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Past UMCA Hosted Events
UMCA Hosted Events
Forestry/Agroforestry Events
6th Annual Missouri Chestnut Roast, Oct. 18, 2008
5th Annual Missouri Chestnut Roast, Oct. 13, 2007
Missouri Exchange Workshop, July 19, 2007
Silvopasture Forum, March 20, 2007
2007 Focus Group Meetings for Potential Chestnut Producers
2006 Chestnut Roasting and Sales Events
4th Annual Missouri Chestnut Roast, Oct. 14, 2006
Windbreaks Workshop, July 25, 2006
Specialty Mushroom Workshop, Feb. 17-18, 2006
Agroforestry Training Workshop, Jan. 10-11, 2006
3rd Annual Missouri Chestnut Roast, Oct. 29, 2005
Riparian Forest Buffers Workshop, Oct. 27, 2005
Shiitake Mushroom Workshop, April 16, 2005
6th Annual Missouri Chestnut Roast
Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Center,
New Franklin, Mo.
The Missouri Chestnut Roast, held annually in October, is quickly becoming one of Mid-Missouri's premier family-oriented events. The event is an outstanding opportunity to introduce families and landowners to the broad range of possibilities and benefits agroforestry practices can provide. Hundreds of visitors each year enjoy their first sample of sweet, Missouri-grown roasted chestnuts, along with a variety of products featuring locally-grown black walnuts and pecans, recipes and nutritional information to pique their interest in purchasing nut products.
Musical Entertainment:
Musical entertainment was provided by the Ironweed Bluegrass Band and Eco Gitano, a unique blend of Caribbean and Spanish guitar. Both bands are based in Columbia, Mo.
Entertainment Tent:
Speakers and topics included Terry Durham, Eridu Farms, "Elderberry Culture and Production"; Sybill Amelon, US Forest Service, "Live Bat Demonstration"; Steve Johnson, Missouri River Communities Network, "Regional Cuisines and Heritage Tourism"; and Lane McConnell, Missouri Department of Agriculture, "Experience Missouri’s Local Foods"
Cooking with Chestnuts Demonstrations:
Executive Chef Eric Cartwright of the MU Dining Services - Plaza 900, prepared three unique chestnut dishes on the stage including chestnut flour crusted salmon, chestnut and edamame salad, and chestnut and celery root puree
Executive Chef Craig Cyr of The Wine Cellar and Bistro in Columbia prepared chestnut granola, roasted chestnut stir fry, and roasted acorn squash stuffed with chestnuts and Greystone Farm sausage
1819 Thomas Hickman House Tours:
Ray Glendenning, HARC Manage, led walk through tours of the newly rehabilitated house throughout the day
Bus Tours:
UMCA personnel Dusty Walter, Mark Coggeshall, Gene Garrett, and Jerry Van Sambeek, US Forest Service, led bus tours throughout the day of the nut orchards and other research areas
Walking Tours:
Tours were led by Nadia Navarrete-Tindall, Lincoln University
Children’s Activities:
- Straw Bale Maze
- "Live Bat Presentation" inside the Entertainment Tent
- Free helium balloons were available at the MU College of Agriculture booth
- Chestnut Roast Fact Hunt kits and free coloring books were available at the Information Tent
Producer and Exhibitor Booths:
- The Chestnut Roasting Booth had free samples of fresh roasted chestnuts
- Chestnut Charlie’s, W. H. Brookhiser & Sons, and Capp’s Chestnut Orchard booths sold fresh chestnuts
- The producer booths had free tasting samples of many products and wine, specialty beer, chestnut, pecan and black walnut products, pine nuts, nut candy, goat cheeses, mustards, elderberry products, and other gourmet products for sale
- Many additional items for sale at the booths included Buck’s Ice Cream, potted chestnut trees, elderberry plants, dried native plant materials, pumpkins and other natural fall decoration materials, Missouri wildflower plants, and specialty wood products
- Free recipes and publications were available at the MU Center for Agroforestry booth
- The New Franklin High School Athletics Boosters Club food concession stand sold grilled elk, buffalo, and beef burgers and brats, hot and cold drinks, and snacks
Contact Information for the Producers and Exhibitors:
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5th Annual Missouri Chestnut Roast
Saturday, Oct. 13, 2007
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Center,
New Franklin, Mo.
Activities in the Entertainment Tent:
| 10:00 - 11:00 | Ironweed Bluegrass Band |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Agroforesty DVD |
| 11:45 - 12:45 | Ironweed Bluegrass Band |
| 12:45 - 1:30 | MU Raptor Rehabilitation Project presentation |
| 1:30 -2:30 | Ironweed Bluegrass Band |
| 2:30 - 3:15 | Wayne Lovelace, Forrest Keeling Nursery, "Caring for Your New Chestnut and Other Trees"
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Cooking with Chestnuts Demonstrations
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Executive Chef Eric Cartwright of the MU Dining Services - Plaza 900 Chef Cartwright and staff prepared four unique chestnut dishes on the stage. Free tasting samples were distributed to audience during the demonstration.
