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                                                                                                                                                  Home Grown Food Summit 2016ScheduleDay 1: Monday March 7thRonnie Cummins – 7 Ways Growing Your OwnfFood Saves The PlanetRonnie Cummins is co-founder and International Director of the Organic Consumers Association (OCA), a non-profit, U.S.-based network of two million consumers, dedicated to safeguarding organic standards and promoting a healthy, just, and sustainable system of agriculture and commerce. Justin Rhodes – How I Cut My Chicken Feed Bill 100%Justin Rhodes is an author and film producer teaching folks how to live more sustainable (freedom filled) lives by growing their own food and running their own businesses. He is a seasoned homesteader, having enjoyed many years of practicing “beyond organic” and permaculture methods on his 75-acre family farm near Asheville, NC. Justin trained under the highly accredited Geoff Lawton of PRI Australia for his Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) and has studied natural chicken care under popular author, Pat Foremen. Sam Coffman – Increasing The Potency Of Backyard HerbsSam Coffman began his medical education in the military as a U.S. Special Forces Medic (a.k.a. Green Beret medic) in 1989. At that same time, he became highly interested in herbalism as a way to provide health care in remote regions with a minimum of medical supplies. Sam has 1000s of clinical hours as both a medic on teams and in military emergency rooms, as well as working with herbs. Sam’s primary goal has become the creation of an integrative medical model that embraces both herbalism with allopathic (orthodox) models of diagnosis and treatment. John Moody – The Butcher, The Baker, The Homestead Law MakerJohn Moody serves as Executive Director on the board of the Farm-To-Consumer Legal Defense Fund. He has participated in the small farm and food freedom movement in many ways over the years, serving as administrator for one of the largest local food buying clubs in the nation (Whole Life Buying Club).Jason Matyas – How To Re-localize Your Food SupplyJason Matyas is the Executive Producer of the documentary film Beyond Off Grid, made to inspire and equip you to seek true freedom by returning to the old paths of productive households and local community interdependence.  Day 2: Tuesday March 8thDavid Holladay – How Tarahumara Indians Make Tortillas, Tamales, and MoreDavid Holladay: Widely regarded as one of the country’s foremost educators in Stone Age living skills, David is a frequent lecturer, author, and consultant on primitive technologies, edible/medicinal plants, and pre-Columbian culture. He served for 18 years as head instructor at the Boulder Outdoor Survival School and was education director of Anasazi, a wilderness program for teens. David has served as a consultant for products such as Cast Away, Survivorman, Man vs. Wild, Road Rules, and numerous others, and was most recently featured on No Man’s Land, a History Channel production.Loretta Craig – Victory GardensLoretta Craig is living on a small homestead outside of Kansas City with her husband, Don; eight cattle; fifteen chickens; five ducks; two dogs, and a barn cat. Both she and her husband were in the military and now she works full time gardening, spreading the good news of Victory Gardens, and getting back to nature. Kari Spencer – Keeping Chickens and Goats In The CityKari Spencer is a popular local gardening & homesteading speaker. Both a Master Gardener and a Master Farmer, Kari enjoys sharing her passion for growing and raising food with others. In addition to teaching classes all over the city of Phoenix, she is a talented instructor and curriculum writer in the Urban Farming department at Southwest Institute of Healing Arts. Dr. Patrick Jones – Treating The Respiratory System With Home Grown HerbsDr. Patrick Jones is a practicing veterinarian who owns and operates Fairview Animal Hospital in Buhl, ID. He also practices as a clinical herbalist (for man and beast). What makes Dr. Jones so amazing is that he grows the vast majority of the medicines he uses in his practice. For many years, he’s seen the power of herbs bless the lives of his patients—both animal and human! As a result, he has a passion for herbal medicine and an evangelical zeal to teach others about these wonderful plants.Judith McGeary – Food Safety and Cottage Food Laws For Small ProducersJudith McGeary