Dakota Organic Academy Road Show

9:00 am – 10:00 am Registration

10:00 am – 10:30 am – Plenary Session I: Getting Started and Building a Resilient System
10:30 am – 11:30 am Session I
Grain & Specialty Crops – Developing an Organic System plan
Livestock – Developing an Organic System Plan

11:30 am – 12:15 pm Break for lunch

12:15 pm – 1:45 pm Session II:
Grain & Specialty Crops – The economics and markets for your organic products
Livestock – The economics and markets for your organic products

2:00 pm – 3:15 pm Session III:
Grain & Specialty Crops – Transitioning your operation: production, timeline, & considerations
Livestock – Transitioning your operation: production, timeline, & considerations
Livestock Integration

3:15 – 3:30 Break

3:30 pm – 4:15 pm Session IV: .PANEL with FSA/NRCS/INSURANCE

4:15 pm – 5:00 pm Session V: Working with an organic consultant, Q&A, small group discussion, survey plenary

Organic Academy Road Show Tracks & Agenda – Day 2

9:30 am – 10:30 am – Session VI – Dr. Bob Quinn: Organic Farmer & Entrepreneur, shares his story of growing food for health and the economics behind it

10:40 am – 11:30 am – Participants Choose from workshops including Organic Farmer Panel, Follow-up with Dr. Bob Quinn, Research of Determinant Buckwheat or Farm and Ranch profitability

11:30 am – Debrief with participants

This is event is made possible with the help of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP). TOPP is a program of the USDA Organic Transition Initiative and is administered by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) National Organic Program (NOP).