Special Events

Tilth Producers Annual Meeting & Election
Saturday 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Yakima Convention Center

Please note: this conference has already occurred

Attend the Tilth Producers annual membership meeting to elect Board of Directors members, hear what Tilth Producers committees are up to, and share your ideas on how Tilth Producers can serve you better.

Your nominations for the Board of Directors are welcome. If you’d like to serve on the Board of Directors, or want to nominate someone else, please notify Tilth Producers and come to the annual meeting. Nominations will also be accepted from the floor during the annual meeting.

For more information contact nancy@tilthproducers.org or call (206) 442-7620.

Throughout the Conference

Trade Show

We are pleased to offer a trade show featuring products, businesses and organizations of interest to organic and sustainable growers. Beginning Friday at 4:30 pm and running through Sunday 3:00 pm, stop by and browse, and show your support for those who support organic agriculture. You are welcome to bring a printed material such as business cards, catalogs or brochures to distribute on the resources table in the trade show area. To reserve a trade show table, contact nancy@tilthproducers.org or call (206) 442-7620.
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Parent Cooperative Childcare

A room will be set aside during the conference for children, starting on Saturday morning at 8:30 am. Parents themselves will need to form a conference childcare cooperative, and must meet in the childcare room on Saturday at 8:00 am to meet other parents, schedule shifts, and plan activities. Please be sure to fill out the back of the registration form indicating how many children you will bring.
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Friday Nov. 13

Friday Symposium:
Advanced Techniques in Organic Agriculture
with Amigo Bob Cantisano

9:00 am - 4:00 pm - Yakima Convention Center
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Welcome Reception & Value-Added Farm Product Tasting
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

The Tilth Producers conference opens with a Welcome Reception and No-Host Bar on Friday evening from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm, preceding dinner. New this year, interested growers may make arrangements to bring their value-added farm products for sampling during the reception. Farmers will need to ensure that their product is organically-grown, was prepared in a certified kitchen and is made from their own farm products or grown in Washington. Farmers must bring their own sampling supplies, be present to offer the samples and pay $15.00 for a half-table, or $30 for a full table. To sign up, download, print and return this registration form with your payment or contact nancy@tilthproducers.org or (206) 442-7620 by October 23rd.
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Saturday, November 14

Keynote: Organic and Sustainable: The Common Ground
Dr. E. Ann Clark, Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph, Ontario
8:45 am - 10:00 am

Organic. Sustainable. What’s in a name? Quite a lot, as a matter of fact. Many would argue that organic is, by definition, sustainable. But then what is meant by the term sustainable? Can organic actually be unsustainable? Can farming that ignores organic principles be truly sustainable? Disentangling the two terms will help to clarify what is needed to redesign the agri-food system for a post-oil future.

Redefining organic from the encompassing, value-based vision of the founders to what it is today—audited compliance with largely scale-neutral production and processing standards—has opened a widening chasm between organic and sustainability. Re-integrating traditional values, through the local food, slow food, fair trade and other co-operative movements, will enhance sustainability by bringing organic back to its roots.

Dr. Clark coordinates the Organic Agriculture major at the University of Guelph, the first and only one of its kind in Canada. With degrees from the University of California at Davis and Iowa State University, her career has focused on management of production systems, emphasizing grass farming and organic agriculture. She has written extensively on organic agriculture and teaches several organic courses as well as crop ecology, land reclamation and grassland management. The keynote address will be simultaneously translated into Spanish.
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Talleres en español:
Sabado 14 de Noviembre, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Frutas Orgánicas, una Revisión acerca de las Tendencias en Producción y Demanda
Organic Fruits: A Review of Demand and Production Trends
Reúnense con Karina Gallardo de la Escuela de Ciencias Económicas - Centro de Extensión de Investigación de Arboles Frutales en la Universidad del estado de Washington (WSU). Su presentación por la presentación tiene como propósito informar a la audiencia sobre la evolución de la producción de frutas frescas orgánicas en los países más representativos del mundo y en las regiones más representativas de los Estados Unidos. La presentación incluirá una revisión de las categorías más populares de productos en su versión orgánica. Además, se presentara una recopilación de estudios pasados que estimaron los márgenes adicionales de precios para frutas orgánicas. Finalmente, se discutirá brevemente sobre los incrementos en las extensiones de terrenos dedicadas al cultivo de fruta orgánica y si el incremento en esta oferta tiene algún efecto en márgenes de precios.

Biología del Suelo
Soil Biology
Únase a Jorge Lobos del Departamento de Agricultura del Estado de Washington, División de Manejo de Pesticidas en una sesión de principios de ciencia del suelo. Jorge discutirá el origen del suelo, la material mineral, la materia organica y organismos del suelo como las bacterias, nematodos, anelidos, hongos, artrópodos y arácnidos. Aprenda acerca del concepto de simbiosis, textura y estructura del suelo y la relación importante entre la textura del suelo y el riego.
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Y también estos talleres:
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A1 El Programa de Alimentos Organicos

B1 Manejo Integal de Plagas: Manejando la Palomilla de Manzana y las Plagas Secundarias en Sistemas de Huertas Orgánicas

C1 Seguridad de los Alimentos y de la Granja Familiar

D1 Buena Practicá para el Cultivo de Verduras en el Centro-sur de Washington

E1 Programas y Servicios del USDA: Disponibilidad de Prestamos e Incentivos para Agricultores Latinos

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Saturday Evening Events

Retailer and Farmer Meet & Greet
4:30-5:00 pm

All are welcome to this informal Meet & Greet session immediately following workshop B5: What Do Produce Retailers Want?
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Wine Tasting, Trade Show &Silent Auction
5:00-7:00 pm

Enjoy sampling Washington organic wines while browsing the trade show and bidding in the silent auction. Proceeds from the auction will benefit Tilth Producers of Washington and its member growers. We need your help to make it a success—to donate items or services for the silent auction, please call (206) 442-7620 contact nancy@tilthproducers.org.
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7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Banquet and Awards

Send in your nominations for
Farmer of the Year | Advocate of the Year

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