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Friday, November 4, 2005<br />

10:00 a.m. Break<br />

Program <strong>of</strong> Events (cont.)<br />

10:15 a.m. Managing Your Own Retail Shop: Marketing and Self-Distribution<br />

<strong>of</strong> Farmstead Cheese<br />

Alastair MacKenzie, La Moutonnière, Sainte-Hélène-de-Chester,<br />

Québec, Canada<br />

11:15 a.m. Lunch<br />

1:30 p.m. How to Graze and Supplement <strong>Dairy</strong> <strong>Sheep</strong> for High Production<br />

Giuseppe Pulina, University <strong>of</strong> Sassari, Sassari, Sardinia, Italy<br />

2:30 p.m. Grazing Techniques to Maximize Pasture and Production<br />

David Major, Major Farm, Putney, Vermont, USA<br />

3:00 p.m. An Integrated Approach to Raw Milk Cheese Safety<br />

Paul Kindstedt, <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Nutrition and Food Sciences, University<br />

<strong>of</strong> Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA<br />

3:45 p.m. Farmer Panel on Labor – How to Attract and Train Your Labor<br />

Force, Year After Year: Successful Methods and Challenges<br />

Mark Fischer, Woodcock Farm, Weston, Vermont, USA<br />

David Major, Major Farm, Putney, Vermont, USA<br />

Bob Works, Peaked Mountain Farm, Townshend, Vermont, USA<br />

4:30 p.m. Annual Meeting <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Dairy</strong> <strong>Sheep</strong> Association <strong>of</strong> North America<br />

7:00 p.m. <strong>Symposium</strong> Banquet (separate ticket)<br />

Saturday, November 5, 2005<br />

7:30 a.m. –<br />

6:00 p.m.<br />

Sunday, November 6, 2005<br />

Times to be<br />

announced<br />

Farm Tours<br />

Three Owls Farm, Granville, Vermont, USA – Dan Hewitt<br />

Bonnieview Farm, Craftsbury Common, Vermont, USA – Neil Urie<br />

Up A Creek Cheese Company, Irasburg, Vermont, USA – Frankie<br />

and Marybeth Whitten<br />

Optional Open Farms<br />

3-Corner Field Farm, Shushan, New York, USA – Karen Weinberg<br />

Old Chatham <strong>Sheep</strong>herding Company, Old Chatham, New York,<br />

USA – Tom and Nancy Clark<br />

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