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*FINAL* ANNOUNCEMENT: IT'S TIME TO REGISTER!!!
NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH AGROFORESTRY:
FARMING THE AGROFOREST FOR SPECIALTY PRODUCTS.
October 4-7, 1998
DoubleTree Park Place Hotel, Minneapolis, Minnesota
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Conference Program
Scott Josiah, University of Minnesota, phone (612) 624-7418;
Fax (612) 625-5212; E-mail: CINRAM@forestry.umn.edu
Conference Registration Questions
Tracey Benson, Professional Education and Conference Planning, phone (612)
624-3708 or 1-800-367-5363; E-mail: tbenson@extension.umn.edu
or Mary Kay Ferguson, (612) 625-8215, 1-800-367-5363,
FAX (612) 625-2207, E-mail: mferguson@extension.umn.edu
Exhibitor and Sponsor Information
Gene Anderson, (612) 625-7084, 1-800-367-5363, FAX (612) 625-2207,
E-mail: eanderson@extension.umn.edu
Conference Website
http://www.extension.umn.edu/Courses/farmagfr.htm
ABOUT THIS CONFERENCE:
Whether you produce, process, buy, or sell specialty forest products, or
work with those that do, this exciting conference is for you. From the
keynote address to the closing panel discussions, participants from across
North America will be on the cutting edge - learning of the many exciting
and emerging innovations for intentionally growing specialty forest
products in sustainable forests and agroforestry systems. By participating
in this conference, you will:
· Take part in an intense learning experience focused on markets,
marketing, intentional production and processing of specialty forest
products, including forest-based medicinals and botanicals, food products,
and handicrafts and florals.
· Share knowledge and information through posters, practitioner displays,
formal and informal presentations, how-to workshops, field tours, forest
farming cafes, and exhibits by companies that buy and market large volumes
of specialty forest products.
· Further the development of sustainable forest farming production systems
for specialty forest products.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
· People and companies that produce, process, buy, or sell specialty forest
products or work with those that do.
· Producers from the sustainable agriculture community,
· Native American groups,
· Natural resource professionals from county, state, federal agencies,
extension organizations, non-profits, and universities who are interested
in specialty forest products.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
The conference is structured around three themes: medicinals and
botanicals, forest-based food products, and handicrafts and florals. Each
theme will be covered twice (by different speakers) through 33
presentations and 18 workshops. Speakers are among the North American
leaders in the forest farming and special forest products, many of whom are
from private industry. Panel discusssions, forest farming cafes,
practitioner displays and informal presentations, and commercial exhibitors
provide further opportunities for learning and interaction. All
presentations and workshops are listed below. For more details on the
conference, please contact us for an official program.
Registration begins at 4 PM Sunday, October 4.
PROGRAM DETAILS FOR MONDAY OCTOBER 5 - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7
PLENARY PRESENTATIONS
-Conference Program and Objectives: Scott Josiah, Organizing Committee
Chairperson, University of Minnesota
-Welcome: The Importance of Agroforestry and Forest Farming in Minnesota
and the Upper Midwes. Speaker TBA
-Keynote: Adella Backiel, Director of Sustainable Development for the
USDA. The Intentional Production of Specialty Forest Products and Their
Role in Sustainable Rural Development
OVERVIEW OF FOREST FARMING FOR SPECIALTY PRODUCTS
-Farming the forest in agroforestry systems: An overview. Bruce Wight,
National Agroforestry Center, Nebraska
-Moving from wildcrafting to intentional cultivation: The potential for
intentionally producing specialty forest products in agroforestry systems.
Louise Buck and Wayne Teel, Cornell University, New York
-The social value of specialty forest products to rural communities. Marla
Emery, U.S. Forest Service, Vermont
-Intelligent tinkering: Managing hardwood forests on tribal lands over the
long term for species diversity and specialty forest products. Marshall
Pecore, Forest Manager, Menominee Forest, Wisconsin
-Marketing specialty forest products - from international commodity markets
to the local farmers market. Jim Freed, USFS/Washington State University.
