2025 SCHEDULE
Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025
8:00 - 9:00
Registration and Coffee
9:00 - 9:10
Welcome
Kris Verett, Farmer, Ralls Tx
9:10 - 9:55 "The First Wealth is Health"
R.N. Hopper, Farmer, Petersburg, Tx
9:55 - 10:10 Break
10:10-11:20 "America the Sick"
Dr. Ben Edwards, Physician, Lubbock, Tx
11:20 - 12:00 Ogallala Commons: “Rebuilding Community Health through Local Food Systems”
Darryl Birkenfeld, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Berlin Arellano, Operations, Dr. Jessica Tullar Caroom ,Executive Director
12:00 - 1:00
Lunch
1:00 - 1:45 "Perseverance in the Face of Drought"
Stephen Harms, Farmer, Seminole, Tx
1:45-3:00 "Growing the Whole System: From Cash Crops to You"
Zach Wright, Biological Expert, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
3:00 - 3:20
Break
3:20-4:30 "Balancing Your Soil to Increase Productivity and Profitability"
Nick Voss, Farmer, Hugaton, Ks
4:30 - 5:30
Beer & Bull
Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025
9:00 - 10:20 "Heart Attacks: A Modern Disease?"
Dr. Ben Edwards, Physician, Lubbock, Texas
10:20 - 10:40
Break
10:40 - 12:00 "Ecological and Human Health: What We Take for Granted!"
Dr. Jon Zak
12:00 - 1:00
Lunch
1:00 Workshop #1 "Five Super Foods That Will Change the Trajectory of Your Life"
Dr. Ben Edwards
1:00 Workshop #2 “Biology; How Many are Integrating this Continued Buzzword into Their Cropping Systems”
Zack Wright and Dr. Rob Shortell