Back again to the Small Farms Conference. (Nope, I’m not done blogging about it.) The keynote speaker was Dr. John Ikerd, author and Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics from the University of Missouri, whose speech was Small Farms in the Year 2050. (An earlier version is on his web site.) According to the conference bio, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘small farms conference’
Small Farms in the Year 2050
Posted in csa, farm, farmer/grower, food, people, politics, tagged Alice Waters, csa, John Ikerd, Redland Organics, small farms conference, sustainable agriculture on September 7, 2009 |
The Holy Land is Everywhere
Posted in development, farmer/grower, locavore, people, politics, tagged small farms conference on August 3, 2009 |
The Real Dirt The last presenter of the last session of the last day was not to be missed. Peter Burkard, farmer and published author, spoke on the panel “Local Food System Development.” I got his permission to post his speech it its entirely, and you can read it below. Although this blog’s focus is [...]
800 strong
Posted in farmer/grower, tagged small farms conference on August 3, 2009 |
What do you get when you put a bunch of small farmers together in a large room? Spontaneous combustion of brain synapses! You’ll need to get a burn permit! On Saturday the official count was 800 participants (700 pre-registered and 100 walk-ups) from all corners of Florida. There was lots of good energy from all [...]
Agriculture is in big trouble
Posted in farmer/grower, people, photo, politics, tagged small farms conference on August 1, 2009 |
The first day of the Small Farms Conference officially began with a kick-off speech by Commissioner Charles Bronson. He’s the head of the Florida Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services, a huge agency which oversees the agriculture industry and food supply, provides consumer protection, and manages one million acres of state forests. Bronson wasted no [...]
Roadtrip!
Posted in farmer/grower, food, location, locavore, people, photo, tagged small farms conference on August 1, 2009 |
Rode up to the Small Farms Conference with Margie and Nick from Bee Heaven, Gabriele from Paradise and Hani of Redland Mediterranean. We gathered in Redland in the late morning and took a leisurely drive up US 27 to Kissimmee. Traveling with growers is a bit different than traveling with regular city folk. For one, [...]
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