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The 31st National Pesticide Forum Sustainable Families, Farms and Food
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| 12:00-4:30pm | Food Hub and Organic Gardens Tour - Limited space available, you must RSVP! |
| 5:00pm | Registration begins at University of New Mexico's Centennial Engineering Center Auditorium |
| 5:00-6:00pm | Pesticides 101: Caroline Cox |
| 6:00-10:30pm | Welcome and Keynote |
| 6:00-6:45pm Reception | |
| 6:45-7:00pm Welcome | |
| 7:00-8:30pm Performance: A Sense of Wonder | |
8:30-9:30pm Keynote Panel: Don Bustos, Clayton Brascoupe, Loretta Sandoval and Arturo Sandoval |
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| 9:30-10:30pm Reception |
Saturday, April 6
| 8:00-8:30am | Breakfast/Registration begins in University of New Mexico's Student Union Building (SUB) in Ballroom C and A |
| 8:30-8:45am | Welcome |
| 8:45-10:15am | Keynotes: Andrew Kimbrell, Joel Forman, MD |
| 10:15-11:00am | Panel: Pesticide Science & Health Isaac Pessah, PhD, Lynn Carroll, PhD |
| 11:15-12:45pm | Workshop Block 1 (see below) |
| 12:45-2:30pm | Lunch and Keynote |
| 12:45-1:30pm Lunch Served | |
| 1:15-1:30pm The Honorable Michelle Lujan Grisham | |
| 1:30- 2:15pm Keynote: Tyrone Hayes, PhD | |
| 2:30-3:45pm | Panel: Organic Land Management and Cutting Edge Alternatives Lani Malmberg, Matthew Chew, Ann Adams, John McMullin |
| 4:00-5:30pm | Workshop Block 2 (see below) |
| Dinner, evening keynote, and reception will then be held in the Centennial Engineering Center Auditorium | |
| 5:30-7:00pm | Dinner |
| 7:00-10:30pm | Plenary, Keynote and Reception |
| 7:00-7:45pm Keynote Speaker: Jeff Moyer | |
| 7:45-8:30pm Panel: Kara Bobroff, Richard Moore and Courtney White | |
| 8:30-9:00pm Discussion | |
| 9:00-10:30pm Reception |
Workshop Block 1 (tentative)
- Pesticides and Health: In-Depth
- Foodshed Movement and the New Agrarians
- Genetically Engineered Food
- Protecting Cultural Food Security and Biodiversity
Workshop Block 2 (tentative)
- Organic Land Management/Alternatives: In-Depth
- Pollinators and Pesticides
- Agua es Vida, Water in the Southwest
- Resilience Planning 101
Registration covers access to all sessions, including organic food and beverage, Friday night performance and farm tours on Friday afternoon. However, space is limited for the tours, so please RSVP to forum@beyondpesticides.org if you would like to attend the tours as well.
Organic food and beverage during meals and receptions are included in the cost of registration. Throughout the conference, enjoy Agri-cultura Network salad greens and vegetables from UNM Lobo Gardens and the Veteran Farmer Project. Other local and organic foods including beef, cheese, beans, potatoes, pecans, peanut butter, flour, honey and more, will be sourced by forum co-sponsor and co-convener, La Montanita Co-op's Distribution Center and cooked by UNM Chef Shawn Weed, at meals during the conference.
Watch videos from the 30th National Pesticide Forum. For more information, including the speaker line up and schedule of events from last year's conference, download the brochure.
THANK YOU! The generosity of our sponsors helps make conferences a great event year after year. The sponsors listed below contributed to the 30th National Pesticide Forum scholarship fund, making it possible for people from around the country to participate in one of the most important grassroots pesticide meetings of the year. Learn more about becoming a sponsor. Click on the logos for more information.
