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---------- >From: owner-sanet-mg-digest@ces.ncsu.edu (sanet-mg-digest) >To: sanet-mg-digest@ces.ncsu.edu >Subject: sanet-mg-digest V1 #1325 >Date: Fri, Oct 1, 1999, 4:09 PM >
> Please distribute freely to organizations, > newspapers, newsletters and other media. > For more information, call (765) 463-9366 > > SUSTAINABLE EARTH > presents the > 1999 MIDWEST SMALL > FARM CONFERENCE > and TRADE SHOW > "Profitability through Diversification" > > November 19 & 20 > Exhibition Center > Hamilton Co. 4-H Grounds > Noblesville, Indiana > > Featuring : Joel Salatin, Sally Fallon > > 24 workshops to help build sustainable > farming systems and community food > systems. Extensive Tradeshow of goods > and services for small farmers > > FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19 > 7:30 a.m. Doors open > 8:30-9:45 Workshop session 1 > A Adding Value to Milk: Cheesemaking and > On-Farm Bottling- Ken Heiman, Wisconsin > farmer, milk bottler and cheesemaker > B From Farm to Table: Building Sustainable > Food Systems - Sue Wendt, Partners for Family > Farms, Kentucky > C Diversifying the Organic Farm- Roger Sharritt, > Indiana organic farmer > > 10:00-11:15 Workshop session 2 > A Small Fruits for the Small Farm - Bruce Bordelon, > Purdue University extension specialist > B Profitable Livestock Production - George Rasmussen, > Michigan organic farmer > C Profits from the Farm Pond - Susan Harkins, > Kentucky organic farmer > > 11:30-12:30 Keynote > Economics, Environment, and Emotion: Growing and > Eating with a Conscience - Joel Salatin, Virginia farmer > & author > > 1:30-2:45 Workshop session 3 > A Relationship Marketing - Joel Salatin > B Building Community with CSA- farmer panel from > Indiana, Michigan & Ohio > C Herbs for Diversification -Hank Huggins, Ohio > organic farmer > > 3:00-4:15 Workshop session 4 > A Marketing Specialty Crops- > Chris Chmiel, Ohio farmer and entrepreneur > B CSA Perspectives - CSA Farmer Panel > C The Nuts & Bolts of On-Farm Research - John Hall, > Wisconsin agronomist > > 4:30-5:30 Indiana OCIA meeting > > SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20 > 7:30 a.m. Doors open > 8:30-9:45 Workshop session 5 > A A Multiple Farm CSA- Shelly Gradwell, > Iowa State extension specialist > B Basics of Permaculture - Beth Neff, Indiana > organic farmer > C Organic Hogs & Other Ways to Make Money > - - Ed Snavely, Ohio diversified organic farmer > > 10:00-11:15 Workshop session 6 > A Organic Apple Production - Michael Phillips, > New Hampshire organic farmer and author > (The Apple Grower) > B Plant Breeding on the Farm - J. J. Haapala, > Oregon organic farmer > C Fresh-cut Flowers and Woody Ornamentals > - - John Klueh, Indiana farmer > > 11:30-12:30 Keynote > Keeping the Value-Added Down on the Farm > - - Sally Fallon, Washington, D.C. author > > 1:30-2:45 Workshop session 7 > A Why Butter is Better - Sally Fallon > B Insect Pests and Alternative Control Methods > - - Jerry Brust, Purdue University > C Developing On Farm Research Projects > - - Teresa Maurer, ATTRA > > 3:00-4:15 > A Why Butter is Better (pt. 2) - Sally Fallon > B Writing Producer Grants - John Hall > C When Trees Wear Masks: Controlling the Plum > Curculio in Organic Orchards - Michael Phillips > > Keynote Speakers: Joel Salatin is a national leader > in the development of strategies to make farms profitable. > His grass based farming practices - especially pastured > poultry - and relationship marketing strategies have been > widely adopted by farmers building sustainable farming > systems. He has authored $alad Bar Beef, Pastured > Poultry Profit$, and You can Farm. > Sally Fallon has examined all of the best scientific studies > about the roles of fat and meat in human nutrition to arrive > at some conclusions about human health and nutrition that > are very different from much of the current thinking. Her > book, Nourishing Traditions, is based upon her own > research and experience and builds upon the work of > Weston Price. > > Meals: Food may be purchased from the event caterer - > Gunthorp's Pasturized Pork. You may bring your own > food and beverage (no alcohol allowed). > > Location: Noblesville is located at the convergence of > Indiana Highways 37, 32, and 38. The Hamilton County > 4-H Fairgrounds is on Pleasant St. one block west of its > intersection with SR 37. (traffic light, Quality Farm & Fleet > on corner). Free Parking