MOTHER EARTH NEWS Stage

Time / Date First/Last Name Workshop Title Workshop Description Organization

FRIDAY
1:00-2:00 pm Dan Chiras
Are We Winning the Energy Wars Against Coal,
Nuclear and Oil Companies?
Will solar and wind become economical and
reliable sources of energy of the future? Is there
enough renewable energy to power our future?
The Evergreen Institute
2:30-3:30 pm Barbara Pleasant
Organic Gardening for Newbies Avoiding
Beginner Mistakes
For new gardeners, the first three seasons are
especially challenging because there is so much to
learn. Which mistakes are you most likely to
MOTHER EARTH NEWS
4:00 - 5:00 pm Sylvia Bernstein
Aquaponic Gardening: Growing fish and
vegetables together
Aquaponics is a revolutionary combination of the
best of aquaculture and hydroponicsand an
amazingly fun and easy way to raise fish together
The Aquaponic Source (or New Society
Publishers)
5:30 - 6:30 pm Dan and Don Adams DIY Aquaponics
Aquaponics combines aquaculture, for raising fish,
and hydroponics, for growing plants. Join
Earthineer's Dan and Don Adams in their latest
Earthineer
SATURDAY
10 - 11 am Kim Flottum Let Your Honeybees Pay Their Way
Over and above the benefits of your garden and
orchard pollination, honeybees can pay their way
with a bounty of products to use and to sell.
Bee Culture Magazine
11:30 am-12:30 pm Bryan Welch
Beautiful and Abundant: The MOTHER EARTH
NEWS community and its vision for the future
MOTHER EARTH NEWS' positive message
brings together a community of working
visionaries. In his award-winning book, Beautiful
MOTHER EARTH NEWS
1:00 - 2:00 pm Barbara Damrosch Growing and Cooking the Year-Round Harvest
Most people would love to eat homegrown food,
but have many demands on their time. Barbara
Damrosch's talk, illustrated with images from her
Four Season Farm
2:30 - 3:30 pm Stephanie Tourles Herbal Remedies for Pain Relief
Come hear author, herbalist and licensed holistic
aesthetician Stephanie Tourles discuss soothing
herbal remedies that will help ease the pain
Storey Publishing
4:00- 5:00 pm Jessi Bloom
What the Cluck?! Getting Started on Gardening
With Chickens
Come learn the basics of how to integrate
chickens into your garden, starting with chicken
raising myth busters and moving on to designing
N.W. Bloom EcoLogical Landscapes
5:30-6:30 pm Dan and Don Adams DIY Solar Panels
We all would like to be off the grid, but the costs
for solar panels are prohibitive ... or are they?
Follow Dan and Don Adams through their latest
Earthineer
SUNDAY
9:30 - 11:00 am David Schafer Live Poultry Processing Demo
Learn everything you need to know about humane
chicken slaughtering from experts David Schafer
of Featherman Equipment and Joel Salatin of
Featherman Equipment
9:30 - 11:00 am Joel Salatin Live Poultry Processing Demo
Learn everything you need to know about humane
chicken slaughtering from experts David Schafer
of Featherman Equipment and Joel Salatin of
Polyface Farms
11:30 am -12:30 pm Matthew Stein
Developing Your Intuitive Edge and the Survivor
Personality
er guidance system, while nurturing your survivor personality, are keys to your ability to successfully navigate the murky waters of an uncertain future, create positive changes in our world, and survive in a crisis situation where access to media channels
Stein Design
1:00 - 2:00 pm Shane Gebauer So You Want to Be a Beekeeper?
Now is the time to be thinking about starting your
beekeeping career next year. During the
workshop, we will start with a broad overview of
Brushy Mountain Bee Farm
2:30 - 3:30 pm Ed Begley Jr. Live Simply So That Others Can Simply Live
Ed Begley Jr.'s empowering and humorous
message on sustainable living includes stories
about everything from his 1970 electric car to
Envirolet
4:00 -5:00 pm Joel Salatin Heretics Unite
Keynotes: MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR visitors
are part of an integrity living tsunami that threatens
Wall Street and governmental orthodoxy. That's a
Polyface Farms
The Livestock Conservancy Stage
Time / Date First/Last Name Workshop Title Workshop Description Organization
FRIDAY
1:00-2:00 pm Alison Martin
Marketing Mindset: Selling Yourself and Your
Products Successfully
Marketing is often one of the most overlooked
segments of running a small farm. Whether you're
just selling from your homestead to family and
The Livestock Conservancy
2:30-3:30 pm Jeannette Beranger Pig Pickin' - An Introduction to Heritage Breeds
Heritage pigs are hot with today's consumers and
a welcome addition to small-scale sustainable
farms. Learn about the wide array of breeds to
The Livestock Conservancy
4:00 - 5:00 pm Victoria Redhed Miller
Poultry Unplugged: Free-ranging poultry off the
grid or anywhere else
With a little planning, you can successfully free-
range chickens, turkeys and ducks just about
anywhere. The author of Pure Poultry: Living well
New Society Publishers
5:30 - 6:30 pm Alison Martin Hopping for Fun and Profit With Heritage Rabbits
Rabbits can be easy, versatile and quiet animals
to raise on your small property. Heritage breeds
offer a chance to set yourself apart from other
The Livestock Conservancy
SATURDAY
10 - 11 am Jeannette Beranger Pig Pickin' - An Introduction to Heritage Breeds
Heritage pigs are hot with today's consumers and
a welcome addition to small-scale sustainable
farms. Learn about the wide array of breeds to
The Livestock Conservancy
11:30 am-12:30 pm Patricia Foreman
Chicken Whispering: Discover the chicken you
never knew
There are new ways to handle and communicate
with chickens that can result in trust, gentleness
and even emotional bonds. But first you must learn
Gossamer Foundation
1:00 - 2:00 pm Anne Hallowell, VMD Hiking and Packing With Llamas
Meet the perfect hiking companions for all ages!
