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Midwest Organic Production & Marketing Conference & Trade Show January 21 - 22, 2009 The Midwest Organic Production and Marketing Conference and Trade Show -- practical, science- and farmer-based information and extensive networking opportunities for anyone interested in organic food and farming. http://orgconf.sustainability.uiuc.edu/ Northern Plains Sustainable Ag Society’s Annual Winter Conference 30th Anniversary Celebration February 13-14, 2009 Keynote speaker Karl Kupers, farmer and co-founder of Shepherd's Grain, will speak on "Marketing Sustainability.” Other presenters include Julie Garreau, Director of Sheyenne River Youth Project and Dr. Francis Thicke, Radiance Dairy, plus 15 workshops, variety of exhibitors, organic meals. In total, ten NCR-SARE Farmer Rancher Grant recipients will be speaking at this event. Also, the tragic fire that took Winona LaDuke's house also took her prized seed collection. She is hoping to recover some seeds at this conference. She has wild rice seeds for trade. For more information call 1-701-883-4304, e-mail npsas@drtel.net or visit our site at http://www.npsas.org 20th Annual Organic Farming Conference February 26-28, 2009 An extraordinary, farmer-centered event, the Organic Farming Conference is the largest organic farming conference in the U.S. In 2008, more than 2,300 people attended, with participants traveling from 37 states and 1 foreign country. Sponsored by the Wisconsin-based Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES), the conference is celebrated as the foremost educational and networking event in the organic farming community. Changing Lands, Changing Hands : A National Conference on Farm and Ranch Land Access, Succession, Tenure and Stewardship June 10-11, 2009 Educators, agricultural service professionals, agency staff, farm and other non-governmental groups and policymakers are invited to attend this national conference to address the critically important issues of farm/ranch land access, tenure, succession and stewardship. This project is supported by the National Research Initiative of the USDA/CSREES. More details and registration information are available at http://www.farmlasts.org/conference.htm. For more information contact Kathy Ruhf at kzruhf@verizon.net or 413-323-9878.
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