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24th Annual Sustainable Agriculture Conference |
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| Event Subtitle |
"Safe, Local, Organic: Building a Healthy Food Economy" |
| Host | Carolina Farm Stewardship |
| Date | December 4, 2009 - December 6, 2009 |
| Time | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Description | Join Carolina Farm Stewardship Association for the largest sustainable agriculture event in the region. The conference provides practical workshops for beginning gardeners, advanced organic farmers and folks interested in sustainable living. The movement's most respected organic educators will be with us at the Blue Ridge Assembly, a retreat center admist 1200 acres of Carolina mountains and home to hiking trails, mountain streams, historic buildings, and a crafts center for the kids! Conference meals will feature local and organic farm food, including breakfast both days.
Topics include: food safety, unusual veggies, biochar, organic strawberries, mushrooms, renewable energy, pastured poultry, cooking locally, regional food systems, organic weed control, soils 101, food preservation, hogs and farrowing, pollinators, crop mobs and much more. Our keynote speaker, Dr.
Timothy J. LaSalle, of The Rodale Institute, is an outspoken leader and will highlight how our current farming systems have a profound impact on health and nutrition, climate change, and world hunger and poverty.
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| Cost | Varies |
| Location Info | The Blue Ridge Assembly
84 Blue Ridge Cir.
Black Mountain, NC 28711-9722 |
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