With their intelligent, gentle ways and naturally low
environmental impacts, llamas have been doing
Peace of the Shenango Farm and Mercer County
4-H Llama Club
2:30 - 3:30 pm Alison Martin Adding a Cow to Your Family
Come learn everything you need to know about
cows from an expert from The Livestock
Conservancy. This introductory workshop will
The Livestock Conservancy
4:00- 5:00 pm Judith D. Schwartz Cows, Climate and Why Grazing Matters
Discussions of climate tend to focus on the sky ...
on greenhouse gas emissions. In this workshop,
well look at climate dynamics from a ground
Chelsea Green Publishing
5:30-6:30 pm Shawn and Beth Dougherty
Intensive Rotational Grazing: Temporary Fencing
Techniques and Captured Water Systems
Raising meat for the table doesnt require many
acres, permanent fence, pressurized water or the
most desirable farm land. Learn to pasture
The Sow's Ear Farm and Pottery
SUNDAY
10:00 - 11:00 am Judith D. Schwartz Cows, Climate and Why Grazing Matters
Discussions of climate tend to focus on the sky ...
on greenhouse gas emissions. In this workshop,
well look at climate dynamics from a ground
Chelsea Green Publishing
11:30 am -12:30 pm Alison Martin Hopping for Fun and Profit With Heritage Rabbits
Rabbits can be easy, versatile and quiet animals
to raise on your small property. Heritage breeds
offer a chance to set yourself apart from other
The Livestock Conservancy
1:00 - 2:00 pm Victoria Redhed Miller
Poultry Unplugged: Free-ranging poultry off the
grid or anywhere else
With a little planning, you can successfully free-
range chickens, turkeys and ducks just about
anywhere. The author of Pure Poultry: Living well
New Society Publishers
2:30 - 3:30 pm Faith Schlabach The Return of the Family Milk Cow
Topics of this workshop will revolve around the
return of the family cow that is fed for optimum
health, rumen development, a long life, and
Misty Morning Farm
4:00 -5:00 pm Patricia Foreman Gardening With and for Chickens
This ever-expanding workshop gives you practical
and effective ways to feed and employ chickens in
your garden. Learn how chickens create and
Gossamer Foundation
Renewable Energy Stage
Time / Date First/Last Name Workshop Title Workshop Description Organization
FRIDAY
1:00-2:00 pm John Ivanko
Powering your Homestead With Renewable
Energy
Whether you want to go off-grid or supply it with
renewable energy and make energy a positive
cash flow for your business or homestead, explore
New Society Publishers
2:30-3:30 pm Chris Magwood
Making Better Buildings: Your Sustainable Home
Come True
The dream of building and owning your own
sustainable home quickly runs into many "reality
checks" as you negotiate the countless decisions
Endeavour Centre
4:00 - 5:00 pm Ben Nelson The DIY Dad's Backyard Projects
Learn how anyone can create amazing family fun
through useful DIY projects made from salvaged
materials. Featuring: The Rocket Grill, Scrap Iron
www.300MPG.org
5:30 - 6:30 pm Dan Chiras Is Solar Electricity Right for You?
In this workshop, we will explore solar energy and
solar electric systems, helping home and business
owners understand how photovoltaic systems
The Evergreen Institute
SATURDAY
10:00 - 11 am Joseph Utasi
Solar Basics: Everything you wanted to know but
were afraid to ask!
Get all the basic info needed to make a solar
decision: how much, how big, where to put it,
savings, payback, things to consider first, different
Cinci Home Solar
11:30 am-12:30 pm Dan Chiras
Renewable Energy for Homes and Businesses
Part 1
In this workshop, you will learn about the many
clean, affordable and reliable renewable energy
technologies available to heat and cool home and
The Evergreen Institute
1:00 - 2:00 pm Dan Chiras
Renewable Energy for Homes and Businesses
Part 2
In this workshop, you will learn about the many
clean, affordable and reliable renewable energy
technologies available to heat and cool home and
The Evergreen Institute
2:30 - 3:30 pm FORD
4:00- 5:00 pm Ben Nelson Build Your Own Electric Car
Ben Nelson provides DIY, how-to instruction for
anyone wanting to convert a gas car to electric on
a budget! This workshop includes info on motors,
www.300MPG.org
5:30-6:30 pm Dan Chiras Free Cooling for Life
Although many people don't realize it, we can cool
our homes naturally in many climate zones. Smart
design combined with energy-efficient landscaping
The Evergreen Institute
SUNDAY
10:00 - 11:00 am Ben Nelson Build Your Own Electric Motorcycle
This DIY, how-to workshop will show you all the
steps you need to build your own electric
motorcycle. This workshop covers vehicle design
www.300MPG.org
11:30 am -12:30 pm Jeff Wilson The Greened House Effect: Part one
Remodel your home with a deep energy retrofit
(DER). Part one of The Greened House Effect
follows the story of the Wilson family's retrofit of
The Greened House Effect, Chelsea Green
Publishing
1:00 - 2:00 pm Jeff Wilson The Greened House Effect: Part two
The Greened House Effect: Part one focuses on
the micro issues in deep energy retrofitting - the
nuts and bolts of the retrofitting process and how it
The Greened House Effect, Chelsea Green
Publishing
2:30 - 3:30 pm Chris McClellan The No-Mortgage Natural Cottage
Before the Industrial Revolution our ancestors
generally lived in small houses they built for
themselves from local earth, stone, straw and
Natural Cottage Project
4:00 -5:00 pm Linda Watson Wildly Affordable Solar Cooking Wherever You Go
Use the sun's energy to cook delicious, organic
meals at home, on picnics, or while traveling. Get
started with a homemade solar oven made from
Cook for Good
Real Food Stage
Time / Date First/Last Name Workshop Title Workshop Description Organization
FRIDAY
1:00-2:00 pm Robin Mather Quick and Easy Homemade Sausages
This demonstration workshop will show you how to
make pork breakfast sausage (patties and links),
Mexican-style all-beef chorizo and North African
MOTHER EARTH NEWS
2:30-3:30 pm Janet McKee Eating Fresh from Farm to Table
This workshop is a fun and inspiring cooking
demonstration where Janet will speak about the
importance of eating fresh local foods to support
SanaView Farms
4:00 - 5:00 pm Linda Watson Youve Got It, So Cook It!
