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Start Chatting It Up!
Our 2009 Practical Tools and Solutions for
Sustaining Family Farms Conference will be held January 21-24, 2009 at
the Chattanooga Convention Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Marriot Hotel, connected to the convention center will be our headquarter hotel.
Mark your calendar and plan to participate in this popular
event. We’re already planning pre-conference courses and
gathering conference session ideas. Send your program ideas to Jean
Mills, Conference Coordinator: jean@ssawg.org
We plan to offer a number of 1.5 day pre-conference intensive courses
starting Wednesday morning January 21. This will be followed by
some half day pre-conference courses and some field trips Thursday
afternoon, January 22. Then January 23-24 the general conference
will offer several tracks of conference sessions, a trade show, silent
auction, video show, Taste of Tennessee dinner and more.
The conference will offer practical tools and solutions for sustaining
family farms. It will offer sustainable production and direct
marketing information for horticultural and livestock producers,
enterprise management lessons, farm policy education, community food
systems development trainings and the opportunity to learn from peers
across the region.
The full conference program and additional logistical details will be
posted the first week of October. To view last’s years program, click here. To view last year’s presenters, click here.
Note to institutional and organizational leaders: it’s not too
early to start securing funds for producers in your area to participate
in the pre-conference and conference activities. We’re happy
to provide a letter of support, if needed.
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