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FEBRUARY 11, 2013
5:00 – 7:00 PM
Pre-Conference Reception
Local Gastropub at Overton Square
Visit with conference attendees and speakers. Start the conversation early!
FEBRUARY 12, 2013
8:00 AM
Registration and Breakfast
9:00 – 9:30 AM
Keynote Address: Foodways and Activism: From the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s to the Good Food Movement of the 2010s
John T. Edge, Director, Southern Foodways Alliance
9:30 – 10:30 AM
Best Practices: Farming in the Mid-South
Moderator – Brandon Pugh, Farmer, Delta Sol Farm
Speaker – Steve Richardson, Farmer, Richardson Farm
Case Study: Sweet Sorghum Local Supply Chain
Speaker – Pete Nelson, Director, Business Development, Delta BioRenewables
Bright Future of Urban Agriculture
Speakers - Chris Peterson, Executive Director, GrowMemphis
Mary Phillips, Urban Farm School
Walter Gates, Knowledge Quest Greenleaf Farm
10:30 – 10:45 AM
Break
10:45 – 11:45 AM
Top Ten Fruit Varieties That Work in the Mid-South
Moderator – Brandon Pugh, Farmer, Delta Sol Farm
Speaker – Henry Jones, Jones Orchard
High Value Markets for Maximizing Farm Profits
Moderator – Mary Phillips, Urban Farm School
Speakers – University of Tennessee Center for Profitable Agriculture
Elizabeth Heiskell, Woodson Farm
Experiences Eating Local: Food Writing in the South
Speakers – Paul and Angela Knipple, The World in a Skillet
Stacey Greenberg, Fertile Ground
Jennifer Chandler, Simply Salads
Hannah Sayle, Memphis Flyer
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM
Lunch
Social marketing and creating a tribe by connecting to your consumers. - Brought to you by Guild Local
Got Food? Sustainable Food & the Future of Memphis (Sponsored by the Rhodes College Garden Fellows)
1:00 – 2:00 PM
A “Bee”giners Guide to Beekeeping
Moderator – Brandon Pugh, Delta Sol Farm
Speaker – Richard Underhill
Establishing a Food Hub in Memphis to Increase Market Opportunities for Local Producers
Faciliated by Chris Ramezanpour, President, BioDimensions Renewable Oils
Increasing Food Security Through Applied Research
Moderator –Christian Man, Memphis Center for Food & Faith
Speaker – South Memphis Farmers Market
