Date:
01/15/2010 - 01/16/2010
January 15 – 16, 2010
Rebuilding the Real Economy: Nourishing Local Foods and Farmers
National Conservation Training Center (NCTC), Shepherdstown, West Virginia
www.futureharvestcasa.org/10conference.html
Farmers' Markets and CSAs at Hospitals
Roneet Mallin, Co-coordinator of the Farmers' Market at Johns Hopkins Hospital, will share how they launched and sustain a successful Farmers’ Market with farmer
Lynne Ferguson of Ferguson Family Farms.
Todd Cohen & Katy Robinson, CSA Co-coordinators at Montgomery General Hospital, will share how they launched and sustain a successful and growing CSA at their hospital with farmer Pam Stegall Roberts of Calvert Farm.
Other presentations include:
Sustainable Fruit & Vegetable Production: Organic Fruit Production: Berries and Native Fruits Gardening & Urban Agriculture: Urban Homesteading
Fun with Fermentation: Simple Secrets of Sourdough, Sauerkraut, and Yogurt Farm to School: Reports from the Field in Maryland
Regenerative Soils How to Fund Your Next Farm and Food Project
Insects & Disease in Fruit & Vegetable Production Cheesemaking in Maryland
Adding Value to Your Farm: Agritourism Children’s Programs through Maryland 4H
Keynote: How National Policy Affects Your Farm – by Kathy Ozer, Executive Director of the National Family Farm Coalition
& Much More … www.futureharvestcasa.org/10conference.html
The conference location – the National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) – is part of the US Fish & Wildlife Service and thus a federal facility. This means that EVERYONE MUST PRE-REGISTER. NCTC will need a list of attendees ahead of time, so you will not be able to register at-the-door.
This unique conservation-oriented setting, located on the banks of the C&O Canal, has 5 miles of paved footpaths, making NCTC is an outstanding environment for bird-watching, jogging, and nature photography.
Registration Deadlines:
If you are staying overnight at NCTC on Friday, January 15, you must register by December 15! You will be paying for the room (only $80) through your registration (either by mailing in the brochure registration form, or using PayPal online), but you must also call NCTC to physically reserve a room – 877-706-6282 or 304-876-7900. Please email us (futureharvestcasa [at] gmail [dot] com) with any questions. If you are not planning to stay over, but to commute to NCTC on one or both days, you must register by January 4!
For More Information: 410-578-7878 or email: futureharvestcasa [at] gmail [dot] com
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