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    ​2023 Program of Events


    (driving directions and maps can be found under contact us)


      2023 Colorado Agricultural Forum
    The Westin Westminster
    10600 Westminster Boulevard
    ​Westminster, CO 80020
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    Wednesday, Feb. 22nd
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    Pre-Forum Reception (all registrants welcome)
    Welcome Reception presented by McClure & Eggleston, Inc. & Holzer Patel Drennan
    hosted by Husch Blackwell Strategies
     
    5:30 pm-7:30 pm
    at the
    ​BOK Financial Building

    1600 Broadway, Floor 5
    ​Denver, CO 80207



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    Thursday, February 23rd
    Colorado Ag Forum
    The Westin Westminster
    10600 Westminster Blvd.
    ​Westminster, CO 80020

    Expect Excellence
    THE FOLLOWING AGENDA IS TENTATIVE AS OF 1.16.2023
    7:00 AM

    7:00 AM

    ​8:00 AM

    ​8:10 AM

    8:20 AM

    8:30 AM

    8:45 AM

    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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    ​10:00 AM 

    10:15 AM - 11:30 AM














    11:30 AM 

    NOON - 1:00 PM

    1:10 PM - 2:00 PM

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    ​2:00 PM 

    2:15 PM - 3:15 PM


















    ​3:15 PM 

    3:30 PM - 4:30 PM





















    ​4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

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    REGISTRATION OPEN - Westminster Foyer

    BREAKFAST pres. by Sakata Farms - Legacy Foyer

    WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS - Legacy Ballroom

    EXCELLENCE IN CALP AWARD - Legacy Ballroom

    COLORADO COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE,  KATE GREENBERG 

    COLORADO EXPORT AWARDS pres. by Colo. Department of Agriculture

    COLORADO GOVERNOR  JARED POLIS pres. by Grid United

    KEYNOTE ADDRESS pres. by Colorado State University:
    Bruce Vincent
    President, ENVIRONOMICS, INC.

    BREAK

    ​BREAKOUT SESSION 1: 
                  COTTON CREEK I     THE NEXT FRONTIER OF WILDLIFE AND WESTERN LANDS MANAGEMENT
                                                          
      Gaspar Perricone, Partner, Freestone Strategies

                  COTTON CREEK  II    WATER CONGRESS ON THE COLORADO RIVER
                                                             
    Becky Mitchell, Director, Colorado Water Conservation Board

                  MEADOWBROOK  I    DEBUNKING COLORADO AG PERCEPTIONS
                                                            presented by Dairy MAX
                                                            Paul Dybedahl,  Associate Director of Grassroots Advocate Engagement, NCBA

                  MEADOWBROOK II  SUSTAINABILITY IN ANIMAL AGRICULTURE: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
                                                            presented by VitaFerm 

                                                             Kim Stackhouse Lawson, AgNext

    LUNCH

    CALP CLASS 15 PERSONAL PROJECT LIGHTNING PRESENTATIONS

    DEPUTY UNDERSECRETARY MAE WU pres. by Nutrien Ag Solutions
    Marketing and Regulatory Programs, USDA

    BREAK

    ​BREAKOUT SESSION 2
    : 
                  COTTON CREEK I       AGROTERRORISM pres. by Dairy MAX
                                                               David Autry, FBI Denver

                  COTTON CREEK II        OUTLOOK ON THE FARM AND FOOD POLICY IN THE 118TH CONGRESS
                                                                pres. by Colo. Ag Development Authority
                                                                Rebeckah Adcock, VP of US Government Relations, International Fresh Produce Association

                  MEADOWBROOK I        PESTICIDE APPLICATOR'S ACT SUNSET AND PESTICIDE PREEMPTION
                                                               Sandra McDonald, Owner, Mountain West Pest

                 MEADOWBROOK II       BUILDING COLORADO'S FOOD POLICY presented by Colo. State University
                                                               
     Jim Ehrlich, Executive Director, Colo. Potato Administrative Committee
                                                                 Hollis Glenn, Deputy Commissioner of Operations, Colo. Department of Ag
                                                                 Roberto Meza, Cofounder and CEO, East Denver Food Hub
                                                                 James Pritchett, Dean, College of Ag Sciences and Director, Ag Experiment Stations, CSU
                                                                 Dawn Thilmany, Professor of Agribusiness and Extension Economist, Co-Director of Regional
                                                                      Economic Development Institute, CSU
                                                                 Ashley Wheeland, Director of Public Policy, Hunger Free Colorado
    BREAK

    BREAKOUT SESSION 3
               COTTON CREEK I          COLORADO NRCS PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT CONSERVATION                                                                            INVESTMENT - 
     NRCS Denver

                COTTON CREEK II      EXPLORATION OF AGRICULTURAL LITERACY WITH CSU AG EDUCATION
                                                            AND COLO AG IN THE CLASSROOM

                                                            Jenny Bennett, Colorado State University
                                                            Jennifer Scharpe, Colorado Foundation for Ag

                 MEADOWBROOK I     "THAT HORSE HAS LEFT THE BARN": LEADING THROUGH SEISMIC SHIFTS IN
                                                             COLORADO FARM LABOR LAW
     pres. by Range Law
                                                             Kevin Paul, Range Law
                                                             Landon Gates, Capitol Focus LLC

                 MEADOWBROOK II   ON THE HORIZON: CARBON MARKETS AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
                                                         
      Jane Zelikova, Executive Director, Soil Carbon Solutions Center; Ecologist, Dept. of Soil & Crop Sciences,   
                                                                Colorado State University
                                                            Alex Zhuk, Co-Founder, Perennial
                                                           Tim Broderick, Senior Sustainability Strategist, Boulder County
    ​                                                       Sarah Day Levesque, Managing Director, Regenerative Food Systems Investment
                                                           Helen Silver, Principal, Round Up Consulting LLC

     CALP ALUMNI SOCIAL - Meadowbrook I              

                  


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