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Event |
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7:00 am |
Walking Tour of Hofstra Arboretum (Student Center Lounge) |
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7:45 am |
Registration (Student Center Lobby) |
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8:30 am |
Opening Plenary Session with Will Allen of Growing Power, Inc. |
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9:45 am |
Session I Panel Discussions (Breslin Hall) |
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Aquaculture is Now: Getting Started in the Shellfish Industry |
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Business Planning for Growers and Processors |
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Cultivating Food Justice |
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Edible Gardens at School |
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Neighbor-Supported Agriculture |
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Season Extension Techniques |
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Turning Interest Into Action: Irresistible Strategies to Attract and Keep Volunteers You Need for Your Community Garden and Other Projects |
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What Are the Rules? The ABCs to Understanding and Anticipating Laws and Regulations that Affect Agriculture and Local Food Systems |
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School Food from Policy to Plate with Chef Ann Cooper |
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You Don’t Have to Be a Farmer to Plant Food Everywhere |
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11:30 am |
Session II Panel Discussions |
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Adding Value to Your Farm Products |
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From Farm to Table: Building a Robust Local/ Regional Food System |
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Growing to Give: Getting Gardens in the Ground and off the Ground to Feed People |
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Growing Vegetables and Herbs with Elder, Special Needs and Intergenerational Groups |
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Marketing Opportunities: the Long Island Food Scene |
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Agricultural Pests of Importance to Long Island |
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Regional “Growing Power”: the Urban Organic Food Production Model with Will Allen |
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Resources for Beginning Farmers |
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Youth Gardening: Lessons Taught, Lessons Learned |
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1:15 pm |
Lunch – Session A |
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1:15 pm |
Experiential Workshops Session A |
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Budgeting for the Emerging Market Gardener/Beginning Small Farmer with Eve Kaplan, Garden of Eve |
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Gardening with Children with Leonore Russell, Crossroads Farm |
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Building a Green Wall with Stephen Ritz |
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Seed Saving with Ken Ettlinger, Long Island Seed |
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The Language of the Sustainability Movement with Eric Powers and Mary Miller, Your Connection to Nature |
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The Power of Food: Life Skills for Optimal Health with Dr. Robert Dell’Amore and Elaine Medin |
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2:10 pm |
Lunch – Session B (Student Center Plaza) |
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2:10 pm |
Experiential Workshops Session B (Student Center) |
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Chickens for the Backyard or Small Farm with Jen Murray, Jen’s Hens, and Donna Sinclair, Restoration Farm |
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Introduction to Biodynamics with KK Haspel, the Farm |
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Juicing and Smoothies for Optimal Health and Vitality, with Lorrie Huschle, A Healthy Girl. |
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One Wok, Five Meals with Bhavani Jaroff, iEat Green |
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Organic Gardening with Vince Cirasole, Sunshine Farms |
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The How's and Why's of Composting with Paul Stessel, Master Composter |
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3:05 pm |
Experiential Workshops Session C (Student Center) |
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Beekeeping Demonstration with Patrick Gannon and friends, Hofstra University |
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Children’s Interactive Project with Long Island Children’s Museum Staff |
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GMO: Do YOU want to Know? with Birgit Woelker, Professor, Farmer and Genetic Engineer. |
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Hydroponics: Build a Soda Bottle Planter! with Lee Mandell and Chloe Bass, Boswyck Farms |
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Where Did All This Dirt Come From? The Origin of our Soil with Vic DiVenere, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, LIU – Post. |
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Wild, Edible and Medicinal Plants of Long Island with Ellen Kamhi PhD RN, The Natural Nurse ® |
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4:00 pm |
Closing Plenary with Chef Ann Cooper (Student Center Theater) |
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5:00 pm |
Tom Chapin Family Concert (Student Center Theater) |
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6:00 pm |
Closing Celebration (Student Center) |