is an attorney, activist, and sustainable farmer. After earning her B.S. from Stanford University and her J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin, she clerked for a Federal Appeals Court and went on to private law practice. During that time, she became a passionate advocate of sustainable agriculture, and she and her husband established their own livestock farm. Day 3: Wednesday March 9thCapt’n Dave – Understanding and Predicting Your Weather for Backyard Food GrowersCap’n Dave’s life has depended on his ability to read the weather. He is a professional air pilot, marine captain, and prepper keeping his homegrown food supply in top production.Born and raised near Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, Dave learned at an early age to fish, hunt, and grow food, along with myriad outdoor skills. He grew up loving shooting sports, surfing, SCUBA diving, spelunking, and backpacking wilderness trails. In the early 80s, he earned credentials as a SCUBA instructor and USCG certified boat Captain.Bill McDorman – Basic Seed SavingBill McDorman is currently Executive Director of Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance, Ketchum, Idaho. He got his start in the bio-regional seed movement in 1979, when he helped start Garden City Seeds in Missoula, Montana. Dan Bussey – How To Graft Apple TreesDan Bussey is the author of the 7 volume set “The Illustrated History of Apples in North America”, which is an encyclopedia documenting all 17,000 apple varieties known to have grown between the years 1623 and 2000. Dan nurtures over 1,100 varieties of apples in his position as orchard manager for the Seed Savers Exchange’s Heritage Orchard in Iowa.  Ralph Rhodes – Worm FarmingRalph Rhoads is the owner and manager of Nature’s Footprint, Inc. in Bellingham, Washington, the world’s largest supplier of worm bin composters. After receiving a BA from Seattle Pacific University, Ralph became a public school teacher. He went on to be an outdoor camp education director and taught adult education classes, “Living on Less and Enjoying it More.” For 12 years, he produced Good Earth Expositions and Lifestyle shows in Oregon and Washington.Nathan Crane – The Search For SustainabilityNathan Crane is an award-winning author, inspirational speaker, and conscious filmmaker dedicated to helping every human being experience a healthy, sustainable, meaningful life.From addiction, dependency, jail, and homelessness, to a profound spiritual awakening becoming a highly sought after international entrepreneur of personal empowerment, Nathan found his life’s purpose in helping people experience more health, joy, and fulfillment in their lives – dissolving harmful habits and mental attachments – and experiencing physical, mental, emotional, financial and spiritual transformation.  Day 4: Thursday March 10thJacqueline Freeman – Natural and Treatment Free Bee-Keeping For BeginnersJacqueline Freeman speaks bee. Her book, “The Song of Increase: Returning to our Sacred Partnership with Honeybees,” has been on three of Amazon’s “top 100” lists every day since it came out.Her farm and bee videos have had over a million views on YouTube and show the warm and kind relationship she has with bees and her farm animals.Nicole Telkes – The Business Of Community Herbalism Nicole Telkes is a Practicing Herbalist, RH(AHG), writer, speaker, and naturalist from Austin, TX. She has a background in botanical studies, plant conservation work, community activism, and herbal first aid clinics. Nicole has spent the last 20 years traveling around wild and weedy corners of North America studying and using bioregional native and naturalized medicinal plants. Deborah Nieman – Raising Goats NaturallyDeborah Niemann is a homesteader, writer, and self-sufficiency expert. In 2002, she relocated her family from the suburbs of Chicago to a 32-acre parcel on a creek “in the middle of nowhere”. Together, they built their own home and began growing the majority of their own food. Sheep, pigs, cattle, goats, chickens, and turkeys supply meat, eggs, and dairy products, while an organic garden and orchard provides fruit and vegetables. Roger Doiron – Eat Thew ViewRoger Doiron has been named one of the “10 Most Inspiring People In Sustainable Food” by the editors of Fast Company magazine. He was the force behind the successful campaign to replant a kitchen garden at the White House. And he is also the founder and director of Kitchen Gardeners International (KGI), a Maine-based non-profit network of over 35,000 