Register: https://NEGrazingConference2023.eventbrite.com

More information: https://www.negrazingnetwork.com/2023northeastgrazingconference/

New this year, Northeast grazing-focused organizations, including Maine Grass Farmers Network, Granite State Grazers, The Livestock Institute, Vermont Grass Farmers Association and the Cornell Cooperative Extension Capital Agriculture & Horticulture Program (hosts of Winter Greenup NY), are hosting a region-wide grazing conference.

The 2023 Northeast Grazing and Livestock Conference is the largest of its kind in New England, gathering over 300 participants from the northeast for two days of networking and educational workshops. Dr. Allen Williams will keynote the conference with a two-hour discussion on adaptive grazing. Additional programming will feature peer to peer farmer networking and practical implementation of managed grazing practices.

Agenda

Friday

Keynote

Dr. Allen Williams

Meat End Product Quality

moderated by Dr. Joe Emenheiser

Holistic Management & Farm Life Balance

moderated by Jenn Colby

A Look at the Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship Program in New England

moderated by Dr. Glenda Pereira and Mary Ellen Franklin

Grazing Across the Northeast: A Regional Approach (Introducing NEGN Partners)

Moderated by Alex Gulachenski

Saturday

Coffee Chat with Troy Bishopp and Brian Maloney

Principles of Grazing - 101

Taught by Daimon Meeh

50 Shades of Graze

Shade Management moderated by Steve Gabriel

Forage Biodiversity

moderated by Dr. Heather Darby

Calving and Lambing on Pasture

moderated by Jennie Kapszukiewicz

List of Organizing Partners:

Co-Hosts/Organizers:

New England Grazing Network

Granite State Graziers

Vermont Grass Farmers Association

The Livestock Institute of Southern New England

Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment

Maine Grass Farmers Network

Cornell Cooperative Extension Capital Area Ag & Hort Program (host of Winter Greenup NY)

Technical Service Provider Partners:

UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture

University of Maine Extension

University of Connecticut Extension

Tri-State NE-SARE

New Hampshire NRCS

Supporters:

The Northeast Grazing and Livestock Conferences is generously supported by the Cedar Tree Foundation and their regenerative grazing initiative.

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