Starts:
Wed, 09/4/2024 - 2:00 pm
Ends:
Wed, 09/4/2024 - 4:00 pm
Location:
2500 Enterprise Ave (across the road from Hastings Water Tower)
Hastings, MN 55033
MDA is a:
Presenter
Exhibitor
Details:
Spotlight on Kernza Intermediate Wheatgrass planted in Drinking Water Supply Management Areas (DWSMA)
Agenda
| Time | Topic | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2:00-2:30 pm | Kernza Update Research, Commercialization, Policy |
Matt Leavitt and Colin Cureton, Forever Green Institute |
| 2:30-3:00 pm | Nitrogen Mitigation and Water Quality Concerns in Minnesota | Joshua Gamble, USDA Jeppe Kjaersgaard, MDA |
| 3:00-3:15 pm | Farmer-Partner Spotlight | John Strofus, Field Theory Foods, Strofus Stock Farms and Minnesota Hemp Farms |
| 3:15-3:45 pm | Partnership Approach: Programs to Support Agricultural Practices that Protect Drinking Water |
Ashley Gallagher, Dakota County SWCD Margaret Wagner, MDA |
| 3:45-4:00 pm | Questions and Answers | |
| 4:00-5:00 pm | Social Hour and Vendor visits following conclusion of program |
Vendors
University of Minnesota Forever Green Institute, Field Theory Foods, Perennial Promise Growers Cooperative, Perennial Pantry, Arcola Farms, MDA, Great River Greening, Clean River Partners, Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance, Sturdiwheat, Friends of the Mississippi River, University of Minnesota Extension