EMERGING ISSUES IN FOREST FARMING FOR SPECIALTY FOREST PRODUCTS
-The role and importance of regional and national trade associations in
marketing specialty forest products. Charlie Touchette, North American
Farmer's Direct Marketing Association, Massachusetts
-Opportunities and limitations for the certification of specialty forest
products from sustainably managed forests. Alan Pierce, Forest Stewardship
Council, Vermont
-Managing the whole forest or agroforest: Forest farming in a landscape or
ecosystem context. John Davis, USFS, Oregon
-The World Wide Web: An emerging technology for marketing special forest
products. Tom Hammett, Virginia TECH, and Shelby Jones, Missouri Department
of Natural Resources (Retired)
CONCURRENT PRESENTATIONS: BOTANICALS AND MEDICINALS
-Building a specialty forest products business based on botanicals and
medicinals Ed Alstat, The Eclectic Institute, Oregon
-Balancing conservation with utilization: Restoring populations of
commercially valuable forest herbs in forests and agroforests. Richo Cech,
United Plant Savers, Inc. Oregon
-Producing and marketing specialty forest products through cooperatives.
Christina Johnson, Trinity Alps Cooperative, California
-Ginseng, from wildcrafting to forest farming. W. Scott Persons,
Tuckasegge Valley Ginseng, N.C.
-Overview of the forest-based botanicals and medicinals industry. James
Chamberlain, Center for Forest Products Marketing and Management, Virginia
TECH
-Information as power: Understanding the niche nature of specialty forest
products and their markets. Jim Freed, USFS/Washington State University
-Producing commercially valuable botanicals and medicinals in permaculture
systems. Mark Shephard, New Forest Farm, Wisconsin
-Large-scale contract growing of medicinals and botanicals in agroforestry
systems. Ed Fletcher, Wilcox, Inc., North Carolina
CONCURRENT PRESENTATIONS: FOREST-BASED FOOD PRODUCTS.
-Developing a value-added business based on forest and agroforest-grown
food products Jay Erckenbrack, Minnesota Wild, Inc.
-Farming forest fungi for added income. Joe Krawczyk and Mary Ellen Kozak,
Field and Forest Products, Inc., Wisconsin
-Managing and marketing black walnuts and other nuts for food, wood and
specialty products. Jim Jones, Hammons Nut Co., Inc., Missouri
-What you need to know about food safety when producing, processing, and
marketing forest-based specialty food products. Joellen Feirtag, University
of Minnesota
-What do we still need to know about commercial production of forest-grown
specialty fungi? Johann Bruhn - University of Missouri
-Managing bees for honey production in forest and agroforestry systems.
Deborah Hill, University of Kentucky
-The potential of hybrid hazelnuts in agroforestry and woody agricultural
systems. Philip Rutter, Badgetsett Research Farms, Minnesota
-Marketing: The key to a successful Shiitake mushroom business. Donald
Schoepski, Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center, Minnesota
CONCURRENT PRESENTATIONS: HANDICRAFTS AND FLORALS
-Developing and marketing forest-based handicraft and floral products. Don
& Cherie Mitchell, Flora Pacifica, Inc., Oregon
-Profitable crops for unlikely places: Producing handicraft and floral
products in riparian agroforestry buffer zones. Bruno Moser, Purdue
University, Indiana
-Specialty woods and wood products for the handicraft markets. Shelby
Jones, Missouri Department of Natural Resources
-Christmas trees: From plantations to agroforestry systems. Richard
Hallman, British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and Food
-Producing specialty products in arid land agroforestry home garden and
riparian systems. Pete Ffolliott, University of Arizona
-Creating marketing success with specialty forest products. A. Clyde
Vollmers, Moorhead State University, Minnesota
-2 presentations TBA
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS (1-1.5 hours long):
-Producing and marketing woods-grown Ginseng. W. Scott Persons, Tuckasegge
Valley Ginseng, North Carolina
-Organizing specialty forest product cooperatives. Christina Johnson,
Trinity Alps Cooperative, California.
