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• Sponsor Commitment for 2026 Future Harvest Conference

  • Start
    16 Jun 2025
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  • End
    30 Jan 2026
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  Every winter, more than 400 farmers, educators, agriculture service providers, and foodpreneurs gather for Future Harvest’s annual conference — an extra special three days of workshops, lectures, peer-to-peer experiences, delicious farm fresh meals, all-star lineup of speakers, and lots of learning and networking.  
  

  We hold so much gratitude for you as a sponsor who makes our work of strengthening farming and the regional food economy; protecting our land, water, and air; and providing nutritious food that sustains the region’s communities, possible. From all of us at Future Harvest, our deepest thanks.

  • a. Bronze Sponsorship (Exhibitor) – $1,000.00

      Includes one exhibitor booth, two program registrations and Future Harvest  memberships, logo recognition on website, and conference program listing.

  • b. Bronze Sponsorship (Scholarship sponsorship only, no exhibit booth.) – $1,000.00

    Includes support sponsorship of three conference scholarships, two future Harvest memberships, logo recognition on website, and conference program listing.

  • c. Silver Sponsorship (Exhibitor + Coffee Break Sponsor) – $2,500.00

    Includes exhibitor booth, three complimentary program registrations and Future Harvest memberships, logo recognition on website, recognition in promotional emails, recognition in social media posts, conference program listing, 1/8 page program advertisement, and recognition as sponsor of a coffee break.

  • d. Silver Sponsorship (Exhibitor + Sponsored/Vendor Session) – $2,500.00

    Includes exhibitor booth, three complimentary program registrations and Future Harvest memberships, logo recognition on website, recognition in promotional emails, recognition in social media posts, conference program listing, 1/8 page program advertisement, and one 45 minute sponsored/vendor workshop. Limited Availability. 

  • e. Silver Sponsorship (Exhibitor + Scholarship Sponsor) – $2,500.00

    Includes exhibitor booth, three scholarship sponsorships, three complimentary program registrations and Future Harvest memberships, logo recognition on website, recognition in promotional emails, recognition in social media posts, conference program listing, 1/8 page program advertisement.

  • f. Gold Sponsorship (Exhibitor + Breakfast Sponsor) – $5,000.00

    Includes exhibitor booth, four complimentary program registrations and Future Harvest memberships, logo recognition on website, recognition in promotional emails, recognition in social media posts, conference program listing, 1/4 page program advertisement, and sponsorship recognition for breakfast.

  • g. Gold Sponsorship (Exhibitor + Scholarship Sponsor) – $5,000.00

    Includes exhibitor booth, four complimentary program registrations and Future Harvest memberships, logo recognition on website, recognition in promotional emails, recognition in social media posts, conference program listing, 1/4 page program advertisement, and sponsorship of seven scholarships.

  • h. Platinum Sponsorship (Exhibitor + Keynote Sponsorship) – $7,500.00

    Includes exhibitor booth, five complimentary program registrations and Future Harvest memberships, logo recognition on website, recognition in promotional emails, recognition in social media posts, conference program listing, 1/2 page program advertisement, and a five minute presentation before a keynote speech.

  • i. Platinum Sponsorship (Exhibitor + Scholarship Sponsorship) – $7,500.00

    Includes exhibitor booth, five complimentary program registrations and Future Harvest memberships, logo recognition on website, recognition in promotional emails, recognition in social media posts, conference program listing, 1/2 page program advertisement, and sponsorship of twelve scholarships.

  • j. Partner Sponsorship (Exhibitor + Lunch Sponsorship) – $10,000.00

    Includes exhibitor booth, six complimentary program registrations and Future Harvest memberships, logo recognition on website, recognition in promotional emails, recognition in social media posts, conference program listing, full page program advertisement, and sponsorship of a full lunch.

  • k. Partner Sponsorship (Exhibitor + Scholarships) – $10,000.00

    Includes exhibitor booth, six complimentary program registrations and Future Harvest memberships, logo recognition on website, recognition in promotional emails, recognition in social media posts, conference program listing, full page program advertisement, and sponsorship of twenty scholarships.

