"If you've ever been out swimming by yourself, treading water, frustrated, and not able to get improvements for your clients, this conference can really help. Getting an opportunity to meet with other professionals in this field - bouncing ideas around and meeting the right people - is very valuable. This conference has been extremely helpful for me." -David Weinand, Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Schedule at a Glance:
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Day 1: Tuesday – October 22
11:00 am: Registration Opens
11:30 am: Light Refreshments Available
12:30 - 1:30 pm: Opening Remarks & Plenary
1:45 - 3:00 pm: Breakout Session (75 min)
3:00 - 3:30 pm: Break (30 min)
3:30 - 5:00 pm: Breakout Session (90 min)
5:00 - 6:00 pm: Cash Bar Open 
6:00 - 7:30 pm: Dinner

Day 2: Wednesday – October 23
7:30 - 8:30 am: Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 9:30 am: Plenary Panel
9:45 am - 11:00 am: Breakout Session (75 min)
11:15 am - 12:45 pm: Breakout Session (90 min)
12:45 - 1:15 pm: Break (30 min)
1:15 pm: Pick up Lunch & Load Tour Buses
​1:30 pm: Tour Buses Depart
1:00 - 5:00 pm: Farm Tours
5:00 - 5:30 pm: Tour Buses Return
5:30 - 7:30 pm: Networking Reception & FEAST! Mini Market*
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Day 3: Thursday – October 24
7:30 - 8:30 am: Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 9:45 am: Breakout Session (75 min)
10:00 - 11:15 am: Breakout Session (75 min)
11:30 am - 12:30 pm: Lunch, Reflections Plenary & Closing Remarks
Meals: Registration includes dinner on Tuesday; breakfast and lunch on Wednesday; and breakfast and lunch on Thursday. The networking reception Wednesday evening will include hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar. 

*Enjoy a cash bar and hors d'oeuvres while you sip, sample, and stock up on tasty souvenirs with a small local foods marketplace featuring fine local growers and foodmakers from the region. ​

You can view the complete 2017 Schedule with workshops, sessions, speakers and tour descriptions - here.