Time

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

7:00 - 7:45

Breakfast

Breakfast

Breakfast

Breakfast

Breakfast

8:00 – 10:00

Welcome

ECHO Staff Devotions

ECHO Services

Intro to Soils and Soil Life

Andy Cotarelo

Underutilized Tropical Crops

Tim Motis

Basic Botany for Gardening

Stacy Reader

Appropriate Technology Survey

Craig Bielema

10:00-10:30

Staff and Student Introductions

Break

Break

Break

Break

10:30- 12:00

Overview of Tropical Agriculture

Bob Hargrave

Farm Tour

Land Care and Soil Restoration

Tim Watkins

Harvesting & Using Underutilized Tropical Crops

Brian Flanagan

Principles and Practices of a Small Scale Farm

Andy Cotarelo

Seed Saving

Holly Sobetski

12:15- 1:30

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

Lunch

1:30 - 3:00

ECHOcommunity.org overview

Nate Flood

Multiplication

Bruce Wilson

Library Orientation

Building Soil Fertility with Compost and Vermiculture

Brad Ward

(1:30-3:30)

Survey of Tropical Fruits

Lydia Hofland

Overview of Animal Production Systems

Andy Cotarelo

Principles of Community Development

Tim Albright

(1:30-3:30)

3:15 - 3:30

Break

Break

Break

Break

3:30 - 5:00

Understanding Poverty Mentality

Tim Albright

(3:00 – 5:00)

Water for Agriculture

Bob Hargrave

Activity Options:

a.  Staff visits

b.  Library study time

c.  Propagation Techniques

Urban Agriculture

Rick Burnette

Course Evaluation

Closing Remarks

Tim Motis/Rick Burnette

5:30 - 7:00

Dinner

Dinner

Dinner

Dinner

Dinner

7:00-8:30

Optional

Library Time

Library Time

Night Off

Applying TAD

No evening activity