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This year, the Women in Agriculture Gathering (WAG) will be held on March 28 and 29 at the Meadow Event Park (State Fairgrounds) in Doswell, Virginia.
This year, the Women in Agriculture Gathering (WAG) will be held on March 28 and 29 at the Meadow Event Park (State Fairgrounds) in Doswell, Virginia.
We have some exciting changes, updates and additions for this year! We have heard past participants loud and clear- you all want more networking opportunities and ways to meet more producers like yourselves. We hope to help with that during this event!
Friday, March 28
(1 pm – 8:30 pm)
Farm Business and Networking Focus: Including Grants, Business Plans, Farmers Markets, Networking Dinner, and (*NEW*) Speed Dating with Ag Service Providers
$45 per participant
Saturday, March 29
(8:30 am – 3 pm)
Two Tracks to Choose From:
Livestock Production
Fruit and Vegetable Production
Networking Lunch Included
$45 per participant
Want to attend both days? Registration fee is $80
Schedule for 2025
Schedule for 2025
Friday, March 28: Agribusiness
Friday, March 28: Agribusiness
Location: Meadow Event Park (13191 Dawn Blvd, Doswell VA) 12:30 pm – 8:30 pm
12:30 Registration
1:00 – 1:15 Welcome, Housekeeping
1:15 – 2:30 VA FAIRS Team-Grant Tips and Tricks and A Deep Dive Into Writing Business Plans with the VA FAIRS Team
2:30 – 2:45 Break
2:45 – 4:15 VA FAIRS Team-Grant Tips and Tricks and A Deep Dive Into Writing Business Plans
4:15 – 4:30 Break
4:30 – 5:30 Digital Marketing Basics with Tenille Nuckols, Virginia Farm Bureau
5:30 – 7:00 Networking Dinner (by topic area of interest: i.e. poultry, vegetable production, livestock production, homesteading, etc)
7:00 – 8:30 Ag Resource Provider Speed Dating Event (Confirmed participants: NRCS (Natural Resources Conservation Service), American Farmland Trust, Hanover Caroline Soil and Water Conservation District, Conservation Partners, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, VSU Small Farm Outreach Program, and more to be added)
Saturday, March 29: Livestock Production
Saturday, March 29: Livestock Production
8:00 am – 3:00 pm
8:00 – 8:30 Registration
8:30 – 9:30 Pastured Poultry: From Coop to Soup
9:30 – 10:30 Processing and Pricing: Beef and small ruminants
10:30 – 11:30 Cut sheets 101
11:30 – 12:30 Lunch/Networking
12:30 – 1:30 Reproduction for small ruminants and cattle
1:30 – 2:30 Basics of health management
2:30 – 3:00 Evaluation and wrap up
Saturday, March 29: Fruit & Vegetable Production
Saturday, March 29: Fruit & Vegetable Production
8:00 am – 3:00 pm
8:00am – 8:30 am Registration & Welcome
8:30 am – 9:00 am Pollinators, Courtney Walls, Virginia Tech
9:00 am – 9:45 am Vegetable Production, Joanne Jones, Virginia Cooperative Extension – Charlotte County
9:45 am – 10:15 am Produce Safety Rule, Nicole Salinas, VDACS Produce Food Safety Team
10:15 am – 10:30 am Networking Break
10:30 am – 11:15 am Small Fruit Production, Anne Geyer, Agriberry Farm
11:15 am – 12 pm Soils, Grace Bartlett and Lydia Fitzgerald Taylor, Virginia Tech
12:00 pm– 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm Garden Tour, Glenn Martin, Virginia State Fair
1:30 pm – 2:15pm Canning/Value-Added Products, Alexis Hamilton, Virginia Tech
2:15 pm – 3:00pm Tree Fruit Production, Diane Kearns, DTS LC
3:00 pm Wrap-Up and Complete Program Evaluations
Hotel Information
We have a block of rooms reserved at the Comfort Inn and Suites- North Ashland. Please visit this website to make your reservation and for more information!
If you are a person with a disability and desire any assistive devices, services, or other accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact VCE-Greene at 434-985-5236/TDD* during business hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to discuss accommodations 5 days prior to the event. *TDD number is (800) 828-1120.
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