Squeeze every last drop of flavor and nutrition out
of the food you grow or buy. Learn to make
delicious dishes out of food that many people
Cook for Good
5:30 - 6:30 pm Shawn and Beth Dougherty
Fresh Home-Ground Wheat in Artisan-Quality
Bread
Taking advantage of the nutrients in freshly-
ground grain shouldnt mean having to eat heavy,
dense or crumbly bread. Learn a few simple steps
The Sow's Ear Farm and Pottery
SATURDAY
9:30 - 11 am Adam Danforth Sheep Butchering and the Merits of Mature Meat
Once upon a time, the meat we consumed was full
of flavor, harvested from animals on a farm, and
cooked in a continuum of tradition and wisdom.
Storey Publishing
11:30 am-12:30 pm Adam Danforth Fats and Flavor: The art of butchering
Poor fats, they are so misunderstood. The little
guys are just trying to do good things like efficiently
storing (or delivering) energy and, upon cooking,
Storey Publishing
1:00 - 2:00 pm Nan K. Chase Can Do Easy Canning
Discover how safe, easy and economical it is to
preserve food and beverages by canning. Nothing
makes a family more secure than having a well-
Storey Publishing
2:30 - 3:30 pm Michael Schwartz Lacto-Fermentation
This introduction to lacto-fermentation covers the
basics of vegetable fermentation. By the end of the
demonstration, you will be able to prepare
BAO Food and Drink
4:00- 5:00 pm Rebecca Martin
Meals Under Pressure: Beginning Pressure
Cooking
Meals become a snap when you add pressure
cooking to your kitchen repertoire. Imagine
cooking beans or a beef stew from scratch in
MOTHER EARTH NEWS, Associate Editor
5:30-6:30 pm Robin Mather How to Cure Bacon
This popular demonstration workshop will teach
you how to turn a raw pork belly into 10 pounds
(approximately) of delectable bacon! See a maple-
MOTHER EARTH NEWS
SUNDAY
10:00 - 11:00 am John Moody
The Beauty of Traditional Brew - Kombucha, Jun
and other traditional fermented drinks
Traditional fermented drinks are an integral part of
a healthful, local, sustainable diet, contributing to
your health and allowing you to prepare and
Some Small Farm/Farm to Consumer Legal
Defense Fund
11:30 am -12:30 pm Rita Nader Heikenfeld
Eating From the Garden of Eden: Best anti-aging
Bible herbs and foods
Participants will learn how to grow, cook and
preserve Biblical herbs, spices and foods. This
sensory presentation is a must for folks who want
Jungle Jim's Culinary Professional
1:00 - 2:00 pm Elizabeth Rich
Cheesemaking for the Homesteader: Using plants
instead of rennet to make cheese
Want to make your own cheese, but don't have a
calf's stomach on hand for rennet? Nature
provides us with many other options. Learn which
Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
2:30 - 3:30 pm Nan K. Chase Drink the Harvest: Delightful garden wines
Theres a world of light, bright and delicious
garden wines waiting just outside your door. Learn
how to convert surplus crops of any kind, as well
Storey Publishing
4:00 -5:00 pm Elizabeth Rich
How to Milk a Goat, Make Raw Milk Cheese, and
Stay Out of Jail
Learn strategies for effective and sanitary hand
goat milking to produce milk that is not intended
for pasteurization. We'll then make chvre, feta
Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
GRIT Stage
Time / Date First/Last Name Workshop Title Workshop Description Organization
FRIDAY
1:00-2:00 pm Spike Carlsen
5 Simple Projects and 25 Great Tool Tips for the
Backyard Homesteader
Creating your backyard homestead becomes
easier, cheaper and more fun as you develop your
do-it-yourself skills. Spike Carlsen will
Storey Publishing
2:30-3:30 pm John Plischke Edible Mushrooms and How to Prepare Them
This PowerPoint presentation and lecture teaches
most people about more edible mushrooms than
they ever knew even existed, and also features
St. Lynn's Press
4:00 - 5:00 pm Brion Smoker Farming Finances
Brion Smoker, CPA and successful farmer, will
discuss the importance of a business plan and
goal setting, the most advantageous business
Sweet Valley Suris
5:30 - 6:30 pm Matt W
SATURDAY
10:00 - 11 am Charlotte Smith Raw Milk Production: Safety and benefits
Charlotte Smith's dynamic, engaging and
emotional talk covers how and why her family
Champoeg Creamery for Farm-to-Consumer Legal
Defense Fund
11:30 am-12:30 pm Botan Anderson The One Scythe Revolution
While the scythe has been making a comeback
and gaining popularity, a much higher level of skill
is possible, than most people realize yet. A good
One Scythe Revolution
1:00 - 2:00 pm Hank Will Can the Sweet Corn
Some folks call it field corn. Others call it
ornamental or Indian corn. While most folks are
focused on sweet corn for homestead growing,
GRIT Magazine
2:30 - 3:30 pm Jason Drevenak Primitive and Modern Fire Making
Discover the deep connections humans have to
fire, and watch demonstrations of several types of
primitive and modern survival forms of firecraft,
North American Bushcraft School
4:00- 5:00 pm Shane Gebauer Is Your Hive Ready for Winter?
What does it take to get your hive through winter?
Good preparation! We will look at some of the
important factors that affect wintering success.
