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Events for the next 4 months: Ongoing through September 1, 2008 Central Illinois Farm Beginnings Central Illinois Farm Beginnings® is Central Illinois Farm Beginnings™ is a great way to jump-start your farm business. It is a farmer-led training and support program designed to help you plan and launch your economically and environmentally sustainable farm businesses. Farm Beginnings i... Location: Decatur, Illinois Scope: Statewide Website: http://www.farmbeginnings.uiuc.edu/ Ongoing through October 18, 2008 2008 Educational Outreach Events PASA is pleased to provide a series of Farm Based Education (FBE) events that promote and demonstrate sustainable farming methods as well as technical instruction on many related topics. Topics include biocontrols in the greenhouse, greenhouse growing, disease and insect management, and value-ad... Location: Multiple Locations, Pennsylvania Scope: Regional Website: http://pasafarming.org/programs/farm_based.htm Ongoing through August 8, 2008 Ecovillage and Permaculture Certificate Program - At Lost Valley Learn practical tools for self-reliant living and sustainable human habitats in this affordable 8-week program. Built around the permaculture design curriculum, this dynamic educational experience includes a full permaculture design course and provides a holistic introduction to ecovillages, int... Location: Dexter, Oregon Scope: International Website: http://www.lostvalley.org/EPI Ongoing through August 8, 2008 4-week Ecovillage and Permaculture Certificate Program Immerse yourself in ecovillage living while learning about sustainable agriculture, natural building, agro-forestry, creek restoration, bee keeping, mushroom cultivation, appropriate technology, non-violent communication, ecovillage design and implementation, earth-based crafts, and much more! In... Location: Dexter, Oregon Scope: International Website: http://www.lostvalley.org/EPI Ongoing through October 11, 2008 The Nantucket Farmers & Artisans Market Nantucket Farmers & Artisans Market will run Saturday mornings from 9:00 to noon June 28 - October 11, 2008. The market will feature locally grown vegetables, berries, herbs, plants and cut flowers, as well as eggs, baked goods and locally, hand-crafted pottery, jewelry, crafts and more. The mark... Location: Nantucket, Massachusetts Scope: Regional Website: http://www.sustainablenantucket.org/ July 23, 2008 - July 27, 2008 10th Annual Youth Conference RIC has deep roots in the Bay Area, and we will celebrate the contributions of several of the original people and organizations that started RIC. The San Francisco Bay Area is home to many innovative, creative food and environmental justice organizations and extraordinary groups of youth and adu... Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California Scope: National Website: http://www.rootedincommunity.org/ July 23, 2008 - July 26, 2008 The American Cheese Society 25th Annual Conference The conference theme is "25 Years - Looking Back, Looking Forward." The event includes cheese competitions, pre-conference tours, workshop and plenary sessions, networking opportunities, and more. Location: Chicago, Illinois Scope: National Website: http://www.cheesesociety.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=100 July 26, 2008 - July 30, 2008 2008 SWCS Annual Conference The Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) is now accepting proposals for symposia sessions, oral presentations and poster presentations for the 2008 annual conference to be held in Tucson, Arizona. Authors are encouraged to submit abstracts that report the results of research and evaluation ... Location: Tuscon, Arizona Scope: National Website: http://www.swcs.org/en/conferences/2008_annual_conference/call_for_papers/ July 26, 2008 - July 27, 2008 The Very Very Basic Straw Bale Weekend Project Build This brand new workshop is designed for those interested in learning all the basic skills necessary to build a small to moderate straw bale structure. From start-to-finish we will learn all the skills necessary to build a small garden outbuilding (about 6’ x 6’) utilizing all the skills that ... Location: Philo, Ohio Scope: Regional Website: http://www.bluerockstation.com July 28, 2008 Multi-State Viticulture Field Day A Viticulture Field Day aimed at starting and developing new vineyards will be hosted July 28 by the University of Missouri Institute for Continental