Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Oregon Small Farms Conference

The 11th Annual OSU Extension Small Farms Conference is coming up this February 26 at the LaSells Stewart Center.  You can find information about the conference and how to register here.  The keynote speaker is Chuck Hassebrook, Executive Director of the Center for Rural Affairs with a talk titled: The Next Wave of Change in Agriculture, the Food System & Rural America.  A description of the talk from the conference program:
Small farms are creating a wave of change in the farm and food system that offers rural people and communities the opportunity to retake control of their destiny. Public research and federal policy have driven industrialization of agriculture and undermined family farms and rural communities. Now, American consumers are voting with their dollars for a new approach. Public policies can be changed. Chuck Hassebrook, Center for Rural Affairs.
 The conference is also on facebook here.

Also check out the associated AgrAbility Workshop also taking place February 24-25 at the LaSells Stewart Center.

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