Brushy Mountain Bee Farm
5:30-6:30 pm Victoria Redhed Miller
The True American Spirit: Distilling liquor at home,
safely AND legally
Currently, distilling liquor without a license is illegal
in most countries, including the United States. This
talk will cover the basics of distillation, as well as a
New Society Publishers
SUNDAY
10:00 - 11:00 am Rusty and Walker Orner Earthen Building
Explore the joy of playing in the mud. This
workshop will include an overview of straw bale
Quiet Creek Herb Farm & School of Country
Living
11:30 am -12:30 pm Ted Carns Off on our own - living off grid for 38 years
This workshop will talk about all of our "learn as
we go" steps to live a zero waste off-grid
lifestyle...now for 38 years. A power point
The Stone Camp
1:00 - 2:00 pm Spike Carlsen
5 Simple Projects and 25 Great Tool Tips for the
Backyard Homesteader
Creating your backyard homestead becomes
easier, cheaper and more fun as you develop your
do-it-yourself skills. Spike Carlsen will
Storey Publishing
2:30 - 3:30 pm Kenneth Rust Pond Management Dynamics
Ponds and small lakes are a dynamic web of
ecology. Pond management choices will affect
several other parts of the pond's ecology and
Kasco Marine
4:00 -5:00 pm Spike Carlsen Build Your Own Super Simple Garden Cart
A well-built garden cart will haul more than your
wheelbarrow, tip less, be easier to load and help
save your aching back. Spike will demonstrate -
Storey Publishing
MOTHER EARTH LIVING Stage
Time / Date First/Last Name Workshop Title Workshop Description Organization
FRIDAY
1:00-2:00 pm Janet McKee Rejuvenating Our Land and Our Health
In this workshop, Janet McKee will discuss how
our food growing and eating choices not only
impacts our health but also impacts the
SanaView Farms
2:30-3:30 pm Stephanie Tourles Herbal Hair Care
Come hear author, herbalist, and licensed holistic
aesthetician Stephanie Tourles discuss herbal hair
care recipes from her best-selling books, Organic
Storey Publishing
4:00 - 5:00 pm Linda Conroy DIY Herbal First Aid
Join herbalist and wilderness first responder Linda
Conroy for this inspiring presentation. Whether
preparing for a backcountry experience or dealing
Moonwise Herbs
5:30 - 6:30 pm Judith Boice, ND, LAc, FABNO Menopause with Science and Soul
Explore the physiological, biochemical and
hormonal changes that accompany menopause,
as well as the inner transformations that mark this
Seven Winds Institute, Inc.
SATURDAY
10:00 - 11 am Sharon Greenspan Sprout Happy!
Come learn about sprouting and how you can grow
live, organic food in your kitchen for just pennies!
Sharon Greenspan will be demonstrating several
Wild Success
11:30 am-12:30 pm Rebecca Wood Creating a Healthy Sustainable Home
Learn the why's, how's and what not to do to
ensure a healthy home for your family pets.
Understand more fully the link to health problems
Hopewood Holistic Health
1:00 - 2:00 pm Denise Schreiber Eat Your Roses
Learn what flowers are edible AND which ones
aren't, how to grow and harvest them, use them in
your garden and some great recipes too.
St. Lynn's Press
2:30 - 3:30 pm Judith Boice, ND, LAc, FABNO Acupressure for the Whole Family:
Acupressure is a needle-less way of stimulating
points on the Chinese acupuncture meridians,
reducing pain and improving circulation to the
Seven Winds Institute, Inc.
4:00- 5:00 pm John Ivanko and Lisa Kivirist Sustainable Living Simplified
Break free of fossil fuels. End the mortgage. Be
your own boss. Grow most of your own food and
prepare it in your farmstead kitchen. Craft your
New Society Publishers
5:30-6:30 pm John Plischke Edible Mushrooms and How to Prepare Them
This PowerPoint presentation and lecture teaches
most people about more edible mushrooms than
they ever knew even existed, and also features
St. Lynn's Press
SUNDAY
10:00 - 11:00 am Linda Conroy DIY Herbal First Aid
Join herbalist and wilderness first responder Linda
Conroy for this inspiring presentation. Whether
preparing for a backcountry experience or dealing
Moonwise Herbs
11:30 am -12:30 pm Tradd Cotter
Medicinal Mushroom Gardens: Cultivation, garden
design, and preparing extracts and tinctures
Learn about the incredible properties of edible and
medicinal mushrooms that have been used for
centuries. Many of them are native to our region
Mushroom Mountain
1:00 - 2:00 pm David Christopher, M.H. Herbal Remedies That Work
The top diseases, cardiovascular health, cancer
and diabetes will be discussed. Insight will be
given about the condition the body is in when it is
School of Natural Healing
2:30 - 3:30 pm Erin McIntosh Everyday Uses for Essential Oils
One drop of essential oil is packed with herbal
power and a little goes a long way! During this
workshop, you will discover how to use these
Mountain Rose Herbs
4:00 -5:00 pm Linda Conroy Herbs and Fermentation for Digestive Health
Join herbalist Linda Conroy as she shares her five-
point approach to improving digestive health.
Participants will learn how to incorporate herbs as
Moonwise Herbs
Mountain Rose Herbs Stage
Time / Date First/Last Name Workshop Title Workshop Description Organization
FRIDAY
1:00-2:00 pm David Christopher, M.H. Herbal Remedies That Work
The top diseases, cardiovascular health, cancer
and diabetes will be discussed. Insight will be
given about the condition the body is in when it is
School of Natural Healing
2:30-3:30 pm Sharon Greenspan Dissolving Your Sugar Habit
Discover the truth about your sugar or carb
cravings! Learn the secret to gain control (without
feeling deprived) and which food choices increase
Wild Success
4:00 - 5:00 pm Erin McIntosh Everyday Uses for Essential Oils
One drop of essential oil is packed with herbal
power and a little goes a long way! During this
workshop, you will discover how to use these
Mountain Rose Herbs
5:30 - 6:30 pm Robin Bedford Soap Making in 30 Minutes
We will make a batch of soap in 30 minutes,
emphasizing safety and simplicity. We will share
our simple technique and give you a recipe to try
Possum Hollow Farm Soap, Llc
SATURDAY
10 - 11 am David Christopher, M.H. Flu Prevention and Treatment Tips
The three top herbs for flu prevention (echinacea,
garlic and elderberry) will be taught, giving the
background and the properties of each herb and
School of Natural Healing
11:30 am-12:30 pm Rusty Orner Herbal Soap Making
Rusty Orner from Quiet Creek will show you how
to naturally make soap from scratch, including how
to mold, cut, scent, color and texture soap.
