Current News:
* Future Harvest-CASA Supports Comprehensive Federal Climate Change Legislation. The Board voted to be a signatory to a letter prepared by the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, urging Congress to pass a strong climate and energy bill this year. Such a bill will help protect farmers and our food supply, while moving agriculture towards a viable and sustainable future.
* Future Harvest-CASA and PASA Field Days: Growing and Marketing Organic Vegetables Field Day a Success! Over 70 people attneded the field day at One Straw Farm in June. Two fall days are scheduled in Pennsylvania - Three Creameries & Their Strategies: Marketing Your Dairy Products (Sept. 28) and Finding a Niche for Heritage Breeds: Preserving Heritage, History & Genes (Oct. 6).
* Save the Date: On January 14 & 15, 2011 our 12th Annual Conference will be held at the Pearlstone Center in Reisterstown, MD. New Opportunities: Field Trip Pre-Conference Sessions on Composting, Hoop Houses, GAP Certification and more! Stay tuned for more updates, here and on our conference page.
* E-Newsletter: In April, Future Harvest-CASA started an official e-newsletter. If you would like to sign up to receive it, you can do so here:
* Our Amazing Grazing Directory is being updated! If you are currently listed in the directory and have updates, or if you are interested in being listed, please download the update form and email Rob Schnabel at rschnabel@cbf.org. Deadline to be included: MAY 31, 2010 * Please welcome our new staff! As of April 2010, Alice Chalmers is our new Executive Director and Renee Catacalos is our Community Outreach Coordinator. Amanda Behrens will stay on with Future Harvest - CASA as the Website Manager. These new positions are all part of our strategic plan to make the organization stronger and continue growing into the future. Please note the new email addresses for staff - see "Contact Us."
* Strategic Planning: As of our April retreat, we have a new Stategic Plan! Please see our Strategic Plan page for full details. While our planning process is now being implemented, we will continue to collect feedback from our members and prospective members - Please take our 12 question, 5 minute survey to give us your input on who you are and what topics and concerns affect you.
* 2010 Board of Directors
The new board was elected at our conference in January, and we just elected our new officers at our first 2010 board meeting. See who they are.
* Our 2010 Future Harvest - CASA Annual Conference on January 15 & 16 was a success! See what you missed with our press coverage:
The Journal (Martinsburg, WV) - article 1 and article 2; The Herald-Mail (Hagerstown, MD); Lancaster Farming and FreshPlaza. OR, you can still check out the Schedule Web Page to see all the workshops. We hope to provide some of the speakers material soon.
New Social Networking group for Future Harvest-CASA
We've created a group on the site NEFOOD (the Northeast Food and Farming Network) just for Future Harvest-CASA members. This group will allow members to share info, ask questions and network with each other.
SIGN UP SOON!
You need to sign up for NEFOOD to participate in the group, but it's free, secure, and open ONLY to our members. To sign up click here. To find the group, click on "Groups" and select "Future Harvest -CASA."
Contact Amanda if you have any questions at: futureharvestcasa@gmail.com |
2009 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Connect Locally:
Food, Farms and Community
Future Harvest - CASA's 2009 Annual Conference was held January 16-17, 2009 in Frederick, MD. Coming soon: links to speakers talks. Check back soon and click here to learn more.
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