This one-day conference will focus on local agricultural best management practices, especially concerning

water quality as it pertains to agriculture and municipal systems. Ranging from everyday human actions to
long-term infrastructure issues, workshops and research sessions will explore how changing behavior and
technology aids local agricultural processes; in particular addressing water quality for food sources, drinking,
waste management, and the water cycle.

Conference Program
8:30-9am: Continental Breakfast and Registration
9:10-9:40: Featured Speaker: Organic Valley Farmer
9:45-10:45: Perspectives from Creative Local Food Advocates: Best Practices for Supporting Local
Producers
* Robert King, Grow Monroe, Monroe Community College
* David Katleski, Empire Brewing Company, Syracuse NY
* Martin Butts, Small Potatoes Sales and Marketing
* Gordon Walts, American Farmstead Artisan Cheese and Specialty Foods

11:00-12:00 Protecting Farmland, Restoring Watersheds

* Geof Milz, AICP, Cayuga County Department of Planning & Economic Development:
Goin’ Down to the Crossroads-Farmland Protection in New York State
* Jen Smith, SUNY ESF: Geosynthetic Rolled Erosion Control Products
* Charlie Greene P.E., EDR Companies: Watershed Restoration

12-12:45 LUNCH

12:45-1:30 Chesapeake Bay TMDLs and the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
* Aaron Ristow, Tompkins County SWCD, Upper Susquehanna Coalition
* Ron Entringer, NYS DEC

1:30-2:10 Funding
* Creg Ivison, Farm Service Agency: Farm Service Agency Programs
For more information * Lee Loomis, NYSERDA Representative, Center for Environmental Information:
on the conference, or if NYSERDA’s Agricultural Energy Efficiency Programs
you would like to have
2:10-2:50
an exhibit table, please * Judy Wright, American Farmland Trust: Strengthening Agriculture’s role in Protecting Water Quality
contact Khris Dodson in the Owasco Lake Watershed: Preliminary Findings
at 315-443-8818. * Lydia Brinkley, SUNY ESF: Agricultural Land Use Effects on Water Quality in the Skaneateles Lake
Watershed: A Habitat Assessment using Benthic Macroinvertebrates
Register online or * Mike Dimpfl, SUNY ESF: The Skaneateles Lake Watershed Composting Toilet Project: Ten Years of
use the back of the Alternative Toilet Technology in Practice
registration form on
3:00-3:40 Management Tools
teh back of this flier.
* Paul Richards, SUNY Brockport: The Oak Orchard soil water assessment tool: A decision support
Conference cost is system for watershed management
$40, which includes * Bianca Moebius-Clune, Cornell University: Adaptive Nitrogen Management Using Adapt-N -
continental breakfast, Incorporating the Weather Component
snacks, lunch and all
programs. 3:40-4:20
* Ram Shrivastava, P.E., LEED® AP, Larsen Engineers: Opportunities for Making Dairy Farms Energy
Independent
* Andy Cheung P.E., Watershed Agricultural Council: Design of a Solar Operated Pump and
Watering System

4:20-4:30 Closing
 Farms, Folks, and Funding:
Cultivating Leadership
Through Research and Practice
February 2, 2011
Inn on the Lake, Canadaigua NY

Register Today at efc.syracusecoe.org

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*If you have a disability or a special dietary need please call Kathy Forrest at (315) 443-1131

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