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Grassroots Grazing Summit: Connecting Human Health, Animal Health and Soil Health

Friday, Jan. 9

4:30p - No-Host Social
5:00p - Presentation by the Maddock Family, 2025 ND Leopold Conservation Award Winners
5:30p - Dinner Buffet
6:30p - Keynote by Sara Keough: “From Soil to Gut: How Microbiomes Shape Human and Planetary Health”

Saturday, Jan. 10

7:30a - Registration and Breakfast Buffet
8:30a - Morning Welcome
9:00a - Sponsor Showcase
9:30a - “Caregiver Impact on Cattle Health, Wellbeing, and Performance” by Dr. Tom Noffsinger
10:30a - Break
11:00a - “What Regenerative Ranchers Taught Us: Results from 1000 Farms” by Dr. Ryan Schmid
12:00p - Speaker Q&A
12:30p - Lunch Buffet
1:30p - “Meat is Medicine: Pasture-Raised Nutrition and Patient Outcomes” by Sara Keough
2:30p - Break
3:00p - “Implementation of Production Stockmanship” by Dr. Tom Noffsinger
4:00p - Speaker Q&A
4:30p - Wrap-Up

Your registration payment includes summit sessions and meals plus membership in NDGLC for 2026.
Full Summit Registration - $130
Friday Only Registration - $75
Student Registration - $50

A limited number of Summit Exhibitor spots are available for $250 each. This includes an 8-foot display table, one Full Summit registration, and the opportunity to provide a brief update on your organization from the podium.

A hotel room block is available Jan. 9-11 at the Hampton Inn and Suites Bismarck Northwest. Click the link below to book.