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SUMMARY:Together At The Farm
DESCRIPTION:Together At The Farm – UP Local Food Conference \nSaturday July 30\, 2016 \nAll who eat are welcome! \nJoin us at the MSU Upper Peninsula Research and Extension Center in Chatham\, Michigan for the premiere UP Local Food Conference \nRegister Here \nConference Schedule \nConference Program \nSession Descriptions \n2016 Sponsorship and Vendor Packet \nConference Poster \nLodging Information \nKeynote Speaker Eliot Coleman  \nELIOT COLEMAN has been involved in organic farming since 1966. He has 50 years experience in field vegetables\, greenhouse vegetables\, rotational grazing of livestock\, and range poultry. He is the author of The New Organic Grower (Chelsea Green\, rev. 1995)\, Four Season Harvest (Chelsea Green\, rev. 1999)\, and The Winter Harvest Handbook (Chelsea Green\, 2009)\, which has been translated into both French and German editions. He is also co-author of The Four Season Farm Gardener’s Cookbook (Workman\, 2012). With his wife Barbara Damrosch he owns and operates Four Season Farm\, a year-round market garden in Maine\, where they produce exceptional food\, study how to make their production practices more sustainable every year\, and design scale-appropriate equipment to aid other small farmers in achieving greater efficiency. In 2016 Eliot received a lifetime Leadership Award from the James Beard Foundation. \n \nEliot will be available for book signing during the conference – if you would like to pre-order one of his books they are available from the UP’s very own independently owned Snowbound Books at www.snowboundbooks.com. Some copies will be for sale at the event\, but it’s best to pre-order! Snowbound books will have a bookstore set up at the event. \n\nNourishment provided by. . .\n \n  \n\nFor more information. . .\nContact Betsy with sponsorship and registration questions at braidbet@msu.edu or (517) 884-7081 \nContact Michelle with conference questions at walkmich@msu.edu or (906) 440-4732 \n\nEducational Credits available. . .\nThis event qualifies for MAEAP Phase 1 educational credit.  Attendees will have completed the first step toward verification in the Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program. \nThe afternoon session Understanding Policy to Support Local Food Systems qualifies for 3 Master Citizen Planner credits. \nSCECH credits have been applied for. \n\n  \nThe conference is hosted by:\n \n\nWe would like to thank the following sponsors that have contributed at the indicated level: \nPlatinum Sponsors:\n \nSilver Sponsors:\nMichigan Milk Producers Association \nUpper Peninsula Health Plan \nBronze Sponsors:\nEnergy Optimization \nMSU Center for Regional Food Systems \nMSU College of Human Medicine \nMorgan Composting\, Inc. \nFriend Sponsors:\nHiawathaland Farm Bureau \nmBank \nNorthern Michigan University \n  \n  \n
URL:https://upfoodexchange.com/events/together-at-the-farm/
LOCATION:E3774 University Drive\, Chatham\, MI\, 49816\, United States
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CATEGORIES:Education,Meet and Greet,Training
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