

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Beyond Exports: Rebuilding Local Markets
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 27 Jan, 2026 at 09:00 am – Tue, 27 Jan, 2026 at 03:00 pm
- **Event Description**: On Tuesday, January 27 join Land Stewardship Project for our signature winter workshop. This year’s theme is “Beyond Exports: Rebuilding Local Markets”.

The workshop will be held from 9am to 3pm at the Rochester International Event Center (7333 Airport View Dr SW, Rochester, MN 55902).  Our morning keynote speaker is Martin Larsen, a farmer who is a founding member of the “oat mafia” in southeastern Minnesota.  In the morning session, Martin will highlight the challenges and opportunities facing all farmers as they look beyond export load-out at the elevator and instead look to recreate the local markets that once served our farmers and consumers.  He will share his journey establishing food grade oats and founding the “oat mafia” and the agronomic, economic, and market impacts it has made for his farm.

The afternoon keynote speaker will be Landon Plagge, the 2025 Leopold Conservation Award winner from Iowa and founder of Green Acres Milling, a farmer owned oat processing facility under construction in Albert Lea, MN.  Landon will speak from his personal experience in organizing Green Acres Milling on how farmers can cooperate together to take back power from multi-national conglomerates and rebuild the local supply chains that once served each region.

Between the keynote addresses, there will be 2 breakout sessions with local experts and farmer-leaders:

Session 1: Economics of Diversifying Your Rotations
Session 2: Marketing Your Alternative Crops

Breakfast and a catered lunch will be provided.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/rochester/beyond-exports-rebuilding-local-markets/200029378859529
- **Event Categories**: workshops
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 23

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://landstewardshipproject.org/beyondexports/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=rochester-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Rochester
- **state**: MN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Rochester Event Center
- **lat**: 43.916505604841
- **long**: -92.482212781906
- **full address**: Rochester Event Center, 7333 Airport View Dr SW, Rochester, MN 55902-1847, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Land Stewardship Project (https://allevents.in/org/land-stewardship-project/25987915)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 27 Jan, 2026 at 09:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Rochester Event Center, 7333 Airport View Dr SW, Rochester, MN 55902-1847, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Land Stewardship Project
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Beyond Exports: Rebuilding Local Markets ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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