Location:

Community Meeting Room (Basement)

Leelanau Government Center

8527 E, Government Center Dr.

Suttons Bay, MI 49682

Date:

September 9th

-Time: 9:00 – 4:00

Tentative Schedule

The Perennial Farm Ecosystem Conference

An event that will focus on the health of the soil, nutrition of trees and vines, and the significance of pollinator habitat in perennial farm systems.

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 Breakfast snacks/Coffee

10:00 – 10:25 MAEAP Program Overview (MAEAP Phase 1 Event) – Adam Brown/Dan Busby

10:30 – 11:15 – The Importance of Pollinator habitat in perennial Farm systems – (*MSU Extension Agent TBD)

11:30 – 12:15 Lunch

12:30 – 1:00 Soil Health/ Apple Replant Disease – Emily Lavely

1:15 – 1:45 – AEA Representative – Plant sap analysis and Nutrient management for pest and disease control

Break 1.45 -2:00

2:00 – 3:30 – Tenets of Soil Health and maintaining soil health in perennial systems – Dane Terrill