USLGA Front Porch Events
 USLGA's Education and Research Committee hosts Front Porch webinars to share with and educate lavender lovers everywhere. Our Front Porch Events combine education with a conversation on various topics for lavender growers and business owners. Learn how to become a sponsor.
USLGA Grower and Affiliate members have access to Front Porch events as a benefit of membership. Members must register for live events.
Non-Members
 
Upcoming Front Porch Events
When: Thursday, May 8, 2025, 5 pm Pacific/8 pm Eastern via Zoom
Marketing to Attract Millennials
Presenter: Dr. Alicia L. Rihn, Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Resource Economics, Tennessee University
Alicia will discuss the Millennial generation and how they are unique. Her presentation includes marketing strategies to attract Millennials to your farm and your products.
How to Sponsor the USLGA Front Porch Speaker Series
Promotional Sponsors | $175/event
USLGA's Promotional Sponsors will have the opportunity, depending on availability, to spotlight their brand in various spots across the association. Complete Promotional Sponsor form.
Front Porch Series Educational Sponsor | $1,000/yr
Annually, USLGA’s Front Porch Series focuses on educating the members of our association through webinars, and recordings. The Educational Sponsor plays a crucial role in the funding quality of the programming and allows USLGA to continue providing valuable content to its members. Limited to one per year. 2024, 2025, and 2026 are sold.
About our Education Sponsor, The Lavender Boutique
His parents named him Joseph Downs but most of you know him as The Lavender Man, the tallest lavender farmer in the northern hemisphere. The Lavender Man travels the globe to bring the most amazing culinary, health, and beauty lavender products to his growing legion of customers. Joseph has been a farmer all his life and got his start in the lavender industry as a propagator. After several years of delivering plants throughout the USA, he wanted to start his own farm. The result has been spectacular with two farm locations: East Wenatchee and also Upper Crescent Bar in Quincy, Washington, Joseph’s hometown.
Joseph sells his artisan-crafted products under the banner of The Lavender Boutique. There are 85 products in health & beauty, including a line of Manly Man products. Joseph is very passionate when it comes to using culinary lavender. He is currently using 15 different varieties of lavender in a line of 45 different products including, cookie kits, dressings, grinders, lavender honey, rubs, seasonings, sugars, and teas. Also available are freshly made Lavonade, Creamy n Dreamy lavender ice cream, lavender cheesecake, and lavender crème brûlée!
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