Climate Viticulture and Enology. Producers from five states (Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota) will meet at Fahrmeier Farms in ... Location: Lexington, Missouri Scope: Regional Website: http://iccve.missouri.edu/events/ August 1, 2008 - August 3, 2008 2008 National Biodynamic Conference Biodynamic agriculture, which is based on the spiritual insights of Rudolf Steiner, has long been known as a method for creating health and balance in the soil, the plants and animals, and the human being. During this conference we will be celebrating 70 years of biodynamic farming and gardening ... Location: Fair Oaks, California Scope: National Website: http://www.biodynamics.com/2008conference August 2, 2008 2008 Mid-Atlantic Meat Goat Symposium The Mid-Atlantic Meat Goat Symposium is designed to provide research-based production and marketing information for meat goat producers and those planning to begin raising meat goats. Its goal is to help producers and interested individuals become more knowledgeable and thus more profitable in me... Location: Petersburg, Virginia Scope: Regional Website: http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/news/pdf/goat.pdf August 3, 2008 Vermont Fresh Network Annual Forum Come celebrate the successful farmer-chef partnerships that thrive in Vermont and help enrich our local communities! This annual event, held at Shelburne Farms' Coach Barn on the shore of Lake Champlain, offers the rare opportunity to mingle and break bread with farmers, growers, chefs, and neigh... Location: Shelburne, Vermont Scope: Regional Website: http://www.vermontfresh.net/vfnforum/ August 5, 2008 - August 6, 2008 Future Farms 2008: Planning for Change Oklahoma farmers and ranchers are branching out-- trying new crops and marketing options. The best of these innovative farm enterprises will be featured during the Future Farms 2008: Planning for Change conference at the Bricktown Convention Center, August 5 and 6 in Oklahoma City. The two d... Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Scope: Regional Website: http://www.kerrcenter.com Website 2: http://www.kerrcenter.com/HTML/events.html#futurefarms August 7, 2008 Building a High Tunnel Hands-on Workshop Join PA-WAgN member Heidi Secord for a hands-on Workday to build a high tunnel at Josie Porter Farm. The day includes a farm tour and a discussion of Heidi’s Community Supported Agriculture program (CSA) on leased municipal land. Location: Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Scope: Regional Website: http://wagn.cas.psu.edu/Calendar.html August 8, 2008 - August 10, 2008 The 34th Annual NOFA Summer Conference This 34th annual conference features two keynote speakers, extensive workshops that include offerings for teens and children, and a special full-day grazing workshop. Friday's Keynote Speaker will be Dr. Arden Andersen. Holistic medical practitioner, expert in human and agricultural nutrition,... Location: Amherst, Massachusetts Scope: Regional Website: http://www.nofamass.org/conferences/s2008/index.php August 9, 2008 NOFA Grazing School Beginning and experienced graziers who would like to learn about the tools and resources needed to develop grazing systems and how to improve animal growth or production through better pasture management are invited to attend a Grazing School to be held as part of the Northeast Organic Farmin... Location: Amherst, Massachusetts Scope: Regional Website: http://www.umass.edu/cdl/publications/MassGrass%20flyer.pdf August 9, 2008 MN Permaculture Introduction Course Enjoy our combined day-long workshop and site tours designed to introduce you to the fundamentals of Permaculture as applied to our cold temperate climate bioregion. Learn how to consciously design and maintain productive ecosystems that have the diversity, stability, and resilience of natural ec... Location: Belle Plaine, Minnesota Scope: Regional Website: http://www.pricoldclimate.org/catalog August 11, 2008 - August 29, 2008 Eco-Homes: An Introduction to Ecological Building and Appropriate Technology Have you ever wondered how to create a home that is energy efficient, environmentally friendly and designed for both human comfort and integration into the natural surroundings? This three-week intensive offers a broad overview of the elements of home building and design with a focus on Permacult... Location: Dexter, Oregon Scope: International Website: http://www.lostvalley.org/EPI August 12, 2008 - August 