Ranching for Resilience—A Field Day for Producers and Consumers

A Savory Global Field Day Event

Saturday, June 24, 2017 in Bellingham, WA

Learn how a Holistic approach to livestock grazing and ranch management is healthier for the land and the climate, and better for producers and consumers, too.

Program:

Please pre-register (morning producer session) or RSVP (afternoon consumer session) for one or both session so we can make sure to have materials and accommodations for you. Thanks.

Morning Session for Livestock Producers, 8:30 am to 12:30 pm

The morning is tailored to livestock producers, agencies, and organizations.

Presentations, panels, and a pasture walk by:

Roots of Resilience
Whatcom Conservation District
Bellingham Community Food Co-op
Northwest Ag Business Center
and others.

North Cascades Meat Producers Cooperative will bring their new mobile processing unit.

Check the Field Day Program for the complete schedule.

The morning workshop is $37 per person; $17 for students and each additional person from the same family, farm, or organization.

Please click the Register now button to register and pay for the morning producer session.

Free Afternoon Session for Consumers, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

The afternoon session is free for everyone. Learn about the benefits to you, the eater, and to the land, of grass-fed and grass-finished meat. Tour the farm. Meet yaks in person. Learn how the versatile yak can produce meat, fiber, milk and be a pack animal.

The afternoon session is free, but your RSVP will help us ensure we have enough chairs and materials. Thanks!

Field Day Program

Concessions will be available for both sessions.

Producer Workshops/Presentations—8:30 am to 12:30 pm

8:00 am—Registration/Check In
8:30 am—Introductions
8:40 am to 9:00 am—Holistic Approach to Farming and Ranching
9:00 am to 9:30 am—Resources and Services Panel
9:30 am to 9:40 am—Genetic Selection
9:40 am to 10:00 am—Break
10:00 am to 10:40 am—Grazing for Resilience and Climate Change Tour
10:40 am to 10:50 am—What is a Farm Plan? by Whatcom Conservation District
10:50 am to 1:00 am—Break
11:00 am to 11:45 am—Benefits of Producing Grass Fed/Finished Meats Panel
11:35 am to 11:45 am—Land-to-Market Program
11:45 am to 11:55 pm—Producer Cooperatives
11:55 am to 12:30 pm—Pasture Walk/Monitoring

12:30 pm to 1:00 pm—Lunch Break with music by Willie Canseco

Open House (Consumer Focused)—1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

1:15 pm to 1:25 pm—Welcome
1:25 pm to 1:45 pm—Benefits to the Consumer for Local Grass Fed/Grass Finished Meats
2:00 pm to 2:45 pm—Farm Tour
3:00 pm to 3:15 pm—The Versatile Yak
3:15 pm to 4:00 pm—Visit Displays
4:00 pm—Conclude