CSA conference

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Here's the message about the conference:

 

10/17/01

 

Announcement

 

Due to recent events and postal delays the Early Bird Registration and

scholarship deadline for the 2001 CSA Conference, December 7-9, 2001, has

been extended to October 26, 2001.

 

The conference will be held at Frost Valley Conference Center, in Claryville

New York.

 

More information about the conference can be found at www.csacenter.org or

contact Beth at csaconference (AT) together (DOT) net

 

The conference will feature interactive workshops, expert trouble-shooting

advice, intensive seminars and the opportunity to learn and share with

nearly 400 other people interested in Community Supported Agriculture.

 

It is designed for farmers, farm apprentices, CSA members, educators,

representatives of non-profit and government agencies, and anybody

interested in a more secure, sustainable food system.

 

Featured speakers include:

* Gloria Decater, Live Power Community Farm, Covelo, CA, California's oldest

CSA initiative;

* Joan Dye Gussow, educator and author.

* Elizabeth Henderson, CSA farmer and author of Sharing the Harvest

* Kathy Lawrence, director of the National Campaign for Sustainable

Agriculture;

* Michael Hamm, Rutgers Universty

* Shane LaBrake, Ecosystem Farm

 

Four intensive, small group sessions will be offered Friday during the

pre-conference mini school:

 

*Starting a CSA

*Setting Share Price and Farm Economics

*Building Leadership and Participation in CSA Shareholder Groups; and

*Next Steps for CSA Support Networks

 

Nearly 50 workshops will be offered Saturday and Sunday during five

concurrent sessions. A sampling follows:

 

*From Seed to Share at a Smaller CSA Farm

*From Seed to Share at a Larger CSA Farm

*Sketch Your 2002 Farm Budget

*From Field To Table: Distribution Systems

*Revisiting the Dream

*Research on CSA

*Agricultural Policy and CSA

*Working with Lower Income Populations

*Transferring the Farm

*The Fair Wage Question

*Using CSA to Educate about Local Food System Issues

*Building the Farm Community: Recruiting and Retaining members

*Strategies for Support Organizations

*Making Change: CSA and Social Movements

*Improve Your Newsletter/Communications

*Vegetable of the Month: A Cooking Demonstration to Promote Locally Grown

Food

*Biotechnology and CSA

*Children and Youth on the Farm

*Organic Certification and CSA

*Mentoring and Support Networks for Farmers

*Management Structures for CSA Farms

*Farmers as Employees: CSAs and Enabling Institutions

*Managing Weeds Organically: Tools and Techniques.

*Insect Management on Organic Farms

*Managing Soil Fertility on Small, Diversified Farms*Large Scale Food Waste

Composting at Frost Valley

*Green Design in an Institutional Setting

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