Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides
Magic Valley Farmer Network
Idaho Organic Alliance
University of Idaho Extension
College of Southern Idaho's Agricultural, Consumer, & Environmental Science Department
Sustainable Agriculture Conference:
Connecting Through Local Foods
Friday, March 28 - Saturday, March 29, 2003
Evergreen Building on the College of Southern Idaho campus
Twin Falls, Idaho
Registration
$55 for both days ($70 after March 14)
Fee includes 2 lunches, breaks and Friday night banquet & keynote address
OR $20 for Friday banquet and keynote address ONLY
REGISTRATION FORM
** Meals prepared with locally grown foods **
SCHEDULE: Connecting Through Local Foods:
Friday, March 28 in Evergreen Building on the College of Southern Idaho campus
8:30 Registration
9:00 Welcome
9:15 Opening Address -- Cultivating Connections: To the Land, To People, To Nature
Gary Nabhan
10:00 Seeds: Our Agricultural Foundation
Gary Nabhan, John Navazio and Bill McDorman
10:45 Morning Break
11:00 Concurrent Morning Sessions
* At Home on the Range: Specialty Livestock Production
Janie Burns, Corey Doggett, Angie Hannah and Nate Jones
* Milking the Market: From Local Bottling to Specialty Cheese
Peter Dill, Chuck and Karen Evans
* Seeds 1: Seed Saving & Seed Production
Bill McDorman
12:15 Lunch served in Evergreen Building Atrium
1:30 Concurrent Afternoon Sessions I
* Putting Meat on the Table: Processing Specialty Meats Locally
Kathleen Kimball, Paul Kuber, Don Scarrow and Rene Schoop
* Seeds 2: The Farmer-Breeder Seed Growing Partnership
John Navazio
* Working the Bugs Out: Alternative Pest Management Solutions
Ed Bechinski, David Muehleisen and Bob Stolz
* Federal funding: Value-Added Development Marketing Grants
Kim Leval
2:45 Concurrent Afternoon Sessions II
* Chicken Run: Mobile Farm-to-Farm Poultry Processing
Terry Swagerty
* Finding Solutions through on Farm Research: SARE Funding Opportunities
Cinda Williams
* Slow Foods: The Movement and What it Means to You
Chuck and Karen Evans
* Soil as a Living System
Mir Seyedbagheri
4:00 Afternoon Break
4:15 Concurrent Afternoon Sessions III
* Why Sell Locally? The Benefits of Developing Local Markets
Ray Hoem and Janie Burns
* Agricultural Finance Strategies: Specialty Production and Marketing
Benjamin Gisin
* Farm Bill Understood: CSP, expanded EQIP and More
Jeff Schahczenski and Kim Leval
6:30 Celebration of Local Foods Banquet at the Turf Club (734 Falls Ave, across from the college)
7:30 Dinner Keynote -- "Coming Home to Eat"
Gary Paul Nabhan
Followed by book signing
Saturday, March 29 in Evergreen Building on the College of Southern Idaho campus
8:30 Registration
9:00 Farmers and Food Buyers Connecting Through Local Foods
Gary Nabhan
9:30 Direct Marketing: Meeting the Needs of Consumers, Chefs and Retail
Steve Ludwig, Ken Cavanaugh, Sariah Pearson, Daniella Chace, and Joan Parr
11:00 Morning Break
11:15 Concurrent Morning Sessions
New Generation Cooperatives
ATTRA representative invited
* Considering the Past to Plan our Future
Lud Prudek
* From Field to Cupboard: Processing Specialty Vegetable and Fruit Products
Jim Toomey, Theon Merrill and Ewan Ha
* It's Not Only Commodities Anymore: New Farm Bill Funding Opportunities
Kim Leval and Jeff Schahczenski
12:30 Lunch served in Evergreen Building Atrium
1:45 Approaches to Season Extension Using High Tunnels
Fred & Judy Brossy, Clarence & Tona Stilwill, Jeff & Carol Rast, & Mick & Jeanne Grant
2:45 Great Ideas in Sustainable Agriculture
Rick Parker, Jo Ann Robbins and Jennifer Miller
3:30 Conference concludes
For more information regarding the conference contact:
Rick Parker @ (208) 732-6402
e-mail: rparker@csi.edu
Need hotel accommodations? A block of rooms have been reserved at the Red Lion Canyon Springs Hotel (1357 Blue Lakes Blvd) in Twin Falls. Rooms are $55 (single) or $65 (double). To take advantage of this rate, call 208-734-5000 or e-mail kellee.traughber@westcoasthotels.com and mention the Sustainable Agriculture Conference before March 14.
Note to Organic Growers: Organic growers attending this conference will satisfy their organic recertification requirement with the Idaho State Department of Agriculture.
Conference Keynote Speaker -- Gary Paul Nabhan
Gary Nabhan, the author of numerous books on biology, native cultures, travel, and agricultureÐwill keynote the conference by discussing the importance of eating locally grown and produced foods.
Nabhan's popular book, Coming Home to Eat: The Pleasures and Politics of Local Foods, was recently released in paperback. The book tells of the author's yearlong journey to eat foods raised, gathered or hunted within a 250-mile radius of his home in Arizona.
Nabhan is currently the director of the Center for Sustainable Environments at Northern Arizona University. A prolific writer, Nabhan is the author of such books as Cultures of Habitat, a collection of essays on native cultures, conservation and other topics; Songbirds, Truffles and Wolves, about his journey in the path of Saint Francis in Italy; The Desert Smells Like Rain, a natural history of arid landscapes; and numerous others.
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