BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20190305T133000Z DTEND:20190305T220000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Agriculinary Tourism Conference 2019 DESCRIPTION:Agriculinary Tourism Conference\n\n \n\nMarch 5\, 2019\n\nThe Hotel Ithaca\n\n8:30AM-5PM\n\n\nThe Tompkins County Tourism Program\, in collaboration with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County and the Ithaca/Tompkins Convention & Visitors Bureau\, is pleased to announce our 2019 Agriculinary Tourism Conference focused on helping farm and food venues build relationships and develop new initiatives to attract visitors and to grow revenue. \n\n\n\n8:30AM - Check-In\n\n9AM - Welcome \n \n\n9:15 - 10:15 AM Key Note Presenters - Mindy & Oskar Vizcarro - Becker Farms\nBecker Farms and Vizcarro Vineyards\, located east of Buffalo\, NY\, is a 5th Generation family owned 340-acre working fruit and vegetable farm that sells most of their products directly to the public at their farm. Becker Farms has steadily expanded their agritourism activities to include a farm store and bakery\, winery and brewery\; school tours and activities for kids\; event space for parties and weddings with a farm to table menu\; and lodging. This provides a unique setting for visitors to connect\, explore\, experience\, taste\, shop and stay. Mindy and Oskar will talk about the evolution of their farm from when they began to a full service agriculinary tourism destination.\n\n\n\n10:30 AM - Noon - Concurrent Sessions\n\nSession A - Farm to Table Cuisine - Creating Successful Farmer-Chef Relationships\nOur panelists of chefs and farmers will share experiences of working together to integrate seasonal produce\, local meats\, and artisan products into menus. Panelists will discuss logistics and tips for this unique selling arrangements.\n\nBrud Holland - FLX Made\, Finger Lakes Culinary Bounty\, and Fox Run Winery\n\nNathaniel and Emily Thompson - Remembrance Farm\, Trumansburg\n\nHeather Sandford - The Piggery\, Store in Ithaca\, Farms in Trumansburg and Eaton\n\nFrank Purazzi - Northstar House\, Ithaca\n\nAndre Jacquet - Agava\, Ithaca \n\nSilas Conroy - Headwater Foods\, Ontario\, NY\n\nSession B - Hosting Private Events at Your Business - Challenges and Opportunities\nPrivate events such as weddings\, present unique challenges. Panelists will discuss how to provide for client needs\, accommodate caterers and other vendors\, work through zoning and insurance requirements\, marketing your venue\, and maintaining your site's integrity as a farm or culinary business.\n\nAllison Usavage - Sweet Bough Wedding Collective\, photographer\n\nRachel Conroy - Sweet Bough Wedding Collective & Kinship & Company\n\nGordie Gallup - Silver Queen Farm\, venue & working farm. \n\nMark Renodin - Six Mile Creek Winery\, venue\, winery & tasting room\n\n\n\nNOON - 1 PM - Lunch Provided\n \n\n1:00 - 2:30 PM - Concurrent Sessions \n\nSession C - Digging Deeper - Seed to Table\nThis panel takes the farm to table theme to a new level. Hear how plant breeders\, farmers and chefs are partnering to grow and feature great tasting varieties of produce on menus. Learn from our panel of speakers who are all involved with this trend. \n\nDr. Michael Mazourek - Row 7 Seeds\, Cornell Plant Breeder\n\nKara Cusolito and Aaron Munzer - Plowbreak Farm\, Burdett\n\nLisa Jonckheere and Justin Paterson - Hazelnut Kitchen\, Trumansburg \n\nSession D - Providing Overnight Accommodations at your Business\nLearn about the variety of lodging being offered at farms and agri-tourism venues today from camping to platform tents\, to cabins\, and rooms in homes. Panelists will discuss lodging they provide\, how they got started\, regulations\, promotion\, what visitors expect\, and how to manage a lodging business.\n\nRita Rosenberg - RoseBarb Farm\, Caroline\n\nErica Frenay - Shelterbelt Farm\, Caroline\n\nChrys Gardener - Danby\n\nSteve Sierigk - Hawk Meadow Farm\, Mecklenburg\n\n\n\n2:45 - 3:45 PM General Session - How to Market Your Agriculinary Tourism Business\nLearn strategies and tactics for using online marketing and social media to encourage consumers to visit and spend money at your business.\n\nDr. Cory Young - Associate Professor of Strategic Communication\, Ithaca College\n\n\n\n4:00 - 5:00 PM - Social Hour\nTake advantage of this time to meet and get to know others from our region involved in agriculinary tourism. Share ideas\, business cards\, and cultivate new connections. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Agriculinary Tourism Conference

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March 5\, 2019
\nThe Hotel Ithaca
\n8:30AM-5PM

