Friday, March 10, 10:25-11:25am — High Desert Mushroom Cultivation and other Fungal Pursuits Saturday, March 11, 9:00-11:00am — Mushroom workshop Learn how challenges to the land in the high desert can be addressed in mushroom cultivation and working with fungi for applications like building soil structure and water retention, increasing plant health, erosion control, and
Friday March 10, 3:30-5:00pm Music during the Community Open House Tim Mooney grew up in the sunshine of California. It wasn’t long before he took to theroad, exploring the US. Each location summoned him with it’s own unique call andgravity. Although still a rambling man, Mooney now hails from Colorado – a place wherehe has
AgriVoltaics at Jack’s Solar Garden Friday, March 10, 1:20-2:20pm Byron Kominek is the owner, manager, and developer of Jack’s Solar Garden in Boulder County, Colorado – a premier site for agrivoltaics in the U.S. He is also the Executive Director of the nonprofit, the Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center, providing educational opportunities to students, community members,
Rising from the Ashes: Resilient Ranching in the Desert Las Damas Ranch and Grassland Regeneration Project Alejandro Carrillo is a fourth-generation rancher in the Chihuahuan desert. His ranch, Las Damas, along the Mexican border, is renowned for its drought resilience. Alejandro mimics the processes of nature to improve the success of his operation and business in a
Offsite tour, Friday, March 10, 2:30-3:20pm Low Till Techniques on a Small Market Farm A Tour of Guidestone’s Community & School Farm Join Guidestone’s Monica Pless, Education & Agritourism Director, and Emma Lietz Bilecky, Farm to School Director for a tour of low-till techniques on the Community & School Farm, including occultation with silage tarps,