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Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 18:28:11 -0400
From: Liz Callan <lizbrian@juno.com>
Subject: Advanced Organic Vegetable Farming Workshops
THREE WINTER WORKSHOPS OFFERED AS SEQUEL
TO ADVANCED ORGANIC VEGETABLE FARMING
COURSE
The Regional Farm & Food Project is hosting its second annual
series of winter workshops in Albany, NY. Designed for market vegetable
growers and community supported agriculture (CSA) growers, these
workshops promise to be as inspiring and educational as last year’s.
The workshop season begins on Saturday and Sunday, December 5 &
6, 1998 with “Diversified Vegetable Production & Management for Small &
Large-Scale Organic Farmers.” Featured presenters are Dan Kaplan of
Brookfield Farm, Michael Docter and Linda Hildebrand of Food Bank Farm,
and Paul Arnold of Pleasant Valley Farm. Through slide presentations and
interactive discussions, these experienced, successful organic farmers
will explain their systems of efficiency from a whole-farm perspective.
You will learn how they maintain soil fertility, control weeds, harvest
efficiently, use season extension, plan for the upcoming season, find
farm labor and market their produce. This workshop will walk you through
the steps to making organic vegetable farming a profitable, manageable,
full-time career.
“Biological Principles of Organic Agriculture”, a theory-based
workshop, is the next winter event, offered on the weekend of January 16
& 17, 1999. The panel of instructors includes Anne and Eric Nordell of
Beech Grove Farm in Trout Run, PA, well-known systems thinkers who farm
with horses; Gunther Hauk, Program Director of the Pfeiffer Center and
renowned biodynamic thinker and educator; and Jean-Paul Courtens,
successful large-scale biodynamic CSA grower of Roxbury Farm in Hudson,
NY. Designed for those interested in a theoretical, systems-oriented
approach to organic farming, this workshop will provide an intensive
discussion of healthy soil and whole farm systems. Soil science, crop
rotations, covercrops, biodynamic theory, and more will be covered.
On Saturday, Feb. 20, 1999 “Creating Successful Grower Marketing
Cooperatives” will be held. This highly interactive program will
introduce organic to the benefits and challenges of cooperative marketing
and give them insight into appropriate models for their situation. This
full day workshop will provide a much needed forum for farmer-organizers
and managers from organic growers coops to gather to share ideas, compare
experiences and analyze trends. The coops represented at this workshop
will include Tuscarora Organic Growers Cooperative (Hustontown, PA),
Happy Valley Organics (Whately, MA), Deep Root Organic Truck Farmers
Cooperative (Westminster Station, VT), Hancock County Organic Growers
Coop (Brooklyn, ME), Finger Lakes Organic Growers Cooperative (Ithaca,
NY), Berkshire Growers Coop (South Lee, MA) and Garden State Organic
Growers (Barnegat, NJ). Michael Rozyne of Red Tomato and Brian Henehan
of Cornell University’s Cooperative Enterprise Program also plan to share
their expertise on marketing organizations.
Space is limited, so please make your reservation early. These
reasonably priced workshops will include meals and a limited number of
accommodations in private homes will be available for a small fee.
To receive a brochure and registration information, please
contact the Regional Farm & Food Project at 27 Elm St., Albany, NY 12202;
(518) 426-9331. The Regional Farm & Food Project is a membership
organization of farmers and consumers working toward sustainable
agriculture and a healthy food system in the Hudson-Mohawk Region of
eastern New York.
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Regional Farm & Food Project
27 Elm Street, Albany, NY 12202
(518) 426-9331, FAX (518) 465-8349 (attn.: Farm & Food)
Contact: Liz Callan
(518) 272-7069
lizbrian@juno.com
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