Wed, October 10, 2018 - Thu, October 11, 2018
All Day
SAVE THE DATE ANNOUNCEMENT – full listing and details will be available on Oklahoma Farmers and Ranchers Association’s website at www.okfarmersandranchers.org when they are available.
Annual Fall Organic Farming Workshop
Presentations will address topics relating to progressing from a gardener to a farmer, cover cropping for organic production, food safety, low input crops, organic farming experiences, and permaculture.
Keynote “Grow a Sustainable Diet” and more with Cindy Conner of Homeplace Earth, sponsored by Oklahoma Farmers and Ranchers Association
Cindy Conner founded Homeplace Earth to help people develop skills to live lightly in this world. She is working to promote local sustainable food systems. Since we all eat, we are all responsible for how the earth is used to produce our food. As a market gardener for 10 years, selling to restaurants, a CSA, and at farmers markets, Cindy recognized that a farmer could be organic and still not be sustainable. Her study of sustainability led her to become certified as an Ecology Action GROW BIOINTENSIVE Sustainable Mini-farming teacher. She also holds a degree in Home Economics Education from Ohio State University and a Certificate in Permaculture Design. Cindy was instrumental in establishing the Sustainable Agriculture program at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College where she taught from 1999 to 2010. Her time is now spent researching how to sustainably grow a complete diet in a small space and get the food to the table using the least fossil fuel. She is the author of two books published by New Society Publishers: Grow a Sustainable Diet was released in February, 2014 and Seed Libraries was released in February, 2015. Cindy’s most recent work is with fiber, particularly cotton and flax, taking it from the seed to the finished garment. Find more about that work on her blog at www.HomeplaceEarth.wordpress.com.
Cindy will present three times on the following topics:
- Transitioning from a Homestead Gardener to a Market Gardener
- Grow a Sustainable Diet
- Cover Crops [think soil health!] in Your Garden Rotation
Save the Dates, October 10th and 11th, 2018, and join us to learn why at least one couple said they learned more at this this talk than at an entire Mother Earth News Fair where Eliot Coleman and Jean-Martin Fortier were speakers!
$60—Registration To register with a credit card—https://secure.touchnet.com/C20271_ustores/web/store_main.jsp?STOREID=61
Registration fees will cover lunch, breaks, supplies and other costs associated with the planning of this event.
No refunds will be given.
LocationOSU-OKC Student Center
900 North Portland Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK
www.okfarmersandranchers.org
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