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Posted on March 30, 2015March 30, 2015 by Carrie Eidson

Saturday

Stage Name	10:00-11:00 AM	11:30-12:30 PM	1:00-2:00 PM	2:30-3:30 PM	4:00-5:00 PM	5:30-6:30 PM
MOTHER EARTHNEWS Stage	DIY Solar Dan and Don Adams	Organic Body Care Recipes: Creating aromatherapeutic body and facial oils Stephanie Tourles	What the Cluck?! Getting Started on Gardening with Chickens Jessi Bloom	Can Do Easy Canning Nan K. Chase	30-Minute Farmers’ Cheese Flavored with Herbs and Edible Flowers Claudia Lucero	Herbs for Family Health Rosemary Gladstar
GRIT Stage	Introduction to Charcuterie Meredith Leigh	Wild Food: “Find dining” off the eaten path Alan Muskat	Restoring Pollinators Lisa Ziegler	From the Wood-Fired Oven: New and traditional techniques for cooking and baking with fire Richard Miscovich	A Homesteader’s 20/20 Hindsight: 20 good ideas and 20 not-so-good ideas Philip Ackerman-Leist	DIY Aquaponics Dan and Don Adams
The Livestock Conservancy Stage	The Blessings of the Bison Benefit Everyone Dr. Frank King	I Want Chickens But Where Do I Start? Jeannette Beranger	Home Poultry Processing: The art and science of micro-scale meat bird processing … using tools you already have Patricia Foreman	Wonderful Attributes of Heritage Duck Breeds Andrew Frank	Using Livestock Guardian Dogs for Flock Protection Stuart Richens	Herbal Remedies for Common Goat Ailments Elizabeth Rich
Modern Homesteading Stage Presented by Brushy Mountain	Is Your Homestead Climate Ready? Cultivating Resilience at Home and in the Community Laura Lengnick	Easy Cold Frames for Gardeners with All Thumbs Rebecca Martin	What Does It Take to Be a Beekeeper? Shane Gebauer	The Return of the Family Milk Cow Faith Schlabach	Honey Bee Nutrition Kim Flottum	Farming the Woods: Seeing the forest for more than just the trees Steve Gabriel
MOTHER EARTHLIVING Stage	Aromatherapy for Wellness Billy Galloway	The Herb Lover’s Spa Garden Sue Goetz	Dissolving Your Sugar Habit Sharon Greenspan	How to Heal Local Dawn Combs	Comfrey and Healing Herbs David Christopher	Essential Oils for Health and Well-Being: Taking control of your health using Mother Earth’s bounty Connie Jacoby
Mountain Rose Herbs Stage	Make Your Own Herbal Scrubs, Lotions, Teas and Spa Treatments from Your Garden Sue Goetz	DIY: Herbal first aid Linda Conroy	Medicinal Mushroom Gardens: Cultivation, garden design, and preparing extracts and tinctures Tradd Cotter	Herbal Medicine Making Basics Erin McIntosh	Cultivating an Herbal Tea Garden Juliet Blankespoor	Virtual Medicine Walk Dawn Combs
Organic Gardening Stage	The Hoophouse in Spring and Summer Pam Dawling	Compost Your Way to Better Soil Barbara Pleasant	A Selection of Epic Tomatoes for Southeastern Gardens Craig LeHoullier	Down and Dirty Ways to Amend Your Soil Hendrikus Schraven and Nirav Peterson	Biochar: Why and how Bob Wells	How to Make Biochar Bob Wells
Ingles Real Food Stage	Pickle It! Janelle Lucido-Conate	Garden-Fresh Drinks Hannah Kincaid	Kimchi for the People Janelle Lucido-Conate	Eating Wild: Identifying the wild edible plants in your own backyard Heather Houskeeper	Chocolate: The journey from bean to bar Cat Gipe-Stewart	Whole Hog Butchery Meredith Leigh
Renewable Energy Stage	The Woodstove/Off-Grid Lifestyle Roger Lehet	Powering Your Homestead with Renewable Energy John Ivanko	Backyard Biodiesel: How to brew your own fuel Lyle Estill and Bob Armantrout	Small-Scale Alcohol Fuel Richard Freudenberger	Build Your Own Electric Car Ben Nelson	Energy Storage for Everyone: The beginners guide to getting off the grid Mark Cerasuolo
Star Seed Stage	Extending the Harvest: Fall and winter gardening Ira Wallace	Managing Cover Crops with Hand Tools Cindy Conner	Restoring Life to Your Soil Dale Strickler	Organic Gardening for Newbies: Avoiding beginner mistakes Barbara Pleasant	Perma-What? How You Can Create Your Own Paradise Homestead with Permaculture Jessi Bloom	The Best Berry … Is the One You Grow Yourself! Walter Harrill
Yanmar Sustainable Agriculture Stage	Rebuilding the Foodshed: A homesteader’s call to farms Philip Ackerman-Leist	The Biodynamic Farm Organism: Practical application for farmers and gardeners Jim Fullmer and Erin Agostinelli	Producing Hops for Local Craft Breweries Jeanine Davis	Tractor Maintenance and Attachment Options Ben Housch	Farming Finances Brion Smoker	Launch a Food Business from Your Home Kitchen Lisa Kivirist
Kids’ Treehouse Stage	Fungi in the Classroom Tradd Cotter	Children’s Goat Milking Demonstration Elizabeth Rich	Kids Can Build with Sticks and Mud Chris McClellan	You’re Kidding Me: The kid-run farm and homestead John Moody	Soap Felting Fun! Linda Conroy

