The University of Florida’s (UF) Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) and Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) Small Farms and AlternaTeam are pleased to announce that the third annual Florida Small Farms and Alternative Enterprises Conference will be held in Kissimmee, Florida July 15 – 17, 2011. Only in its 3rd year, the conference already [...]
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Florida Small Farms Conference
Posted in events, tagged small farms conference on June 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Small Farms Conference handouts
Posted in events, farmer/grower, tagged small farms conference on October 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Didn’t make it to the 2010 Florida Small Farms Conference? Speaker presentations on Alternative Energy, Alternative Enterprises, Business and Marketing, Horticulture, Livestock, and Organic and Sustainable Farming have been posted as downloadable PDF’s on the conference web site. Click here for the presentations page.
Small Farms Conference, Part 3, final chapter.
Posted in animals, farm, farmer/grower, food, location, photo, tagged Melissa Contreras, small farms conference on September 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Hello Redland Ramblers! Guest blogger Melissa Contreras here again. It’s been several weeks since the last post, and I apologize for that. Most of that time was spent waiting for photos from the official IFAS photographer, my one reliable source of photos from the conference. The poor overworked guy was traveling with several assignments to [...]
Redland farmers road trip to Small Farms Conference, Part Two
Posted in events, farm, farmer/grower, food, location, tagged Chris Worden, Eva Worden, Melissa Contreras, small farms conference, Will Allen, Worden Farm on August 10, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I think some of us are born agrarian. It is not a choice, it’s in our blood, and it’s who we are.
Redland farmers road trip to Small Farms Conference, Part One
Posted in events, farmer/grower, location, people, politics, tagged Bee Heaven Farm, Margie Pikarsky, Mario Yanez, Melissa Contreras, Muriel Olivares, small farms conference, UF/IFAS on August 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Hey there Redland Ramblers! This is guest blogger Melissa Contreras, founder of Urban Oasis Project. Last night, a group of Redland and Miami farmers and I returned home after a weekend at the 2nd Small Farms/Alternative Enterprises Conference in Kissimmee. I have always been a farmer wannabe, and as such, I grow food for my [...]

