2025 Pastured Poultry Conference

Dates: January 23-25, 2025

Location: Courtyard Dallas Allen at the Event Center, 210 E Stacy Rd, Allen, TX 75002

Conference Buzz

Want to know what the conference is like and meet some of the attendees? Check out these clips from recent years.

This testimonial captures the experience:

[We’d get] more involved with APPPA earlier by meeting more people and making more contacts. Over the past couple years, we've gotten more involved, and the contacts we have met [at the conference] have benefited us throughout the year by being able to pick up the phone. We’re getting advice from people who have been there done that, and that has really been great for our business and has projected us to a whole new level. --Josh Morrison, Earnest Roots Farm.

Keynotes from the Past

We cover a lot of ground in our conference programming. Each year, we try to bring in featured speakers that stretch your thinking. These speakers tackle big topics and have a general interest to everyone in attendance.

Our previous keynote speakers include:

Joel Salatin - 2023
Troy Bishopp - 2024
Judith McGeary - 2024

Use the playlist to watch them.

2025 Keynote Addresses

In 2025, APPPA will feature two keynote addresses by Dan Steele (Thursday) and JP Dinnell (Friday).

Thursday Keynote - Dan Steele

Topic: Building a Strong Foundation for Your Business

When: Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM

Additional Sessions:

Conducting Employee Interviews to Find People Who Fit Your Culture
Using AI to Analyze Marketing Data for Effective Customer Communications

You can watch Dan Steele's 2024 session, "Focus on the Fundamentals."

About Dan Steele

Dan grew up on a farm in South Carolina, then Virginia, and currently lives in Maryland at a camp and retreat facility called River Valley Ranch. Over the past 20 years, as the Director of Marketing and Staffing, he has hired over 2000 people; building teams and a culture that serve 15,000 guests per year. He and his wife, Hope, have raised 3 kids… and thousands of chickens.

Saturday keynote - JP Dinell

JP Dinnell, Former U.S. Navy SEAL and Lead Sniper, Chief Training Officer and Leadership Instructor at Echelon Front.

When: 11:00 AM on January 25, 2025

JP will also host a separate Q&A session following lunch on Saturday.

Check out JP's trailer clip.

About JP Dinnell

JP Dinnell is a former U.S. Navy SEAL and combat veteran. Sent to the violent terrorist stronghold of Ar Ramadi, Iraq in 2006 with SEAL Team Three’s Task Unit Bruiser, JP served as point man, machine gunner, and lead sniper for Delta Platoon. JP now serves as a senior Leadership Instructor and the Chief Training Officer at Echelon Front overseeing Experiential Training Programs

Schedule

Our conference features the following types of sessions.

Community Meetups - Scheduled by attendees for anytime during the conference to discuss any topic. There is no formal involvement with APPPA to set these up and run. Our event app, Whova, makes this easy.

Ask APPPA Live- Themed Q&A panels that bring the monthly Ask APPPA calls in-person. Introductory level sessions to be had on brooding, pasture, and processing. Sessions are 60 minutes. Audience questions will be answered by the panel.

Workshops - 60 minute sessions led by one or two speakers around a topic. The typical format is lecture based with limited audience Q&A.

APPPAExchange - Experienced producers collaboratively problem solve challenging issues that go beyond the basic production topics. Each 60 minute session is facilitated to ensure the conversation stays on topic and relevant. Each question and each response should be asked within two minutes.

Farmer Spotlights - Farmers are given ten minutes and one presentation slide to convey one idea that has profoundly impacted their pastured poultry farm or business.

Some sessions have not yet been finalized and schedule is subject to change.

Lodging & Airport

Update: Some nights may have limited room availability at the Courtyard.

We have group rate at our conference center hotel:

Courtyard Dallas Allen at the Event Center
210 E Stacy Rd
Allen, TX 75002

Phone: (214) 383-1151

Make online reservations using this link.

You must book by December 31, 2024 to receive the conference group rate.

Airports

The Courtyard Marriott is approximately 40 minutes from DFW or DAL (Love Field). You can easily get to the hotel via rental care, Uber, or ride-sharing. As the conference draws near, attendees will be able to coordinate ride shares through our event app.