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When: January 29-30, 2010
Where:
Grayling
High School, Garyling, MI
Why: Come hear success stories
from farmers who are meeting the challenges of today’s agricultural world with
new found passion and creative production, marketing, and management
strategies.
Friday’s
Keynote speaker is Melinda Hemmelgarn, Nutrition and Health Communications
Consultant. She is speaking on “Thinking Beyond our Plates: Critical Questions
to Find Food Truth”. Saturday’s keynote speaker is Gary Zimmer, President of
Midwestern Bio-Ag. He’s speaking on “Value Added: For You, For the Environment
and for the Consumer”. The youth keynote speaker is Daniel Salatin, from
Polyface Farm. He’s speaking on “Growing Up Joel’s Son: The Real Story”.
The conference also includes two concurrent breakout sessions on an array of topics such as permaculture, hydroponics, raising organic chickens, grass based dairy, integrating animals into your farm, storage and season extension, farm to school, Saskatoons, farm sized wind energy and much more.
How: Registration online is closed but on site registration is welcome (cash and check only). Cost: $60 for 1st person ($45 for additional group members), and $15 for children. On site registration does not guarantee lunch.
Grafting Tomatoes for Organic Open Field and High Tunnel Production Webinar
When: Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.
Where: Online
Why: David Francis of Ohio State University will share research findings and experience from an integrated organic program (IOP) project that has been addressing the use of grafting for organic systems.
How: To register visit https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/353882137. Space is limited