2014 Quivira
Conference
“Back To The
Future”
NOVEMBER 12 - 14, 2014, Albuquerque,
New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, NM. – The Quivira Coalition is proud
to announce its 2014 Quivira Conference: “Back
To The Future” taking place Wednesday– Friday, November 12 - 14, 2014 in
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
"Regenerative agriculture is fixin’ to rise to
its place in the world." – Sid
Goodloe
In this
conference we will emphasize land use concepts and practices that are "old
and yet new.” It's part of the burgeoning regenerative agriculture movement,
whose aim is to restore the soil, the land, ourselves, and our communities to
health and happiness via naturally renewing processes. In some cases, this
means reviving or expanding time-tested practices, in others it means adopting
new technologies and ideas appropriate for regenerative goals. In all cases, it
means following your passion.
The UN
designated 2014 as the International Year of Family Farming and
tasked it with the goal of raising the profile of family farmers (and ranchers)
and the significant role they play in alleviating hunger and poverty, providing
food security and nutrition, improving livelihoods, managing natural resources,
and protecting the environment. Quivira has selected speakers for this
conference who represent the diversity of the regenerative agriculture movement
around the globe.
Join us for three days of inspiring
presentations and conversations, including two workshops on day one;
wetlands restoration in working landscapes, featuring Bill Zeedyk, and how to
build soil through planned grazing, taught by Gabe Brown and his son Paul.
2014 CONFERENCE SPEAKERS:
The video presentations
of speakers from previous years can be found here: youtube.com/quiviracoalition.
2014 speakers include (partial list):
·
Jo Robinson, Bestselling, investigative journalist. Washington State
·
Gabe & Paul Brown, Ranchers, Brown's Ranch. East
of Bismarck, N Dakota
·
Peter Byck, Award
Winning Documentarian of Carbon Nation.
Arizona.
·
Winona LaDuke, Author, activist,
environmentalist and executive director of Honor the Earth and White Earth Land
Recovery Project. Minnesota
·
Fred Kirschenmann, Farmer,
author, professor and internationally recognized leader in sustainable
agriculture. Iowa
·
And many more.
See them all here:
http://quiviracoalition.org/2014_Quivira_Conference/2014_Speakers_/
The video presentations
of speakers from previous years can be found here: youtube.com/quiviracoalition.
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE: Each year the Quivira Coalition Conference attracts
nearly 500 attendees from across the country to Albuquerque, New Mexico. This conference excels at the sharing of
innovative ideas, the strengthening relationships and fuels the fire for
attendees to put their newfound knowledge into action.
Jim
Gerrish, previous conference speaker said, “As
a result of the three days we spent at the Quivira conference, Dawn and I got
fully recharged and inspired to continue to run the good race and fight the
good fight. I finally have reason to believe the future of American agriculture
is a little brighter than I thought it might be.
ABOUT THE
QUIVIRA COALITION: The mission of the Quivira
Coalition is to build resilience by fostering ecological, economic and social
health on western landscapes through education, innovation, collaboration, and
progressive public and private land stewardship. Our constituency of over 3,500 people is highly diverse,
including ranchers, environmentalists, federal and state agency personnel,
tribal members, academics, and the public at large, with 500 attending the
conference annually.
For more information about the conference, visit QuiviraCoalition.org.