Full Value Forestry Conference and Tours Plain Green TTEC – April 26& 27, 2013
Plain, WI
9am Registration, coffee, snacks, displays of local wood products, building tour Display of South American Hardwoods from growers in Brazil and Ecuador
9:30 Introductions and Welcome
10am Full Value Forestry Overview – Jim Birkemeier, owner of Spring Green Timber Growers
11am Bus Tours - half of the group will participate in each location
Timbergreen Farm – forestry and on farm wood manufacturing facility
Natural Forestry, Restoration Forestry, Plantation Forestry, Urban Forestry
Jim Birkemeier
Arthroscopic Logging and Directional felling
Mike Neta - Sustainable Forestry Systems
Sawmilling logs, solar kiln drying lumber
Alex Green - Red Beard Woodworks
Wood Workshop Operations
Eric Olson - Concept Design and Building
Spring Green Timber Growers Store & Laser Shop – Downtown Spring Green
Design and Production for Laser Cut and engraved wood
Marketing Wood Products on the Internet
Matt and Amie Van Susteren - Timber Green Woods
Retail Store Operations and Social Media Tools for Selling Wood
Amy Mills - Spring Green Timber Growers
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch will be at the Wisconsin Riverside Resort
1:45 – 2:15 Bus Tours – groups will switch locations
2:30 Plain Green TTEC
Promoting the use of locally grown and manufactured forest products
FromTheTimberGrower.com market plan and training program
Fine Finishing Demonstration – Shawn Olmstead
4pm Summary and adjourn
Registration will begin in Mid-March.
Maximum attendance – 100 per day.
for more information, contact Jim Birkemeier (608) 588-7342
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