Michael Dimock, president and co-founder of Roots of Change, an organization focused on developing and supporting a collaborative network of leaders and institutions on California with interest in establishing a sustainable food system, will be speaking 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, on the topic of Go Local!
Soil organic matter is the #1 factor in soil quality and water-holding capacity (according to the USDA-NRCS Soil Quality team, as well as soil scientists from the 1930s). Participate in an informational and strategy session with those concerned with climate and sustainability, production and policy, and practitioners of carbon ranching. Sponsored by Morris Ranch, the […]
Join us in conversation with Michael O'Gorman, a pioneering organic farmer who leads the Farmer-Veteran Coalition, who will bring a few veterans with him and share a preview of the program he will deliver at the 2011 Eco-Farm conference (The Ecological Farming Association's Annual Conference).
A young farmer and an older one will speak about the joys and frustrations of food production in the wilds of Oakland and in a Hudson River village. From chard and soybeans to chicken and hogs; death lessons, life lessons,and growing lessons from the authors of Farm City and Growing, Older.
Over the past 10 years, non-profits, grower cooperatives, and small businesses have developed marketing efforts to bridge localized small scale producers with established distribution chains in order to meet the demand for “Locally Grown” foods. These aggregation and distribution centers are diverse in ownership, scale, and strategies, but they share common objective of providing a […]
This year the 31 st Annual Ecological Farming Conference celebrates a holistic, ecological view of food and farming that is driving a national conversation about personal, public and environmental health.
The city's bursting at the seams with street food, our city blocks featuring everything from trucks selling kimchi tacos to carts wielding bacon cr_me brulee. What about the other foodie trends working their way up the haute cuisine ladder? INFORUM’s group of epicurean innovators will give you a taste of what’s going on in the […]
The annual Farming for the Future conference is PASA's signature event and our main vehicle for community building. Widely regarded as the best of its kind in the East, this diverse event brings together an audience of over 2,000 farmers, processors, consumers, students, environmentalists, and business and community leaders annually.
The World Ag Expo, the world’s largest annual agricultural exposition, brings together the latest in agricultural technology and innovation with 1,600 exhibitors and an average of 100,000 attendees. Attend free seminars, cooking demonstrations and more.
In today’s food system, farm workers face hazardous conditions, low-income neighborhoods lack supermarkets but abound in fast food franchises, and food products sometimes resemble more of a high calorie chemical mash than a wholesome and healthy product. Opposing these conditions, a movement for food justice has emerged, which seeks to transform our food system from […]