Office of Refugee Resettlement

THURSDAY, December 15, 2011

8:00am-8:30 am / Registration/Meet & Greet (refreshments provided)
8:30 am – 8:50 am / Welcome from Conference Sponsorsand Hosts
Ron Munia, Larry Laverentz, Hugh Joseph, Ellee Igoe
8:50 am – 9:30 am / Introductions and Announcements
9:30 am- 10:30 am / Plenary: International Rescue Committee
San Diego and Beyond - An Overview
Ellee Igoe and Anchi Mei-IRC
10:30 am - 10:45 am / Break
10:45 am -11:45 am / Plenary: Refugee Farmers In Fresno, CA – Overview and Challenges
Richard Molinar and Michael Yang – UC Davis
11:45 am -12:30 pm / Table Talk 1
Topical Discussions by Table Talk Leaders
12:30 pm- 1:30 pm / Lunch
1:30 pm-2:30 pm / Breakout 1A
New Client Screening,
Assessment and Tracking:
Tools and Tactics
Rachel Pollock- Catholic Charities NEK & Gary Peterson, ALBA / Breakout 1B
Transitioning Gardeners To
Small Enterprise Farmers
Daniel Ungier-
Cultivating Community
Claude Payton, IRC San Diego
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm / Breakout 2A
‘Micro Producers and Income Patching’ Collective Marketing at City Heights Market
Ralph Achenbach – IRC SD / Breakout 2B
Financing For Farmers Scaling up: Where’s the Money, Honey?
Jon Vosper – IRC Phoenix
3:30 pm-3:45 pm / Break
3:45 pm- 4:00 pm / Updates for RAPP Grantees Larry Laverentz
4:00pm-5:00pm / Breakout 3A
Incubator Farm sites:
Effective Management and Operations
on a Budget
Josie Weldon-AALV
Rachel Pollock, Catholic Charities - NEK / Breakout 3B
Building Partnership Support through Networking and Innovation
Susan Pavlin- Global Growers, GA; Ze Min Xiao- Salt Lake County, UT
6:30 pm-9:00 pm / Dinner (East African Cuisine)

FRIDAY, December 16, 2011

8:00 am – 8:30 am / Check In/ Meet & Greet (Refreshments provided)
8:30am -8:45 am / Updates RAPP and ORR Going Forward
Larry Laverentz and Hugh Joseph
8:45am -9:45 am / Plenary: Farming and Farm Enterprise Planning:
Keys toFarm Development and Farmer Success
Jennifer Hashley- New Entry Sustainable Farming Project, MA
9:45am -10:45 am / Plenary: Using Salesforce to Plan, Manage and Track
your Project and Participants
Gary Peterson- ALBA
10:45am -11:00am / Break
11:00 am - 12:00 pm / Breakout 4A
Refugees’perspectives on the many dimensions of refugee farming
and resettlement
Buddha Dhakal, Burhama Deogratias, Chan Aung,Worku Belew, and Bilal Muya / Breakout 4B
Scaling Up II:
Transitioning Farmers towards Independent Operations
and Enterprises
Richard Molinar- UC Davis &
Hugh Joseph - New Entry/ ISED
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm / Table Talk 2
Topical Discussions / Salesforce: Follow-up Q&A
Gary Peterson-ALBA
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm / Lunch
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm / Multi-Farmer Coordinated Marketing:
Two Examples
Katie Painter-Global Gardens, ID; Jennifer Hashley - New Entry / Specialty SE Asian Vegetables in the San Joaquin Valley:Kinds, Cultures, Pests, Uses
Richard Molinar Michael Yang- UC Davis / Field Visit:
Aquaponics at IRC
(Limit 10-12 people)
IRC Staff
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm / Training and Technical Assistance – Setting Priorities For New Refugee Producers
Kelly Owensby- Orange County; Josie Weldon-AALV / RAPP - Strategic Plans and Capacity Building
Hugh Joseph-ISED / Field Visit:
Aquaponics at IRC
(Limit 10-12 people)
IRC Staff
3:30 pm – 3:45 pm / Break
3:45 pm – 4:45 pm / Table Talk 3
Topical Discussions
4:45 pm – 5:00 pm / Follow Up, Evaluations, and Announcements
Larry Laverentz and Hugh Joseph

SATURDAY, December 17, 2011

8:30 am –11:00am / IRC tour:
City Heights Farmers Market and Annual Fair;
Community Garden; Aquaponics