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Re: Preserving left over garlic and thinking about plant disease prevention for next year
- From: "Del Williams" <delannw AT dlogue.net>
- To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: Preserving left over garlic and thinking about plant disease prevention for next year
- Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 11:21:02 -0600
There is a midwest conference that is held partially over the weekend. This
year it was held over the Nov 4 weekend in Columbia, MO. I thought I posted
it here. In any case, it would be quite a hike for many of the people on
this list.
There is probably an working assumption that most farmers are only that and
can attend meetings during the week. I think it is an outmoded assumption.
Most farmers I know have other jobs during and after the season.
But, gee, the public school system still functions as though every kid has a
stay at home mother. Talk about outmoded.
More than anything, I think it is a matter of getting connected into the
groups that hold these events and letting them know about your preference
for attending weekend conferences.
I can't say that our extension service really looks to serve a broad range
of growing interests. The master gardening training program was generally
anti-organic to the point of some of the educators making every attempt to
outright humiliate anyone who expressed an interest in learning organic
methods. I ended up going to the USDA in another county to get information
on organic certification. Couldn't get an answer through the extension
service.
So, in general, I wouldn't look to the conventional groups to help with that
sort of information. They seek to serve a different client.
Del Williams
Farmer in the Del
Clifton IL
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Re: Preserving left over garlic and thinking about plant disease prevention for next year,
Jill Taylor Bussiere, 11/17/2000
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Preserving left over garlic and thinking about plant disease prevention for next year, Marlin L. Burkholder, 11/17/2000
- Re: Preserving left over garlic and thinking about plant disease prevention for next year, Del Williams, 11/17/2000
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