Quiet Creek Herb Farm & School of Country
Living
1:00 - 2:00 pm Erin McIntosh Herbal Medicine Making Basics
Making your own herbal medicine is a valuable
and empowering skill. Erin McIntosh will show you
how to make tinctures, salves, infused oils, syrups,
Mountain Rose Herbs
2:30 - 3:30 pm Dawn Combs Virtual Medicine Walk
Self-sufficiency is at our feet almost every day if
we begin to know the weeds that grow in
abundance. Come on a virtual walk to learn what
Mockingbird Meadows
4:00- 5:00 pm Judith Boice, ND, LAc, FABNO Essential Oils for Home Health Care
Essential oils are incredibly potent forms of plant
medicine. One drop of an essential oil is roughly
equivalent to 30 cups of tea! Explore 10 essential
Seven Winds Institute Inc.
5:30-6:30 pm Billy Galloway Aromatherapy for Wellness
This fun, hands-on class focuses on making
aromatherapy simple and easy to use. Experience
and discuss 17 essential oils. We will talk about
Natural Options Aromatherapy
SUNDAY
10:00 - 11:00 am Ella McElwee, PhD, HMD, ND Food as Medicine
There's an ever-growing appreciation of the role of
diet in determining our level of health and
wellness. It is now well-established that certain
Health By Choice
11:30 am -12:30 pm Stephanie Tourles Herbal Remedies for Pain Relief
Come hear author, herbalist and licensed holistic
aesthetician Stephanie Tourles discuss soothing
herbal remedies that will help ease the pain
Storey Publishing
1:00 - 2:00 pm Dawn Combs
Adrenal Health: Fertility, Menopause, Sleep and
Beyond
You may have heard a lot about these once little-
known glands over the past couple years. Whether
you are male or female, they are very important in
Mockingbird Meadows
2:30 - 3:30 pm Maureen Burns-Hooker
Now That Youve Grown Your Own Medicinal
Plants: What Do You Do With Them?
How many times have you found yourself with the
bounty of your herbal garden and realized that you
really dont know what to do with all of it? This
Herbal Sage Farms & The Herbal Sage Tea
Company
4:00 -5:00 pm Robin Bedford Make Your Own Laundry Soap, Wet or Dry!
Robin and Jim Bedford will teach you how to make
your own liquid or powdered laundry soap safely.
All-natural ingredients equal clean clothes!
Possum Hollow Farm Soap, Llc
Organic Gardening Stage
Time / Date First/Last Name Workshop Title Workshop Description Organization
FRIDAY
1:00-2:00 pm John Holzwart Growing Unusual Fruits
Everyone enjoys the sensual pleasure of tasting a
new and exotic tropical fruit, but few people realize
that they can taste these delicious fruits in their
Moonwise Herbs
2:30-3:30 pm John Moody
Six Inches of Soil in Six Months With 600,000
Bugs, Part II
See soil building, bed making, and chicken
scratching in action!
Some Small Farm/Farm-to-Consumer Legal
Defense Fund
4:00 - 5:00 pm John Moody 6 Inches of Soil in 6 Months and 600,000 Bugs
Great soil ... Everyone wants it, but not everyone
has it. So, how can you build great soil while also
capturing waste streams to reincorporate into the
Some Small Farm/Farm to Consumer Legal
Defense Fund
5:30 - 6:30 pm Niki Jabbour The Fall and Winter Vegetable Garden
If you want to stretch your season into late autumn
and winter, you wont want to miss Niki Jabbours
tips and techniques for cold season harvesting.
Storey Publishing
SATURDAY
10:00 - 11 am Spike Carlsen Build Your Own Super Simple Garden Cart
A well-built garden cart will haul more than your
wheelbarrow, tip less, be easier to load and help
save your aching back. Spike will demonstrate -
Storey Publishing
11:30 am-12:30 pm
Jennifer Kongs and Rebecca
Martin
Rock the Crock: Composting Basics
You can put kitchen and yard waste to good use
by managing the simple, natural process of
composting. The presenters, both editors at
Mother Earth News
1:00 - 2:00 pm Niki Jabbour Groundbreaking Food Gardens
Join Niki Jabbour for a dynamic talk showcasing
how rewarding it is to grow food. Learn innovative
techniques and designs and see how food gardens
Storey Publishing
2:30 - 3:30 pm Lisa Ziegler Restoring Pollinators or perhaps Pollinator Garden
Flowerless landscapes and gardens are a big
contributor to the loss of pollinators. Learn how to
include flowers in the landscape and vegetable
Gardener's Workshop Farm
4:00- 5:00 pm Pam Dawling Crop Rotations for Vegetables and Cover Crops
We will provide ideas to help you design a
sequence of vegetable crops that maximizes the
chance to grow good cover crops as well as
Twin Oaks Community
5:30-6:30 pm Claire Orner Composting With Worms
Participants will explore a fun, hands-on,
interactive, down-and-wormy session where they
will learn the Intricacies of the Soil Food Web, the
Quiet Creek Herb Farm & School of Country
Living
SUNDAY
10:00 - 11:00 am Wayne Robins The Importance of Pollinators
With the loss of habitat and the dangerous
chemicals that are being spread over the land, we
are in a crisis situation as we lose important
Nature Ed-Ventures
11:30 am -12:30 pm Cindy Conner Grow a Sustainable Diet
Cindy Conner combines her experience with
GROW BIOINTENSIVE Sustainable Mini-
farming with what shes learned through study and
New Society Publishers
1:00 - 2:00 pm Ira Wallace Year-Round Bounty for the Home Garden
Crisp winter salads, rainbow carrots, fresh kimchi,
and sweet braised greens are just a few of the
fresh-from-the-garden delights awaiting food
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
2:30 - 3:30 pm Rosalind Creasy Edible Landscaping
Lecture: Edible Landscaping The Why and The
How
Free lance writer/ landscape designer
4:00 -5:00 pm
Matthew Goldfarb and Petra
Page-Mann
Intro to Seed Saving
The significance of seed cannot be overestimated:
From how we approach global biodiversity to how
we choose our afternoon snack, every decision we
Fruition Seeds
Seed Stage
Time / Date First/Last Name Workshop Title Workshop Description Organization
FRIDAY
1:00-2:00 pm
Matthew Goldfarb and Petra
Page-Mann
Intro to Seed Saving
The significance of seed cannot be overestimated:
From how we approach global biodiversity to how
we choose our afternoon snack, every decision we
Fruition Seeds
2:30-3:30 pm Rusty Orner
Shiitake Mushrooms: Growing, harvesting and
preserving
Come discover the beauty and the rewards of
creating the environment for shiitake mushrooms.
