Made from Scratch: 2012 Practical Farmers of Iowa Annual Conference

Date: Friday, January 13th, 2012 to Saturday, January 14th, 2012

Location: Iowa State University, Scheman Building, Ames, Iowa

Contact: Kathy Roth Eastman, conference coordinator, (515) 255-0882, keastman33@gmail.com

Practical Farmers of Iowa will feature keynote speaker Fedele Bauccio, CEO and cofounder of Bon Appétit Management Company, which spends over $55 million annually on food from within a 150-mile radius of each of its 400 locations.

The event features multiple sessions on field crops, fruit and vegetable production, grazing, profitable enterprises, on-farm energy, cooking, local foods, and partnerships between farmers and friends of farmers.  New this year will be a Soils 101 short course, running January 12 in the afternoon through the morning of January 13 (before the start of the full conference). Also scheduled are Friday afternoon workshops, an Iowa lunch on Saturday, and a variety of breakout sessions throughout the day on Saturday.

The Leopold Center is among the major sponsors of this conference.

Other information

Conference website with online registration

See news release [PDF]

 

 

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The Leopold Center was established by the 1987 Iowa Groundwater Protection Act as a research and education center at Iowa State University to develop sustainable agricultural practices that are both profitable and conserve natural resources. Iowa State does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, sex, marital status, disability, or status as a U.S. Vietnam Era Veteran. Any persons having inquiries concerning this may contact the Director of Affirmative Action, 3210 Beardshear Hall, (515) 294-7612.

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