Farming
for Profit
and Stewardship Conference
9th Annual Conference
Jan. 18-19, 2008
Hagerstown, Maryland
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Mark your calendar for the most comprehensive annual sustainable agriculture educational event in the mid-Atlantic region!
Set your sights on Hagerstown, Md., on Jan. 18-19 for two days of learning about how to improve your farming and marketing methods…leading to a wealth of new ideas to increase your bottom line.
Keynote speaker Cynthia Barstow, an expert in farm marketing, will explore the opportunities created by consumers’ increasing interest in how food is produced.
Choose from in-depth pre-conference workshops that will tell you everything you need to know about how to measure your soil health using an innovative series of field and lab tests or how to start organic farming from scratch.
Conference sessions, led by the area’s best researchers, extension experts and experienced farmers, are guaranteed to stimulate your imagination for what’s possible on and off your farm. Among them:
- Honey production and marketing
- Blueberry production
- Growing in high tunnels
- Processing and marketing value-added beef and pork
- Pasture fencing and restraints
- Direct marketing to wholesale outlets
- Internet marketing tools
- Edible flowers
- Small equipment for small- and medium-scale farmers
- How to improve your chances for agricultural credit
- Farmers’ market tips based on customer feedback
- …and much much more!
Registration will begin this fall! Contact us to put yourself on the conference mailing list.
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