-Techniques to enrich forest populations of commercially valuable
endangered or threatened herbs. Richo Cech, Horizon Herbs, Inc., Oregon
-Integrating organic certification into medicinal herb production,
processing and marketing. Ed Alstat, The Eclectic Institute, Oregon
-Producing and marketing balsam boughs for the seasonal decoration
industry. Workshop Leader TBA.
-Value-added processing and marketing of forest-based floral products. Don
and Cherie Mitchell, Flora Pacifica, Inc., Oregon
-Marketing value-added forest-grown food products. Jay Erckenbrack,
Minnesota Wild, Inc.
-Growing and marketing Black Walnut nuts. Jim Jones, Hammons Nut Co, Inc.,
Missouri
-Specialty mushroom production for the backyard or woodlot. Joe Krawczyk
and Mary Ellen Kozak, Field and Forest Products, Inc., Wisconsin
-Designer pine straw mulch: biology, production, and marketing. Catalino
Blanche, Agricultural Research Service, Arkansas
-Marketing specialty and unique wood products. John Krantz, MN Department
of Natural Resources and Shelby Jones, Missouri Department of Natural
Resources
-Wholesale and direct marketing of specialty forest products. Clair Klotz,
Wholesale and Alternative Marketing Division, USDA, Washington, DC
-Assessing and developing new markets for ethno-botanicals and general
medicinals. Trish Flaster, Botanical Liaisons, Inc., Colorado
-Producing tree pollen for the medicinal industry. Barry Jones, Allergon,
Inc., Missouri
-Producing and marketing Ginseng and Golden Seal in forest and agroforestry
systems. Andy Hankins, Virginia State University
-Developing a strategic marketing plan for a specialty forest products
business. A. Clyde Vollmers, Moorhead State University, Minnesota
-Growing hybrid hazelnuts in agroforestry and woody agricultural systems.
Philip Rutter, Badgersett Research Farm, Minnesota
-Producing forest-based food products in permaculture systems. Mark
Shephard, New Forest Farm, Wisconsin
SOCIALS AND EVENING EVENTS
Sunday Night: Minnesota Welcome.
Monday Night. Welcome Mixer and Reception - A Taste of the Forest: North
American Foods From the Forest and Agroforest. With products from your
favorite vine.
Evenings: informal presentations, practioner displays, posters and
exhibitors, self-guided tours for specialty forest products for sale at the
Mall of America
POSTERS
We will accept relevant poster abstracts until September 1, 1998. Please
mail your disk and hard copy, or e-mail to Scott Josiah, University of
Minnesota, phone (612) 624-7418; Fax (612) 625-5212; e-mail
CINRAM@forestry.umn.edu. Poster abstracts will be included in the final
program provided at check-in.
FOREST FARMING CAFES
To encourage informal, small group discussions, there will be numbered
tables at each meal that you can reserve. Sign up at the conference to lead
a discussion or hold a meeting on any topic during a particular meal.
Participants that are interested in your topic will join your table for the
discussion. Forest Farming Cafes will be held during lunch on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday.
GIFT EXCHANGE
We encourage everyone to bring a special forest products memento from your
state to give to another participant. Donate your memento at the conference
registration desk and it will be randomly distributed to another
participant through a drawing. Only participants who donate a memento will
be eligible to receive one.
PROCEEDINGS
As a registered participant you will receive a copy of the conference
proceedings, which will include the text of all presented papers, a summary
of all workshop presentations and selected handouts, abstracts of poster
presentations, and the conference attendee list. This will be mailed in
early 1999.
EXHIBITORS
Commercial exhibitors are an essential part of this conference. All
conference social events will be held in the exhibit hall to provide you
with abundant opportunities to network with producers, processors and
buyers of specialty forest products. The fee for a booth is $245, which
includes one registration. This is a subsidized rate, kept intentionally
low to encourage special forest products businesses and organizations to
exhibit and to participate in this conference. If you are interested in
exhibitor space for your company's commercial products and services,
contact Gene Anderson (612) 625-7084, 1-800-367-5363; FAX: (612) 625-2207.
Address: University of MN, 405 Coffey Hall, 1420 Eckles Ave., St. Paul, MN
55108.
