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What: 16th Annual California Farm Conference
Theme: Healthy Farms - Healthy Communities: Ingredients for Success
When: November 17-19, 2000
Where: Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA
Cost: Range: Half Day Short Course $25; Basic 2-Day Registration: $90
Information & Registration: Phone: (530) 888-9206
Email: fullcircle@jps.net
www.CaliforniaFarmConference.com
Press Contact: Michael Straus, 415-663-8343, email: Info@BeyondOrganic.com
Program:
Over 40 seminars, workshops, short courses and tours, on topics including:
Specialty Crops and Products, Crop and Livestock production, Sustainable
Farming Practices, Farmers Markets, Farm and Food Policy, and Education
about Family Farms and Food Systems
Program features include:
· Tours in Sonoma County, focusing on Permaculture, Resource Recycling of
Organic Waste, Sustainable Dairy Production and Nurseries
· Short Courses on Agri-Nature Tourism, Sustainable Grape Production,
Improving the Farmer-Retailer relationship, and Biotechnology
· Speakers from throughout the Bay Area and California
· The Shone Farm, SRJC Demonstration Farm, including organic vineyards
· Special Social/Mixer featuring local and organic foods
Sponsors include: Community Alliance with Family Farmers, Occidental Arts &
Ecology Center, UC Small Farm Center, UC Cooperative Extension, Santa Rosa
Junior College, Golden Gate Marketing Association, USDA Farm Services
Agency, Southland Farmers Market Association.
California Farm Conference is a non-profit organization dedicated to
promoting the long-term viability of California's family farms. The 1999
Farm Conference, held in Berkeley, attracted over 700 participants.
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Michael Straus
Beyond Organic - Public Relations & Marketing for Progressive Agriculture
22890 Highway 1, Marshall, CA 94940 USA
phone: 415-663-8343; fax: 415-663-8346
www.beyondorganic.com; info@beyondorganic.com
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