Local Food Hub, Charlottesville, VA
Date: Wednesday Dec 11, 2013
Time: 3:00 – 6:00 pm
Change of Location: The new location is:
http://localfoodhub.org/our-programs/workshops/
Providing for the Full Eating Season: Succession Planting for Continuous Harvests of Summer Vegetables, and Growing and Storing Cold-hardy Winter Vegetables
People eat year-round and growers need to expect this! Learn how to produce a consistent supply of produce throughout the year. The first half of this workshop will explain how to plan sowing dates for continuous supplies of popular summer crops, such as beans, squash, cucumbers and sweet corn, as well as year round lettuce. Using these planning strategies can help avoid gluts and shortages. The second half of the workshop will tackle growing at the “back end” of the year, with details on crops, timing, protection and storage. Why farm in winter? Here’s the information to succeed – tables of cold-hardiness, details of four ranges of cold-hardy crops (fall crops to harvest before serious cold, crops to keep growing into winter, crops for all-winter harvests, overwintering crops for spring harvests); scheduling; weather prediction and protection; hoophouse growing; and vegetable storage.
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Virginia Association for Biological Farming Conference, Richmond, Virginia.
Dates: Thursday January 30-Saturday February 1, 2014
Location: Doubletree by Hilton Hotel, Richmond-Midlothian, VA
Registration: $130.00 for members
Book-signings scheduled throughout the conference
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PASA (Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture) Farming for the Future Conference
Dates: Wednesday February 5 – Saturday February 8, 2014
Location: State College, PA
Registration: $145 for members for Friday and Saturday?
http://www.pasafarming.org/events/conference
Book-signing
Producing Asian Greens
Detailed information for market and home growers. Many varieties of tasty, nutritious greens grow quickly and bring fast returns. This session covers production of Asian greens outdoors and in the hoophouse. It includes tips on variety selection of over twenty types of Asian greens; timing of plantings; pest and disease management; fertility; weed management and harvesting.
Cold-hardy Winter Vegetables
Details on crops, timing, protection and storage. Why farm in winter? Here’s the information to succeed – tables of cold-hardiness, details of four ranges of cold-hardy crops (fall crops to harvest before serious cold, crops to keep growing into winter, crops for all-winter harvests, overwintering crops for spring harvests); scheduling; weather prediction and protection; hoophouse growing; vegetable storage.
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Lynchburg College
Date: Saturday February 15 2014 10am to 3 pm
Location: Lynchburg College, SW Virginia
2.00-3.00 Crop Rotations, Cover Crops, and Compost — Pam Dawling
Details to be confirmed soon
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CSA Expert Exchange Online Conference, Small Farm Central and the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture
Dates: March 6-7, 2014
Location: Online
Registration: $70 for access to both days
www.csafarmconference.com
Crop Planning for Sustainable Vegetable Production
A step-by-step approach to closing the planning circle, so that you can produce crops when you want them and in the right quantities, so you can sell them where and when you need to and support yourself with a rewarding livelihood while replenishing the soil. Never repeat the same mistake two years running!
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Mother Earth News Fair, Asheville (confirmed 12/21/13)
Dates: Saturday April 12 – Sunday April 13, 2014
Location: Western North Carolina Agricultural Center, 1301 Fanning Bridge Road,
Fletcher, NC 28732
Registration:?
http://www.motherearthnews.com/fair/north-carolina.aspx#axzz2k02EAfZq
Workshop topic to be decided
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