Friday Evening Keynote Speaker
Melinda Hemmelgarn
”Thinking Beyond our Plates: Critical Questions to Find Food Truth”
Melinda Hemmelgarn, Nutrition & Health Communications Consultant Melinda is a registered dietitian, “investigative” nutritionist, and award-winning journalist, with 30 years experience in clinical, academic and public health nutrition. Her provocative, practical and personal “Food Sleuth” newspaper columns, magazine articles, conference keynotes, community radio and cable access TV shows help people “think beyond their plates.” Her work has appeared in assorted national publications including the American Journal of Nursing, Today’s Dietitian, Current Health, Cable in the Classroom, Rodale Institute and Edible Communities. Melinda and her photographer husband received the MO Department of Agriculture’s Farmer’s Market Champion Award for their 2009 Farm Hands Calendar: A Tribute to the Hands that Feed Us. All proceeds supported their local farmers’ market. ___________________________________________________________Saturday Keynote
Gary Zimmer
”Value Added: For You, For the Environment and for the Consumer” (click link for copy of presentation)
Gary Zimmer, President Midwestern Bio-Ag Gary is a farmer, author, agri-businessman and educator dedicated to biological agriculture. Recognized around the world for his commitment to improving farming through restoring soils, he has spoken to farmers and agribusiness professionals all across the US and in Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. For the past 25 years, Gary has been evaluating farming practices as a consultant, on his family’s farm, and as president of Midwestern Bio-Ag, a biological farming consulting company located in Blue Mounds, Wis. He operates the Bio-Ag Learning Center, where biological farming practices and agricultural producats are field tested, and where the annual Field Day draws over 700 agriculture professionals from across the country. Gary is the author of the book, “The Biological Farmer, A Complete Guide to the Sustainable & Profitable Biologicals System of Farming”, published in 2000. _________________________________________________________Youth Keynote Speaker
Daniel Salatin
”Growing Up Joel’s Son: The Real Story”
Daniel Salatin, Polyface Farm Daniel is the son of Joel Salatin, innovative farmer, writer and speaker. As the third generation on Polyface Farm in Swoope Virginia, he has grown up in the family business. Polyface services more than 1,000 families, 4 retail outlets, and 30 restaurants through on-farm sales and metropolitian buying clubs with salad bar beef, pastured poultry, eggmobile eggs, pigerator pork, forage-based rabbits, pastured turkey and forestry products through relationship marketing. Daniel has gone from carrying freshly processed chickens while in diapers, to running and over-seeing the day-to-day workings of Polyface. As a seven-year old hea started a pastured rabbit business that continues today. Starting the rabbit business gave him first hand experience with marketing, processing, research and development, and the costs of a new business. Today Daniel is fully employed by the farm and spends his time orchestraign animal movement, scheduling daily tasks and apprentice training. At twenty-eight, Daniel is married to wife Sheri and has two sons, Andrew and Travis, and one daughter, Lauryn.
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