I thought you'd like to know about this year's Farm & Food Leadership Conference which offers the most speakers, topics, networking opportunities, pre-conference workshops, and exhibitors in the 13-year history of the event!
Whether you are a farmer, homesteader, home gardener, cottage food producer, local foods activist, or just someone interested in nutritious, sustainably grown foods, you’ll want to be in San Marcos, Texas Sunday through Tuesday, August 11-13!
Register while Early Bird rates apply and save 12-16 percent. The first 100 people to register receive a free subscription
to Oregon Tilth’s “In Good Tilth” magazine!
Session Topics include:
- Foraging and hunting
- Perennial crops and agroforestry
- Three pillars of successful beekeeping
- Row crop niche markets – Organic, hemp, and value-added
- Scaling up pastured poultry
- Getting the best value from your meat processor
- Healthy soils through grazing
- Diversifying with hunting leases, agritourism, and more
- The Texas Legislative Session – Important new local food laws
- Corporate consolidation in agriculture and food systems
- Wholesale readiness
- Online marketing platforms for producers
- The market for specialty crops
- Youth & local foods
AND they’re offering a track of small-group Q&A sessions for conversations on these topics:
- Fermentation basics
- Connecting small-scale producers to mid-scale markets
- The funding ecosystem – debt basics and “beyond debt.”
- Opportunities for veterans in agriculture
Visit HERE for the full list of topics!
Need Financial Assistance? Scholarships Are Available!
Thanks to a generous grant through the Small Producers Initiative, they have a significant number of scholarship opportunities available this year, with preference given to small farmers.
If possible, they ask that applicants register for the conference and pay the registration fee up-front. Register HERE. The registration form includes an option for you to indicate if you are requesting a scholarship. If approved, they will refund your registration fee within one week after the conference. If you cannot afford to pay the registration fee, please fill out the scholarship application HERE.
Hosted by the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance, Council for Healthy Food Systems, and Texas State University’s Small Producers Initiative.
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