9 – 11:30AM Variety Trial & Crop Culture King's AgriSeeds Research Farm 6321 White Oak Road, Christiana, PA Plot trials feature 28 fiber, grain, multipurpose varieties – many grown for the first time in the US! Share your product requirements with genetics representatives from Verve Seed Solutions, International Hemp, New West Genetics, Konopi US Agronomists share best agronomic practices for a thriving crop

12-4PM Hemp's Past & Future Landis Valley Farm Museum, 2451 Kissel Hill Road, Lancaster PA Museum Admission & Lunch sponsored by: PA Dept of Ag and Right Coast Hemp. (Kindly RSVP by August 16. Tickets are free, but required for planning. Free tickets are limited to the first 100 registrants. Walk-ins: $40) Lunch in the Shade featuring Lancaster County farm to table fare. Vegetarian options available. (12:00 to 12:30) PA Hemp Entrepreneur Presentations – This is a special program by business leaders who are quietly, deliberately leading the way to establish the hemp industry in Pennsylvania and the region. PA Dept of Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding kicks off the afternoon acknowledging the strides these companies are making in seed, food, fabric, building materials and alternative energy (12:45 to 2:30) Seating is limited so you must secure free tickets. Professional guided tours of George and Henry Landis's homestead and working farm with collections of agricultural technology and lifestyle of the 18th and 19th centuries (Concurrent, 12:45 to 4:00) Hemp Historian Les Stark decorticates hemp fiber and spins tales of Lancaster County's textile industry (12:45 to 4:00) Hemp Casita by Right Coast Hemp Landis Valley Farm Museum Speaker Summaries Tim Fritz, King's AgriSeeds, Lancaster, PA. Tim’s company vision is based on “doing right for people,” especially through nutritious food grown in healthy soil. As a seedsman, farmer, weed scientist and educator, he will share his rationale for introducing traditional farmers to hemp as a rotational crop. Herb Grove, Brush Mountain Bison, Spring City, PA. Herb and his family, friends and employees have grown hemp at commercial scale since 2019. Truckloads of hemp grain are sent to a processor more than a thousand miles away. This is the distance Herb goes to relentlessly pursue this crop. Herb will talk about his operation, hemp’s value as animal feed, and the benefits he sees firsthand in his animals. Thomas K. Phillips, Doylestown Hemp, Doylestown PA. Growing sustainable, profitable crops and reducing home building costs by half is a win-win! In his presentation, Thomas will draw the hemp connection between Pennsylvania farmers and alleviating Pennsylvania’s affordable housing shortage. His hemp products, including acoustical tile, insulation, panels and spray-applied hempcrete can be used in new construction, retrofits and renovations. David Cook, Tuscarora Mills, Bedford PA. Working domestically and abroad, Dave and his wife Heidi weave natural fiber fabric in PA. As a well-connected and respected professional in the bast fiber textile world, Dave is an advocate for Pennsylvania to be a leader in American hemp fiber and fabric production. Mark Green, Think & Grow Solutions, Philadelphia PA. Mark and his team have trademarked an FDA approved hemp protein mixture — a nutrient dense, lactose free, non-allergenic dairy alternative. Co-packed in Philadelphia, Mark highlights the market potential for hemp food products grown and processed in PA. Dan Summa, Laurel Materials and AgriHemp Industries, Mayfield, PA. Dan’s sister companies straddle CBD processing and industrial fiber markets. He will talk about supplying CBD to a billion-dollar, multinational company and creating a patented process to make graphene with hemp as a critical component. All in northeastern PA!

Dinner on your own, from a wide variety of Lancaster restaurants including: Downtown Lancaster Oregon Dairy Restaurant & Buffet Harvest Seasonal Grill Restaurants near the Museum and PSU research farm – your next stop!

