Farming For The Future Conference Feb. 7-8
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) PASA’s Farming for the
Future Conference is just a few
weeks away and registrations are
rolling in (publicity for this event
was featured in Lancaster Farm
ing recently).
The largest sustainable agricul
ture conference in the eastern U.S.
will once again welcome over
1,000 participants, who will gather
to learn lots of new exciting ideas
for their farms and businesses.
The 12th Annual Conference
will be Feb. 7-8 at the Penn Stater
Hotel and Conference Center in
State College. Use this registration
form for your convenience.
Complete information about the
conference is online at www.pasa
farming.org or, for more informa
tion, call PASA at (814) 349-9856.
On Friday, Feb. 7, hear the fol
lowing:
• Neil Hamilton of the Agricul
tural Law Center at Drake Uni
versity, on legal issues related to
direct marketing.
• “Selling to the College Mar
ket,” including three panelists who
are successfully developing a
“farm-to-school” relationship.
• Terry Ackerman on mass
marketing organic products.
• Ridgeway Shinn of the New
England Livestock Alliance, about
selling grass-fed products to urban
customers.
• Aaron Silverman, “Establish
ing a Commercially Scaled Pastur
ed Poultry Production System.”
• Sustainable Dairy Farming,
by two successful farmers Larry
Shearer and Mike Carroll.
• Robert VanSaun’s goat nutri
tion workshop.
• Taking care of livestock mor
tality in a more financially and en
vironmentally sustainable manner.
• Anne and Eric Nordell, who
have developed alternative tillage
techniques that keep soils health
ier and more productive.
• Community Supported Agri
culture with Sam Cantrell.
• Casey Sclar from Longwood
Gardens, on what he’s learned
using integrated pest manage
ment.
• Four agricultural profession
als will discuss biosecurity issues
on the farm in a workshop.
• Ted Fisher and partner Rob
bie Bannen discussing how a
wood-fired brick oven became the
center of their farm life.
• Jim Travis of the Fruit Re
search and Extension Center on
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• Barbara Bellows on conserv
ing water and protecting against
drought and water contamination.
• Tim Kelsey on the real costs
and revenues of residential devel
opment.
• Three women in agriculture
discuss “Business, Health, Heart
and Soul.”
Saturdays lineup of workshops
includes;
• Robert Farr, “The Chiliman,”
who makes extremely popular,
value-added products from his
homegrown chili peppers.
• Starting a farmers’ market in
your community, from three fel
lows who have done it.
• Joe Cavanaugh of Garden
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State Heirloom Seed on how to
market heirloom vegetables.
• Terry Ackerman for his sec
ond session on hiring professional
marketing help.
• Daniel Salatin on “Starting
Young, Finding Your Niche and
Making a Business.”
• Tom Gettings and George
DeVault on how to market with
their cameras.
• Anne Nordell, vegetable pro
ducer, and Mike Ditchfield of
Penn College of Technology, about
their successful farmer-to-chef re
lationship.
• Jo Robinson, about the health
benefits of grass-fed livestock.
• Kenney Robertson, about
breeding healthy hogs.
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• Aaron Silverman on how to
set up a licensed processing facili
ty, and establishing a collaborative
business for pastured poultry.
• Soil and plant expert Jerry
Brunetti will discuss the connec
tions between soil, forage, and ru
minant health.
• Jane and Dick Burlingame
on their experience in livestock di
versity and direct marketing.
• John Gensemer and Dan
Bryan who will talk about the
small-scale meat processing indus
try.
• Larry Shearer on the profita
bility of seasonal grass-based dair
ies.
• Jean Paul Courtens, soil
management and production on
his operation in New York.
• Alex Hitt on whole-farm sys-
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of vegetables and cut flowers.
• Jack Hedin from Minnesota
on starting up his own small vege
table operation.
• How to find a more balanced
life by starting a Community Sup
ported Agriculture (CSA) farm.
• Leslie Zuck of Pennsylvania
Certified Organic provides an “In
troduction to the National Organic
Program.”
• Nancy Philips, a primer on
medicinal herbs.
• Jo Robinson on the “worlds
healthiest diet.”
• Mark Ritchie on “Local Food
Systems and World Trade.”
• “Community Food Security -
Who is in Charge of the Food
Supply.”
• Ag journalism in the 21st cen
tury, with Cheryl Tevis of Success
ful Farming, and others.
• The latest on biotechnology.
• Dan Imhoff on “Farming
with the Wild.”
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