MONDAY, AUGUST 1

8:00 a.m. Spice up Your Product Mix—Try These New Cultivars and Unusual Species
John Dole, NCSU, Raleigh
Slideshow
Handout

9:00 a.m. Grow and Expand Your Business
Jenny Elliot and Luke Franco, Tiny Hearts Farm, Copake, New York
Slideshow

10:00 a.m. Creating Jobs for Inner City Youth through Cut Flowers
Quilen Blackwell, Chicago Eco House/Southside Blooms, Chicago, Illinois”
Slideshow

11:00 a.m. Advanced Crop Planning
Lyndsay Biehl, Wildroot Flower Co., Marietta, Ohio
Slideshow

1:00 p.m. High Volume, In-Vessel Composting for Flower Farms
Linda D’Arco, Little Farmhouse Flowers, Jay, New York
Slideshow

2:00 p.m. Winter Tulip Production
Emily von Trapp, von Trapp Flowers, Waitsfield, Vermont
Slideshow

3:00 p.m. Winter Heated Crate Growing
Anna Jane Kocon, Little State Flower Farm, Riverton, Rhode Island
Slideshow

4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Flower Feud—A Bridal Bouquet Demonstration
Linda Doan, Bailey Hale, and Janis Harris

TUESDAY, AUGUST 2

9:00 a.m. Fivefork Farms—The Evolution of a Cut Flower Farm
Grace Lam, Fivefork Farms, Upton, Massachusetts
Slideshow
An Origin Story: Fivefork Farms

10:00 a.m. Evaluating Profitability of Different Sales Channels
Julia Shanks, Julia Shanks Food Consulting, The Farmer’s Office, North Shore, Massachusetts
Slideshow

11:00 a.m. Sustainable Urban Cut Flower Production: Building Gardens off the Grid with
Solar Panels, Rainwater Catchment, and other Sustainable Practices in the Inner City
Quilen Blackwell, Chicago Eco House/Southside Blooms, Chicago, Illinois
Slideshow

CONCURRENT SESSIONS A

1:00 p.m. Ready to Go Deeper with Postharvest?
John Dole, NCSU, Raleigh
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2:00 p.m. Budgeting and Bookkeeping
Julia Shanks, Julia Shanks Food Consulting
Slideshow

3:00 p.m. When is No-till a Poor Choice?
Ellen Polishuk, Plant to Profit, Purcellville, Virginia
Slideshow
Tillage Goals and Alternatives Handout

4:00 p.m. Too Much of a Good Thing: Finding Balance in Considering Soil Health Methods and Products
Ellen Polishuk, Plant to Profit, Purcellville, Virginia
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CONCURRENT SESSIONS B

1:00 p.m. The Evolution of a Flower Subscription Service
Molly Culver, Molly Oliver Flowers, New York, New York
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2:00 p.m. Undesigned: Key Components of Growing and Arranging, From Farmers’ Markets to Weddings
Sarah Macalpine, Two Birds One Stone Farm, Centreville, NS
Slideshow

3:00 p.m. USDA Technical and Financial Assistance on Your Farm
Robert Purcell, Central MA NRCS, Holden, Massachusetts
Amanda Mills, Farm Service Agency
Slideshow

4:00 p.m. Farming with Partners
Jenny Elliott and Luke Franco, Tiny Hearts
Sarah and Kenny Macalpine, Two Birds One Stone Farm
Bailey Hale and Thomas McCurdy, Ardelia Farm