Northern Michigan Small Farms Conference

Please join us for the eleventh annual Northern Michigan Small Farm Conference Saturday January 30, 2010 at Grayling High School, in Grayling MI.  The keynote speaker will be Gary Zimmer, Madison WI, who is a dairy farmer, author, agri-businessman and educator dedicated to biological agriculture.  His topic will be Value Added for you, for the Environment and for your Consumer.   

Back this year is Daniel Salatin for the youth track with his keynote Growing up Joel’s Son:  The Real Story.  New this year will be a Friday evening program hosted by Melinda Hemmelgarn at the school who will be speaking on Feast or Famine:  A Fork in the Road and the Critical Farmer-Consumer Connection.  She is an investigative nutritionist, registered dietician and award-winning journalist.

Workshops to date include permaculture, hydroponics, raising organic chickens, grass based dairy, integrating animals into your farm, storage and season extension, farm to school, Saskatoons, farm sized wind energy and much more.  A lunch featuring local foods is included in the registration fee of $40.  For more information, go to www.msue.msu.edu/antrim and click on the 2010 conference or call 231-533-8818.