Sunday

Stage Name	10:00-11:00 AM	11:30-12:30 PM	1:00-2:00 PM	2:30-3:30 PM	4:00-5:00 PM
MOTHER EARTHNEWS Stage	Live Poultry Processing Demo Joel Salatin and David Schafer STARTS AT 9:30	Butchering and Deboning a Whole Chicken Meredith Leigh	Raw Milk: A catalyst for fundamental change in our food system? David Gumpert	New Frontiers in Organic Gardening Barbara Pleasant	10 Threads That Successful Startup Farms Knit Together Joel Salatin
GRIT Stage	How to Milk a Goat, Make Raw Milk Cheese and Stay Out of Jail Elizabeth Rich	The Hoophouse in Fall and Winter Pam Dawling	Tapping into a ‘Sweet’ Idea: Making natural sumac spiles Alan and Susan Fox	Build a Home Charcuterie Cabinet Meredith Leigh	Wild Mushrooms: A taste of enchantment Alan Muskat
The Livestock Conservancy Stage	An Introduction to Heritage Breed Goats Alison Martin	The Basics of Heritage Hog Production Jeannette Beranger	Sustainable Animal Feed: Insect farming and native black soldier grubs Karl Warkomski	Considering Cattle? Make the MOOve! Ryan Walker	Hopping for Fun and Profit with Heritage Rabbits Alison Martin
Modern Homesteading Stage Presented by Brushy Mountain	Sustainable Living Simplified John Ivanko	Becoming a Beekeeper Shane Gebauer	How to Grow 35 to 40 Organic Plants Within a 2-Square-Foot Garden (With NO WEEDING!) Shawna Coronado	Spring Management: Second season and beyond Kim Flottum	Raisin’ Cane and Gettin’ Juiced Alan and Susan Fox
MOTHER EARTHLIVING Stage	Growing Medicinal Herbs Juliet Blankespoor	The Healing Revolution Is On! Dr. Frank King	Home Health Care for Your Thyroid Dawn Combs	Herbal Wellness with Your Homegrown Tea Blends Jane Hawley Stevens	Homestead Medicine Joseph Alton, M.D.
Mountain Rose Herbs Stage	Jane’s Virtual Herb Walk: Review today, reap tomorrow! Jane Hawley Stevens	Mushroom Cultivation for Everyone Tradd Cotter	Farmstead Chef: Organic eating on a dime Lisa Kivirist	Adaptogens and Tonic Herbs: Herbs for longevity and well-being Rosemary Gladstar	Organic Body Care Recipes: Creating aromatherapeutic body and facial oils Stephanie Tourles
Organic Gardening Stage	Educational Aquaponic System Design Jesse Hull	Growing Great Garlic and Perennial Onions Ira Wallace	Grow a Sustainable Diet Cindy Conner	Easy Seed Starting Lisa Ziegler	Carbon Crazy: Hugelkultur, biochar, ramial chipped wood and more! John Moody
Ingles Real Food Stage	Dive into Dehydrated Foods Jennifer Kongs	The Power of Raw Foods: Transform your health, transform your life! Stephanie Tourles	Preparation and Preservation: Preserving the wild abundance of Southern Appalachia Natalie Bogwalker	Delightful Garden Wines Nan K. Chase	Beginning Pressure Cooking: Meals under pressure Rebecca Martin
Renewable Energy Stage	Creative Housing from Dirt and Junk Chris McClellan	Practical Steps to Energy Efficiency in the Home Richard Freudenberger	Design Your Green Dream Home in 60 Minutes or Less Steve Linton	Build Your Own Electric Motorcycle Ben Nelson	Draft Animal-Powered Forestry and Tiny Timber Houses Ian Snider
Star Seed Stage	6 Inches of Soil in 6 Months with 600,000 Bugs, Part 1 John Moody	6 Inches of Soil in 6 Months with 600,000 Bugs, Part 2 John Moody	Garden Tools 202: The stuff you won’t learn at a big-box store Joel Dufour	Growing and Preserving Unusual Fruit John Holzwart	The Holy Grail: How to grow great tomatoes from seed to harvest Craig LeHoullier
Yanmar Sustainable Agriculture Stage	Growing High Nutritional Organic Foods: The whys, whats and hows Nirav Peterson and Hendrikus Schraven	Growing Ginseng and Other Woodland Medicinals for Fun or Profit Jeanine Davis	Growing Elderberry for Health and Profit Terry Durham	Seed Libraries and Other Seed Share Initiatives Cindy Conner	Becoming a Marketing Rock Star Ryan Walker
Kids’ Treehouse Stage	Kids Can Milk Too Faith Schlabach	Smoothies and Seed Starting Nicole Peltz	The DIY Dad’s Backyard Projects Ben Nelson	Chicken POOP Power! Patricia Foreman

Schedule subject to change.

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