Program
Friday, February 23rd, 2018
Come meet fellow growers and register Friday evening at Food & Spirits in Downtown Winston-Salem. This social event will include hors d'oeuvres, a drink ticket, and music by Appalachian musicians James Leva and Riley Baugess of Cold Mountain fame, currently playing at the Triad Stage's Beautiful Star: An Appalachian Nativity.
6:45 PM Registration, Gathering of Women in Agriculture, & Gallery Open (Wood Sculpture Exhibit)
7:30 PM Song & Spirits with music by James Leva and Riley Baugess with Leo Shannon of The Onlies.
7:30 PM Song & Spirits with music by James Leva and Riley Baugess with Leo Shannon of The Onlies.
Saturday, February 24th, 2018
7:30 AM Coffee & Registration, Exhibitions open
8:30 AM Welcome and Introductions, Update on Piedmont Women in Agriculture (Rita Gale Cruise)
9:00 AM Keynote Speaker - 'That Can't Be Done': Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture (Carol Coulter)
10:00 AM Break, Exhibitions open
10:30 AM Lessons Learned from the National Women in Agriculture Network (Kathleen Liang)
11:00 AM Grassroots Network Building (Group Exercises)
12:00 PM Lunch, featuring locally-grown foods
1:00 PM Workshop Session A
2:15 PM Workshop Session B
4:00 PM Next Steps & Adjourn
8:30 AM Welcome and Introductions, Update on Piedmont Women in Agriculture (Rita Gale Cruise)
9:00 AM Keynote Speaker - 'That Can't Be Done': Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture (Carol Coulter)
10:00 AM Break, Exhibitions open
10:30 AM Lessons Learned from the National Women in Agriculture Network (Kathleen Liang)
11:00 AM Grassroots Network Building (Group Exercises)
12:00 PM Lunch, featuring locally-grown foods
1:00 PM Workshop Session A
- Beans, Beets & Budgets: Farm Enterprises (Kathleen Liang)
- Land Conservations & Transitions (Andrew Branan)
- Farmscapes: Creating a Beautiful Place to Work & Live (Mary Jac Brennan)
2:15 PM Workshop Session B
- The High Country Food Hub: a Central Storage Facility & an Online Marketplace (Shannon Carroll)
- Resource Sharing (Rita Gale Cruise and Anna Teft)
- CRAFT: Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training (Dave Walker)
4:00 PM Next Steps & Adjourn
Please note that regular registration has closed. All registrations after February, 21st at noon may not receive a meal and handout materials may be limited.