  • l. 1/8 page a la carte program advertisement – $150.00

    Horizontal 4.25" x 2.75"

  • m. 1/4 page a la carte program advertisement – $250.00

    Vertical 5.5" x 4.25"

  • n. 1/2 page program a la carte advertisement – $300.00

    Horizontal 11" x 4.25"

  • o. full page a la carte program advertisement – $550.00

    vertical 11" x 8.5"

  • p. Inside back cover a la carte program advertisement – $600.00

  • q. Back cover a la carte program advertisement – $700.00

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• Diversifying Income Streams: How Agritourism Can Support Your Operation

  • When
    29 Jul 2025
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    10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Windward Farm 743 Windward Ln, Shepherdstown, WV 25443
  • Spaces left
    43

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  Event Description: Join Future Harvest in Shepherdstown, WV for a tour of Windward Farm, where Misha Van Mecl has built a bustling farm operation with offerings that range from flower farming, design and event space rental to the sale of purebred Nubian ADGA registered dairy goats, Cotswold wool and a variety of farm products. Misha builds lasting relationships with community members through a variety of ticketed on-farm events like the annual Hunt Brunch and floral design instructionals and attracts new customers with their airbnb glamping tent.

  Lunch will be provided.

  
  

  About the Farm: Windward Farm At Windward, Misha and her husband Reed operate a variety of enterprises. Windward Blooms, their farm based floral design and flower farming business, offers local flower delivery throughout the region, and floral design for weddings and events anywhere within a 2.5 hour radius of our farm. Misha and Reed also raise a variety of animals for agritourism, personal enjoyment, and production purposes. They also produce quality square bales for local hay sales and host events and classes.

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• Plant Pest & Disease ID

  • When
    30 Jul 2025
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    4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Calvert's Gift Farm, 16813 Yeoho Rd, Sparks Glencoe, MD 21152
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    29

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  Event Description: Join farm owner/operators Jack and Beckie Gurley and University of Maryland Extension Agent Emily Zobel for a first-hand look at the most common plant pests and diseases that occur on small farms during the peak growing season. We'll discuss identification methods and ways to combat these challenges. 

  Dinner will be provided.

  
  

  About the Farm: Calvert’s Gift Farm is a 7 acre certified organic fruit and vegetable farm located in Sparks, Maryland.  Established in 1995 by Jack and Beckie Gurley, the farm continues to produce high quality, organic fruits and vegetables season after season. 

  They have been continuously certified organic through the Maryland Department of Agriculture, which is accredited by the National Organic Program. The National Organic Program (NOP) has strict standards that must be met in order to become certified.  Calvert's Gift Farm utilizes extensive crop rotations, minimizes off farm inputs and relies almost entirely on natural systems to produce safe, healthy food in an environmentally sound way.  Their three high tunnels ensure nearly year round food production and because we don’t rely on a lot of heavy equipment, our fields are easily accessible, even under the harshest conditions. 

   

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• Small Tools & Equipment Demo

  • When
    23 Aug 2025
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    10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    The Farm at Kelly Miller, 301 49th St NE, Washington, DC 20019
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    26

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  Event Description: 

  Join Farm Manager Autumn Herbert and Johnny's Seeds Territorial Representative Lauren Kendall Shane to learn all about small tools and equipment. They will conduct demonstrations of various tools, with plenty of time for questions and for you to try tools yourself. This includes and intro to the BCS walk behind tractor as well. 

  Lunch will be provided.

  
  

  About the Farm:

  In the fall of 2015, a farmer told Dreaming Out Loud (DOL) about some land that was available for stewardship. Kelly Miller Farm is in Ward 7, located behind the Kelly Miller Middle School.

  This is also the location of their farmers' market, which they host every year on Saturdays from June to November. 

  The land is not only for farming! It's for bringing people together. They host two festivals on this land to bring the community together, one in the spring and one in the fall. They also provide community garden beds that allow residents of Ward 7 to grow their own food and flowers.

  About Dreaming Out Loud:

  Dreaming Out Loud has been rebuilding urban, community-based food systems, helping to increase access to healthy food and improve community health, developing low-income entrepreneurs and cooperatives, and training at-risk adult residents for sustainable, family-supporting wages since 2008. 

  Big thanks to Johnny's Seeds for supporting this event!

  

  
  

  
  

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