13, 2008 2008 Nebraska Grazing Conference The annual Nebraska Grazing Conference is for people with an interest in the utilization and conservation of our grazing lands. It is planned by people involved in the state’s grazing livestock industry as well as public and private sector educators and land managers to present the most cur... Location: Kearney, Nebraska Scope: Regional Website: http://www.grassland.unl.edu/grazeconf.htm August 13, 2008 Water, Wire & Wellness This event will be held on August 13 in Huntington, Vt, at Maple Wind Farm, a diversified farm producing pasture-based pork, beef, lamb and poultry, as well as vegetables and maple products for direct markets. The day will focus on farm infrastructure and animal health in pasture-based systems, a... Location: Huntington, Vermont Scope: Regional Website: http://www.uvm.edu/wagn/womeninag.html August 16, 2008 - August 17, 2008 The Very Very Basic Straw Bale Weekend Project Build This brand new workshop is designed for those interested in learning all the basic skills necessary to build a small to moderate straw bale structure. From start-to-finish we will learn all the skills necessary to build a small garden outbuilding (about 6’ x 6’) utilizing all the skills that ... Location: Philo, Ohio Scope: Regional Website: http://www.bluerockstation.com August 18, 2008 - August 19, 2008 Farm and Food Leaders Training Conference Be part of an exciting gathering of non-profit leaders, farmers and ranchers, farmers market organizers, local foods activists, and more! The first day will feature top speakers on issues critical to independent agriculture, including: -the National Animal Identification System -genetical... Location: Austin, Texas Scope: Regional Website: http://farmandranchfreedom.org/content/conference2008 August 25, 2008 Developing Community Based Food Systems State and local governments, agriculture professionals, policy makers, economic development specialists and consumers are beginning to see the benefits of developing local food systems. Currently faced with declining numbers of farmers, waning vibrancy of rural communities, over-dependence on fos... Location: Goldsboro, North Carolina Scope: Regional Website: http://www.cefs.ncsu.edu/calendar2008.htm#cbf August 26, 2008 The Up and Coming Landscape & Lawncare Industry There is an increasing demand for organic nursery stock, organic lawncare, and landscaping that can be maintained organically. Attend this workshop to learn about opportunities this might present for your business. In many cases there are organic fertilizers and sprays that accomplish similar obj... Location: Asheville, North Carolina Scope: Regional Website: http://www.organicgrowersschool.org/ August 28, 2008 Pasture Establishment, Design and Management for Outdoor Hog Production This all day workshop will include hands on training for agents and producers involved in outdoor pork production. Emphasis will be on techniques for helping farmers maintain groundcover in outdoor hog operations. Topics will include groundcover management, pasture design, rotations, fencing, and... Location: Goldsboro, North Carolina Scope: Regional Website: http://www.cefs.ncsu.edu/calendar2008.htm#ped August 28, 2008 Alternative Fruit Crops Field Day Fruit growers are invited to attend a workshop featuring fruits such as pawpaw, elderberry and persimmons. Missouri State Department of Agriculture personnel in conjunction with the Extension horticulture specialist will present. Speakers: Mr. John Avery is Fruit Grower Advisor at Missouri St... Location: Mountain Grove, Missouri Scope: Regional Website: http://calendar.missouristate.edu/item.asp?EventID=15455&LinkedDate=8/28/2008&date=yes&month=8&year=2008 August 29, 2008 - September 1, 2008 Slow Food Nation Slow Food Nation, the largest celebration of American food in history, will bring together tens of thousands to experience an extraordinary range of activities highlighting the connection between plate and planet. The majority of Slow Food Nation’s events will be free and open to the public. Part... Location: San Francisco, California Scope: National Website: http://slowfoodnation.org/ September 1, 2008 Ohio Green Living Fayre Join us for a day of workshops, exhibits, demonstrations, old-fashioned family games, horse drawn wagon rides, the OEFFA organic farm tour, fishing, music and more. The cost to attend is only $5 per person and the event will go from 11 am to 6 pm. Workshops - Two tracks