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2023 MFGA REGEN AG CONFERENCE

Keynote Profile: Kalie Rider


Kalie Rider

Kalie grew up in the sugar beet territory of Western North Dakota with the belief that leaving was the ultimate goal in life. Throughout her childhood she experienced chronic severe migraines and general fatigue and early on it was obvious to her that it was related to what she ate, so she decided to study nutrition in college to get to the bottom of her health condition. In her quest to become a Registered Dietitian, she started making connections between food and her family’s history of farming, which led her to pursue a Master's in Environmental Studies with a focus on food systems at the University of Montana. Meanwhile, back at home, her brother Jed was experiencing his own health conditions and extreme anxiety trying to keep the sugar beet farming tradition alive. He was ultimately exposed (at a bar of all places) to concepts of holistic management grazing systems, adopted them, and never turned back.


After her stint in Montana and ten years away from home, Kalie moved back to be a part of the lives of her nieces and nephews and live on her brother’s ranch to watch the life and diversity come back to the land. Now she sees the Dakota prairie for the rich beauty that it is.


Today Kalie works as a diabetic educator with Indian Health Services, is a mentor for the North Dakota Grazing Lands Coalition, teaches nutrition as an adjunct at Williston State College, and spends many weekends playing music with her band Gettin’ Outta Dodge. She obsessively looks for connections between the soil and human health, and believes that if we start focusing our efforts on improving our soils, the health will follow.

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Conference Keynotes

The MFGA 2023 Regen Ag Conference is held November 13-15, 2023, at the Victoria Inn, in Brandon, Mb. Other keynotes include Brendan Rockey who will share the management decisions that have resulted in sustained yields and improved water efficiency on the Rockey Colorado Farm for over a decade; Dr. Jonathan Lundgren, director of EcDysis Foundation and Blue Dasher Farm, at Estelline South Dakota, which has led studies that are well-regarded benchmarks to the power and potential of regenerative agriculture; Dr. Paul Galpern of the University of Calgary who will detail his work on pollinators and prairie landscapes; Ian Steppler, who many will be familiar with from his work with Manitoba Beekeepers Association; Derek and Tanis Axten, who are awesome speakers and valuable additions to our conference to showcase the way they farm in Saskatchewan; Korb Whale, Owner/Operator of Mapleton Organic Dairy in Ontario; Dr. Steven Frey, expert on MFGA's Aquanty Project’s Water Forecasting Tool. Visit our conference page to see more details about speakers, view our draft agenda and learn about tradeshow/sponsorship opportunities.

Conference Sponsorship & Tradeshow Opportunities

Our 2023 MFGA Regen Ag Conference is a great opportunity to promote your business and showcase your products and services to a well-informed producer-based crowd. The event will also include a Tradeshow set to run throughout the entire 2.5 day conference. To participate, contact denice@mfga.net.

Accommodations

We have a block of rooms being held at:

Victoria Inn Hotel & Convention Centre

3550 Victoria Ave. | Brandon, Manitoba | R7B 2R4

Conference Nightly Rates (plus taxes):

Single occupancy: $135.99 (no breakfast) or $145.99 (with 1 off-the-menu breakfast)

Double occupancy $10 extra.

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