Planned Agenda

Enrich and cultivate organic ideals in breakout sessions focusing on timely, provocative, and dynamic issues vital to the industry's future.

Wednesday June 25, 2008

1:00 pmOpening Keynote - Daria Myers: Changing Corporate Landscape and Organic
2:45 pmPlenary Session - Evolving Cultural Views of Organic
4:45 pmBoulder Farmers' Market Tour with Steve Ela
5:30 pmWelcome Reception
7:00 pmOrganic Solstice Dinner

Thursday June 26, 2008

7:30 am Organic Breakfast
8:30 am Plenary Session - Passing the Fork: Conversations with Organic Groundbreakers
10:45 am   Breakout Sessions:
 • Lawyers are Our Friends…Really
 • Who Represents Organic and How?
 • Organic on the Edge

12:15 pm Organic Lunch

1:45 pm Breakout Sessions
 • Venture Philanthropy and Social Investing
 • Crisis and Scale
 • Nanotechnology in a Food System Near You

4:00 pm Breakout Sessions
 • Textiles' Growth and Impact on Organic
 • Speed D(eb)ating - Defining Domestic Fair Trade
 • New Organic Knowledge - The Impact and Future of Organic Research

6 :30 pm OFRF 5th Annual Midsummer's Eve Organic Benefit Reception and Dinner
Pastures of Plenty Farm
$100 per person donation (All proceeds benefit the Organic Farming Research Foundation.)

Friday June 27, 2008

7:30 am Organic Breakfast
9:00 am Plenary Session - Sustainability Scorecard
11:15 am   Closing Keynote - Seth Goldman: Maintaining the Integrity of an
Organic Brand when Coca-Cola Calls

*All topics and times are subject to change

Time/Dates

Location


Dates

  • June 25-27, 2008

QuickLinks

  • Click here for 2008 Organic Summit Press Photos

  • Tom Philpott from Grist.org blogs on The Organic Summit.

  • Radio Interview - KCFR Colorado Matters Members of the organic food industry meet at the Organic Summit in Boulder June 25-27. Ryan Warner talks with Hotchkiss farmer Steve Ela, Board President of the Organic Farming Research Foundation. The organization is co-hosting the event. (First broadcast June 18, 2008.)

  • Click here to download an audio file of Mr. Robb's keynote address from the Organic Summit 2007.

  • Click here to download an audio file of Mr. Kirschenmann's keynote address from the Organic Summit 2007.