individuals from 120 countries who are growing their own food and helping others to do the same. Carole Deppe – Plant, Ignore, and Harvest: The Super Simple Greens GardenCarole Deppe: Founder and owner of Fertile Valley Seeds, Carol Deppe holds a PhD in Biology from Harvard University and specializes in developing open source crops for organic systems, superior flavor, agricultural resilience, and human survival for the next thousand years.She is author of Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties: The Gardener’s and Farmer’s Guide to Plant Breeding and Seed Saving, The Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times, and The Tao of Vegetable Gardening: Cultivating Tomatoes, Greens, Peas, Beans, Squash, Joy, and Serenity.  Day 5: Friday March 11thMarjory Wildcraft – How The Tarahumara Indians Grow Their Own FoodMarjory Wildcraft is an Expedition Leader, Bioneer Blogger, and found of The [Grow] Network, which is an online community that recognizes the wisdom of “homegrown food on every table.”Marjory has been featured as an expert on sustainable living by National Geographic, she is a speaker at Mother Earth News fairs, and is a returning guest on Coast to Coast AM.She is also the author of several books, but is best known for her “Grow Your Own Groceries” video series, which is used by more than 300,000 homesteaders, survivalists, universities, and missionary organizations around the world.Ira Wallace – Growing Great GarlicIra Wallace is a worker/owner of the cooperatively managed Southern Exposure Seed Exchange (www.SouthernExposure.com) which offers over 700 varieties of open-pollinated heirloom and organic seeds selected for flavor and regional adaptability. Southern Exposure helps people keep control of their food supply by supporting sustainable home and market gardening, seed saving, and preserving heirloom varieties. Paul Munsen – Cooking With The Power Of The SunPaul Munsen is the president of SUN OVENS INTERNATIONAL. For the past 18 years Paul has devoted his life to sharing fundamental Sun Oven Cooking techniques with people all over the world. Paul has been involved in solar cooking projects and taught solar cooking on 5 continents. SUN OVENS are made in the USA and the company is committed to helping people in the US prepare for emergencies and save energy while using a portion of the proceeds to work in third world countries. Ty Bollinger – Is The Cure For Cancer In Your Backyard?Ty Bollinger: After losing several family members to cancer, Ty Bollinger refused to accept that chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery were the most effective treatments for cancer patients.He began a quest to learn all he could about alternative cancer treatments. And what he uncovered was shocking. There is ample evidence to support the allegation that the “war on cancer” is largely a fraud and that multi-national pharmaceutical companies are “running the show.”Machaelle Small Wright – Co-Creative Gardening: Partnering with Nature for Amazing GrowthMachaelle Wright is an author, researcher and co-creative scientist who has worked in partnership with nature for 40 years. She lives in Virginia at Perelandra, her home and research center. Her work has resulted in a new science called “co-creative science.” Traditional science is the study of reality and how it works. Co-creative science is the study of reality and how it works by man and nature (nature intelligence) working together in a partnership as peers. Perelandra’s garden laboratory operates according to nature’s principles of balance. As a result of her work with nature intelligence, Machaelle has developed guidelines anyone may use to establish a balanced environment. Sayer Ji – 10 Super Foods You Can Grow YourselfSayer Ji is the founder and chair of www.GreenMedInfo.com. His writings have been published in the Wellbeing Journal, the Journal of Gluten Sensitivity, and have been featured on numerous websites, including Mercola.com, NaturalNews.com, and Truthout.org. Day 6: Saturday March 12thDr. Josh Axe – Why Eat Dirt? Dr. Josh Axe, DNM, DC, CNS is a doctor of natural medicine, nutritionist, and author with a passion to help people get well using food as medicine.  