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Montana Organic Association 17th Annual Conference and Business Meeting

8:00am MST

MOA Conference Registration Lobby

8:30am MST

Organic U - Welcome and Introductions Expedition/Venture RoomDoug Crabtree • Clif Bar & Company

9:00am MST

Organic U - The Story of Vilicus Farms Expedition/Venture RoomDoug Crabtree • Anna Jones-Crabtree • Clif Bar & Company Trade Show Set Up Lobby

9:30am MST

Organic U - Systems Thinking: Holistic Farming Expedition/Venture RoomBecky Weed • Tim Seipel • Clif Bar & Company Student Poster Sessions Auditorium Women in Agriculture Photo Display AuditoriumIrene Grimberg

10:15am MST

Organic U - Break Expedition/Venture Room

10:30am MST

Organic U - Introduction to the Organic System Plan Expedition/Venture RoomMargaret Scoles • Clif Bar & Company

11:00am MST

Organic U - Organic Standards, Inspection, and Certification: Fitting It All Together Expedition/Venture RoomGeorgana Webster • Nate Powell-Palm • Clif Bar & Company

11:30am MST

Organic U-Developing and Preparing Your Organic System Plan: Round Table Discussions Expedition/Venture RoomJess Alger • Judy Owsowitz • Ty O'Connor • Anna Jones-Crabtree • Margaret Scoles • Georgana Webster • Nate Powell-Palm • Clif Bar & Company Organic U-Developing and Preparing Your Organic System Plan: Round Table Discussions LIVESTOCK Summit Room RightJess Alger • Georgana Webster • Clif Bar & Company

12:00pm MST

Lunch AuditoriumChandee Bomgardner

12:30pm MST

Organic U - Question and Answer Time Expedition/Venture RoomDoug Crabtree • Clif Bar & Company

1:00pm MST

Is Organic Farming Risky? How to Protect the Farm with Federal Crop Insurance Expedition/Venture RoomJeff Schahczenski • Clif Bar & Company Montana Gluten Free - Sisters Bakery Tour OFFSITE TOURMontana Gluten Free MSU Campus Tour OFFSITE TOURTim Seipel • Roland Ebel

1:30pm MST

Cooking Demonstration with Chandee AuditoriumChandee Bomgardner MOA Policy Priorities - Discussion Frontier RoomDoug Crabtree • Nate Powell-Palm

2:00pm MST

FSA Financing Options for Your Farm Expedition/Venture RoomMarilyn McMullen • Shelly Rolando • Clif Bar & Company Montana Organic Production Coop Summit Room Right

4:00pm MST

Marketing Panels AuditoriumJess Alger • Doug Crabtree • Anna Jones-Crabtree • Ty O'Connor • Judy Owsowitz • Margaret Scoles • Mark Smith Trade Show Lobby

5:00pm MST

MONTANA ORGANIC COMMODITY ADVISORY COUNCIL Summit Room RightGeorgana Webster • Montana Department of Agriculture Social with Heavy Hors D'Oeuvres AuditoriumColumbia Grain, Inc.

6:00pm MST

Welcome Auditorium Book Signing with Bob Quinn and Alexis Bonogofsky AuditoriumBob Quinn • Alexis Bonogofsky

7:00pm MST

The Biography of Green AuditoriumChrysti The Wordsmith

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

7:00am MST

Breakfast AuditoriumGeneral Mills MOA Business Meeting Auditorium

7:30am MST

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

8:00am MST

Engaging with Version 2.0 of the General Mills Regenerative Agriculture Self-Assessment Summit Room RightChristina Skonberg • Montana Gluten Free Federal Policy Update AuditoriumJohanna Mirenda • Nate Powell-Palm Integrated Weed Management for Organic Chickpeas Expedition/Venture RoomZach Miller • Anna Merriman • Cliff Merriman Long-term effects of a single compost application to yield, quality and soil health in organic dryland wheat Frontier RoomJennifer Reeve • Heather Estrada Utility Patents and Certified Organic Seeds Summit Room LeftBill McDorman • Judy Owsowitz

9:00am MST

Climate Change Resilience in Organic Systems AuditoriumBruce Maxwell • Anton Bekkerman • Fabian Menalled • Ty O'Connor • Dave Prather • Becky Weed

9:50am MST

Vendor Appreciation LobbyQuality Food Distributing

10:15am MST

Integration of Livestock into Small Scale Vegetable Cropping Systems Expedition/Venture RoomTrestin Benson • Heather Estrada New Agrarian Program: Supporting apprenticeships in organic agriculture Summit Room RightAlexis Bonogofsky • Anna Jones-Crabtree Organic & Soil Health- Moving beyond organic to regenerative! Frontier RoomPatti Armbrister • Jess Alger The Real Value of Lamb: Trust, Transparency, Disruption and Blockchain in a New Organic Food Economy Summit Room LeftJeff Schahczenski • Montana Gluten Free

11:15am MST

An Assessment of Influences on Beginning Sustainable Agriculture Producers’ Decisions to Adopt Innovative Practices Expedition/Venture RoomRebecca Kurnick • Anna Merriman • Cliff Merriman Data Intensive Organics Summit Room LeftSasha Loewen • Jamie Ryan Lockman Montana Grasslands Carbon Program Summit Room RightChris Mehus • Jess Alger Towne's Harvest Garden - MSU's Organic Experiential Learning Farm Frontier RoomMac Burgess • Judy Owsowitz

12:15pm MST

In Praise of Hopelessness AuditoriumMatthew Dillon • Stephen Jones Lunch AuditoriumNatureSafe • SoilCraft • 406 Agronomy • Dan Collins • Pipeline Foods • Montana Gluten Free • Montana Flour and Grains • Montana Farm Link • Montana Milling

1:15pm MST

MOA Policies - Setting Priorities for 2020 AuditoriumDoug Crabtree • Nate Powell-Palm