October 17, 2019 | The Goodman Center, Madison, WI
8:30 AM Continental breakfast
9:00 AM Welcome and introductions
9:35 AM Presentation: Regional climate projections and climatic considerations for seed production
10:20 AM Panel discussion: Valuing regional, organic and specialty seed
11:15 AM Open space for lateral learning- participants host conversations on topics of their choosing. Organizers will suggest topics based on responses to registration questions. Anyone may host or attend any conversation for as long as it feels relevant.
12:30 PM Lunch catered by Working Class Catering
1:15 PM Strategy session: Facilitated groups will work together to identify regional priorities for research, education, network development and/or collective action to strengthen the Upper Midwest seed system.
2:45 PM Tour of strategy session results
3:15 PM Variety tasting, seed swap, open space conversations continued
4:30 PM Closing
5:30 PM Drinks and dinner at Next Door Brewery
October 18, 2019 | DC Smith Greenhouse, UW–Madison Campus
8:30 AM Load in seed cleaning equipment for demonstration
9:00 AM Light breakfast and coffee/tea
9:30 AM Seed cleaning equipment demonstration and discussion
11:00 AM Squash variety tasting with Seed to Kitchen Collaborative
11:45 AM Demonstrate Winnow Wizard and/or belt thresher (walk to Dairy Forage Research Center for belt thresher)
12:30 PM Adjourn (possibly head somewhere for lunch together)
Thank you to our Sponsors!
Albert Lea Seed
Blooming Prairie Foundation
Ceres Trust
The Good Acre
Minnesota Depart of Agriculture
Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES)
Wisconsin Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)
Willy St. Co-op
Summit Hosts
Planning Committee
Cathleen McCluskey, Organic Seed Alliance
Claire Luby, UW-Madison, Open Source Seed Initiative
Jared Zystro, Organic Seed Alliance
Julie Dawson, Seed to Kitchen Collaborative, UW-Madison
Kitt Healy, Organic Seed Alliance
Koby Jeschkeit-Hagen, Seed Sages
Lisa Kissing-Kucek, USDA-ARS
Micaela Colley, Organic Seed Alliance
