January 26, 2008

 

 9th Annual Northern Michigan Small Farm Conference "Increasing Production and Usage of Locally Grown Products".  Please join us in celebrating the small farm success in Northern Michigan and help shape the local food revolution.  Keynote speaker:  Chris Bedford, Co-founder and President of Sweetwater Local Foods Market.  Other topics include:  Pasture Raised and Organic Livestock Production, Using Local Food, Organic Pork Production on Small Farms, Is Climate Changing in the Great Lakes Region, Passive solar greenhouses for season extension and winter harvest, Cover crops for Michigan's vegetable farms, Specialty Mushroom Production for small scale farms, and many more.  For more information contact the Antrim County MSU Extension office at 231-533-8818 or check our website at www.msue.msu.edu/antrim and click on 2008 Samll Farm Conference.