Tilth Conference

Conference Schedule

Conference Schedule

Managing the Transition to Organic & Regenerative Production

  • Date: Thursday, November 13
  • Time: 4-5:15 p.m.
  • Speakers: Brad Bailie, Lenwood Farms; Aaron Flansburg, Flansburg Farm; Josh Riddle, Farm It, LLC
  • Location: Room 205
  • Track: Transition to Organic

Farmers always face a wide array of challenges, but the challenges can be compounded in the transition from conventional to organic and regenerative production. In this workshop, farmers share their experiences with managing weeds, insects, diseases, and soil fertility as they transition from conventional to organic farming practices in Eastern Washington.

About the Speakers

  • Brad Bailie

    Lenwood Farms

    Brad Bailie is co-owner of Lenwood Farms in Connell, WA, along with his wife, Esther Daza. He is a member of the fifth generation of his family farming the land. Brad and Esther focus their work on developing the farm into a healthy and vibrant place to live and work. They hope to continue to experience economic and environmental sustainability. Both enjoy working with and in other cultures and are open to the possibility of working abroad in agricultural and community development. When Brad and Esther are not working on the farm, they love to be in Esther’s homeland, Colombia, visiting friends and family.

  • Aaron Flansburg

    Flansburg Farm

    Aaron is a fifth-generation farmer from Palouse, WA. Since graduating from WSU in 2002, he has farmed with his mom and dad on about 2000 acres, growing dry land wheat, barley, canola, lentils, peas, chickpeas, and alfalfa. He’s currently on his sixth crop year of growing organically, with 160 acres certified and another 400 in transition. He lives on the farm with his wife, Nicole, and their three school-aged children.

  • Josh Riddle

    Farm It, LLC

    Josh Riddle is a fourth generation dryland grain/cattle farmer on the Peone Prairie. He has built his operation from farming smaller parcels to comprise one larger-scale farm business. Over the last 5 years he has been on a journey to push toward farming more in alignment with nature. In practice, he is integrating cover crops, applying inputs made on-farm- such as compost teas and extracts (and more!), and reducing dependence on synthetic off-farm inputs. His heart and soul are driven to grow quality food that heals people and the land.