
Session: Thursday Session	Start / End: 01:00 PM - 05:00 PM	Workshops: Organic Fruit Intensive with the Organic Fruit Growers Association Managed Grazing Crash Course Half Day Session with the Midwest Vegetable Growers Network Beans, Beans, Good for Your Farm: Growing Dry Beans at Any Scale Researcher & Extension Gathering
Session: Thursday Evening	Start / End: 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM	Workshops: Kick-Off: Farmer Recognition & Opening Meditation

Fri, Feb 27

Session	Start / End	Workshops
Session: Session 1	Start / End: 09:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Workshops: Hands-on Workshop: Maintaining Fence for Livestock Hands-On Workshop: Small Grain Equipment Showcase Featured Speakers: Food is Medicine Workshop: Elderberry and Black Currant Deep Dive: From Lab to Field Roundtable: Farmers Have Policy Power Panel: Grow Your Own Fertility & Reduce Reliance on Inputs
Session: Session 2a	Start / End: 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM	Workshops: Featured Speaker: Building a World for People and the Planet Workshop: Fiber & Textile potential in agriculture: flax for linen (and more!) in the Midwest Panel: Conservation on the Farm
Session: Session 2b	Start / End: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM	Workshops: Hands-On Workshop: Tree-Fruit Grafting Hands-On Workshop: Farm-Made Compost Workshop Roundtable: Marketing Strategies for Livestock Producers
Session: Affinity Groups & Meetups Part 1	Start / End: 02:00 PM - 02:55 PM	Workshops: Black Farmers & Farm to School: An Affinity Space for History, Strategy, and Solidarity HMoob Farmers Meetup ¡DALE! Hora social de unidad de agricultores latinos y BIPOC ¡DALE! Latinx and BIPOC Farmer Unity Social Hour Veteran Farmer Meetup OFRF Organic Producer Listening Session Indigenous Farmers Meetup
Session: Office Hours	Start / End: 02:00 PM - 03:45 PM	Workshops: Ask a Lender Office Hours with Compeer NRCS Office Hours Ask an Organic Certifier Navigating Crop Insurance Office Hours Ask a Vet Profit & Sales Strategy Consultations with Good Roots Managing Fruit Pests Office Hours
Session: Affinity Groups & Meetups Part 2	Start / End: 03:05 PM - 04:00 PM	Workshops: Allyship Agritourism Meetup Ag Professionals Meetup LGBTQ+ Meetup Urban Farmer Meet-Up: Growing Food & Community in City Spaces OFRF Organic Producer Listening Session (Repeated)
Session: Session 3	Start / End: 04:15 PM - 05:30 PM	Workshops: Seed Swap Featured Speaker: Navigating Stress, Challenges, and Uncertainty Workshop: Cover Crops & Winter Grazing: Research and Reality Roundtable: Farm to School and Institutions Panel: Diversifying Your Farm Income Poultry-Centered Regenerative Agroforestry: How the System Works
Session: Friday Evening Sessions	Start / End: 05:30 PM - 08:00 PM	Workshops: Food Sovereignty and Agroecology Meetup
Session: Evening Q&A: How We Survive and Thrive in These Times	Start / End: 06:30 PM - 07:30 PM	Workshops:
Session: Beginning Farmer Mixer	Start / End: 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM	Workshops:
Session: After Hours Social	Start / End: 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM	Workshops:

Sat, Feb 28

Session	Start / End	Workshops
Session: Session 4	Start / End: 09:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Workshops: Workshop: The Organic Vegetable Growers Virtual Toolkit for Pest & Disease Management Hands-On Workshop: Build a Home for Songbirds, Build Pest Control for Your Farm From Soil to Strategy : Practical Soil Sampling & Using Your Results Roundtable: Organic Fruit Varieties Panel: Farm to School Featured Speaker: Investing in Organic
Session: Session 5a	Start / End: 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM	Workshops: Featured Speaker: Solutions to Consolidation Workshop: Running Your Pasture Pigs Like a Stocker Enterprise Panel: Reclaiming the Farmer Identity; off-farm jobs, work life balance, and what it means to be a farmer
Session: Session 5b	Start / End: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM	Workshops: Hands-On Workshop: Tree-Fruit Pruning Roundtable: Reduced Tillage in Vegetables Hands-On Workshop: Food is Medicine- Spice Blends for Healing