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  • From: "Wiediger, Alison" <alison.wiediger AT hart.kyschools.us>
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  • Subject: [Market-farming] Great Conference coming up soon
  • Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:18:52 -0600

Good afternoon folks!
 
Christmas is coming pretty quickly, and it can be hard to find gifts for some people.  You can't beat the gift of registration at a good agricultural conference.    One of the ways we learn about new techniques is to go to conferences.  Not only are there sessions to attend, but the networking in the hallways and over meals with other farmers is one of the highlights of our year.
 
One of the best that we know of - if not THE best - is the Practical Tools and Solutions for Sustaining Family Farms Conference that SSAWG (Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group) offers each year.  This year it is going to be in beautiful Chattanooga, Tennessee.  There will be short courses (Paul and I will be teaching one on high tunnels), interactive mini-courses, and field trips to local outstanding farming operations as pre-conference offerings.  Then two days of fabulous sessions, a Taste of Tennessee dinner with John Ikerd as keynote speaker, lots of vendors with the things you really want to look at in person rather than a catalog,  a silent auction that always has some really cool items, and perhaps most importantly, the assemblage of some of the best minds in sustainable agriculture in the South for all the hallway discussions. 
 
So, come to Chattanooga in January and join us.  You'll have the time of your life and go back with many ideas for improving your farming operation.  All the details are here:  http://www.ssawg.org/conference-.html  The short courses and field trips often fill up fast, so don't put it off.  And if you know of a deserving farmer that would like to attend, make his/her year by giving a registration as a Christmas gift.
 
See you in January in Chattanooga!
 
Alison Wiediger, Au Naturel Farm
 
 
 
 


  • [Market-farming] Great Conference coming up soon, Wiediger, Alison, 12/11/2008

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