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Intensive: Next Generation Organic Leaders

Who Should Attend? Organic entrepreneurs, change makers and individuals who intend to keep a long-term career in the organic trade and wish to deepen their capacity for effective leadership. This intensive will focus on developing the next-generation (under 40) of organic leaders through a combination of personal skill building and collaborative inquiry.

Why Now? The founding generation of organic leaders shared core environmental and social values, and a passion to make the world a better place by transforming agriculture. The organic community is transitioning leadership, as many of the visionaries are retiring or exiting their industry, nonprofit and policy careers. It’s time to pass the baton to you!

Themes for exploration will include: evolving the vision for organic reviewing the role of risk, critical analysis and

courage

navigating investment and growth

recovering from failure and mistakes

Registration Options & Pricing:

Presenting: Anne Schwartz: Owner, Blue Heron Farm & on the

Executive Committee of WA Tilth Arran Stephens: Founder & President of Nature’s Path Bob Scowcroft: Founder & former Executive

Director of the Organic Farming Research Foundation*

Bu Nygrens: Co-Owner, Founder & Director of Purchasing at Veritable Vegetable

David Lively: VP of Sales & Marketing at Organically Grown Company

Lynn Coody: Founder & Principal Consultant of Organic Agsystems Consulting

Mark Lipson: Organic & Sustainable Agriculture Policy Advisor, USDA Office of the Secretary*

Michael Funk: Chair & Co-Founder of United Natural Foods Inc*

Roger Blobaum: Organic Farming Advocate Theresa Marquez: Mission Executive at Organic

Valley & CROPP Cooperative* Zea Sonnabend: Policy Specialist, CCOF& Organic

Farmer, Fruitilicious Farm*

Organicology is an interactive educational curriculum designed to advance organic trade knowledge. Seed producers, farmers, distributors and retailers, researchers and educators, chefs, food policy activists, and eaters of great food, all find topics of interest and sources of inspiration at Organicology!

Thursday February 7, 2013 9:30am — 5:00pm

Hilton Portland & Executive Tower 921 SW Sixth Avenue Portland, OR

3 Days Registration with Thursday Intensive: $450 Thursday Intensive Only: $250

Register online at www.organicology.org Find us on facebook and Twitter.