Rusty Orner will teach you, the beginner, how to
Quiet Creek Herb Farm & School of Country Living
4:00 - 5:00 pm Lisa Ziegler Easy Seed Starting
Learn to plant seeds directly in the garden and
how to start seeds indoors using the English
method of soil blocking. (This could be hands-on
Gardener's Workshop Farm
5:30 - 6:30 pm Doug Fine
Hemp Returns to Humanity: Building Soil Health
and Farmer Revenue With Industrial Cannabis
Because industrial hemp provides both soil
remediation qualities and a $300/acre profit (to
Canadian farmers today), this year's legalization of
Hemp Bound
SATURDAY
10:00 - 11 am Pam Dawling
Growing and Storing Cold-Hardy Winter
Vegetables
Get the details on crops, timing, protection and
storage. Why farm in winter? Heres the
information to succeed: tables of cold-hardiness,
Twin Oaks Community
11:30 am-12:30 pm Jeanine Davis You Can Grow Your Own Hops
Most of the hops grown in the United States are
grown in the Pacific Northwest, but contrary to
popular belief, we can grow them on the East
North Carolina State University and Our Tiny Farm
1:00 - 2:00 pm Jessi Bloom Easy Peasy Edibles
Have you wanted to grow your own food but found
it is too much work and takes too much of your
time? Join award-winning landscape designer
N.W. Bloom EcoLogical Landscapes
2:30 - 3:30 pm Michael Judd Edible Landscaping With a Permaculture Twist
This fun-filled presentation (for the budding
gardener and experienced green thumb alike)
packs in plenty of creative and easy-to-follow
Ecologia, Edible & Ecological Landscapes
4:00- 5:00 pm Barbara Pleasant Managing Your Homegrown Food Supply
Wouldnt it be great to eat from your garden every
day of the year? Learn proven, low-energy
strategies for growing, eating, storing and
MOTHER EARTH NEWS
5:30-6:30 pm
Matthew Goldfarb and Petra
Page-Mann
Advanced Seed Saving and Vegetable Breeding
for the Home Gardener and Farmer
Ever wonder how to create your own new varieties
of vegetables? Or do you have a hybrid you really
want to figure out how to save seed from? Are you
Fruition Seeds
SUNDAY
10:00 - 11:00 am Darrell Frey
Bioshelters: Design and Management of Solar
Greenhouses
This workshop presents a detailed study of several
bioshelters, or ecologically managed solar
greenhouses. These include the original
New Society Publishing
11:30 am -12:30 pm Ilene White Freedman Weed and Pest Control in Your Organic Garden
Weeds bugging you? Join Ilene and Phil
Freedman to consider some weed and pest
prevention strategies for your organic home
House in the Woods Farm
1:00 - 2:00 pm Barbara Pleasant Compost Your Way to Better Soil
Home composting expert Barbara Pleasant will
share dozens of practical composting techniques
for turning kitchen and garden waste into an
MOTHER EARTH NEWS
2:30 - 3:30 pm Darrell Frey Permaculture: Design for regeneration
This presentation will provide an overview of
Permaculture Design principles and practices
through a study of Three Sisters Farm and several
New Society Publishers
4:00 -5:00 pm Ira Wallace Growing Great Garlic and Perennial Onions
Learn about heirloom garlic and perennial onion
varieties from planting to cultivation and harvesting
at home. This workshop covers soil preparation,
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
Storey Stage
Time / Date First/Last Name Workshop Title Workshop Description Organization
FRIDAY
1:00-2:00 pm Tradd Cotter Shrooming Off the Grid
Explore great ways to enhance a current
mushroom production system or create a
revolutionary food system concept of your own.
2:30-3:30 pm Denise Schreiber Eat Your Roses
Learn what flowers are edible AND which ones
aren't, how to grow and harvest them, use them in
your garden and some great recipes too.