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| 1:00 - 2:30 | Executive Chef Craig Cyr of The Wine Cellar and Bistro in Columbia Chef Cyr and staff prepared four unique chestnut dishes on the stage. Free tasting samples were distributed to audience during the demonstration. |
The 1819 Thomas Hickman House:
The house was closed this year at the event due to the restoration project.
Guided Bus Tours of the Farm:
Tour guides Mike Gold, Dusty Walter, Mark Coggeshall, MU Center for Agroforestry, and Jerry Van Sambeek, US Forest
Service gave bus tours of the farm throughout the day.
Producers and Exhibitors for the 2007 Missouri Chestnut Roast
Free tasting samples and products for sale in most of the booths
Baer’s Pure Scents
Bee products booth
baerjc@sbcglobal.net
http://www.baerspure.com |
Barnicle Farms
Pickled black walnuts
tlbarnicle@earthlink.net |
Cedar Mikes
Ozark Custom Cedar Furniture
417-628-3251
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Chestnut Charlie’s
Certified organic chestnuts booth,
cooking with chestnuts demonstration and tasting
www.chestnutcharlie.com
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Columbia Master Gardeners
Informational booth
daydr@missouri.edu |
Ernest Hilderbrand
Specialty wood turning demonstration and sales booth
HilderbrandE@missouri.edu |
Forrest Keeling Nursery
Containerized chestnut trees booth
www.fknursery.com
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Furstenau Elk Farm
Elk meat products booth
terryf@howardelectricwb.com
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Gibbons Bee Farm
Honey products booth with an observation live bee hive
www.gibbonsbeefarm.com |
Gift Baskets Unique
Missouri-made specialty food products booth
JMGARRETT@aol.com |
Goatsbeard Farm
Goat cheese products booth
www.goatsbeardfarm.com
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Goods from the Woods
Pine nuts and hickory nuts booth
www.pinenut.com
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Grand Valley Farms
Pecan snack products booth
GrandValleyFarms@yahoo.com
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Hammons Products Company
Black walnut and pecan products booth
www.black-walnuts.com |
Ironweed Bluegrass Band
Musical entertainment
www.ironweedbluegrassband.com/
| Les Bourgeois Vineyards
Wine tasting booth
www.missouriwine.com |
MU Center for Agroforestry
Free samples of roasted chestnuts
Agroforestry publications and information exhibit
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Lime Green Bean Accessories
by Jean
Chestnut theme jewelry and craft items booth
Millers3@charter.net |
Missouri Consulting Foresters
Missouri Walnut Council
Information booth
Res077jd@gte.net
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Missouri Farmers Union
Ozark Mountain Pork Cooperative products booth
www.missourifarmersunion.org
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MO Northern Pecan Producers
Missouri pecan products booth
www.mopecans.com |
Missouri Wildflowers Nursery
Wildflower plants and seeds booth
www.mowildflowers.net |
Mount Pleasant Winery
Wine tasting and sales booth
www.mountpleasant.com/
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MU Buck’s Ice Cream
Chestnut, black walnut and pecan ice cream booth
http://bucks.missouri.edu/
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MU Campus Dining Services
Cooking with chestnuts demonstration and tasting
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MU Center for Agroforestry
Roasted chestnut sampling booth
Agroforestry publications and information exhibit
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MU College of Agriculture, Food, and
Natural Resources
Informational exhibit
http://cafnr.missouri.edu/
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MU Raptor Rehabilitation Project
Live bird of prey presentation
www.raptorrehab.missouri.edu
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Native Plant Society
Wreaths, dried plant materials, native plants booth
http://www.missourinativeplantsociety.org
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New Franklin High School Boosters Club
Food concession stand with grilled elk, buffalo and beef products
leigh@gkccpas.com
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Papa Shrubs and Sni-Valley Seed Co.
Potted chestnut trees, native plants and seeds booth
pgustafson@grainvalley@k12.mo.us
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Pine straw mulch exhibit
Demonstration shows uses for Missouri-produced pine straw bales
www.centerforagroforestry.org/profit/pine/pine.asp |
Sara Ann Denson
Christmas Turtles author
Book readings at designated times and sales booth
www.saraanndenson.com
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Southeast Iowa Nut Growers Cooperative
Fresh chestnuts
www.redfernfarm.com
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The Root Cellar
Canned tomato products, salsa, marinara
www.graphic-illusions.com/rootcellar/findus.html
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The Saint Louis Brewery, Inc.
