Agenda for 2021 New Plymouth Spring Meeting

Friday March 19th, 2021

Social Hour at Chase’s House (optional)

Saturday March 20th, 2021

9:00- Renew Membership

9:30- Introductions

10:00- General Business

10:30- Chase Shoemaker - Talk on basic nutrition/digestion and meats, which will include: Maturing forages, cellulose, lignin, starches, and gut bacteria, basic anatomy of the digestive system, cut locations, and quality, finish, and aging types/benefits

11:30- Questions and discussion

12:00- Lunch from Roosters Café: Shoemaker Bison Burger and Fries

1:00- Theresa Stangel - Talk on basic and introductory marketing, which will include: Your story/brand, overview of several social media platforms, website platforms and things to think about when building/maintaining your site, and networking

2:00- Round table discussion on current topics

3:00- Elections

3:30- Ranch Tour at Shoemaker's

5:30- Depart or dinner (optional)

Agenda for the 2020 Creswell Spring Meeting

Saturday, March 7, 2020

  • 11AM: Brunch @ My Brothers' Farm

  • 12PM- Presentation & Walking farm tour w/ the Larsons (Austin & Taylor are going to give us a presentation about the farm and how their agroecosystems promote forage growth and watershed health.)

  • 2:30-3:30PM Location change to Blue Valley Bistro in Creswell. 116 Melton Road, Creswell OR. Blue Valley Bistro will serve us dinner and have beer, wine and coffee available for purchase.

  • 3:30PM- State of the Industry and Processing with Garrett and Tim Brown 

  • 4:15PM- Association Meeting

  • 5:30 PM- Pasture Management & Land Stewardship by Melissa Fery, OSU Extension

  • 7PM- Mix & Mingle

  • 8PM- Back to My Brothers’ Farm for a fire and those who want to continue to socialize and network!

Lodging:

We recommend The Comfort Inn, Creswell, OR. About a five minute drive to the farm.

Camping or parking on the farm.

We are located 15 minutes south of Eugene, most hotels in Eugene are within a 20 minute drive.

The entire gathering is taking place at our farm located at 84674 Cloverdale Rd, Creswell, OR 97426. Anyone that attends has to pay their membership dues ($50). If you plan to attend, please contact My Brothers’ Farm at mybrothersfarm@gmail.com or Austin Larson: 541-521-4613.

We look forward to seeing you there!!

MBF Team

Becca, Maia, Ben, Austin, Taylor

Spring 2020 Update of Schedule

Gathering will include an interactive tour hosted by the brothers at My Brothers’ Farm followed by speakers on topics such as soil health, the meat processing landscape, multi-species grazing, and pasture management. 

Meet & Greet: Friday, March 6th | 7 PM

Main event: Saturday, March 7th | 9-5 (dinner following)

Location: My Brothers’ Farm in Creswell, Oregon 

In order to attend this gathering, we ask that you become a member of the association ($25-50). We are actively recruiting members for our association. Please feel free to extend this invitation to those in your network that might be interested.

For more information, contact Becca Bauermeister-- rbauermeister2@gmail.com