Southeastern Grain Gathering
About this Event
The 2026 Southeastern Grain Gathering returns this fall as an immersive, working convening focused on the structural questions shaping small grain economies across the Ohio Valley and Southeast. Together, farmers, millers, bakers, brewers, researchers, processors, and capital partners will move between field, mill, and table to examine how durable markets are formed and sustained. Regional grain markets do not build themselves. They take coordination, trust, infrastructure, and shared risk.
Making Diversified Grain Systems Work
Diversifying crop rotations to maximize profitability and long-term
sustainability
- Three-legged stool (people, planet, profit)
- What kinds of markets and infrastructure make diversified rotations viable
Finding the right scale (where do farmers start, given their scale)?
- Sequencing; strategic growth
- Risk mitigation
Identifying and filling the gaps in the value chain (what partners am I missing to take my business to the next level)
- The missing middle (e.g., farmers, value, infrastructure, buyers)
- What gaps require collective action, patient capital, new opportunities.
We’re pleased to host SEGG 2026 at Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill. The village offers a unique setting where history, agriculture, and craftsmanship come together across a preserved 3,000-acre working landscape. Once home to a thriving Shaker community, the site includes historic structures such as the restored mills that once processed grain for the village and surrounding region. These mills provide a fitting backdrop for SEGG, connecting todays conversations about regional grain systems with a long tradition of production, processing, and shared enterprise.
Lodging Information
On-site Options
Rooms at Shaker Village have been made available to us at a discounted rate. Please use this direct link to make those accomodations: https://www.reseze.net/servlet/SendPage?hotelid=1745&skipfirstpage=true&page=49802
Campsites are also available as an add-on ticket option. Camping spaces are reserved through registraiton. You will check-in and pay onsite at the Welcome Center. Site location is listed below on the map, in the West Lot Field.
Off-Site/Surrounding Area Options
Harrodsburg
- Beaumont Inn Harrodsburg https://www.beaumontinn.com/
- Quality Inn Harrodsburg https://www.choicehotels.com/kentucky/harrodsburg/quality-inn-hotels/ky309?mc=llgoxxpx
Danville
- Comfort Inn Danville https://www.choicehotels.com/kentucky/danville/comfort-suites-hotels/ky037?mc=llgoxxpx
- Hampton Inn Danville https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/dvkkyhx-hampton-danville/
- Holiday Inn Danville http://hiexpress.com/danvilleky
- Quality Inn Danville https://www.choicehotels.com/kentucky/danville/quality-inn-hotels/ky245?mc=llgoxxpx
Scholarships avaliable. Submit an application today.
Learn more about Ohio Valley Grain Exchange: https://www.ohiovalleygrainexchange.org/
The session "What's the Value of Certifications" and the Buyer-Supplier Discovery Event with Closing Reception are supported by the Rodale Institute and the US Department of Agriculture Advancing Markets for Producers (AMP) program.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 0.00 to USD 250.00
