Join us if you are…

MARCH 11

8:00-   – Registration and Beverages
8:30 –  Land Acknowledgement, Welcome
9:00 – Indigenous Lands, Indigenous Agroforestry, Traditional Knowledge
James Calabaza (Trees, Water, People); Alicia Thompson (National Young Farmers Coalition), Treston Chee (Trees, Water, People)
10.30 Break
10:50 Land-based agricultural wisdom, traditional farming
JoseLuis Ortiz y Muniz
11:50 LUNCH provided
13:00 Holistic Management and application for planning and managing silvopasture-agroforest systems
Owen Hablutzel, Holistic Management International
13.45 The potential for pecan silvopasturein the Southwest
Noble Institute
14:15 A Holistic Approach to Improving Collaborative Management
Ann Adams, Holistic Management International
15:30 Break
15:45 Growing Connections: Integrating trees into sustainable land stewardship
All participants break-out group discussion. Purpose: to foster meaningful conversations and idea exchange among attendees interested in agroforestry, traditional knowledge, permaculture, holistic management, land stewardship etc. The session aims to facilitate networking amongst conference attendees, help build connections, share knowledge, inspire collaborations, generate ideas for SWAAN outreach and education events
16:30 Report back in plenary

MARCH 12

8:00 Registration and beverages
8:25 Welcome back!
8:30 USDA Programs for supporting agroforestry and solutions for small-scale farms
Joe Alley, USDA-NRCS National Agroforester
9:00 Keyline Design for southwestern lands; heirloom trees
Gordon Tooley, Tooley’s Trees, Keyline Design.
9:30 Ecological restoration planning
Jan Willem-Jansen, Ecotone
10:30 New Mexico’s young farmers – promoting sustainability, community engagement, overcoming challenges
Ana Moran, LeVar Eady, Ash Abeyta (National Young Farmers Coalition)
12:00 LUNCH provided
12:45  TOURS – participants will be contacted after registration to select preferred tours
The Raincatcher, Santa Fe
Santa Ana Pueblo Native Plant Nursery Bernalillo
Chelenzo Farms, Cerillos
Others awaiting confirmation
17:00 Buses return to Santa Fe Community College

MARCH 13

8:00 Beverages
8:25 Welcome back!
8:30 New Mexico Healthy Soil Program Katie Goetz, Dean Bruce, New Mexico Department of Agriculture
9:00 (i) Opportunities for biochar and forestry biomass management in Northern NM;
(ii) Agroforestry Experiences in Chiapas, Mexico
Tomasz Falkowski, University of New Mexico
9:30 Climate-ready trees Marisa Thomson, New Mexico State University
10.00 Community-building with Agroforestry
Kelly Bull, Kelly Bull Permaculture Design
10:30 Break
11:00 To be confirmed
11:45 LUNCH provided
12:45 TOURS – Offered based on participant interest.
There are locations further from Santa Fe (e.g., Albuquerque) which we will reach out to if there is sufficient interest from participants.