Uniting Farms and Communities
January 4, 2003, Petit Jean Mountain
for more details see www.deltanetwork.org/afca or contact Amie or Jim at 870-672-7820 or P O Box 507, Stuttgart, AR 72160
| Time | Activity |
| 8-8:45 a.m. | Bagels, Juice, Coffee, Registration |
| 8:45 | Welcome by Jimmy Hart, Conway County Judge |
| 9-9:30 a.m. | Introduction to Value-Added Diversification
John Gardner, Dean, University of Missouri College of Agriculture and former CEO, Agro-Oils, Inc. |
| 9:45-11:45a.m. | Building the Next
Generation of
Farmers
Allison Wallace, UCA Overview of Programs to Build Skills for Beginning Farmers Richard Earles, NCAT Internships: An Intern's View Mark Cain, AR Farmer Internships: A Farmer's View Brooke Stapleton CSAs: Intern's View |
Local Value Added
Bill Seliskar, Morrilton, AR Cats Claws: Adding Value to Herbs Kendrick Ketchum, Heber Springs, AR Adding Value to Meat Bill Keener, TN Direct Marketing for Small Farms Bruce McCullough Soundcraft: Adding Value to Wood |
Healthy Food
David Brown, M.D. Your Doctor says Eat Healthy Joyce Hetrick A Farmer/Nurse-Practitioner Perspective Erin Hartz, Hendrix College College Students Can Eat Healthy Food Dora Dinnan Univ of Arkansas Extension's Role in Healthy, Local Food |
Farmers Markets
Richard McCarthy, Loyola Crescent City Market: Rural Development through Great Local Food Louis Jett, Univ of MO Produce Auction Markets Tim Woods, Univ of KY Retail Craft/Food Markets Tim Bryan, Food Company Owner, Mahtomedi, MN Mobile Farmers Markets |
Grains
Pete Moss, Memphis TN Biodiesel Eddie Brown, AR Farmer Soybeans for Export Mark Luebke, AR Farmer Organic Grains in Arkansas Discussants: John Gardner New Crops Jim LeCureux, MI St. Univ Adding Value to Grains Gary Canada, Jr., AR Soybean Processing in Arkansas |
| 11:45-1:15 p.m. | Lunch Keynote Speaker: Mary Berry Smith Grapes, Wine, Art and Farming |
| 1:30-3:15 p.m. | Videos and
Virtual Tours
Bart Dunlap& EAST students Virtual Tours of Local Value-Added Businesses |
Aquaculture
Bobby Hopper, AR farmer Opportunities in Farm-raised Fish Bart Green, USDA/ARS/ASRC Opportunities in Shrimp |
Poultry & Litter
options Bill Wilchman, AR farmer Worms+Litter+ Chicken Houses=Profit Royce Savage, Yell County CDC Converting to Rabbit Production |
Group Marketing
Opportunities
Jim LeCureux, Mich State U. Marketing Alliances Sweep Mid-America Russ Kremer, Missouri Farmers Union Hog Processing Coops: Public-Private Partnerships Kevin & Juli Brussel, IL Cooperative Grain Marketing Jimmy Hart, AR farmer Cooperatives for Dairies |
State Government and Farmers John Mark Hack Kentucky Agricultural Development Commission Kentucky's Approach to Value-Added Diversification Deanne Hackman, MDA Missouri's Approach to Value-Added Diversification Rep. Wayne Nichols, AR A New Day for Arkansas Agriculture |
| 3:15-3:30 p.m. | BREAK |
| 3:30-5:15 p.m. | Discussion with
Mary Berry
Smith
Convenors: Allison Wallace, University of Central Arkansas Ed Martsolf, AR facilitator and value-added business-owner |
Meat
Joyce Hetrick, AR Leanest Meat: Scottish Highland Kendrick Ketchum Processing Key to High Quality Meat Jim Morgan, AR Opportunities with Lamb David Brown, AR Healthy Meat |
Alternative
Vegetable Marketing
Sue Nuffer, AR Mixing Herbs, Flowers and Vegetables Harvey Williams, AR Cooperative Vegetable Marketing |
Financing
Gary Canada, Jr., AR Rural Banks can lead Value-Added Efforts Steve Halbrook, IL Foundations as a Resource Gene Eagle, AR Arkansas Development Finance Authority James Myatt, AR Role of Regional Banks |
Farmers and State Government Respondents to Hack, Hackman and Nichols: U. S. Rep. Marion Berry Jimmy Wallace Preston Scroggins Rodney Baker John Edwards, Grand Prairie Irrigation District Angela Duran Harvey Joe Sanner |
| 5:30-6:00 p.m. | Quiz Show: What do you know about Value-Added Ag? |
| 6:00-8:00 p.m. | Dinner Speaker: Randy Frazier, Motivation for Value-Added Diversification |
| 8-Until | Fiddling Entertainment by Dr. Peterson and his band of renown |