Schedule at a Glance

Monday, March 24

• 6:00 pm: Integrated Organic Program Poster Session (Optional- pre-registration and additional fee required.)

Tuesday, March 25

Optional Pre-Conference Sessions

• 7:30 - 11:30 am: Growing the Organic Research Portfolio (Optional- pre-registration and additional fee required.)
• 9:00 - 11:00 am: Commission on Sustainable Development
• 10:00 - 11:00 am: Niche-Meat Processing
• 11:00 - 12:00 pm: The New Farm Bill

12:30 - 6:00 pm: Exhibits & Book Sales
12:30 - 1:45 pm: Opening Plenary

• Welcome: 20 Years of SARE/Envisioning 20 More
  • Jill Auburn, SARE
  • Michael Ouart, University of Missouri
  • K.B. Paul, Lincoln University
  • Daryl Buchholz, Kansas State University
• Keynote Address: Challenges and Opportunities For Sustainable Agriculture
  • Dr. Gale Buchanan, Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics, USDA 
• Advancing the Frontier of Sustainable Agriculture in Universities:
  How Far We’ve Come, A Vision of the Future
  • Owusu Bandele, Southern University
  • Jerry Dewitt, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture

2:00 - 3:15 pm: Breakout Session I 
2:00 - 4:00 pm: Commission on Sustainable Development 
3:30 - 4:45 pm: Breakout Session II 
5:00 - 6:00 pm: Poster Session I
6:00 - 6:45 pm: Reception
7:00 - 8:30 pm: Dinner/Plenary 

• Advancing the Frontier of Sustainable Agriculture in the Field:
  Innovations for Farm, Ranch and Market
  • Judy Gifford, St. Brigid's Farm
  • Karl Kupers, Shepherd’s Grain

8:30 - 9:30: Ann Zimmerman

Wednesday, March 26

8:00 am - 6:00 pm: Exhibits & Book Sales
8:00 - 9:15 am: Breakout Session III
9:30 – 10:30 am: Poster Session II
10:45 - 12:00 pm: Breakout Session IV 
12:15 - 1:45 pm: Lunch/Plenary

• Advancing the Frontier of Sustainable Agriculture in our Communities:
  Food, Health and People
  • Bryant Terry, eco chef, author, food justice activist
• Advancing the Frontier of Sustainable Agriculture in our Leadership:
  Cultivating the Next Generation
  • Margaret Krome, Michael Fields Agricultural Institute

2:00 - 3:15 pm: Breakout Session V
3:30 - 4:30 pm: Poster Session III
4:30 - 5:30 pm: Book Signing 
4:45 - 6:00 pm: Reception
6:15 - 8:00 pm: Dinner Plenary

• Presentation of Madden Awards, Recipient Speeches
• Roadmap to the Future: Winner of “New Voices” Contest

Thursday, March 27

• Tours all day (Buses leave at 7:00 am and are scheduled to return to Westin Hotel between 3 pm and 5 pm)