Time

Event

 

 

7:00 am

Walking Tour of Hofstra Arboretum (Student Center Lounge)     

 

 

7:45 am

Registration (Student Center Lobby)  

 

 

8:30 am

Opening Plenary Session with Will Allen of Growing Power, Inc.

 

 

9:45 am

Session I Panel Discussions (Breslin Hall)   

 

Aquaculture is Now: Getting Started in the Shellfish Industry

 

Business Planning for Growers and Processors

 

Cultivating Food Justice

 

Edible Gardens at School

 

Neighbor-Supported Agriculture

 

Season Extension Techniques

 

Turning Interest Into Action: Irresistible Strategies to Attract and Keep Volunteers You Need for Your Community Garden and Other Projects

 

What Are the Rules? The ABCs to Understanding and Anticipating Laws and Regulations that Affect Agriculture and Local Food Systems

 

School Food from Policy to Plate with Chef Ann Cooper

 

You Don’t Have to Be a Farmer to Plant Food Everywhere

 

 

11:30 am

Session II Panel Discussions

 

Adding Value to Your Farm Products

 

From Farm to Table: Building a Robust Local/ Regional Food System

 

Growing to Give: Getting Gardens in the Ground and off the Ground to Feed People

 

Growing Vegetables and Herbs with Elder, Special Needs and Intergenerational Groups

 

Marketing Opportunities: the Long Island Food Scene

 

Agricultural Pests of Importance to Long Island

 

Regional “Growing Power”: the Urban Organic Food Production Model with Will Allen

 

Resources for Beginning Farmers

 

Youth Gardening: Lessons Taught, Lessons Learned

 

 

1:15 pm

Lunch – Session A

 

 

1:15 pm

Experiential Workshops Session A

 

Budgeting for the Emerging Market Gardener/Beginning Small Farmer with Eve Kaplan, Garden of Eve

 

Gardening with Children with Leonore Russell, Crossroads Farm

 

Building a Green Wall with Stephen Ritz

 

Seed Saving with Ken Ettlinger, Long Island Seed

 

The Language of the Sustainability Movement with Eric Powers and Mary Miller, Your Connection to Nature

 

The Power of Food: Life Skills for Optimal Health with Dr. Robert Dell’Amore and Elaine Medin

 

 

2:10 pm

Lunch – Session B (Student Center Plaza) 

 

 

2:10 pm

Experiential Workshops Session B (Student Center)          

 

Chickens for the Backyard or Small Farm with Jen Murray, Jen’s Hens, and Donna Sinclair, Restoration Farm

 

Introduction to Biodynamics with KK Haspel, the Farm

 

Juicing and Smoothies for Optimal Health and Vitality, with Lorrie Huschle, A Healthy Girl.

 

One Wok, Five Meals with Bhavani Jaroff, iEat Green

 

Organic Gardening with Vince Cirasole, Sunshine Farms

 

The How's and Why's of Composting with Paul Stessel, Master Composter

 

 

3:05 pm

Experiential Workshops Session C (Student Center) 

 

Beekeeping Demonstration with Patrick Gannon and friends, Hofstra University

 

Children’s Interactive Project with Long Island Children’s Museum Staff

 

GMO: Do YOU want to Know? with Birgit Woelker, Professor, Farmer and Genetic Engineer.

 

Hydroponics: Build a Soda Bottle Planter!  with Lee Mandell and Chloe Bass, Boswyck Farms

 

Where Did All This Dirt Come From? The Origin of our Soil with Vic DiVenere, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, LIU – Post.

 

Wild, Edible and Medicinal Plants of Long Island with Ellen Kamhi PhD RN, The Natural Nurse ®

 

 

4:00 pm

Closing Plenary with Chef Ann Cooper (Student Center Theater)

 

 

5:00 pm

Tom Chapin Family Concert (Student Center Theater)   

 

 

6:00 pm

Closing Celebration (Student Center)