Calendar
OFRF
staff and board members will be participating in the following events
during 2008.
If you are attending these conferences or workshops,
please come and see us! We hope to visit with old friends, meet new ones and share information about OFRF's programs.
We'll see you at the conferences!
Jan.
5-6 |
Maryland Organic Food and Farming Association (MOFFA) Conference, Maryland Dept. of Agriculture, Annapolis, Maryland. Attending: OFRF staff member Zach Baker |
Jan.
11-12 |
Practical Farmers of Iowa (PFI) Annual Conference, Ames, Iowa. Attending: OFRF board members Rick Hartmann and Jerry DeWitt. |
Jan.
16-19 |
Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (Southern SAWG) Conference: Practical Tools and Solutions for Sustaining Family Farms, Louisville, Kentucky. Attending: OFRF staff member Tracy Lerman |
Jan. 17-18
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Florida Grape Growers Association Annual Conference, Ocala, Florida. Attending: OFRF board member Cynthia Connolly |
Jan.
17-18 |
Midwest Organic Production and Marketing Conference and Trade Show, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois. Attending: OFRF board member Johari Cole. |
Jan. 18-19 |
Minnesota Organic Conference, St. Cloud, Minnesota. Attending: OFRF board member Theresa Podoll |
Jan.
18-19 |
Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture/Future Harvest, Hagerstown, Maryland. Attending: OFRF staff member Zach Baker |
Jan.
23-26 |
Ecological Farming Conference, Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific
Grove, California. Attending: All OFRF staff members. Come join us for our benefit reception Thursday evening. See you there! |
Feb.
1-3 |
Texas Conference on Organic Production Systems: Nourishing Agriculture, Sponsored by TOFGA. College Station, Texas. Attending: OFRF staff member Jonathon Landeck. |
Feb.
7-9 |
Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) Conference: Farming for the Future. State College, Pennsylvania. Attending: OFRF staff member Zach Baker. |
Feb.
8-9 |
Northern Plains Sustainable Ag Society Annual Conference, Mandan, North Dakota. Attending: OFRF board member Theresa Podoll. |
Feb.
14-15 |
Organic Seed Alliance Conference, Salem, Oregon. Attending: OFRF board members John Teixeira and Theresa Podoll. OFRF is a conference sponsor. |
Feb. 15-16 |
Virginia Association for Biological Farming Conference, Richmond, Virginia. Attending: OFRF staff member Zach Baker |
Feb.
20-21 |
Colorado Organic Producers Association Meeting,Attending: OFRF board president Steve Ela. |
Feb.
21-23 |
Upper Midwest Organic Farming Conference. LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Attending: OFRF board member Francis Thicke; staff members Jane Sooby, Jonathon Landeck and Mark Lipson. OFRF and MOSES are co-sponsoring a special organic research symposium at this event. |
Feb.
29 -
Mar. 1 |
Georgia Organics Conference, Dalton, Georgia. Attending: OFRF staff member Tracy Lerman. |
| Feb. 29 - Mar. 1 |
New Mexico Organic Farming Conference, Albuquerque, NM. Attending: OFRF board member Francis Thicke (keynote speaker) |
Mar.
13-16 |
Natural Products Expo West, Anaheim, California. Attending: OFRF staff members Bob Scowcroft, Don Burgett, Jonathon Landeck, Don Burgett, Amy Van Scoik, Brenda Carey-Winser. Join us for our 11th Annual Meet & Greet Benefit Luncheon at Expo West on Thursday, March 13. |
Mar. 25-27 |
SARE 20th Anniversary New American Farm Conference, Kansas City, Missouri. Attending: OFRF staff members Jonathon Landeck and Jane Sooby. Jonathon will co-present workshop session: Help Strategize: Chart SARE’s Role in Organic. Co-presenter will be Tom Bewick, USDA-CSREES, Integrated Organic Program. |
Apr. 26-29 |
All Things Organic Trade Show and Conference, Chicago, Illinois. Attending: OFRF staff member Jonathon Landeck. |
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