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Thank you to all of you who came out in support of Future Harvest-CASA at the Whole Foods Annapolis 5% Day - Wednesday, May 13th, 2009!
We held a special farmers market with Farmhouse Flowers and FireFly Farms. It was a busy day and we made over $6,000! To learn more about 5% Days, click here.
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 |
Check out the Maryland Grazers Network, a new mentorship program that pairs experienced livestock or dairy grazers with farmers who want to learn new grazing skills. The Network is a program of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
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.
Empower Yourself with Knowledge
Future Harvest's informative sustainable agriculture field days are held throughout the growing season each year on area farms. Click here to learn more about the 2008 field days.
Get a Free Soil Assessment
Future Harvest Board Member Ray Weil, a soil professor at the University of Maryland, is collaborating with a team of Cornell University researchers in testing a new way to analyze soil health by measuring
physical, biological and chemical indicators. Learn more about how you can get your soil health tested as part of the study.
Future Harvest CASA and Edible Chesapeake Magazine Collaboration
Future
Harvest-Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture (CASA) and Edible
Chesapeake magazine have formed a partnership to facilitate two-way communication between Future Harvest-CASA's members in
Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia and Pennsylvania, and Edible Chesapeake
readers in and around Baltimore.
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