Body and Soil Conference - Schedule

Saturday, January 23, 2010

7:30 - 9:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast

9:00 - 9:10 a.m. Conference Opening: Vincent Mina, President, MA‘A

9:10 - 9:30 p.m. Waiaha Farm Presentation - Sustainable Agriculture as the Foundation for a new Culture

9:30 - 10:30 p.m. Main Tent - Jerry Brunetti - Agri-Dynamics "Culturing the Micro-flora of the Gut"

10:30 - 10:50 p.m. 20 min. Networking Break - “Trade Show Ecological and Holistic Vendors”

10:50 - 11:50 p.m. Main Tent: Dr. Paul Hepperly, Fulbright Scholar: “Research on Bio-Char Low VOC Compost” Making Bio Char out of Coconut Husk. On-site demo.

11:50 - 1:20 p.m. From the Farm DaKine Lunch “A focus on Local Grown Diversity”

1:20 - 1:40 p.m. Waiaha Farm Presentation: Beyond Sustainability: Cultivating Connections of Community

1:40 - 2:40 p.m. Main Tent: Theresa Vernon, LAC “Metals and the Gut – How to Restore Digestive Vitality”

2:40 - 3:00 p.m. 20 min. Networking Break - “Trade Show Ecological and Holistic Vendors”

3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Main Tent: Michael Martin Melendrez, Soil Secrets Inc. “How to Grow Your Soil Through Humus Building”

4:00 - 5:00 p.m. A farm walk-about. Closing remarks. Pau until tomorrow.

Sunday, October 24, 2010


8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast

9:00 - 9:10 a.m. Opening Remarks - Vincent Mina, Ma‘a President

9:10 - 9:30 a.m. Waiaha Farm Presentation: Whole Systems Approach to Re-innoculation of Degraded tropical Soils

9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Main Tent - Michael Martin Melendrez - Soil Secrets Inc. “Soil Food Web Building and Maintenance”

10:30 - 10:50 a.m. 20 min. Networking Break - “Trade Show Ecological and Holistic Vendors”

10:50 - 11:50 p.m. Main Tent - Jerry Brunetti, “Nutrients their interrelationship uptake and absorption”

11:50 - 1:20 p.m. From the Farm DaKine Lunch “A focus on Local Grown Diversity”

1:20 - 1:40 p.m. Waiaha Farm Presentation: Bio-Diversity - Balancing the Microflora of body & soil

1:40 - 2:55 p.m. Main Tent: Dr. Paul Hepperly, Fulbright Scholar “Cover Crops: Specific Uses and Benefits”

2:55 - 3:15 p.m. 20 min. Networking Break - “Trade Show Ecological and Holistic Vendors”

3:15 - 4:15 p.m. Main Tent: Jerry Brunetti, “Nutrients their interrelationship uptake and absorption”

4:15 - 5:00 p.m. Closing Remarks from our Presenters On our First Annual “Body and Soil Conference”