10. Fourth Annual Michigan Family
Farms Conference
January 13. Lakeview
High School, Battle Creek. This year's conference, "21st Century Practices
for Sustainable Family Farms," is inviting small and limited-resource
family farmers together to learn about government programs to help farmers,
environmental stewardship, marketing tactics and value-added production
practices. All of the information from previous, years will be included in a
great one-day event in hopes that even more farmers will be able to attend the
educational sessions and network with their peers and experts in the field.
Breakout sessions include Small-Scale Marketing, Production, Business
Management and Spanish-Speaking tracks to cover all the bases when it comes to
sustainable agriculture and running the family farm. Registration is $30 per
person. Includes lunch. For more information, contact Michigan Food &
Farming Systems - MIFFS at [log in to unmask] or by phone at 517-423-0712 or
visit http://www.miffs.org/
.
11. Northern Michigan
Small Farm Conference
http://www.msue.msu.edu/portal/default.cfm?pageset_id=26792&page_id=354641&msue_portal_id=25643
January 27, 2007 Grayling, Michigan
Michigan
State University Extension presents this conference, featuring keynote speaker
George Bird, numerous educational sessions on production methods, marketing,
energy and more, and a trade show.
FEBRUARY
12. Seeds
of Prosperity Conference
February
8, Lansing Center, Lansing. A policymaking event. Seeds
of Prosperity shows local and state leaders how to use the power of Michigan
food to grow jobs, build health, and protect land. It presents proven,
practical ideas and policy tools and offers food, farm, and health advocates a
chance to demonstrate the great opportunities this exciting new area of
community economic development offers. Sponsored by W. K. Kellogg Foundation
and Michigan Land Use Institute. For more information visit www.mlui.org/sop.
13. Upper Midwest Organic Farming Conference
February 23-25. The Upper Midwest
Organic Farming Conference is the largest organic farming conference in the
nation. Held annually each February in La Crosse, Wisconsin, the conference
attracts over 2,200 people and includes over 130 exhibitors and 60 workshops.
For more information please visit www.mosesorganic.org/umofc/intro06.htm.
MARCH
14. MOFFA Fundraiser
March 2. Kellogg Center, East
Lansing East Lansing. Kicks off Michigan Organic Conference.
Details to be announced.
15. Michigan
Organic Conference
March 2-3. Kellogg Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing. This
year we will bring consumers together with farmers for a weekend focused on
organic foods. Details to be announced.
16. Choices:
Take it Slow
March 6-7, Kellogg Center,
Michigan State University, East Lansing. The conference that celebrates food
and health! Food is central to our daily life. Slowing down to really
focus on food allows us to re-connect with the people who produce, prepare,
serve and consume our food and with those with whom we share our meals. The
2007 Choices Conference will teach us how a slower-paced life, including slower
paced meals, can benefit our personal health, families and friends, schools and
communities. The latest research, best practices and novel approaches to food, nutrition
and health topics will be featured to help all of us take it slow!
The Choices Conference is presented by the C.S. Mott Group for Sustainable Food
Systems at Michigan State University with support from the USDA's Food Stamp
Program. For more information about the conference the flier can be
viewed at www.mottgroup.msu.edu. Contact Diane
Drago, Conference Coordinator [log in to unmask] (517)
663-5147 for more information on registration, sponsorship, and exhibiting.
END----- Have a good week and hope you can stay warm
Vicki Morrone
Organic Vegetable and Crop Outreach Specialist
Michigan State University
C.S. Mott Sustainable Food Systems
303 Natural Resources Bldg.
East Lansing, MI 48824
517-353-3542
517-282-3557 (cell)
517-353-3834 (fax)
http://safs.msu.edu/
http://www.mottgroup.msu.edu/
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