POST-CONFERENCE FOREST FARMING AND FALL COLORS FIELD TOUR
A field tour has been organized to visit on-site examples of the
intentional production and marketing of specialty forest products. This
tour, specifically organized for this conference, is probably the first in
North America to be dedicated to forest farming. It is a great opportunity
to view forest farming practices and products first hand, take pictures,
and talk directly to practitioners about this sustainable and profitable
land use. The tour will travel from Minneapolis to southeastern Minnesota
and southwestern Wisconsin, visiting producers and marketers of botanicals,
handicrafts, and forest-based food products.
This beautiful region, known as the "driftless area" or "bluff and coulee
country", is characterized by scenic hills, bluffs, valleys, and hardwood
forests, and dotted with small picturesque farming and Amish communities.
The hilly terrain and diverse forests make this area an ideal setting for
agroforestry in general, and forest farming in particular. Although no one
can predict the exact date that the turning leaves will be at their best
fall color, early October is when the oak, maple, and basswood woodlands
begin to change into their brilliant hues.
The entire tour will take 2 1/2 days, but there is an option of breaking
off from the tour after 1 1/2 days.
Field tours are subject to a sufficient number of confirmed sign-ups.
Please register by September 1st to confirm your space as we anticipate the
tour will fill quickly. After September 1 please call Tracey Benson at
(612) 624-3708 or 1-800-367-5363 for space availability. Cancellations with
a full refund can be made up until September 1, 1998.
If you have questions about the tour contact Erik Streed at 612-624-4299,
E-mail: CINRAM@forestry.umn.edu
1 1/2 Day Trip (Short Version)
Fee: $175
Departure Date: October 7
Departure Time From the Hotel: 2:00 PM
Fee includes bus transportation, 1 night hotel, dinner at the Old Barn
Resort on Wednesday, box lunch on Thursday, some breaks and all handouts.
Itinerary:
o Shiitake mushroom facility producing mushrooms on hardwood logs both
indoors and outdoors.
o A private research farm that has developed a hybrid hazelnut bush with
commercial potential in the Midwestern U.S.
o A business that buys and sells specialty hardwoods for use by
wood-carvers and artists.
o A farm where hybrid hazels have been planted in an agroforestry alley
cropping system that produces hay between windbreaks of hybrid hazels.
o Return to Minneapolis International Airport by 6 PM and then back to the
DoubleTree by 6:30 PM on Thursday, September 8th.
2 1/2 Day Trip (Full Version)
Fee: $225
Departure Date: October 7
Departure Time From the Hotel: 2:00 PM
Fee includes bus transportation, 2 nights hotel, dinner at the Old Barn
Resort on Wednesday, box lunch on Thursday and Friday, some breaks, and all
handouts.
Itinerary:
o All the sites included in the 1 1/2 day trip, plus:
o A forest farm producing woods-grown ginseng and golden seal under
existing hardwood forest.
o A large-scale commercial ginseng production operation under shadecloth.
o A forest farm based on permaculture principles that will produce salable
products derived from woody perennials.
o Return to Minneapolis International Airport by 6 PM and then back to the
DoubleTree by 6:30 PM on Friday, September 9th.
CONFERENCE LOCATION AND DETAILS
DoubleTree Park Place Hotel, Minneapolis, Minnesota. We have arranged a
special room rate of $89 plus tax single or double occupancy. Triple or
quad rate is $99 plus tax. Participants are responsible for reserving their
own room. Please mention that you are part of the University of Minnesota's
Farming Specialty Products conference to get the special rate. This rate is
good until September 12th. The hotel is 3 1/2 miles west of downtown
Minneapolis, providing easy access to everything the Twin Cities has to
offer. Indoor pool, exercise room with sauna, and whirlpool. DoubleTree
address: 1500 Park Place Blvd. Minneapolis, MN 55416. Phone: (612)
542-8600; Fax (612) 542-8063; toll-free reservation number is 800-222-TREE.
Transportation to and from the airport can be obtained from Airport Express
at (612) 827-7777 for $16.00 one way or $20.50 round trip per person or by
taxi.
