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Upcoming Event: 2012 Virginia Farm-to-Table Conference and Buy Fresh Buy Local Mixer
2012 Virginia Farm-to-Table Conference and Buy Fresh Buy Local Mixer
Wednesday, December 5, and Thursday, December 6, 2012
Blue Ridge Community College
Plecker Workforce Center in Weyers Cave, VA.
The theme of the two-day conference is ‘Food and Farming at a Profitable and Sustainable Scale.’ A specific focus of the conference will be to encourage collaboration, conservation and community. Day 1 will focus on food and farming in the 21st century and the second day will focus on community supported investment, capital needs of emerging and beginning farmers and entrepreneurs, cooperatives, community food enterprises, and scale.
On Wednesday evening, a Buy Fresh Buy Local Networking Mixer to encourage business conversation among Virginia producers and buyers. As part of the evening, Michael Shuman will speak about his recent book, ‘Local Dollars, Local Sense.’ His presentation will be preceded by music from a local band.
The conference is being hosted by Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia State University, Virginia Tech, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Virginia Food System Council with support from community organizations, state agencies and area businesses.
For more information about the 2012 Virginia Farm to Table Conference, you can contact Eric Bendfeldt of Virginia Cooperative Extension’s Northern District Office at (540) 432-6029 Ext. 106 or Kathy Holm of USDA-NRCS (540) 434-1404 Ext. 114.
For information about the Buy Fresh Buy Local Networking Mixer – connecting food service providers with farmers—and how you can be involved, please contact Francie Kennedy at 540-432-6029 Ext. 107.
More conference and registration information is available at www.conference.virginiafarmtotable.org
http://conference.virginiafarmtotable.org/register/
Flier with agenda and registration form: http://conference.virginiafarmtotable.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Paper-Registration-Virginia-Farm-to-Table-Conference.pdf
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