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Here ehh here ehhh! This is your last chance to share your knowledge, expertise, and tricks to get it done. The Northern Mi small farm conf is seeking applications for presentations. See deadline? June 1. Vicki Morrone Organic farming specialist Center For Regional Food Systems at MSU 480 Wilson Rd Rm 303 East Lansing, MI 48824 517-353-3542/517-282-3557 (cell) Www.MichiganOrganic.Msu.edu From: Jen Schaap <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Reply-To: Jen Schaap <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Date: Thursday, May 8, 2014 at 11:56 PM To: "[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: Last Call for Conference Workshop Proposals - Deadline June 1 Apologies for any cross postings... Last Call for Speakers Northern Michigan Small Farm Conference 2015 The Northern Michigan Small Farm Conference is currently accepting presentation proposals for the 2015 conference. If you have a presentation idea that you believe small farm participants would be interested in, please visit our web page at http://smallfarmconference.com and follow the link to the 2015 Workshop Proposal Form. The speakers committee is greatly interested in presentations from the MSU community. The deadline for submissions is June 1, 2014. We welcome proposals from a wide range of speakers on a wide range of topics. Due to space limitations we are only able to accept a portion of the workshop proposals submitted. Contact Jen Schaap with any questions about the form or the conference:[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or 231-838-8093 Save the Date! 16th Annual Northern Michigan Small Farm Conference Saturday, January 24, 2015 Below is more information about the conference: The Northern Michigan Small Farm Conference serves as a vehicle to promote and build a local vibrant agriculture community, to equip the small farm community with the tools to be successful, and to be a forum for the open exchange of ideas within the small farm community. This is accomplished primarily through the annual conference, but is also accomplished through the support of other education opportunities throughout the year. Goals: 1. To provide an outstanding educational event that meets the needs of the attendees of the conference. 2. Provide a forum for the open exchange of ideas within the small farm community. 3. Support small farm educational programs throughout the year. 4. Help to build a local network of small farms, community businesses, and local government for the expressed purpose of building the local food economy. Amanda Kik and Wendy Wieland Northern Michigan Small Farm Conference Co-Chairs Amanda Kik Co-Director Institute for Sustainable Living, Art & Natural Design (ISLAND) (231) 622-5252<tel:%28231%29%20622-5252> www.artmeetsearth.org<http://www.artmeetsearth.org/> Facebook: http://bit.ly/artmeetsearth Wendy Wieland MSU Product Center Innovation Counselor & MSU Extension Greening Institute Community Food Systems @ Emmet County MSU Extension 3434 Harbor-Petoskey Road Harbor Springs, MI 49740 Office: 231-348-1770<tel:231-348-1770> Direct: 231-439-8987<tel:231-439-8987> F: 231-439-8933<tel:231-439-8933> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Jennifer Schaap Administrative Coordinator Northern Michigan Small Farm Conference PO Box 2459 Petoskey, MI 49770 Ph: 231-838-8093 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> smallfarmconference.com<http://smallfarmconference.com> To remove yourself from this list, email to: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> and include the following in the text of the message: UNSUBSCRIBE FARMMKTMI. If you would like to access previous postings to the Mich-Organic listserv you can copy and paste the following URL into your browser address bar http://list.msu.edu/archives/mich-organic.html