From: Amanda Kik — Northern Michigan Small Farm Conference <[log in to unmask]>

Subject: Last day to save!

Date: December 19, 2013 at 10:00:09 AM EST

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Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Contact Us Northern Michigan Small Farm Conference PO Box 2459 Petoskey, MI 49770 [log in to unmask] (231) 838-8093 3 Great Options for Youth and Children 1) Youth track: For youth ages 8 to 17, the youth track includes hands-on sessions and a jam session with The Accidentals. Cost is $20 per youth and includes lunch. 2) Daycare: Drop off the kids at the Cub House (the Grand Traverse Resort’s licensed daycare) for a drastically reduced rate of $20 per child. For children 0 to 13. Advance registration required. Hours: 8am to noon and 1:30pm to 4:45pm (children are required to join their parents/guardians during the lunch break). All Cub House staff are CPR and First Aid certified. The Cub House supervisor and lead teachers have degrees in early childhood development. Health insurance information and immunization records required. 3) Bring your kids! If your kids are not disruptive, please feel welcome to bring them to workshop sessions. Children 7 and under are free if they are not in daycare. Many Thanks to Our Sponsors! American Spoon Foods Association Montessori Internationale  Bay Area Recycling for Charities Cherry Republic Edible Grande Traverse Grain Train  GreenStone Farm Credit Services Institute for Sustainable Living, Art & Natural Design (ISLAND) Land Trust Alliance Michigan Land Use Institute Michigan Organic Food & Farm Alliance (MOFFA) MSU Center for Regional Food Systems MSU Product Center North Central Michigan College Corporate and Community Education Northern Lakes Economic Alliance Oryana Natural Foods Market SEEDS Taste the Local Difference USDA Risk Management Agency  Congratulations to our winners! These folks won the drawing for free conference registration: Sue Guigar from Beefalo, Leslie Suitor, Christine Krainiak from Healthy Harvest, Amy Polk from Applecore 134. Register today and save! Early bird pricing ends December 20. Join us for the 15th Northern Michigan Small Farm Conference on February 1, 2014. Register before December 20 and save. REGISTER HERE With keynote speaker, John Ikerd, Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri Columbia. John Ikerd was raised on a small dairy farm in southwest Missouri and received his BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees in agricultural economics from the University of Missouri. He worked in private industry for a time and spent thirty years in various professorial positions at four different state universities before retiring in early 2000. Since retiring, he spends most of his time writing and speaking on issues related to sustainability. He is the author of five published books and two free on-line books which can be located through his personal website atwww.johnikerd.com. We're moving to a bigger barn! Due to the tremendous popularity of this gathering of small farmers and growers, food enthusiasts, homesteaders and engaged eaters, the 2014 conference will be held at the Grand Traverse Resort in Acme, Michigan, just north of Traverse City. 2014 Conference Sessions Cut Flower Farm Start-up, Beth Weaver, Black Dog Farms Designing Resilient Farms and Homesteads, Mark Angelini, Roots to Fruits, LLC Field and Fork: One Example of Value Added Integration, Abra Berens, Bare Knuckle Farm Farmland Preservation as a Tool in Farmland Transfers, Brian Bourdages, Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy Firewise on the Farm, Jed Jaworski, MSU Extension First Year Cut Flower Growing, Julie Hay, Red Fox Gardens; Michelle Shackelford, Perbellus Farms; September Dykema, September’s Herbs and Produce, LLC Food Forestry and Holistic Orcharding, Trevor Newman, Roots to Fruits, LLC Food Safety For Vegetable Farms, Atina Diffley, farmer and author of Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works Grapevines in the Landscape, Chantal M Lefebvre, WaterFire Vineyards Grass Finishing beef in Northern Michigan, Jason Rowntree, Michigan State University Growing the Farm, Ryan and Andrea Romeyn, Providence Farm Home Made Season Extension, Craig Schaaf, Golden Rule Farm Hoophouse/High Tunnel Soil Fertility Management, John Biernbaum, MSU Horticulture,  MOFFA How the National Organic Program Certification and Food Safety Certification are (and are not) Complementary, Vicki Morrone, Organic Farming Specialist, MSU Center For Regional Food Systems Keep The Quality: Post-Harvest Handling for Vegetable Farms, Atina Diffley, farmer and author of Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works Market Strategies That Work for You, Atina Diffley, farmer and author of Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works Make Your Produce Stand a Destination by Cultivating Multiple Mushroom Species, Joe Krawczyk  and Mary Ellen Kozak, Field & Forest Products Movements Toward Food Sovereignty in Native American Communities, Dan Cornelius, Intertribal Agriculture Council Organic and Middle-aged: Ecological Succession as a Model for Growth on an Organic Farm, Lee Arboreal, Eaters’ Guild Farm Reducing Fossil Fuel Use in Vegetable Production, Peter Robertson, Agropraxis Farm at Tillers International Selling at Market, Christina Carson, Traverse City’s Sarah Hardy Farmers Market, FarmRaiser Campaign Coordinator; Jess Piskor, Bare Knucle Farm Selling Into New Markets and Food Hubs: Boot Camp for Financial and Food Safety Success for Small Farmers, Marty Gerencer, Morse Marketing; Nic Welty, Nine Bean Rows LLC; Gary Matteson, Vice President, Young, Beginning, Small Farmer Programs and Outreach; Joe Colyn, Originz; Chad Gerencer, Program Associate of Sustainable Systems, Morse Marketing Connections; Natasha Lantz, Marquette Food Co-Op, Co-lead of the UP Food Exchange; Phil Tocco, MSU Extension, Jackson Co.; Rich Pirog, MSU Center for Regional Food Systems Small Farm Ergonomics: Tools and Techniques for the Small Farm, Craig Schaaf, Golden Rule Farm Small Scale Hop Production, Joel Mulder and Brian Tennis, The Michigan Hop Alliance Land Access + Small Scale Poultry for Direct Markets, Ben Brown, Sonny’s Farm Soil Water Management and Conservation, John Biernbaum, MSU Horticulture,  MOFFA; Carolyn Lowry, MSU Horticulture,  MOFFA Two Generations Deep Into Sustainability, Patty Cantrell, Healthy Living Alliance; John Ikerd, University of Missouri Columbia   Using Technology for Production and Conservation on the Small Farm, David Coveyou, Coveyou Scenic Farm REGISTER HERE Our mailing address is: PO Box 2459 Petoskey, MI 49770 Copyright (C) 2013 Northern Michigan Small Farms Conference. 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