Southwest Indiana Homesteading Conference

2024 Conference

About the Conference

The Southwest Indiana Homesteading Conference will help current, beginning, and prospective small farmers in the Tri-State area improve and diversify their small farm and homestead operations. Conference participants will receive information on production methods and processes from a variety of experts to plan for new ventures, improve current production and profitability, and diversify current operations. The event will also feature vendor booths with products and services geared towards small farm and homestead operations.

March 8-9, 2024

Friedman Park Event Center

2700 Park Blvd

Newburgh, IN 47630

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Agenda
Time(CST)	Lakeside Ballroom	Fireside Ballroom
7:50 am	Welcome Amanda Mosiman
8:00am-8:50am	Intensive vegetable production Sarah Brackney, Purdue Extension-Daviess County	Cover cropping Holly McCutcheon-Warrick County Soil and Water Conservation District
9:00am-9:50am	Tree fruit-production and storage Amanda Mosiman, Purdue Extension-Warrick County	Indiana Small Business Development Center Danielle Powell, ISBDC Sara Dzimianski, Purdue Extension-Perry County
10:00am-10:50am	Beekeeping Gina Anderson, Purdue Extension-Floyd County	Storage crops: post-harvest handling and storage techniques Amanda Bradshaw-Burks, Purdue Extension-Vanderburgh County
11:00am-noon	Lunch	Lunch
12:00pm-12:50pm	Rainwater collection and storage Megan Ritterskamp, Posey County Soil and Water Conservation District	Organic gardening Amy Rhodes, Purdue Extension-Posey County
1:00pm-1:50pm	Backyard chickens Amanda Mosiman, Purdue Extension-Warrick County	Growing gourmet mushrooms for food and profit Sarah Brackney, Purdue Extension-Daviess County
2:00pm-2:50pm	Soil health and composting Amanda Bradshaw-Burks, Purdue Extension-Vanderburgh County	Small Fruit Crops – Brambles, etc Nick Held, Purdue Extension-Spencer County