St. Lynn's Press
4:00 - 5:00 pm Jean McQuillin
My House Our House: Living far better for far less
in a cooperative household
My House Our House is for anyone facing new
lifestyle choices for the years ahead. If you don't
want to live alone, or can no longer afford it, let
My House Our House (MHOH)
5:30 - 6:30 pm Nan K. Chase Drink the Harvest: Delightful garden wines
Theres a world of light, bright and delicious
garden wines waiting just outside your door. Learn
how to convert surplus crops of any kind, as well
Storey Publishing
SATURDAY
10:00 - 11 am Niki Jabbour Groundbreaking Food Gardens
Join Niki Jabbour for a dynamic talk showcasing
how rewarding it is to grow food. Learn innovative
techniques and designs and see how food gardens
Storey Publishing
11:30 am-12:30 pm Stephanie Tourles Herbal Hair Care
Come hear author, herbalist, and licensed holistic
aesthetician Stephanie Tourles discuss herbal hair
care recipes from her best-selling books, Organic
Mushroom Mountain
1:00 - 2:00 pm Tradd Cotter
Medicinal Mushroom Gardens: Cultivation, garden
design, and preparing extracts and tinctures
Learn about the incredible properties of edible and
medicinal mushrooms that have been used for
centuries. Many of them are native to our region
Mushroom Mountain
2:30 - 3:30 pm Kim Flottum Next Spring Starts Now. Be Ready for the Rush
Winter well and be ready for next spring. Get your
bees ready for those first spring honey flows. Work
with them (and not against them) for swarming,
Bee Culture Magazine
4:00- 5:00 pm Matthew Stein The Resilient Home
In this day and age of climate change, wildfires
and escalating energy costs, it makes good sense
to build or remodel your home for maximum
Stein Design
5:30-6:30 pm Barbara Pleasant Compost Your Way to Better Soil
Home composting expert Barbara Pleasant will
share dozens of practical composting techniques
for turning kitchen and garden waste into an
MOTHER EARTH NEWS
SUNDAY
10:00 - 11:00 am Jessi Bloom Easy Peasy Edibles
Have you wanted to grow your own food but found
it is too much work and takes too much of your
time? Join award-winning landscape designer
N.W. Bloom EcoLogical Landscapes
11:30 am -12:30 pm Nan K. Chase Can Do Easy Canning
Discover how safe, easy and economical it is to
preserve food and beverages by canning. Nothing
makes a family more secure than having a well-
Storey Publishing
1:00 - 2:00 pm Adam Danforth Fats and Flavor: The art of butchering
Poor fats, they are so misunderstood. The little
guys are just trying to do good things like efficiently
storing (or delivering) energy and, upon cooking,
Storey Publishing
2:30 - 3:30 pm Jeanine Davis You Can Grow Your Own Hops
Most of the hops grown in the United States are
grown in the Pacific Northwest, but contrary to
popular belief, we can grow them on the East
North Carolina State University and Our Tiny Farm
4:00 -5:00 pm Michael Judd Edible Landscaping With a Permaculture Twist
This fun-filled presentation (for the budding
gardener and experienced green thumb alike)
packs in plenty of creative and easy-to-follow
Ecologia, Edible & Ecological Landscapes
New Society Publishers Stage
Time / Date First/Last Name Workshop Title Workshop Description Organization
FRIDAY
1:00-2:00 pm Lisa Kivirist Farmstead Chef: Organic Eating on a Dime
Whats the key ingredient to eating healthy, saving
money and stewarding the planet? A return to our
nations farmstead roots of independence, self-
New Society Publishers
2:30-3:30 pm Douglas Stevenson
Creating a Permaculture Ecovillage: My 40 Years
at The Farm Community
Douglas Stevenson has two books out this year: In
one, he describes The Farms colorful story and its
evolution from worlds largest hippie commune to
The Farm Community
4:00 - 5:00 pm Pete Kennedy, Esq. Wake Up America! The Food Rights Battle Is On
Pete Kennedy will provide an overview of recent
developments in the battle to establish the right of
Americans to obtain the food of their choice from
Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
(FTCLDF)
5:30 - 6:30 pm Darrell Frey Permaculture: Design for regeneration
This presentation will provide an overview of
Permaculture Design principles and practices
through a study of Three Sisters Farm and several
New Society Publishers
SATURDAY
10:00 - 11 am Dawn Combs Virtual Medicine Walk
Self-sufficiency is at our feet almost every day if
we begin to know the weeds that grow in
abundance. Come on a virtual walk to learn what
Mockingbird Meadows
11:30 am-12:30 pm Elizabeth Rich Taking Care of Business
Learn about some of the legal issues faced by
direct-to-consumer farm businesses. We'll cover
choice of entity issues (should you operate as a
Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
1:00 - 2:00 pm Pam Dawling
Growing and Storing Cold-Hardy Winter
Vegetables
Get the details on crops, timing, protection and
storage. Why farm in winter? Heres the
information to succeed: tables of cold-hardiness,
Twin Oaks Community
2:30 - 3:30 pm Cindy Conner
Grow a Sustainable Diet (Book either Sat/Sun for
7 Springs)
Cindy Conner combines her experience with
GROW BIOINTENSIVE Sustainable Mini-
farming with what shes learned through study and
New Society Publishers
4:00- 5:00 pm Jeanine Davis
Grow Your Own Woodland Botanicals for Fun or
Profit, or Both!
If you have even a little bit of shade on your
property, you can grow some of your own forest
medicine. Jeanine Davis will start with a colorful
North Carolina State University and Our Tiny Farm
5:30-6:30 pm Dan Chiras Creating Sustainable Neighborhoods
To build a sustainable society, we need efforts to
reinvent urban and suburban neighborhoods so
they become much more self-sufficient. Come see
The Evergreen Institute
SUNDAY
10:00 - 11:00 am John Ivanko and Lisa Kivirist Sustainable Living Simplified
Break free of fossil fuels. End the mortgage. Be
your own boss. Grow most of your own food and
prepare it in your farmstead kitchen. Craft your
New Society Publishers
11:30 am -12:30 pm Pam Dawling Crop Rotations for Vegetables and Cover Crops
We will provide ideas to help you design a
sequence of vegetable crops that maximizes the
chance to grow good cover crops as well as
Twin Oaks Community
1:00 - 2:00 pm Douglas Stevenson
Creating a Permaculture Ecovillage: My 40 Years
at The Farm Community
Douglas Stevenson has two books out this year: In
one, he describes The Farms colorful story and its
evolution from worlds largest hippie commune to
The Farm Community
2:30 - 3:30 pm John Moody
Building Sustainable Community Through Buying
Clubs and Co-ops
This workshop will use a hands-on approach to
help the beginning and seasoned buying club
leader(s) better handle the various demands of
Farm to Consumer
4:00 -5:00 pm Lisa Ziegler Restoring Pollinators or perhaps Pollinator Garden
Flowerless landscapes and gardens are a big
contributor to the loss of pollinators. Learn how to
include flowers in the landscape and vegetable
Gardener's Workshop Farm
Pennsylvania Association of Sustainable Agriculture Stage
Time / Date First/Last Name Workshop Title Workshop Description Organization
FRIDAY
1:00-2:00 pm Rusty Orner Herbal Soap Making
Rusty Orner from Quiet Creek will show you how
to naturally make soap from scratch, including how
to mold, cut, scent, color and texture soap.
