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Hi,
This will be my second year to attend the Organic
Growers School. It has much to offer and lots of hands on type
classes. My favorite last year was the propagation class. Everything
I did grew and my cardamon plant is over two feet tall.
Jeanne Driese
Northeast TN zone 6
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Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 5:16
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Subject: [Livingontheland] "practical
information about organic agriculture at a reasonable price"
Now here's one that looks a lot more practical and
affordable than $800
"permaculture" classes.
paul tradingpost@lobo.net
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14th
Annual Organic Growers Spring School
March 10, 2007
Blue Ridge Community
College, Flat Rock, NC
http://www.organicgrowersschool.org/events.html#ss
The
annual Organic Growers School is a weekend of educational workshops
focused
on growing and marketing crops in the North Carolina Mountains.
Beginning
gardeners, commercial farmers and any folks interested in
sustainable
living are invited to benefit from the school's unique
curriculum offering
classes like "Building Healthy Garden Soil" and
"Quality Goat Milk
Production". Workshops are divided into four time
slots or sessions
throughout the day, each an hour and a half long, and
within several
different tracks. Tracks cover a wide range of topics from
"Homesteading"
to "Policy and Research". In addition, the school
hosts intensive half-day
workshops, plant walks, on-the-farm field days,
local food vendors and
speakers.
The schools distinctive structure, practical and timely
instruction,
community involvement and motivated mission contribute to its
repeated
success. Over the past 13 years the school has increased in
attendance from
110 students in 1994 to nearly 1,000 in 2005, making it one
of the largest
organic growing events in the South.
Important
details about this year's school:
CHOOSE FROM OVER 60 CLASSES! MORE
WORKSHOPS THAN EVER BEFORE!
NEW TRACKS THIS YEAR: Urban Growing and
Sustainable Forestry
About the Organic Growers School
A Brief
History
In 1993, a group of farmers and specialists gathered to discuss
the
growing need for a conference that addressed the nuts and bolts,
region
specific, crop growing information applicable for farmers in Western
North
Carolina. The Organic Growers School is a grassroots
organization that
grew out of the volunteer efforts of these
agriculturists, with a mission
to deliver very practical information about
organic agriculture at a
reasonable price.
The first Organic Growers
School was held in 1994, attracting just under
100 participants. By 2006,
the school grew to over 1000 participants,
drawing farmers, gardeners, and
educators from 14 states, and becoming the
largest event of its type in the
South.
The School's distinctive structure, practical and timely
instruction,
community involvement, and motivated mission contribute to its
repeated
success. The rise in attendance coincides with the national
organic
industry's annual growth rate of over 20%. Even with its
popularity, the
original mission of OGS remains the same, and the founders
are proud to
offer a learning service that contributes to the future of
sustainable
agriculture while building relationships within the community.
http://www.organicgrowersschool.org/about.html
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