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- From: "Wiediger, Alison" <alison.wiediger AT hart.kyschools.us>
- To: "Alice Petty" <apetty AT apex.net>, "High Tunnels Listserv" <HIGHTUNNELS AT LISTSERV.KSU.EDU>, "market farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>, "PasturePoultry" <PasturePoultry AT yahoogroups.com>, "SANET Listserv" <SANET-MG AT LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU>
- Subject: [Market-farming] SSAWG conference scholarships
- Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 09:47:29 -0600
Good morning! We find that attending conferences on
organic/sustainable agriculture is one of the best things we do for our
on-going education. Not only are there lots of interesting sessions, but the
networking between growers is priceless. One of the best in the south,
the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (SSAWG) will be in There are short courses on Thursday, field
trips on Friday morning (one to our farm to look at our high tunnel winter
growing) and over 50 sessions from soil building to insect management, grass
husbanded livestock to community food systems, finances to agri-tourism. Also,
a ‘Taste of I got some updated information on the
scholarships this morning. So if you are a farmer and want to attend,
here it is: The state Sustainable
Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) SCHOLARSHIPS, for attending the
Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (SSAWG) conference, are now
available through your state SARE Coordinator. THE APPLICATIONS MUST BE
TURNED-IN BY DECEMBER 8, 2006!!! Each scholarship consists
of: (1) a general conference registration; (2) a ticket to the
Banquet-with meal; (3) a farm tour, which I will ask you to choose when we
register you; (4) your hotel, which is the only thing that has to be reimbursed
<everything else is covered up-front by SARE>; and (5) free travel on a
motorcoach. You will cover your meals except for the Friday lunch on the
farm tour and the Saturday evening Banquet, which are included in your
registration. Go to this web site to see
who is your state SARE Coordinator(s): http://www.southernsare.uga.edu/coordinators.htm However you get here,
it’s going to be fun – and very educational. Hope to meet
some of you! Alison Wiediger, Au
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- [Market-farming] SSAWG conference scholarships, Wiediger, Alison, 12/01/2006
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