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Montana Organic Association 17th Annual Conference and Business Meeting

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7:00am MST

Breakfast AuditoriumGeneral Mills MOA Conference Registration Lobby

7:30am MST

Trade Show Lobby Student Poster Sessions Auditorium Women in Agriculture Photo Display AuditoriumIrene Grimberg

7:45am MST

Welcome Auditorium

8:00am MST

Biocontrol of weeds with FOXY fungi: Focusing the FOXY technology in Thistle and Bindweed. Summit Room RightTommy Weiss • David Sands PhD • Sam Schmidt Protecting Our Soil! Summit Room LeftJoyce Trevithick • John Porterfield • Vitality Ag & Feed Protecting the Whole Organic Farm Just Got Better Frontier RoomJeff Schahczenski • Doug Crabtree Business Structures - Cultivating Your Legally Resilient Farm Expedition/Venture RoomRachel Armstrong • Alexis Bonogofsky • John Wicks • Western SARE Board Elections - Secret Ballot Auditorium

9:00am MST

CREEP STOP - Status of Canada Thistle/Field Bindweed Project and What We've Learned During the First Year Summit Room RightPatrick Carr • Jess Alger Regenerative Agriculture Frontier RoomJim Olaf Eckberg • Doug Crabtree Land Purchasing and Leasing - Cultivating Your Legally Resilient Farm Expedition/Venture RoomRachel Armstrong • Alexis Bonogofsky • John Wicks • Western SARE FSA Farm Programs Available for Organics Summit Room LeftMarilyn McMullen • Shelly Rolando • Nate Powell-Palm KID's U - AgVenture Camp! QuestDepartment of Agricultural & Technology Education

9:50am MST

Vendor Appreciation LobbyQuality Food Distributing

10:30am MST

Grass Growth and Response to Grazing Summit Room LeftRick Caquelin • Jess Alger Hemp Merits and Myths Summit Room RightPerry Miller • Patrick Carr • Jamie Fitterer • Jeff Schahczenski • John Porterfield Organic seed: Understanding Market Opportunities in Montana Frontier RoomMicaela Colley • Winston Oakley • Judy Owsowitz • Heather Estrada Insurance and Liability - Cultivating Your Legally Resilient Farm Expedition/Venture RoomRachel Armstrong • Alexis Bonogofsky • John Wicks • Western SARE

11:30am MST

Organic Standards and Pesticide Residues: What Does the Future Hold? AuditoriumNeva Hassanein • Jim Barngrover • Nate Powell-Palm • Bob Quinn • Margaret Scoles • Heather Estrada

12:30pm MST

Lunch with US Delegation Messages and Organic Advisory and Education Council Update AuditoriumTy O'Connor • Matt Johnson • NatureSafe • SoilCraft • 406 Agronomy • Dan Collins • Pipeline Foods • Montana Gluten Free • Montana Flour and Grains • Montana Farm Link • Montana Milling

1:00pm MST

MUSEUM OF THE ROCKIES PROGRAMMING FOR MOA KIDS!! Museum of the RockiesMuseum of the Rockies

1:15pm MST

Can We Change As Quickly As The Climate Is Changing? AuditoriumStephen Jones • Heather Estrada

2:20pm MST

Vendor Appreciation Lobby MOA Policy Priorities - Discussion Frontier RoomDoug Crabtree • Nate Powell-Palm

2:30pm MST

Food Safety - Cultivating Your Legally Resilient Farm Expedition/Venture RoomRachel Armstrong • Alexis Bonogofsky • John Wicks • Western SARE

2:50pm MST

Blackfeet Nation’s Agriculture Resource Management Plan (ARMP) Summit Room LeftLoren BirdRattler • Judy Owsowitz Farming and Eating for Planetary Health QuestSelena Ahmed • MonaRae Tuhy • Kamut International Repairing the Public-Private Partnership in Organic Standards Summit Room RightJohanna Mirenda • Nate Powell-Palm Understanding the Barriers to Crop Insurance Usage in Organic and Diversified Farms Frontier RoomEric Belasco • Doug Crabtree

3:30pm MST

Employees, Interns, and Volunteers - Cultivating Your Legally Resilient Farm Expedition/Venture RoomJohn Wicks • Alexis Bonogofsky • Rachel Armstrong • Western SARE

3:50pm MST

Why Do We Raise Organic Food? AuditoriumJane Smith M.D. • Jess Alger

4:30pm MST

Agritourism and Adding Value - Cultivating Your Legally Resilient Farm Expedition/Venture RoomRachel Armstrong • Alexis Bonogofsky • John Wicks • Western SARE Vendor Appreciation Lobby

4:40pm MST

Student Poster Sessions - Presentations AuditoriumMac Burgess • Heather Estrada

5:15pm MST

Social Hour and Silent Auction AuditoriumColumbia Grain, Inc.

5:30pm MST

Silent Auction AuditoriumAnna Merriman • Cliff Merriman • John Wicks

6:30pm MST

Annual Awards Dinner AuditoriumColumbia Grain, Inc. • General Mills • Northwest Farm Credit Services

8:00pm MST

Live Auction with Zane Burns, Auctioneer AuditoriumAnna Merriman • Cliff Merriman • John Wicks