Cadmus Delorme
What Does the Future of Agriculture Owe the Land?
Cadmus Delorme is a leader dedicated to the pillars of cultural rejuvenation, political sovereignty, and economic self-sustainability. Cadmus is a citizen of the Cowessess First Nation, where he served as Chief from 2016 to 2023. Under his leadership, the Nation saw massive advancements in governance, child welfare reform, and renewable energy.
Today, Cadmus is the Founder and Partner of OneHoop Advisory Services and Flowing River Capital Group, where he focuses on bridging the private equity market with Truth and Reconciliation. He is also the Chancellor of the University of Regina and a recipient of the King Charles III Coronation Medal.
Dr. Jill Clapperton
The Living Soil: Using Science, Measurement, and Datat to Build the Farms of the Future
Dr. Jill Clapperton is an internationally recognized soil scientist, speaker, and educator dedicated to advancing healthy, productive soils that support resilient agroecosystems.
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As the Principal Scientist and President of Rhizoterra Inc, Jill combines cutting-edge science with practical strategies to help farmers, ranchers, and land stewards “Plant with Purpose” and measure real, on-the-ground success.
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Her expertise lies in rhizosphere ecology—the dynamic zone where roots, soil, and microorganisms interact. Jill works with clients through presentations, workshops, and consulting to implement cropping and integrated grazing systems that build soil health, improve nutrient cycling, enhance water-holding capacity, and produce more nutritious food and forage. She is currently working on how forage diversity and quality influences the growth, health, and reproductive success, and flavour of beef produced on the tallgrass prairie and forages on the Ballet ranch and farm in south central Kansas.
Dr. Phillip Harder
Building Tools to Drive Data Driven Decisions on the Farm
Phillip Harder is the VP of Data Science at Croptimistic Technologies. He grew up on a family sheep farm near Saskatoon and studied Hydrology at the University of Saskatchewan, completing his PhD in 2018. More recently, he returned to the farm with his family. His interests focus on understanding the relationships between hydrology and agriculture on the Canadian Prairies and developing scientifically grounded precision agriculture tools to support economic and environmental sustainability goals.
Graham Parsons
Farming Needs Pollinators: Growing, Supporting and Working with Pollinators in Agriculture
Graham Parsons is the Provincial Pollinator Specialist for Saskatchewan Agriculture. In this role he supports honeybees and beekeepers through education, extension, and inspection for disease. He also supports the leafcutter bee industry, bumble bees, both managed and wild, as well as pollination recommendations for field, fruit and vegetable crops. Part of this role is to increase wild pollinator populations, especially bees, with an emphasis on increasing pollination for agricultural crops which will benefit from insect pollination. Pollinator habitat support also serves other environmental goods and services in addition to agriculture.
Graham has a diploma from Sask Polytech in Integrated Resource Management in 2007, a degree from the University of Saskatchewan in Renewable Resource Management in 2011, and a Master Degree in Entomology from the University of Manitoba in 2017. He lives a little north of Prince Albert Saskatchewan on a small acreage with his wife and two kids and some honey bees of his own.
