Every day we work to identify the most innovative and groundbreaking farmers, scientists, and engineers who are defining the future of agriculture. The Fall Line Summit, held once every other January, is where we bring these selected leaders together for three days of technical talks and winter activities. Participants alternate between being students and teachers, teammates, and friendly competitors in a diverse community that shares a common thread – they live above technology in their daily lives, creating and guiding it instead of being guided by it.
Farming is one of the few industries where an annual period of preparation so distinctly pulls one back into a time of strategy and study. By placing the Summit at Sundance Resort in the deep winter, we magnify this effect.
Unlike conference gatherings where participants opt in and out of events, we move through the Summit together, with esprit de corps, sharing in a challenging program. The subjects covered include hardware, software, climate, biotech, and farm operations, approached from both practical and academic perspectives. The Summit provides a live forum to advance our vision of unlocking synergies between farming, technology, and conservation. Changing settings for technical discussions, sports, and meals generate invigorating interactions and insights. The Summit leaves its mark; it becomes something that is recognized by others who have shared in this special time in the Wasatch Mountains.
– Clay Mitchell & Eric O’Brien
The following articles highlight a handful of the topics covered at this year’s Summit:
The Fall Line Summit covers the state of art in farm management, stewardship, and conservation as well as leading innovations in technology—taught by world leading practitioners and experts in their fields in a seminar environment.
Tuesday, January 10
Breakfast
7 – 8 a.m. Redford Center
Presentations
8 – 11:30 a.m. Redford Center
Presentations
1 – 3:30 p.m. Redford Center
Snowshoe and Nordic cross country
3:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Presentations
6:30 – 7:00 p.m. Rehearsal Hall
Wednesday, January 11
Presentations
7:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Redford Center – Farmers
Rehearsal Hall – AgTech
Travel to Park City
9:00 a.m.
Curling
10:00 a.m. – 2 p.m. Park City Icea Arena
Presentations
3:30 – 6:00 p.m.
Redford Center – Farmers
Rehearsal Hall – AgTech
Presentations
6:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Redford Center – Farmers
Rehearsal Hall – AgTech
Thursday, January 12
Presentations
7:30 – 11:30 a.m. Redford Center
Lunch
11:30 a.m – 1 p.m. Redford Center
Presentations
1 – 3:30 p.m. Redford Center
Activities
4:00 p.m.