Workshops

 

Session I Panel Discussions 9:45 AM–11:15 AM

1. Aquaculture is Now: Getting Started in the Shellfish Business

2. Business Planning for Growers and Processors

3. Cultivating Food Justice

4. Edible Gardens at School

5. Neighbor-Supported Agriculture

6. Season Extension Techniques

7. School Food from Policy to Plate with Chef Ann Cooper

8. Turning Interest Into Action: Irresistible Strategies to Keep VolunteersYou Need for Your Community Garden and Other Projects

9. What are the rules? The ABC's to Understanding and Anticipating Laws and Regulations that Affect Agriculture and Local Food Systems

10. Plant Food Everywhere: You Don't Have to Be a Farmer Classroom Playhouse

Session II Panel Discussions 11:30 AM–1:00 PM

1. Adding Value to Your Farm Products

2. Agricultural Pests of Importance to Long Island

3. Building a Robust Local/Regional Food System: New Models for Infrastructure And Investment

4. Growing to Give: Getting Gardens in the Ground and Off the6. Ground to Feed People

5. Elder, Special Needs and Intergenerational Groups Growing to Vegetables and Herbs

6. Marketing Opportunities: Long Island's Local Food Scene

7. Regional "Growing Power: The Urban Organic Food Production Model

8. Resources for Beginning Farmers

9. Youth Gardening: Lessons Taught, Lessons Learned

Experiential Workshops Session A 1:15 PM–2:00 pm

1. Backyard Business Budgeting

2. Building a Green Wall with Students

3. Gardening with Children

4. Saving Seeds for the Future

5. The Language of the Sustainability Movement

6. The Power of Food: Life Skills for Optimal Health

Experiential Workshops Session B 2:10 PM–2:55 PM

1. Chickens for the Backyard or Small Farm

2. Create "Black Gold" - Compost Like a Farmer

3. Introduction to Biodynamics

4. Juicing and Smoothies for Optimal Health and Vitality

5. One Wok, Five Meals Cooking Demonstration

6. Organic Gardening 101

Experiential Workshops Session C 3:05 PM– 3:50 PM

1. Honeybees and Agriculture with Bee Whispering Demonstration

2. GMO: Do YOU want to Know?

3. Build a Soda Bottle Planter!

4. Where Did All This Dirt Come From? The Origin of Our Soil

5. Wild, Edible and Medicinal Plants of Long Island