at fairgrounds. > -- From Chicago: I-65 south to I-465 East, to I-69 and > exit 5, SR 37, north to Pleasant St. > -- From southern Michigan, south on I-69 to exit 19, west > on SR 38 for 11 miles to SR 37, left (south) one half mile > to light at Pleasant St., west to fairgrounds. > - -- From south, east or west of Indianapolis, I-465 to the > northeast corner of Indianapolis, north on I-69 to exit 5, > north on SR 37 for 5 miles to light at Pleasant St., west to > fairgrounds. > > Lodging: (all rates listed are approximate and do not include > taxes of about 10 %) > Super 8, 17070 Dragonfly Lane, Noblesville, (317)776-7088, > 58 rooms, rooms are blocked at $45 (any # of people). Ask for > Midwest Farm for Nov 18 arrival. Reserve by Nov 11). Adjacent > to the conference site. > Other lodging is nearby: > Fishers near I-69 and SR 37, (6 miles from > fairgrounds): Holiday Inn, 9780 N By Northeast Blvd, > (317) 578-9000; ($75 up); Holiday Inn Express, 9790 N By > Northwest Blvd., (317) 578-2000; ($75 up) > Castleton, I-69 and 82nd St. (9 miles from the conference). > Dollar Inn, 8110 N Shadeland Ave., (317) 845-0049, > $31 sgl, 36 dbl; Fairfield Inn 8325 Bash, (317) 577-0455, > ($59 for 1 or 2 adults); Hampton Inn, 6817 E. 82nd, St. > (317) 576-0220, (800) 290-4001, $79-84. > Anderson, I-69 and SR 32, ( 20 miles from conference). > Dollar Inn, 6325 S. Scatterfield, (765) 640-1356, ($32 for 1, > $37 for 2); Economy Inn, 2400 S. Scatterfield, (765) > 642-9966, $39; $44 for 2 beds; Motel 6, 5810 S. > Scatterfield, (765) 642-9023; ($32 for 1, $38 for 2); > > Camping and RV: > Pine Lakes Fishing & Camping, I-69 and SR 38 (exit 19), > Pendleton, (765) 778-2697. $7.99 for tent space, > $16.99 for RV includes water and elec. 11 miles from conf. > Camp Nothingmuchere, 1927 W. 156th, Westfield , > (317) 896-3942 (about 9 miles from conf). $16 (includes > water and elect). Heated showers available. > > Sponsor and event organizer: Sustainable Earth, Inc., a > 501(c)3, not-for-profit membership organization committed > to profitable family farms through the development of > sustainable farming systems and community food systems. > Current projects include: The Small Farm Development > Project - building marketing infrastructure to support small > farm agriculture, CityFood - building a comprehensive, > sustainable community food system in a depressed > neighborhood of Indianapolis; Directory of Value-Added > Agriculture - a resource directory for crop and live-stock > strategies which support small farms and build communities; > Directory of Organic Agriculture -- linking consumers and > farmers with information on sources of organic and natural food. > > Co-Sponsors: > Consortium for Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education, > North Central Regional Sustainable Agriculture Research & > Education program, and Farmweek Newspaper. Others to be added. > > Membership: Receive a quarterly newsletter-Sustainable Farming > News, discounts on special events and publications. > Enclosed is my membership for 12 months. > ___Sustaining ($250) > ___Supporting ($100) > ___ Small Business ($60) > ___ Family ($50) > ___ Individual ($30) > ___ Student ($15) > > Registration Fees: > If paid by 11/10/99 > Individual Family* > 2 days ___40.00 ___55.00 > 1 day ___25.00 ___40.00 > After 11/10/99 > 2 days ___45.00 ___60.00 > 1 day ___30.00 ___45.00 > Individual members of Sustainable Earth receive a > $10 discount. Those with family memberships receive > a $15 discount. Submit a membership fee now and > subtract the discount from your registration fees. > *Family registrations include all related > people living in the same household. > Names of all registrants: _________________ > ____________________________________ > ____________________________________ > ____________________________________ > Address______________________________ > City______________________St._________ > Zip__________ Phone ( )______________ > email:________________________________ > Registration fees must be enclosed. Checks payable > to Sustainable Earth. Mail to Sustainable Earth, 100 > Georgton Ct., W. Lafayette, IN 47906 > > > > Steve Bonney, President > Sustainable Earth > a 501(c)3 not-for-profit dedicated to the development of sustainable > agricultural systems > 100 Georgton Ct., W. Lafayette IN 47906 > tel (765)463-9366; fax (765)497-0164; email sbonney@iquest.net > >
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