6 – 8PM Twilight Field Walk-and-Talk: The Bridge Between Farmer & Fiber Processor Penn State's Southeast Agricultural Research & Extension Center 1446 Auction Road, Manheim, PA Explore varieties and crop management that make for a successful journey from seed to product Crop production experts will share their research, including Penn State, Cornell, NC State and Rutgers scientists BastLab / Natural Textiles Solutions provide insight into raw materials for fabric manufacturing in Eastern Pennsylvania Tour the Hempcrete Casita, a tiny house project from Right Coast Hemp and Kansas State University Topics including: The next generation of hemp scientists: a poster session featuring student research in hemp disease, insect management, and in-field processing – Evan Buckner (Esker Lab), Jorge Jaramillo-Gonzales (Herman Lab), Cameron Boldaz (Liu Lab), Penn State Hemp production in Pennsylvania, updates and highlights – Sarah Pickel, Hemp Program Coordinator, PA Department of Agriculture Lessons from field trials near and far: walk the national fiber variety trials with the East Coast agronomists – Daniela Carrijo & Alyssa Collins, Penn State, John McLaughlin, Rutgers, Larry Smart, Cornell, David Suchoff, NC State What makes a great hemp variety? Q & A with a fiber processor – Tarit Chatterjee, Natural Textile Solutions Scroll back up to select DAY 2 – WEDNESDAY 8/21

9AM – 5:30PM Grow Hemp at Scale Cedar Meadow Farm 200 Drytown Road, Holtwood, PA (Free lunch tickets for first 200 people signed up by August 16. Walk-in tickets: $20) The goal: 30,000 acres of hemp in PA by 2030 . . . it can be done! Pennsylvania fuels industry growth 50 acres of hemp, 17 varieties, two planting dates Watch planting, harvesting, and baling in action, including aerial drone seeding of cover crops into standing hemp, and hemp cutting demo with NEW locally-built 4-bar hemp cutter Intersection of artificial intelligence and revenue The Questions We're Asking: ​Diving into the Secrets of the Soil(pit): How Deep Do Hemp Roots Really Grow? — Dr. Ray Weil, University of Maryland How is Meta I-Hemp Connecting the Dots? — Duane Shugars, CEO, Hemp Katalyst What's up with the Pennsylvania Industrial Hemp Engine we've been hearing about? — Ken Okrepkie, Ben Franklin Technology Partners Are We Ever Going to Get a Hemp-Friendly Farm Bill? — Geoff Whaling, Chair, National Hemp Association What Has the Pennsylvania Industrial Hemp Council been up to? — Erica Stark, Chair, Pennsylvania Industrial Hemp Council How Hemp is used in the Housing Industry? — Cameron McIntosh, Americhanvre How many thousands of acres of hemp should we grow next year? — Fred Strathmeyer, Pennsylvania Deputy Secretary of Agriculture What is the most promising research that will help farmers be profitable in growing hemp? — Dr. Larry Smart, Cornell University & Dr. David Suchoff, North Carolina State University Can the Textile Industry be Revived? — Dr. Ron Kander (Thomas Jefferson University), David Cook (Tuscarora Mills), Lawrence Serbin (Hemp Traders) Why is it so difficult to attract investors for hemp? — Mina Mishrikey, Merida Capital Holdings What is the most exciting thing happening with Hemp around the World these days? — Morris Beegle, Producer of the NOCO Hemp Conference and Publisher of "Let's Talk Hemp" Meet the Man behind the Mic — Eric Hurlock, Lancaster Farming Hemp Podcast Leveraging our Differences - How we can Make the Hemp Industry Strong! — Steve Groff, Cedar Meadow Farm How can I know if my Hemp Seed Provider is Selling me Quality Seed? — Johnny Zook, PA Dept of Ag Seed Program Administrator and Nish Patel, PA Dept of Ag Seed Certification Official Special Guest: Maciej Kowalski, Kombinat Konopny, Poland LUNCH AT THE FARM FREE lunch for registrants Lancaster Burger — Yes, there are Vegan options! Hempzel Sticks — mmmm delicious! Penny's Ice Cream — They make their own ice cream! Exhibits Hemp House on Wheels — Showcasing how hemp can be used in construction BMWi3 production model car from Europe — It has a hemp interior! (Courtesy of Geoff Whaling) 100-year-old Hemp Brake Demo — Les Start, Hemp Historian and author The Lancaster Trading House famous Hempzels — Shawn House

Private room at Rawlinsville Brickhouse (3 Drytown Road, Holtwood) Cash Bar 1/2 mile from Cedar Meadow Farm What needs to be done NOW in order to grow 30,000 acres of hemp in PA by 2030?​