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Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 16:17:49 GMT
From: owner-smallfarm@maat.reeusda.gov
SECOND NATIONAL SMALL FARM CONFERENCE
THEME: Building Partnerships for the 21st Century
The Second National Small Farm Conference will provide an opportunity for
people in the public and private sectors, including community based
organizations, land-grant institutions, small and medium sized farmers to
strengthen collaboration and partnerships to work more effectively with
the small farm community.
Participation is the key to the conference's success. Hands-on workshops,
open forum discussions, and participant-organized networking sessions will
be key features of the conference. Some of the issues that participants
will address include: marketing strategies, value added enterprises, grant
writing, business and entrepreneural skills, farmer-to-farmer and
beginning farmer networks. Representatives from USDA and its partners
will make reports on follow up from the 1996 National Small Farm
Conference held in Nashville, Tennessee; and also on the implementation of
the recommendations made by the National Commission on Small Farms.
The conference will include poster presentations and exhibits.
Solicitation for posters and exhibits will be sent out shortly.
WHERE: REGAL RIVERFRONT HOTEL, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
WHEN: OCTOBER 12-15, 1999
HOSTS: Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri;
University of Missouri, Columbia; USDA-CSREES
SPONSORS: Lincoln University, Jefferson City; University of Missouri,
Columbia; W. K. Kellogg Foundation; Farm Foundation; US-EPA;
USDA--Agricultural Research Service; Agricultural Marketing Service;
Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, SARE Program;
Farm Service Agency; Foreign Agricultural Service; Forest Service; National Office of
Outreach; National Agricultural Statistics Service; Natural Resources
Conservation Service; and Rural Development.
CONTACTS:
Dyremple Marsh, Lincoln University, Jefferson City, MO.
Phone: 573-681-5550; e-mail: marshd@lincolnu.edu
Norlin Hein, University of Missouri, Columbia; Phone: 573-882-6385,
e-mail: sshein@muccmail.missouri.edu,
Mickie Swisher, USDA-CSREES, Washington, DC; Phone: 202-401-4900,
e-mail: mswisher@reeusda.gov; Denis Ebodaghe, USDA-CSREES,
Washington, DC; Phone: 202-401-4385; e-mail: debodaghe@reeusda.gov
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