Quiet Creek Herb Farm & School of Country
Living
2:30-3:30 pm PASA
4:00 - 5:00 pm Claire Orner Composting With Worms
Participants will explore a fun, hands-on,
interactive, down-and-wormy session where they
will learn the Intricacies of the Soil Food Web, the
Quiet Creek Herb Farm & School of Country
Living
5:30 - 6:30 pm
SATURDAY
10:00 - 11 am Mimi Hernandez, MS, RH(AHG) Mountain Roots! Medicinal Plants of Appalachia
Discover the lore, tradition, and science behind
Appalachia's most popular and native medicinal
roots, from the well known and economically
American Herbalists Guild
11:30 am-12:30 pm Darrell Frey
Bioshelters: Design and Management of Solar
Greenhouses
This workshop presents a detailed study of several
bioshelters, or ecologically managed solar
greenhouses. These include the original
New Society Publishing
1:00 - 2:00 pm John Plischke Edible Mushrooms and How to Prepare Them
This PowerPoint presentation and lecture teaches
most people about more edible mushrooms than
they ever knew even existed, and also features
St. Lynn's Press
2:30 - 3:30 pm PASA
4:00- 5:00 pm PASA
5:30-6:30 pm Tradd Cotter Mycoremediation of Home and Farm Waste
Many species of edible and medicinal mushrooms
sweat powerful enzymes into the environment as
they grow, capable of molecular disassembly of
Mushroom Mountain
SUNDAY
10:00 - 11:00 am Rusty Orner
Shiitake Mushrooms: Growing, harvesting and
preserving
Come discover the beauty and the rewards of
creating the environment for shiitake mushrooms.
Rusty Orner will teach you, the beginner, how to
Quiet Creek Herb Farm & School of Country Living
11:30 am -12:30 pm PASA
1:00 - 2:00 pm Anne Hallowell, VMD Hiking and Packing With Llamas
Meet the perfect hiking companions for all ages!
With their intelligent, gentle ways and naturally low
environmental impacts, llamas have been doing
Peace of the Shenango Farm and Mercer County
4-H Llama Club
2:30 - 3:30 pm Ted Carns Off on our own - living off grid for 38 years
This workshop will talk about all of our "learn as
we go" steps to live a zero waste off-grid
lifestyle...now for 38 years. A power point
The Stone Camp
4:00 -5:00 pm PASA
Kids' Treehouse
Time / Date First/Last Name Workshop Title Workshop Description Organization
FRIDAY
2:30-3:30 pm Judy Thaler Butterflies
Did you know those beautiful butterflies are
insects? Discover interesting facts about these
creatures everyone loves and create some
Nature Ed-Ventures
4:00 - 5:00 pm Judy Thaler Butterflies
Did you know those beautiful butterflies are
insects? Discover interesting facts about these
creatures everyone loves and create some
Nature Ed-Ventures
SATURDAY
10 - 11 am Kristie Smoker Dyeing Alpaca Fiber With Kool-Aid
This kids' workshop teaches children the steps to
dying fiber. Each child gets an opportunity to try
the steps and takes a dyed sample of fiber/fleece
Sweet Valley Suris Alpaca Farm
11:30 am-12:30 pm Faith Schlabach Kids Can Milk Too
Learn about cows and how on earth they can turn
green grass into wonderful white milk. Find out
Misty Morning Farm
1:00 - 2:00 pm Petra Page-Mann Kids Can Save Seeds Too!
Come make a mess and learn how to save seeds
in your own garden! This is a hands-on and fully
participatory class. We will discover simple ways
Fruition Seeds
2:30 - 3:30 pm Ben Nelson DIY Dad's Eco Backyard Projects
Learn how to make your own recycled backyard
fun with DIY eco projects such as the 5-gallon
Bucket Swing, Cardboard Clubhouse, Solar
www.300MPG.org
4:00- 5:00 pm Patricia Foreman Kids and Chicks with Oprah Hen-Free
Which came first: the chicken or the child?
Usually, it's the chicken ... with a child trundling
after, giggling with delight. This hens-on workshop
Gossamer Foundation
5:30-6:30 pm Chris McClellan Building With Mud
Come get muddy with your MOTHER in this hands-
on, interactive demonstration. See why more than
half of the houses in the world are built from local
Natural Cottage Project
SUNDAY
10:00 - 11:00 am Elizabeth Rich Kids' Goat Milking Demonstration
Learn all about how to milk a goat. First we'll
clean the udder and teats, then we'll demonstrate
proper milking techniques. We'll also learn how to
Misty Moraine Creamery
11:30 am -12:30 pm
Hannah Kincaid & Jennifer
Kongs
Fermentation! It's Freaky Fun
This workshop provides a hands-on experience for
kids interested in getting started on the road to
becoming gardening experts. We discuss
MOTHER EARTH NEWS
1:00 - 2:00 pm Jason Drevenak Stones and bones
Before we had steel for blades and plastic for
handles, we made knives from stone and antlers.
Before we learned to make clothing from nylon, we
North American Bushcraf tSchool
2:30 - 3:30 pm Eleanor Wilkinson
4:00 -5:00 pm Dawn Combs Ethnobotany for Kids
Are you curious about the weeds on the
playground? When you go to the park do you look
for the plants hidden under the trees before the
Mockingbird Meadows