In partnership with Berkshire Agricultural Ventures, please join us for the first UConn Extension Diversified Livestock Conference
Thursday May 21st, 2026
Tolland Agricultural Center, 24 Hyde Avenue, Vernon, CT
- Registration fee - $50 (includes lunch and coffee break) - Student rate - $30 (must present student ID or proof of enrollment on the day of event) https://secure.touchnet.com/C21646_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=6891
- Trade show vendors - $150 - space is limited - please register here - https://secure.touchnet.com/C21646_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=6872
Have questions? Please reach out to livestock@uconn.edu
Featured Speakers & Topics
Main Conference - 9am-3pm
"Local Meat Processing: Working with Your Processor" - Jake Levin, Berkshire Agricultural Ventures
"Prescribed Grazing in Practice: Live Demos, Farm Hacks, and Open-Source Tech" - Jennie Kapszukiewicz, American Farmland Trust & Stone Hill Farm & Nick Weinstock, BOTL Farm
"Small-Scale Poultry Production in CT: From Setup to Safe, Profitable Production" - Indu Upadhyaya, UConn Extension
"Sheep Farming in Connecticut—Challenges, Opportunities, and Strategies for Growth and Sustainability" Sheep Producer Panel - Judith Hooper (Grass Hill Farm), Dr. Erin Masur (Sheep Rock Vet and Fork You Farms), and Erin Pirro (Pirro Farm)
Post Conference - 3:30pm-5pm
Roy Desrochers, Global Sensory Expert with UVM Extension, (The basics of tasting, options for effective product taste tests, and how to integrate flavor quality information into marketing efforts to increase sales.)
Support for this work was provided by the Reaching Communities with UConn Extension fund and the Linda Brughelli Fund for Excellence in Extension Services. Brughelli is a parent of a member of the class of ’06.