Speaker Schedule MAY 11th
First Panel Discussion
10:30 - 11:45 am
10:30 - 11:45 am
Ranching in Relationship
A conversation centered around the relationships that are shaping our lives and landscapes today.
Panelist:
Moderator: Paigelynn Trotter, Sonoma County Livestock Service Provider
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- Jess Maier, Paicines Ranch, San Benito County
- Sarah Keiser, Penngrove Grazing Project, Sonoma County
- Ruthie King, New Agrarian Collective, Mendocino County
- Suzie Winquist, Point Blue Conservation Science, Sonoma County
Moderator: Paigelynn Trotter, Sonoma County Livestock Service Provider
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Second Panel Discussion
12:00 pm- 1:15 pm
Land Ethics
An introduction to various land ethics and how the relationship we have with land can shape the culture we live in.
Panelist:
Moderator: Kimberly Carfore, Professor of environmental studies USF.
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- Wendell Gilgert, Point Blue - Rangeland Watershed Initiative - Aldo Leopold Land Ethic
- Sam Mickey, Prof. environmental studies USF - Integral Ecology
- Nick Tipon, Chariman of Sacred sites, Pomo elder - Traditional Environmental Knowledge (TEK)
- Aurora Levins Morales, Author and storyteller - Social justice, Interdependence and ecological health
Moderator: Kimberly Carfore, Professor of environmental studies USF.
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KEYNOTE
1:30-2:15 pm
Enrique Salmon
Kincentric Ecology - On the relationship of how our food choices shape the cultural and physical landscapes we live in.
Enrique Salmón, is a Rarámuri (Tarahumara) Indian. He has a Ph.D. in anthropology from Arizona State University. He is head of the American Indian Studies program at Cal State University East Bay. Dr. Salmón has published several articles and chapters on Indigenous ethnoecology, agriculture and ancestral food ways, nutrition, sustainability, and traditional ecological knowledge. His recent studies have led him to seriously consider the connections between climate change and indigenous, traditional foodways. Dr. Salmón is author of the book, Eating The Landscape: American Indian Stories of Food, Identity, and Resilience.
THEATER
2:30 - 3:30 pm
Ruthie King
Grazing from the grasses point of view - A Play
Ruthie King, Livestock Manager of the New Agrarian Collective and Director at the School of Adaptive Agriculture in Mendocino.
"Grazing from the grasses point of view" written and directed by Ms. King explores the context of ancient relationships between animals, humans and annual and perennial grasses.
"Grazing from the grasses point of view" written and directed by Ms. King explores the context of ancient relationships between animals, humans and annual and perennial grasses.