of workshops will be... Location: Johnstown (just east of Columbus), Ohio Scope: Statewide Website: http://www.ohiogreenliving.org September 5, 2008 - September 6, 2008 Taste Iowa A Local Food Festival including: vendor's market; producer, consumer, and children's workshops; celebrity chef demonstration; recipe contest; Iron Chef contest; an 'All-Iowa' meal; live entertainment, and much more! Sponsored by Grundy National Bank, Northern Iowa Food & Farm Partnership, and th... Location: Conrad, Iowa Scope: Statewide Website: http://www.gnbbank.com/gnb_conrad.asp September 6, 2008 2nd Annual "C.A.R.E. ENERGY FAIR" This fair is being organized by C.A.R.E. (Conservation and Renewable Energy), a group organized under WATCH, Inc. to help educate and promote conservation and clean, renewable energy in Charlevoix County. Our goal for the “CARE ENERGY FAIR” is to showcase like-minded groups and individuals ... Location: Charlevoix, California Scope: National Website: www.charlevoixlibrary.org September 18, 2008 - September 19, 2008 Women in Agriculture & Small Business Conference Oklahoma’s Fifth Annual Women in Agriculture & Small Business Conference will be held on September 18th & 19th, 2008 at the Moore Norman Technology Center located at SW 134th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue in Oklahoma City. It is presented by the Great Plains Resource Conservation and Development... Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Scope: Statewide Website: http://www.greatplainsrcd.org September 19, 2008 - September 21, 2008 Common Ground Fair MOFGA celebrates its 32nd Common Ground Country Fair on September 19, 20 & 21, 2008, in Unity, Maine. The Fair allows fairgoers to make connections with a rapidly expanding base of organic farms in the state of Maine. Hundreds of vendors, exhibitors and demonstrators, more than 1,000 volunteers, ... Location: Unity, Maine Scope: Statewide Website: http://www.mofga.org/TheFair/tabid/135/Default.aspx September 21, 2008 6th Annual Southwest Michigan Community Harvest Fest The beauty of fall makes this a special celebration of local foods, farming and sustainability. Purchase pumpkins, sorghum syrup and much more from 50-plus vendors. Keynote speaker is Will Allen of Growing Power, an urban agriculture and education program in Milwaukee; you’ll also meet Donna McCl... Location: Scotts, Michigan Scope: Regional Website: http://www.fairfoodmatters.org/harvestfest/index.php Website 2: http://www.tillersinternational.org/index.html September 22, 2008 - September 24, 2008 ELP Food Tour Conference 2008 The Environmental Leadership Program (ELP) invites you to "The Politics of Food," a national conference on how America grows, distributes, buys, and eats its food. ELP's Politics of Food national conference will engage participants in a challenging exploration of how and why our food system w... Location: Raleigh, North Carolina Scope: National Website: http://www.elpnet.org/foodtour/conference.php September 28, 2008 - October 4, 2008 Exchange Forum in Crete, Greece: Organic Agriculture & Traditional Foodways Professional Experiential Learning Program in Crete, Greece The Mediterranean Diet: Refreshing your understanding. Translating it to the plate. A culinary-cultural immersion program for agriculture, nutrition and culinary professionals. Participate in dialog, presentations, cultural explora... Location: Crete, Greece (several locations: organic farms and villages) Scope: International Website: www.cookingincrete.com Website 2: www.fieldtoplate.com October 4, 2008 - October 8, 2008 Restoring Our Urban and Rural Communities with Healthy Food The Community Food Security Coalition’s annual conference is back bigger and better than ever! Join 1,000 of your colleagues for the nation’s primary food systems networking and educational event outside Philadelphia for five days of inspiring presentations, scintillating workshops, fantastic net... Location: Cherry Hill, New Jersey Scope: National Website: http://healthyfoodconference.com/ October 4, 2008 - October 9, 2008 Joint Annual Meeting: Geological Society of America-Soil Science Society of America-American Society of Agronomy-Crop Science Society of America-Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies More than 10,000 scientists, professionals, and students will gather in Houston on 5-9 October 2008 to discuss the latest research and current trends in energy, water resources, science education, earth