Saturday Conference schedule

7:30     Registration and Vendors (ballroom)

8:30     Welcome – Introduce Sponsors and  basic housekeeping,  

9:00     Tourism as an Income Generator - (Ballroom) 

Then separate tracks

Business Track - Growing my Revenue    

10:00   Insurance- how to protect your business 

11:15   Farm Credit- so how do you get a loan to start your farm? 

12:30   Lunch(ballroom)

1:15     Keynote in the Ballroom during dessert -Allison Vaught

2:15    Value Added Food Products from the Farm…What You Need to Know about Food Regulation and Food Safety selling to the public

3:30     Wholesale and retail. Am I ready for the next step? 

4:45     Briefing about Saturday evening activities           

6:00     Sat evening activities 

Plant Track- Growing my Business

10:00   Cooking with Lavender- the basics of a using culinary lavender, tips and tricks for incorporating Lavender in existing recipes

11:15   Culinary Lavender in Cocktails/Mocktails - gin, vodka, sours and bitters-how to craft extracts for cocktails and mocktails 

12:30   Lunch ballroom

1:15    Keynote in the ballroom during dessert Allison Vaught

2:15    Propagation- patented and non-patented plants 

3:30    Essential oils-  TBA

4:45    Briefing about Saturday evening activities

6:00    Sat evening activities 

Product Track- Growing my Product line

10:00   Cold Process Soap (FEE)

12:30    Lunch ballroom

1:15      Keynote in the ballroom during dessert Allison Vaught

2:15      Bath Bombs (FEE)

3:30      Broom making  ( FEE)

4:45      Briefing about the evening activities

6:00      Sat evening activities

                Sunday Schedule

7:30     Vendors

8:00     Distillation demo and presentation ballroom 

Then separate tracks

Business track- Growing my Revenue

10:30    Using AI to save you time and increase productivity

12:00    Lunch/ ballroom -Discussion of Lavender Trails  Soap cutting

1:15      Online classes- live streaming  to increase your revenue 

2:30      Upping your presence on Social media  

4:00      Close (Ballroom)

Growing Track -Growing my business

10:30    Diversification- expand your revenue base with a secondary crop - increase your revenue stream. 

12:00    Lunch / ballroom -Discussion of Lavender Trails  Soap cutting

1:15      Diseases- signs and possible remediation 

2:30      Organic versus naturally grown 

4:00      Close ( Ballroom)

Product Track- Growing my Product Line

10:30    Safe usage of essential oils – creating roller balls etc.

12:00    Lunch/ ballroom -Discussion of Lavender Trails Soap cutting

1:15      Wreathmaking (FEE)

4:00      Close (Ballroom)