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2007 Conference Schedule
9th Annual Landowners Conference
Income Opportunities for Farms, Forests and Communities

Featured speakers and workshop presenters | Youth Conference Agenda June 2-3

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Saturday June 2, 2007

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Sunday June 3, 2007

TIME	Policy	Agriculture	Forestry	Medicinal Plants
7:30 -8 am	BREAKFAST
8-9:30 am	The Future of Southeast Ohio (Strategy for Rural Renewal Listening Session)
9:40 - 11 am	Farm Bill and the Forest Landowner Laura Schweitzer	Building Soils: Amendments and Composting Speaker TBA	Protecting Your Land through Conservation Easements Steve Goodwin	Growing Goldenseal and Black Cohosh Tom Johnson & Charlie Hambel
11:10 - 12:30	Policy Listening Session: Vision for Federal Policies that Help Laura Schweitzer	Small Scale Livestock Animal ID and Current Issues Gary Wilson	Agricultural and Forestry Best Practices Leslie Horner	Growing Pawpaws and Composting Black Walnut Shells Chris Chmiel
12:30 - 1:30	LUNCH
1:40 - 3:10	Ecosystem Services You Can Take to the Bank Speaker TBA	Introduction to Beekeeping David Noble	Small Scale Harvesting Pete Woyar & Damon Hartley	Medicinal Herb Identification and Appreciation Paul Strauss

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Youth Conference Agenda June 2 & 3, 2007

TIME	SATURDAY JUNE 2
9:00	REGISTRATION Invasive Plant Identification Hike with Cheryl Coon
10-11:45 am	WELCOME BRUNCH Roots of Appalachia Growers Open House (11:00 am)
12 - 3:30	Nature Observation Techniques at Counselor's Cave, Land of Lilliputians, and/or Team Building on Low-Ropes Course and Visit to Hidden Cave
3:30 - 5:00	Wildlife Encounters with Pat Quackenbush
5:15 - 6:15	DINNER
6:15 - 6:45	KEYNOTE Preserving At-Risk Plants while Obtaining income from Your Forest-- Bob Beyfuss
6:45 - 7:30	EXHIBIT SESSION Backyard Habitat: A Family Session -- Adam Fitch
8:00 - 10:00	ENTERTAINMENT: Stump Juice Trading Company
TIME	SATURDAY JUNE 2
7:30-8:00	BREAKFAST
8:00-9:30	The Future of Southeast Ohio (Strategy for Rural Renewal Listening Session)
9:40 - 12:30	Tracking and Forest Exploration, Traditional Wilderness Skills, Capture the Flag
12:30 - 1:30	LUNCH
1:40 - 3:10	Nature Art Collages and Natural Craft Making &/or Split Rock Expedition
To register, please fill out an Adult Conference Brochure Registration Form or call Jeff Hardin at 740-767-2090. For more information about the Youth Conference, please call Adam Fitch at 740-767-2090.

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Workshop presenters & featured speakers

Dave Apsley, Southern District Natural Resources Specialist, OSU Extension Bob Beyfuss, Agriculture and Natural Resources Program Leader, Cornell Extension Chris Chmiel, Owner and Operator, Integration Acres Cheryl Coon, Forest Botanist, Wayne National Forest Adam Fitch, AmeriCorps*VISTA, Rural Action Environmental Learning Program Ed Fletcher, Chief Operating Officer, Botanical Division, Strategic Sourcing, Inc. Mary Finney, Member, Rural Action Board of Directors Charlie Hambel, Landowner, Roots of Appalachia Growers Association Leslie Horner, Coordinator, Federal Valley Watershed Group Tom Johnson, Vice President, Roots of Appalachia Growers Association Bill Justice, Kitchen Incubator Manager and Food Scientist, ACEnet Bob Kehres, Manager, Ohio Prairie Nursery Joe Kovach, Associate Professor, The Ohio State University Patricia Kyristi Howell, Registered Herbalist (AHG), BotanoLogos Books and Seminars

Rory Lewandowski, Athens County Agriculture and Natural Resources, OSU Extension Educator David Noble, Apiarist, Co-owner and operator, Noble Apiaries Tom Redfern, Coordinator, Rural Action Sustainable Agriculture Maureen Rodgers, Director, Herb Growing and Marketing Network Dave Schatz, Retired Service Forester, Ohio Division of Forestry Nancy and Herman Schul, Owners and Operators, Schul Farm Icelandics Laura Schweitzer, Director of Forest Policy, American Forests Kathy Smith, Forestry Extension Associate, OSU Extension Paul Strauss, President and Medicine Maker, Equinox Botanicals, Inc. Andy Ware, Assistant Chief, ODNR Division of Forestry Gary Wilson, Manager Animal Identification Systems, Ohio Department of Agriculture Rebecca Wood, Herbalist/Instructor, Hopewood Education & Hocking College Pete Woyar, Forester, Ohio Premium Pine Cooperative