systems, and related sciences. The intention of this first-ever joint meeting is to highlig... Location: Houston, Texas Scope: International Website: https://www.acsmeetings.org October 11, 2008 Building a Greenhouse from Plastic Pop Bottles We have all seen those pesky 2-liter plastic bottles littering the countryside. If you are like us, you have imagined that there must be something useful we could do with that bit of rubbish. Well, there is... Come spend the day with us learning how to build your own greenhouse using di... Location: Philo, Ohio Scope: Regional Website: http://www.bluerockstation.com October 15, 2008 - October 17, 2008 9th GLOBALGAP Conference In 2008 GLOBALGAP returns to Europe for its 9th Conference. Good Agricultural Practices are becoming more and more widely adopted with consumers demand for healthy safe and sustainably produced food driving their expansion. An ever increasing number of producers in more than 80 countries are choo... Location: Cologne/Germany Scope: International Website: www.globalgap.org Website 2: www.avantel.de/globalgap2008 October 20, 2008 - October 22, 2008 SWCS Farming With Grass Call for Papers The Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) will convene a conference to address the factors driving change in mixed agricultural systems. Specific objectives include: • Engage participants across diverse disciplines and institutions in identifying research, technology, and policy needs t... Location: Oklahoma City,, Oklahoma Scope: National Website: www.swcs.org/fwg October 22, 2008 - October 25, 2008 Holistic Management International Conference Come learn about "Paradigm Shifting for the Future" at the Holistic Management International Conference in Brandon, Manitoba Canada. Speakers include: Abe Collins, Ivan Aguirre, Lee Pengilly, Peter Holter, Ron Chapman, Gene Goven, Gabe Brown, Ken Meter, Jill Clapperton, Meyers Norris Penny, Blain... Location: Brandon Scope: International Website: http://www.holisticmanagement.org/n7/Internat_Gath/canada_conference.html October 31, 2008 - November 2, 2008 The 23rd Annual Sustainable Agriculture Conference You won’t want to miss this year’s conference: Keynote speakers include sustainable ag legends Wes Jackson and Joel Salatin, and we’ll be debuting extended, hands-on workshop formats. And of course we’ll have the staples that have made the conference such an important part of the Carolinas’ a... Location: Anderson, South Carolina Scope: Regional Website: http://www.carolinafarmstewards.org/events.shtml November 10, 2008 - November 11, 2008 Introduction to Holistic Management This 2 day program is an introduction to Holistic Management. Learn how you can create healthy land and healthy profits. Program is scheduled at the Pleasant Grove Grange. Instructors are Holistic Management Certified Educators Tony & Andrea Malmberg. Location: Summerville, Oregon Scope: International Website: http://www.holisticmanagement.org/n7/Programs_Services/courses_07.html November 12, 2008 - November 13, 2008 Holistic Management Financial Planning This 2 day program will focus on Holistic Management Financial Planning. Learn how you can create healthy profits and improve your time management. Program is scheduled at the Pleasant Grove Grange. Instructors are Holistic Management Certified Educators Tony & Andrea Malmberg. Location: Summerville, Oregon Scope: International Website: http://www.holisticmanagement.org/n7/Programs_Services/courses_07.html November 14, 2008 - November 15, 2008 Holistic Management Biological Monitoring This 2 day program will focus on Holistic Management Biological Monitoring. Learn how you can assess pasture productivity and land health. Program is scheduled at the Pleasant Grove Grange. Instructors are Holistic Management Certified Educator Andrea Malmberg. Location: Summerville, Oregon Scope: International Website: http://www.holisticmanagement.org/n7/Programs_Services/courses_07.html November 14, 2008 - November 15, 2008 Holistic Management Grazing Planning This 2 day program will focus on Holistic Management Grazing Planning. Learn how you can improve pasture productivity and animal performance. Program is scheduled at the Pleasant Grove Grange. Instructors are Holistic Management Certified Educators Tony & Andrea Malmberg. Location: Summerville, Oregon Scope: International Website: http://www.holisticmanagement.org/n7/Programs_Services/courses_07.html

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