Overview Schedules

Pre-Conference Workshop Schedule
Saturday, January 22, 2022
7:00 AM to 5:00 PM	Registration & Info	North Entry Foyer
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM	Trade Show Set-up	Roanoke Ballroom AB
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM	Silent Auction Drop off and Set-up	Check in at Registration/Info Table
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Lunch break from 12:30-1:30 PM	No-Till Intensive Vegetable Culture with Bryan O’Hara	Pocahontas
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Lunch break from 12:30-1:30 PM	Principles to Produce Nutrient Dense Food & Defining Food Quality: Tools, Science and Collaboration with Dan Kittredge	Appalachian
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM	Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms with Mark Jones	Shenandoah B
Ticketed Lunch: Noon to 2:00 PM	LUNCH is served for 2 hours, buffet style. Turn in ticket at Dining Room entrance.	Regency Overlook Dining Room
2:00 to 5:00 PM	Digging Deep on Growing Grains with Common Grain Alliance with Onawa Dufresne-Barger and Heather Coiner	Shenandoah B
6:00 PM	Farming Film Shorts by Certified Naturally Grown	Shenandoah B
6:30 PM	Kiss the Ground Movie Showing	Shenandoah B
Farming Film Shorts by Certified Naturally Grown:
Pest Prevention with Row Cover & Insect Netting (5:00)
Weeding at the Thread Stage (5:32)
Choosing the Right Drip Tape (3:23)
What to Expect when You’re Inspecting (9:59)

Conference Overview Schedule
Sunday, January 23, 2022
7:00 AM to 6:00 PM	Registration & Info	North Entry Foyer
7:00 AM to 8:00 AM	Yoga for Farmers	Roanoke Ballroom D
8:00 AM to 6:00 PM	Tradeshow and Silent Auction
8:30 AM to 5:30 PM	Youth Program	Bent Mountain
8:30 to 10:00 AM	Session A (Book signings following)
Break	Trade show, Silent Auction, Fireside Chats	Roanoke Ballroom AB
10:30 AM to 12:00 PM	Session B (Book signings following)
12:15 to 1:45 PM	LUNCH-Opening Remarks by Janine Parker Woods, Virginia State University & Keynote Address by Amyrose Foll	Roanoke Ballroom CH
2:00 to 9:00 PM	Taste of Virginia Market & Expo	Crystal Ballroom
2:00 to 3:30 PM	Session C (Book signings following)
Break	Trade show, Silent Auction, Fireside Chats	Roanoke Ballroom AB
4:00 to 5:30 PM	Session D (Book signings following)
Break	Trade show, Silent Auction, Fireside Chats	Roanoke Ballroom AB
5:45 PM	DINNER, Keynote Address by Karen Washington	Roanoke Ballroom CH
7:30 to 9:30 PM	Taste of Virginia Social with DJ	Crystal Ballroom

Monday, January 24, 2022
7:00 AM to 5:00 PM	Registration & Info	North Entry Foyer
7:00 to 8:00 AM	Yoga for Farmers	Roanoke Ballroom D
7:30 to 8:15 AM	Regional Networking Meetings
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM	Tradeshow and Silent Auction	Roanoke Ballroom AB
8:30 AM to 5:00 PM	Youth Program	Bent Mountain
8:30 to 10:00 AM	Session E (Book signings following)
Break	Trade show, Silent Auction, Fireside Chats	Roanoke Ballroom AB
10:30 AM to 12:00 PM	Session F (Book signings following)
12:15 to 1:15 PM	LUNCH & Annual VABF Member Meeting	Roanoke Ballroom CH
1:30 to 3:00 PM	Session G (Book signings following)
2:00 PM	Silent Auction Bidding Ends	Appalachian
Break	Trade show, Fireside Chats	Roanoke Ballroom AB
3:00 to 5:00 PM	Silent Auction Pick-Up & Payment	Roanoke Ballroom AB
3:30 to 5:00 PM	Session H (Book signings following)