Marbleseed Conference 2026 - Presentations

Kick off the conference with remarks from Lori Stern, Marbleseed's Executive Director. We will present the award and recognition for our Farmers of the Year and Changemaker of the Year, both of whom will give short presentations.

The evening culminates with an opening presentation by Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin, founder of the Regenerative Agriculture Alliance, “Abundance, Solidarity, Organizing: A Time-Tested Foundation of land-based cultures.” In this presentation, we will walk through a way of thinking, organizing, building, sharing, and working in solidarity as a way of seeding, tending, and protecting the infrastructure that serves as the foundation of our land-based culture. We will explore knowledge and wisdom we inherited from our ancestors. This will be a time for exploring currently relevant, practical, and critical stories for those of us who seek the connection to our food, to the land, each other so we may advance the cause of healthy food, fair systems, and community-based ownership, control, and governance all central tenets of our land-based agri-culture.