US: Impressive speaker line-up confirmed for Seedstock Conference at UCLA

During the Seedstock Sustaianble Ag Conference at UCLA, a broad lineup of speakers – from urban agriculture experts, sustainable farmers and aquaponics entrepreneurs to investors, crowdfunding experts and organic and local buyers and distributors – will cover a variety of topics including: growing new farmers; the social and economic impact of urban farming; the future of farmers markets; sustainable ag innovation; and, funding for new farmers and ag entrepreneurs.

Confirmed speakers are :

Joe Swartz - Sky Vegetables
Dwight Detter - Whole Foods Market
Val Dolcini - CA State Executive Director of the USDA's Farm Service Agency
Erik Oberholtzer - Tender Greens
Dan Allen - Farmscape
Colin and Karen Archipley - Archi’s Acres
Brent Taylor - Beyond Meat
Adam Chapnick - Indiegogo
David Rosenstein - EVO Farm
Thaddeus Barsotti - Farm Fresh To You
Paul Greive - Primal Pastures
Erika Block - Local Orbit
Sharon Cech - Urban Environmental Policy Institute (UEPI)
Phil Cruver - Catalina Sea Ranch
Rachel Surls - UCANR Sustainable Food Systems Advisor
Adam Navidi - Future Foods Farms, Green2go Restaurant and Market
Laura Avery - Santa Monica Farmers Market
Chris Higgins - Hort Americas, LLC
Nicola Kerslake - Battle Born Venture Fund-
John Mesko - Sustainable Farming Association
Lucy Norris - Northwest Agriculture Business Center
Zack Porter - Proteus Environmental Technologies
Sanjay Rajpoot - Sustainable Microfarms

You have less than one month remains to purchase your ticket for the 2nd Annual Seedstock Sustainable Agriculture Innovation Conference that will be held in Korn Hall at UCLA Anderson School of Management on November 6 in Los Angeles. Limited tickets remain for the pre-conference Sustainable Farm Field Trip and farmers market dinner at Josie Restaurant in Santa Monica on November 5.

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