Dr. Axe has been a physician for many professional athletes. In 2009, he began working with the Wellness Advisory Council and traveled to the 2012 Games in London to work with USA athletes. Dr. Axe is an expert in herbal medicine, nutrition, digestive health, and athletic performance. He has been featured on many television shows and stations, including the Dr. Oz Show, CBS and NBC. Doug Simons – How To Make Your Own Tarahumara style SandalsDoug Simons began learning about native plants from his mother. His awareness, knowledge and connection to the plant world has only grown stronger through his life. His learning and practicing of medicine has taken place in the Western U.S., Mexico, Central and South America. Through these travels he has learned from many indigenous cultures, some of which include the Tarahumara, the Tohono O’Odham, and the Navajo.Geoff Lawton – Property Purchase Checklist Geoff Lawton is a renowned Permaculture consultant, designer, and teacher who has educated over 15,000 students worldwide. He has done thousands of permaculture designs on six continents in nearly fifty countries for clients that have included private individuals, communities, governments, aid organizations, non-government organizations, and multinational companies.Susan Weed – Nourishing Infusions For Better HealthSusun S. Weed, a green witch and wise woman, is an extraordinary teacher with a joyous spirit, a powerful presence, and an encyclopedic knowledge of herbs and health. She is the voice of the Wise Woman Way, where common weeds, simple ceremony, and compassionate listening support and nourish health/wholeness/holiness. Allison Martin – Heritage GoatsAlison Martin is the Interim Executive Director at The Livestock Conservancy, a membership organization for conserving heritage livestock and poultry. Martin is responsible for leading and building capacity in the Livestock Conservancy’s programs and operations. Patricia Foreman – Eggs-trodinary Eggs: The Tips, Science, Secrets and Politics of EggsPatricia Foreman: For over 25 years, Patricia has kept heritage chickens for eggs and meat, to help with the kitchen garden and soil enhancement, for entertainment, and as research assistants for her many books and workshops. Chickens are her teachers.As Patricia says: “Even though I have a degree in Animal Science from Purdue University, my chickens have been my teachers… I’m chicken taught.”Day 7: Sunday March 13thDavid The Good – Extreme Composting , The MovieDavid Goodman is a naturalist, part-time scientist and hard-core gardener who has grown his own food since 1984. At age five, he sprouted a bean in a Dixie cup of soil and hasn’t stopped growing since. Greg Peterson – 3 Steps To Jump-starting Your Urban FarmGreg Peterson is a green living and sustainability innovator and educator, on a mission to inspire people to embrace their own greenness. In 2001, Greg transformed his home into The Urban Farm (www.urbanfarm.org), a real world environmental showcase in the heart of Phoenix, Arizona. Jeannette Beranger – Picking Heritage PigsJeannette Beranger is a Program Manager for The Livestock Conservancy, an organization dedicated to the conservation of historic and traditional breeds of livestock and poultry. She spends much of her time working directly with farmers and consumers that are in need of technical or marketing assistance for their endangered breed projects. When she’s not in the office, she is in the field discovering and documenting threatened populations of farm animals that may be in danger of extinction. Dr. Patrick Jones – Herbal Treatment of Wounds and LacerationsDr. Patrick Jones is a practicing veterinarian who owns and operates Fairview Animal Hospital in Buhl, ID. He also practices as a clinical herbalist (for man and beast). What makes Dr. Jones so amazing is that he grows the vast majority of the medicines he uses in his practice. For many years, he’s seen the power of herbs bless the lives of his patients—both animal and human! As a result, he has a passion for herbal medicine and an evangelical zeal to teach others about these wonderful plants.Scott Wright – The Sunflower Circle: Creating Sacred SpaceScott Wright has a deep passion for nature and capturing the beauty of the planet through his photography. Affectionately referred to as Scotty Sunflower Seed, he has developed a spiritual practice in his Sunflower Circle that brings about personal healing, awareness and abundance. John Dromgoole – The Organic Method John Dromgoole is the owner of The Natural Gardener, Austin’s award-winning organic garden center that was recently named one of the Top 5 Garden Centers in the United States as well as #1 Garden Centre in the Southwest by Today’s Garden Centre Magazine._Upload by adishonerv69.PU and above available right now. Regular users upgrade your accounts to get access.