Schlafly fall beer and hard cider booth
www.schlafly.com
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The Wine Cellar and Bistro
Cooking with chestnuts demonstration and tasting
www.winecellarbistro.com |
Wilby’s Fire House Foods, LLC
Gourmet mustard booth
rjwilbey@msn.com |
Wilson Pecan Farms
Pecans and pecan candies booth
wilsonf@sofnet.com |
Wyldewood Cellars
Elderberry food and health products booth
www.elderberry.net
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Missouri Exchange Workshop
July 19, 2007 -Columbia, Mo.
A recent workshop sponsored by the University of Missouri Center for
Agroforestry promoted the new Missouri Exchange online marketplace web site
and brought buyers and sellers together face-to-face. The workshop
featured information on selling fresh and niche agricultural products, a
web site tutorial, local food and agricultural product samples, and
networking among attendees and speakers.
The Missouri Exchange workshop included knowledgeable speakers who
discussed opportunities for marketing niche and fresh agricultural products
to restaurants, marketing of alternative products, native plants and the
GrowNative! program, and the rise of the growing local food movement in the
United States.
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Participants exhibited their products, which included gourmet mustards, baked goods, pickled walnuts, honey ice cream, fresh produce and herbs, native plants and fresh pecans and pecan candies.
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The luncheon of fried chicken, stuffed peppers, vegetables, shiitake mushrooms, fresh rolls and cheesecake promoted local foods - all ingredients were brought in from area farms before preparation by University of Missouri chefs.
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Silvopasture Forum
March 20, 2007 - MU Wurdack Farm, Cook Station, Mo.
Hosted by the University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry, this
forum offered information for natural resources professionals and
landowners interested in the silvopasture practice. The history and
background of silvopasture was presented, along with an overview of
management intensive grazing systems and information about selecting
appropriate forages. Missouri EQIP and silvopasture practice standards
were also addressed. During the afternoon, a tour of silvopasture
research at the Wurdack Farm was given to the participants.
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Dusty Walter, UMCA Technical Training Specialist, and the forum attendees view the silvopasture practice demonstration area.
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Focus Group Meetings for Potential Chestnut Producers
January 30, 2007 - Pleasant Hill, Mo.
February 7, 2007 - Mt. Vernon, Mo.
As an effort to expand the chestnut industry, the Center for Agroforestry hosted focus group meetings in January and February in Pleasant Hill and Mt. Vernon, Mo. The attendees were identified before the meeting as potential chestnut producers. The meetings were held to gauge interest in producing chestnuts and to provide growing and marketing information to the participants in an effort to establish a base of chestnut growers in Missouri. The Center has conducted research with chestnuts for the past 10 years, and is now in a position to offer cultivar and marketing information to potential growers.
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Mike Gold, UMCA Associate Director, interacts with the Focus Group participants
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2006 Chestnut Roasting and Sales Events
- Oct. 13, 4th Annual Missouri Chestnut Roast, New Franklin
- Nov. 2 - 4, Small Farms Trade Show, Columbia
- Nov. 11, Columbia Farmers Market, Columbia
- Nov. 29 - Dec. 3, MU Forestry Club Christmas Tree Sales Lot, Columbia
- Dec. 8 Living Windows Festival, Columbia
- Nov. 1 - Dec. 23 Chestnuts were sold from the MU Anheuser-Busch Natural Resources Bldg, Columbia
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UMCA staff sold bags of fresh HARC chestnuts at the Columbia Farmers Market
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4th Annual Missouri Chestnut Roast
Saturday, Oct. 14, 2006
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Center,
New Franklin, Mo.
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Producers, Exhibitors and Demonstrations for the 2006 Missouri Chestnut Roast
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Windbreaks and Other Practices to Manage Livestock Odors
July 25, 2006 - Paris, Mo.
Sponsored by the University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry, with funding from SARE (a program of the USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service). Not only are windbreaks attractive and relatively low-maintenance, they provide odor mitigation benefits that are critical to livestock operations' owners. The importance of windbreaks, and their design and management, was the topic of an agroforestry workshop hosted by the University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry (UMCA) on July 25, in Paris, Mo.
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Funded by a grant received by the Center for Agroforestry through the USDA's Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education professional development program, the workshop brought more than 40 natural resource professionals and landowners together to learn about windbreaks and evaluate a "real world" case study.
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Specialty Mushroom Production and Marketing Workshop
Feb. 17 - 18, 2006 — Columbia, Mo.
More than 40 participants from across the Midwest attended the workshop designed to teach the basics of production and/or marketing techniques for specialty gourmet mushrooms, including shiitake, oyster and Stropharia. University of Missouri research faculty members, professional mushroom growers and marketers provided participants the knowledge and skills needed to get started growing and marketing mushrooms.
A hands-on tour of the mushroom cultivation sites at the MU Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Center, New Franklin, Mo., featured demonstrations of UMCA current research and explored the steps involved in growing mushrooms in a forest farming setting. Read more in Green Horizons.
