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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Jen[/i] [br]There is a dizzying array of sustainable agriculture workshops offered by North Carolina Cooperative Extension and the Center for Environmental Farming Systems for 2008. The workshops cover a wide range of topics and offer something for everyone! The list below includes dates and topics. Check out Cooperative Extension's Growing Small Farms website at http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/growingsmallfarms/calendar.html for complete details on each workshop. March 6, 2008: Small Fruit Production March 7, 2008: Making the Web Work for your Farm Business March 8, 2008: Organic Growers' School Spring Conference March 10, 2008: Spring Business Meeting for the Pittsboro Farmers' Market March 12, 2008: Twilight Tour: Season Extension March 14, 2008: Maintaining Breeding Flocks of Standard Breeds March 25-27, 2008: SARE's 20th Anniversary New American Farm Conference in Kansas City, MO April 7, 2008: QuickBooks Pro for Farms April 9, 2008: Twilight Tour: Vegetable Transplanting April 10, 2008: Basic Procedures with Small Farm Equipment April 16, 2008: Reproductive Management & Gastrointestinal Parasite Control in Small Ruminants April 19-20, 2008: Piedmont Farm Tour April 22, 2009: Develop a Plan for Cover Crop Use in Vegetable Rotation Workshop May 1, 2008: Techniques, Husbandry & Evaluation for Outdoor Hog Production May 14, 2008: Twilight Tour: Managing Winter & Summer Cover Crops May 15, 2008: High Tunnel Research Tour May 19, 2008: Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) Training for Farmers' Market and Roadside Stand Managers June 7, 2008: Gardening with Kids June 9, 2008: Developing a School Sustainable Agriculture Program June 11, 2008: Twilight Tour: Livestock Integration June 22-28, 2008: National Pollinator Week June 26, 2008: Bread Wheat and Organic Production July 9, 2008: Twilight Tour: Vegetable Harvest Considerations July 10, 2008: Fueling the Farm II: Managing energy risks, reducing energy costs and exploring alternative energy sources July 11, 2008: Biofuels 101: Hands-on Demonstration of Biofuel Production July 17, 2008: Pasture-Based Dairy July 19, 2008: Bugs in the Garden July 21-22, 2008: Raising Heritage Turkeys on Pasture July 24-26, 2008: Out-of-State Organic Grain Tour: VA, MD, PA July 30, 2008: Making Use of Beneficial Insects for Crop Pest Management & Pollination July 31, 2008: Why Buy Local? August 13, 2008: Twilight Tour: Irrigation & Water August 20, 2008: Organic Certification August 25, 2008: Developing Community Based Food Systems August 28, 2008: Pasture Establishment, Design and Management September 10, 2008: Twilight Tour: Winter Cover Crops September 15, 2008: Biointensive Agriculture September 25, 2008: How to Build Permanent Fencing November, Date & Time TBA: Grass-Fed/Locally-Finished Beef Jen [green]Farmgirl Sisterhood Member #9[/green] The View From My Boots: www.bovesboots.blogspot.com [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.