About the Conference

The Southwest Indiana Homesteading Conference will help current, beginning, and prospective small farmers and homesteaders 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.

May 16-17, 2025 

Daughters of Charity St. Vincent Conference Center

9200 New Harmony Rd

Evansville, IN 47720

 

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Conference Quick Links

Pre-conference Workshop - Food Preservation

May 16 - 12:00-4:00 PM CDT

$35 per person (+$4.19 registration processing fee)

 

Main Conference 

May 17 - 8:00 AM-4:00 PM CDT

$40 per person (+$4.52 registration processing fee)

Pre-registration due by May 9th

 Conference Flyer

 Registration Link

 

 

Conference Agenda
Time
Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Track 4 
8:00 AM ********************Welcome & Logistics**********************
8:15 AM Raising Poultry (Beginner) Mushroom Production (Advanced) Soil Health/Nutrient Management (Advanced) N/A
9:15 AM Foraging/Edible Landscaping Seed Saving (Beginner) Pesticide Use in the Homestead (Beginner) N/A
10:15 AM Intensive Vegetable Gardening (Advanced) Fruit Tree Production: Pruning (Advanced) Sheep & Goats (Beginner) N/A
11:00 AM *****************************Lunch****************************
12:00 PM Soil Health Trailer Straw Bale Gardening Open Fire Cooking
12:30 PM

Hydroponics & Aquaponics

 Poultry Processing Small Engines Beekeeping
1:00 PM Soil Health Trailer Straw Bale Gardening Open Fire Cooking
1:30 PM

Hydroponics & Aquaponics

 Poultry Processing Small Engines
2:00 PM Soil Health Trailer Straw Bale Gardening Open Fire Cooking
2:30 PM

Hydroponics &  Aquaponics

 Poultry Processing Small Engines Beekeeping

 (Session topics and times subject to change)

Daughters of Charity St. Vincent Conference Center

9200 New Harmony Rd

Evansville, IN 47720

 

Presentations and supplemental materials from the 2024 conference sessions will be posted here as they become available.

Intensive Vegetable Production - Sarah Brackney

     Slides (PDF)

cover Cropping - HOlly McCutchan

     Cover Crop References & Resources (PDF)   

Tree Fruit Production and storage - Amanda Mosiman

     Slides (PDF)

Indiana Small Business Development Center-Agribusiness Initiative - Dominic Poggi & Sara Dzimianski

     Slides (PDF)

Beekeeping - Gina Anderson

     Slides (PDF)

     Recommended Indiana-native Plants for Attracting Pollinators

Storage Crops: Post-Harvest Handling and Storage Techniques - Amanda Bradshaw-Burks

     Slides (PDF)

Organic Gardening - Amy Rhodes

     Slides (PDF)

     Indiana Home Gardeners' Guide, HO-32 (PDF)

Backyard Chickens - Amanda Mosiman

     Slides (PDF)

Growing Gourmet Mushrooms for Food and Profit - Sarah Brackney

     Slides (PDF)

Soil Health and Composting - Amanda Bradshaw-Burks

     Slides-Backyard Composting (PDF)

     Slides-Soil Health (PDF)

     Composting with Black Soldier Flies (PDF)

     Black Soldier Fly Composting Recruitment Poster (PDF)

Small Fruit Crops - Nicholas Held

     Slides (PDF)