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[Market-farming] It's Winter - and Conference time! Check out one of the best!
- From: "Wiediger, Alison" <alison.wiediger AT hart.kyschools.us>
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- Subject: [Market-farming] It's Winter - and Conference time! Check out one of the best!
- Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 13:37:16 -0600
Good afternoon
folks!
I don't know about you all,
but we have
almost finished our outdoor season and are
looking forward to a less busy time on the farm. One of the things we really enjoy about the cool season
is that it allows us the time to
evaluate this year's efforts and start planning improvements for next
year. One of the ways we learn about new techniques is to go to some
conferences and 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 offers each
year. In 2010, it is again going to be in beautiful Chattanooga,
Tennessee, January 20-23, 2010.
There will be short courses -
Startup Organic Vegetable Production, Hoophouse
Production (Paul and I will be teaching that one),
Management Intensive Grazing of Beef, Community
Supported Agriculture (CSA), and Starting and Managing a
Successful Farmers' Market - interactive
mini-courses, and field trips to local outstanding farming operations as
pre-conference offerings.
Then there will be two days of fabulous
sessions on Friday and Saturday,
a Taste of Tennessee dinner Saturday
evening, lots of vendors with the things you really want to look
at in person rather than in
a catalog, a silent auction that always has some really cool
items (last year we bought an electric salad
spinner and some wool roving), and perhaps most importantly, the
assemblage of some of the best minds in sustainable agriculture in the South for
all the hallway discussions. The selection
of sessions is so rich that the organizers are suggesting everyone come with a
partner so you can split up and not miss anything. I know Paul and I each have our list of "must
attends" - and will be in very few sessions together!
So, come to Chattanooga in
January and join us. Chattanooga is a
beautiful city and the people are soooo nice! There are free electric
shuttle buses that leave from the
front entrance of the conference
hotel every 5 minutes and go downtown. It's a lot of fun to ride them and
explore all the great places to eat and cool shops. Last year we parked our
truck when we arrived, and got back in it when we
left.
I guarantee that 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. This year they have added online registration
for your convenience: http://www.ssawgconference.org/
Now that Thanksgiving is past, it's
time to arrange to be away from your
farm for a few days, get some education,
meet some fascinating people and eat some great local food. Wouldn't it make a memorable Christmas
gift for yourself or a best-loved farmer?
See you in
January in Chattanooga!
Alison Wiediger, Au Naturel
Farm
- [Market-farming] It's Winter - and Conference time! Check out one of the best!, Wiediger, Alison, 12/01/2009
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