Urban, Rural & Indigenous Agroforestry in the Southwest - Let's Network!

Southwest Agroforestry Action Network

Urban, Rural & Indigenous Agroforestry in the Southwest - Let's Network!

 

Helping people integrate trees, crops and animals to regenerate Southwest landscapes.

 

In person and virtual options

Early-Rate Registration Available Through May 31!

WHEN: July 11-13, 2023

WHERE: Green Farm Barn, Chatfield Farms, DBG, Littleton, Colorado (or Via Zoom on July 11)

CEUs: The following continuing education units have been approved: 

• 8.50 International Society of Aboriculture CEUs
• Society of American Foresters CFEs
• 15 American Society of Agronomy CEUs.

Download the Agenda / Download the Presenter Bios

Tuesday, July 11, Presentations

8:00 - 8:30 am Registration

Morning Moderator: Dana Coelho, Urban & Community Forester Program Manager, Colorado State Forest Service

8:30 – 8:45 am Welcome to Conference

• Matthew M. McCombs, State Forester and Director, Colorado State Forest Service (confirmed)
• Clint Evans, State Conservationist, Colorado, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (invited)

8:45 – 9:15 am Urban Agroforestry & EQIP - An Opportunity To Explore!

• Susan Stein, USDA NRCS/ACES Agroforestry Specialist, Washington, D.C.

9:15 – 10:00 am Growing Urban Agriculture Partnerships-Technical Assistance Guide & Regenerate Wheat Ridge

• Susan Bennett, Environmental Interpreter, Parks and Recreation, City of Wheat Ridge, CO, in partnership with Jefferson County Conservation District

10:00 – 10:15 am  BREAK

10:15 – 11:00 am Urban Agroforestry - The Etkin Family Food Forest Initiative, DUG

• Creighton Hofeditz, Director of Permaculture and Perennials, Denver Urban Gardens, Denver, CO

11:00 – 11:45 am SW Tribal Agroforestry Outreach Project

• James Calabaza, Indigenous Lands Program Director, Trees, Water & People, Fort Collins, CO

11:45 – Noon  Closing thoughts from our morning session

• Dr. James Allen, Professor, School of Forestry, College of the Environment, Forestry and Natural Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ

Noon – 1:00 pm LUNCH AND NETWORKING (Lunch is provided)

Afternoon Moderator: Steven J. Price, Utah State Extension Assistant Professor, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and 4H, Price, UT

1:00 – 1:45 pm Cedar Springs Farm

• Jake Takiff, Owner, Cedar Springs Farm, Hotchkiss, CO

1:45 – 2:30 pm Drylands Agroecology Research - Dryland Agroforestry for the Arid West

• Amy Scanes-Wolfe, Director of Research & Community Outreach (DAR)

2:30 – 3:00 pm BREAK

3:00 – 3:45 pm Soil Health – How To’s for Yard and Field!

• Rutger Myers, Soil Health Technician, Chatfield Farms, Denver Botanic Gardens, Littleton, CO

3:45 – 4:30 pm Landscape Edible Garden Design 101 & Colorado Springs Neighborhood Community Project

• Kelly Bull, Horticulturalist and Educator, Permaculture Design, Colorado Springs, CO

4:30 – 4:45 pm  Closing thoughts from our afternoon session

• Christopher Jones, Extension Agent, Agriculture & Natural Resources Programs, University of Arizona, Gila County Cooperative Extension, AZ

4:45 pm – 5:00 pm Logistics/Announcements

4:45 – 5:00 pm Preparation/logistics for Field Tour/Location to meet/Q&A.

6:00 – 8:00 pm Group dinner, Location TBD

Wednesday, July 12, Field tour

(Meet at 8:00 am at Chatfield Farms DBG, Parking Lot)

8:00 am – 5:00 pm

8:00 – 9:00 am Chatfield Farms, DBG - Regenerative Agriculture, Agroforestry, the Community Supported Agriculture Program (CSA), the Urban Food Initiatives, Educational Program for Veterans – and More!

• Josie Hart, Associate Director of Farm Programs, Chatfield Farms, DBG – Community Supported Agriculture Program (CSA), Littleton, CO

10:00 am – Noon Tour Yellow Barn Farm, the 100-acre scaled demonstration site for Drylands Agroecology Research. Learn how this non-profit organization is using dryland agroforestry as a model for reversing desertification, sequestering carbon, and building biodiverse agro-ecosystems in Boulder County.

• Nick DiDomenico, Co-Executive Director, DAR, and Azuraye Wycoff, Owner, Yellow Barn Farm & Operations Director, DAR, Longmont, CO

Noon – 1:00 pm Lunch

2:00 – 3:00 pm DUG’s Volunteer Tree Keepers and Community Food Forest Management

• Creighton Hofeditz, Barnum Community Orchard, Denver Urban Gardens, Denver, CO

Return to Chatfield Farms Green Farm Barn Parking Lot.

4:00 – 5:00 pm Enjoy/explore the Chatfield Farms, DBG, Littleton, CO

Thursday, July 13, SWAAN Business Meeting - Optional

9:00 am – Noon Physical location: Chatfield Farms, DBG, Polly Steele Center (next to Green Farm Barn).

Conference Hotels

Special-Rate Conference hotel is Hampton Inn Littleton, CO. 

Our negotiated block rate for the conference is $155: Book Hotel Now.

For more info on the hotel and venue, click here.

Our overflow hotel is the Holiday Express Hotel & Suites Littleton with a negotiated block rate of $139: Book Hotel Now.

For additional information about the conference, please contact: swagroforestry@gmail.com