2006 NOFA Summer Pre Conference Sowing the Seeds for the Next Generation: Food and Farming Education

This year's Schedule (Word Document)

This year's pre-conference brings together an amazing group of farmers and educators from throughout the northeast to share their ideas about on-farm education programs, connecting agriculture to the classroom and adult farming education.

Presenters include:
Mikey Azzara - NOFA-NJ: Pennington, NJ
Sara Coblyn Porth - UVM Extension: Brattleboro, VT
Leslie Cox and Nancy Hanson - Hampshire College: Amherst, MA
Bill Duesing - CT NOFA: Stevenson, CT
Kelly Erwin - MA Farm to School Project: Amherst, MA
Deb Habib - Seeds of Solidarity Farm and Education Center: Orange, MA
Dan Kaplan - Brookfield Farm: Amherst, MA
Ian Marvy - Added Value and Herban Solutions, Inc.: Brooklyn, NY
Abbie Nelson - NOFA-VT: Richmond, VT
Amy Watmough and Keely Deutsch - Shelburne Farms: Shelburne, VT

The pre-conference runs from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM on Thursday, August 10 and 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM on Friday, August 11. Participants are encouraged to bring posters, photos and flyers about their programs to display during the pre-conference networking sessions.

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