GoatGreen, LLC Land Management & Fire Mitigation Through Contract Grazing Goats Friday, 10:25-11:25am Donny Benz is the Co-founder and owner of Goat Green, LLC, a goat grazing service businessutilizing 1,500 head of Cashmere goats for land restoration; weed control, fire fuel loadmitigation, erosion control, oilfield reclamation, reseeding brush control and overall landrejuvenation to meet landowners’
Asian Palate, Buena Vista Eat Where You Live panel Friday, 9:15-10:15am With a longtime affection for the community and surrounding valley, Eddie Sandoval moved to Buena Vista in 2008 to open The Asian Palate, a family-owned and operated restaurant, specializing in sushi and Southeast Asian cuisine. The Palate has made a recent shift from a
Rocky Mountain Farmers Union New Ag Labor Law Friday, 10:25-11:25am Dan Waldvogle is the Director of Rocky Mountain Farmers Union and leads legislative, policy and membership organizing efforts representing our roughly 17,000 family farmer and rancher members. He has a diverse background in agriculture where he has raised livestock, practiced meat processing and produced specialty
Growing Guides: Growing Produce at High Elevation Friday breakout session Old Fort Lewis at Hesperus Beth brings many years of experience in agriculture to the Old Fort. After serving as an instructor in the FLC Agriculture and Biology Department for 17 years and a researcher for a Colorado State University Agriculture Experiment Station, she became
Friday, 10:25-11:25am Worm Farming on a Small Scale Erika Babbitt-Rogers is the owner/operator of Wyoming Worm Wrangler. She was born and raised in Wyoming and now lives in Laramie Wyoming with her family (which includes horses, dogs, chickens, turkeys, ducks, a cat, and of course worms). She was a graduate from the University of Wyoming