> Extension will host the fifth annual Sustainable Agriculture Conference and Organic Growers School March 17 - 18 at the Fairbanks Princess Riverside Lodge. Presenters from around Alaska will share information on topics such as university research on fruit and berry production and fish waste, composting; soil fertility; weed suppression; year-round Alaska CSAs; and egg and poultry production for local market. Panels will discuss composting and value-added agricultural products. Keynote speaker and Pennsylvania organic farmer George DeVault will talk about season extension, mainly through the use of high tunnels, floating row covers and crop rotation. He also will address the importance of saving seeds and how to go about it. Check here for a conference schedule and registration form.

> Alaskans active in the specialty food business and currently producing a product are invited to Extension's Specialty and Gourmet Food Conference: Packaging Your Product, the Next Level. The conference will meet March 20 - 21 at the University of Alaska Anchorage Lucy Cuddy Hall dining center. Two guest speakers will address participants. Melody Stiller-Hamilton is a Pacific Northwest-based designer who specializes in developing packaging solutions and Nate Root is responsible for Alaska sales marketing and advertising for Raven's Brew Coffee of Ketchikan and Anchorage. For more information and a registration form, email conference organizer Coral Howe at coral.howe@uaf.edu .

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