Other hotel options: Holiday Inn Express Golden Valley, 6020 Wayzata Blvd.,
(612) 545-8300 with a rate of $74.99 plus tax if you reserve by September
20th and mention that you're with the University of Minnesota's Farming the
Forest conference. If you're driving: Hampton Inn-Minnetonka, 10420 Wayzata
Blvd., (612) 541-1094, 1-800-426-7866, $74S, $84D.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Mail or fax the Registration Form on pages 17 and 18 to the University of
Minnesota. September 16, 1998 is the early registration deadline; a higher
fee applies after that date. The registration fee of $145 ($175 after Sept.
16) or $100 for students pays for Sunday and Monday evening socials, coffee
and rolls Monday through Wednesday prior to the morning sessions, lunches
and breaks for all three days, attendance to all events (except the post
conference field tour), a proceedings of the conference, conference
administration, publicity, handouts, booklet of posters, conference
totebag, and a small scholarship fund. For scholarship information contact
Tracey Benson at (612) 624-3708 or 1-800-367-5363.
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:
September 1. Last day to submit poster abstracts
Last day to register for field tour
September 12. Last day to obtain reduced group rate at the DoubleTree Hotel
September 16. Last day to register for conference at early registration
rate.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Conference Program
Scott Josiah, University of Minnesota, phone (612) 624-7418;
Fax (612) 625-5212; E-mail: CINRAM@forestry.umn.edu
Conference Registration Questions
Tracey Benson, Professional Education and Conference Planning, phone (612)
624-3708 or 1-800-367-5363; E-mail: tbenson@extension.umn.edu
or Mary Kay Ferguson, (612) 625-8215, 1-800-367-5363,
FAX (612) 625-2207, E-mail: mferguson@extension.umn.edu
Exhibitor and Sponsor Information
Gene Anderson, (612) 625-7084, 1-800-367-5363, FAX (612) 625-2207,
E-mail: eanderson@extension.umn.edu
Conference Website
http://www.extension.umn.edu/Courses/farmagfr.htm
REGISTRATION FORM
FARMING THE AGROFOREST FOR SPECIALTY PRODUCTS
Mail Or Fax To: Registrar-9439, University Of Minnesota, P.O. Box 64780,
St. Paul, MN 55164-0780, USA
Fax: 612-625-2207
Mr./Mrs./Ms. ___________________________________________________________
Company/Organization____________________________________________________
Street _________________________________________________________________
City ______________________________ State ________ Zip __________________
Country ________________________________________ Postal Code ____________
Day Phone ___________________________ Fax: _____________________________
E-mail: ________________________________________________________________
Fee Schedule: Fee No. Amount
Early Registration: $145 ______ ______________
Late Registration After 9/16/98 $175 ______ ______________
Student Registration $100 ______ ______________
Optional Field Tour: NOTE: Registration Deadline September 1
??Full Tour - 2 1/2 Day Bus Tour $225 ______ ______________
??Short Tour - 1 1/2 Day Bus Tour $175 ______ ______________
Total Enclosed ___________
The field tours are subject to a sufficient number of confirmed sign-ups.
Please register by September 1st to confirm your space as we anticipate the
tour will fill quickly. After Sept.1 please call for space availability.
Cancellations with a full refund can be made up until September 1, 1998.
Hotel space is limited. A $25 per person per night discount from the field
tour fee listed above is available for those who arrange to share a room.
To obtain this discount, please indicate your roommate's name:
_________________________________________________________________
Payment Options:
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Credit Card: (please circle) Visa / Mastercard / Discover / American
Express
Card # ______________________________________________________________
Expiration Date: ______________________________________________________
Signature: ___________________________________________________________
Voucher/Purchase Order Number __________________ (please enclose with form)
Scott J. Josiah, Ph.D.
Center for Integrated Natural Resources and Agricultural Management
University of Minnesota
1530 Cleveland Ave. N., 115 Green Hall
St. Paul, MN 55108-1027
PH. 612-624-7418 FAX: 612-625-5212
email: josia001@maroon.tc.umn.edu
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