Future Harvest - Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture
 

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NEW! Read the recent release of the White Paper from Future Harvest CASA, Successful Transitions: from Apprentice to Farmer on the challenges of beginner farmers, and the needs to be addressed by training programs in the Chesapeake Region.

Deadline for USDA Conservation Innovation Grant Pre-proposals January 31! To apply electronically, visit http://www.grants.gov/ or contact a local NRCS office. To view the complete Announcement of Program Funding, visit http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/cig/

13TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Farm to Institution: Making Local Food Economies a Reality

January 13-14, 2012
National Conference Center, Lansdowne, VA

TUNE IN TO WEAA 88.9 FM in Baltimore or online at WEAA.ORG - THURSDAY, JAN 26 at 5:00 pm
"THE MARC STEINER SHOW" broadcast of FARMER PANEL ON ADVOCACY - recorded at the Annual Conference
Or listen to the podcast!

CONFERENCE ATTENDEES: Please link to our online survey and give us your feedback!

See the full schedule of conference activities

Thanks to our 2012 Conference Sponsors!

CONFERENCE PARTNER Whole Foods Market - MidAtlantic Platinum Sponsors FamilyFarmed.org and Risk Management Agency/USDA Friday Dinner Reception, Silent Auction and "Meet the Buyers" Reception Sponsor Gold Sponsors Chesapeake Bay Foundation/Maryland Grazers Network     Firefly Farms Organic Valley/CROPP Cooperative Local Food Communities                Grass-Based Systems Track Sponsor                             Track Sponsor Loudoun County Department of Economic Development West Virginia Small Farm Center Beginning Farmers                                    Farm-to-Institution Track Sponsor                                            Track Sponsor    Piedmont Environmental Council Profitablility/Added Value Track Sponsor

Silver Sponsors * Alternative Farming Systems Information Service (USDA) * Bon Appetit Management Company * Center for a Livable Future * Maryland ACRS / VA Agricultural Mediation Program * Maryland Agriculture and Resource-Based Industries Corporation (MARBIDCO) * Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) * National Capital Farms / Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments * Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) * Summer Creek Farm/McGeary Organics * University of Maryland Extension-Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) * Willowsford Bronze Sponsors * Animal Welfare Approved * Countryside Organics * Eat'n Park * Fertrell * Flavor Magazine * Food and Water Watch * Jefferson County (WV) Development Authority * Liberty Delight Farms * Local Food Project at Airlie * Maryland Hospitals for a Healthy Environment * Old Line Custom Meats * One Straw Farm * Purple Mountain Organics * The Food Trust * University of Maryland Extension-Maryland Rural Enterprise Development Center * Virginia Beginning Farmer and Rancher Coalition Project * Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services - Virginia Grown * Wallace Center at Winrock International