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\nThe Tompkins County Tourism Program\, in collaboration with Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County and the Ithaca/Tompkins Convention &\; Visitors Bureau\, is pleased to announce our 2019 Agriculinary Tourism Conference focused on helping farm and food venues build relationships and develop new initiatives to attract visitors and to grow revenue. \; \;\n\n


\n8:30AM - \;Check-In

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9AM - \;Welcome \;

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9:15 - \;10:15 AM Key Note Presenters - \;Mindy &\; Oskar Vizcarro - \;Becker Farms

\nBecker Farms and Vizcarro Vineyards\, located east of Buffalo\, NY\, is a 5th Generation family owned 340-acre working fruit and vegetable farm that sells most of their products directly to the public at their farm. Becker Farms has steadily expanded their agritourism activities to include a farm store and bakery\, winery and brewery\; school tours and activities for kids\; event space for parties and weddings with a farm to table menu\; and lodging. \; This provides a unique setting for visitors to connect\, explore\, experience\, taste\, shop and stay. \; Mindy and Oskar will talk about the evolution of their farm from when they began to a full service agriculinary tourism destination.\n\n


\n10:30 AM - \;Noon - \;Concurrent Sessions

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Session A - Farm to Table Cuisine \;- \;Creating Successful Farmer-Chef Relationships

\nOur panelists of chefs and farmers will share experiences of working together to integrate seasonal produce\, local meats\, and artisan products into menus.  \;Panelists will discuss logistics and tips for this unique selling arrangements.
\nBrud Holland - \;FLX Made\, Finger Lakes Culinary Bounty\, and Fox Run Winery
\nNathaniel and \;Emily Thompson - \;Remembrance Farm\, Trumansburg
\nHeather Sandford - \;The Piggery\, Store in Ithaca\, Farms in Trumansburg and Eaton
\nFrank Purazzi - \;Northstar House\, Ithaca
\nAndre Jacquet - \;Agava\, Ithaca
\nSilas Conroy - \;Headwater Foods\, Ontario\, NY\n\n

Session B - \;Hosting Private Events at Your Business - \;Challenges and Opportunities

\nPrivate events such as weddings\, present unique challenges. Panelists will discuss how to provide for client needs\, accommodate caterers and other vendors\, work through zoning and insurance requirements\, marketing your venue\, and maintaining your site'\;s integrity as a farm or culinary business.
\nAllison Usavage - \;Sweet Bough Wedding Collective\, photographer
\nRachel Conroy - \;Sweet Bough Wedding Collective &\; Kinship &\; Company
\nGordie Gallup - \;Silver Queen Farm\, venue &\; working farm.
\nMark Renodin - \;Six Mile Creek Winery\, venue\, winery &\; tasting room\n\n


\nNOON - \;1 PM - \;Lunch Provided

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1:00 - \;2:30 PM - \;Concurrent Sessions

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Session C - \;Digging Deeper - \;Seed to Table

\nThis panel takes the farm to table theme to a new level. Hear how plant breeders\, farmers and chefs are partnering to grow and feature great tasting varieties of produce on menus. \; Learn from our panel of speakers who are all involved with this trend. \;
\nDr. Michael Mazourek \;- \;Row 7 Seeds\, Cornell Plant Breeder
\nKara Cusolito and Aaron Munzer - \;Plowbreak Farm\, Burdett
\nLisa Jonckheere and Justin Paterson - \;Hazelnut Kitchen\, Trumansburg \n\n

Session D - Providing Overnight Accommodations at your Business

\nLearn about the variety of lodging being offered at farms and agri-tourism venues today from camping to platform tents\, to cabins\, and rooms in homes. \; Panelists will discuss lodging they provide\, how they got started\, regulations\, promotion\, what visitors expect\, and how to manage a lodging business.
\nRita Rosenberg - \;RoseBarb Farm\, Caroline
\nErica Frenay - \;Shelterbelt Farm\, Caroline
\nChrys Gardener - \;Danby
\nSteve Sierigk - \;Hawk Meadow Farm\, Mecklenburg\n\n


\n2:45 - \;3:45 PM General Session \;- \;How to Market Your Agriculinary Tourism Business

\nLearn strategies and tactics for using online marketing and social media to encourage consumers to visit and spend money at your business.
\nDr. Cory Young - \;Associate Professor of Strategic Communication\, Ithaca College\n\n


\n4:00 - 5:00 PM - Social Hour

\nTake advantage of this time to meet and get to know others from our region involved in agriculinary tourism. Share ideas\, business cards\, and cultivate new connections. \; LOCATION:The Hotel Ithaca 222 South Cayuga Street Ithaca\, NY 14850 UID:e.1313.189414 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260502T045731Z URL:https://chambermastertest.awp.rocks/events/details/agriculinary-tourism-conference-2019-189414 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR