The Fifth Annual Conference and Trade Show of the Southern Sustainable
Agriculture Working Group (SAWG) will be held in Lexington, KY on January
19-21, 1996. Hosted by the Community Farm Alliance of Frankfort, KY, this
event will feature workshops, a trade show, food tasting, auction, banquet
dinner, organic cotton fashion show, and evening entertainment, all at the
Radisson Plaza Hotel in downtown Lexington. In addition, guided tours of
area sustainable farms will open and close the conference on Friday
morning, January 19 and Sunday morning, January 21.
The conference will present 25 workshops and roundtable discussions on many
of the keys to creating a more sustainable agriculture in the South.
Topics include sustainable production techniques, value-added marketing,
on-farm research, soil fertility management, pest & disease control,
marketing cooperatively, seed saving, financial management, organic
certification, building effective organizations, non-profit fund raising
and much more. Over half the speakers will be farmers with hands-on
experience sharing their stories of innovation and success.
Registration for the conference will cost $15. Farm tours cost $10 each,
and the banquet dinner on Saturday night is an additional $15. Contact the
Community Farm Alliance, 200 Short St. #10, Berea, KY 40403; 606-986-7400
for registration forms and further information.
A special room rate of $45 per night is being offered to conference
participants by the Radisson Plaza Hotel. Call 800-333-3333 for room
reservations before January 4, 1996 to obtain this rate.
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The Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group is made up of
approximately 50 member organizations working for more sustainable
agriculture in the 13 Southern states. Southern SAWG assists family
farmers and farm communities to prosper in a healthy environment by
bringing organizations and individuals with a common purpose together
to remove technical, institutional and economic barriers to sustainability.
Sent: January 3, 1996 2:03 pm PST Item: R00JLr5