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MU Plant Pathologist Jeanne Mihail instructs a participant on the correct technique for drilling an oak log.
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Agroforestry Training Workshop
Jan. 10-11, 2006 — Columbia, Mo.
In the fall of 2005, the Center was awarded a Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Professional Development Program grant to fund a series of agroforestry trainings geared toward a targeted audience: individuals from state and government federal agencies, University Extension personnel, and non-profit and professional organizations dealing with issues that directly impact landowners and their management of forests and farms. More than 50 professionals representing several disciplines in the natural resource-based fields attended the January training. The training was designed to increase core agencies' knowledge about agroforestry practices and the benefits they offer when applied as sustainable farming practices, and to foster the establishment of social networks for assisting resource professionals and landowners in finding answers regarding the establishment and management of agroforestry.
The event utilized a new and updated Agroforestry Training Manual designed to facilitate all phases of implementing the five agroforestry practices (available for download or order on the Publications page. A tour of the Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Center at New Franklin, Mo., featured demonstrations of diverse agroforestry practices. Natural resource professionals broke into smaller multi-agency work groups to evaluate implementing agroforestry practices into a real-world agroforestry case study, Idolour Farm in Boone County, Mo. Read more in Green Horizons.
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Mike Gold, UMCA associate director, teaches training workshop participants how to earn profit from trees in creative ways using
agroforestry practices.
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3rd Annual Chestnut Roast
October 29, 2005 — Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Center,
New Franklin, Mo.
The Missouri Chestnut Roast, held annually in October, is quickly becoming one of the premier family-oriented events for mid-Missouri and the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. The event is an outstanding opportunity to introduce families and landowners to the broad range of possibilities and benefits agroforestry practices can provide. Hundreds of visitors each year enjoy their first sample of sweet, Missouri-grown roasted chestnuts, along with a variety of products featuring locally-grown black walnuts and pecans, recipes and nutritional information to peak their interest in purchasing nut products. The 2005 Chestnut Roast drew a record crowd of approximately 4,000 guests to the HARC farm to learn about agroforestry.
New Attractions Featured at the 2005 Event:
- Live bat demonstration - U.S. Forest Service
- Tree grafting demonstration - from Forrest Keeling Nursery
- Wreath making demonstration (using decorative florals grown through agroforestry) - the Native Plant Society
- Live music by The Ironweed Bluegrass Band throughout the day
- Wood lathe demonstration with souvenirs for children
- Storytelling, featuring the fascinating history of the area
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A workshop featuring decorative woody florals, one of the diverse niche products that can be produced through agroforestry, was a new event at the 2005 chestnut roast.
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Roasted chestnuts are a popular treat at the annual event. Many of the free chestnut samples served at the Roast are nuts harvested fresh from the HARC farm.
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Riparian Buffer Workshop
October 27, 2005 — Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Center,
New Franklin, Mo.
The maintenance of existing forests and the establishment of new trees in areas adjacent to streams (and prone to flooding) can be challenging. The University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry (UMCA), and its collaborative researchers, addressed this challenge at a field day in October, focusing on current riparian buffer research and its application on the land.
Titled "Managing Riparian Forests and Riparian Buffers," the field day was hosted at the University of Missouri Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Center at New Franklin, Mo. Topics included design and maintenance of riparian forests and buffers; planting configurations to reduce erosion; species selection; wildlife management; value added opportunities and cost-share/incentive programs. The Center for Agroforestry extends special thanks to the Missouri Department of Conservation, the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service and the University of Missouri for the expertise their personnel contributed to the program. Read more in Green Horizons.
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The riparian forest buffers workshop brought participants to the HARC farm to learn how to effectively manage this agroforestry practice for maximum benefit - including water quality, wildlife habitat and value added product production.
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Shiitake Mushroom Production: From Tree to Table
April 16, 2005 — Ozark Forest Mushrooms, Bunker, Mo.
This hands-on workshop featured demonstrations of shiitake mushroom production and profitable forest management through agroforestry practices. The event was sponsored by Ozark Forest Mushrooms, UMCA and the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SARE).
Participants learned step-by-step about the shiitake mushroom process, from the management of the forest for mushroom log production to packaging and marketing fresh and dried shiitakes for retail sale. Also featured was a wood furnace that fuels a greenhouse for winter production, partially funded by a SARE grant to utilize "spent" logs as a heat source. Proprietors and staff of the successful Ozark Forest Mushrooms business led participants through demonstrations and field tours, as well as faculty and staff from the Center for Agroforestry and forestry/natural resources professionals.
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Nicola Macpherson, left, proprietor of Ozark Forest Mushrooms, leads a discussion about sustainable, year-round shiitake production in her greenhouse. The greenhouse is heated by burning the farm's spent mushroom logs.
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