In addition to our popular High Tunnel and Beginning Organic Vegetable Production Short Courses that we will be offering again this year, we have 2 new Short Courses and 4 new Mini Courses for those looking for an accelerated path to expertise.

New 1.5 Day Short Courses

• Advanced Organic Production and Marketing of Vegetables, for those with 5+ years of growing and marketing organic horticultural crops.
  
  
• Mixing and Matching Cattle, Sheep and Goats on Pasture, for those looking to diversify into other species they can raise on pasture.

To learn more about these and the other Short Courses, click here.

New 1/2 Day Mini Courses

• Increasing the Impact of Food Policy Councils, for those working to create local and state policy changes that will improve our food system.
  
  
• Getting Started in Pastured Poultry, for those venturing into pastured poultry production.
  
  
• Planning Vegetable, Fruit and Flower Production for Weekly Markets, for those who sell at farmers markets or run CSAs.
  
  
• Permaculture: Building an Organic Farm and Homestead from Scratch, for those looking for a good permaculture model.

In addition to the full range of conference sessions and pre-conference courses and field trips, there are some new activities happening in conjunction with the conference:

• The American Pastured Poultry Producers Association (APPPA) welcomes everyone to come talk about pastured poultry and meet APPPA members from around the nation on Thursday evening. To learn more about APPPA, click here.
• The Greenhorns, a new group dedicated to building networks for young farmers, will hold an informal get together for young farmers during the lunch hour Friday. To learn more about the Greenhorns, click here.
• There will be a free screening of the new documentary film “What’s Organic About Organic?” Friday evening. The co-producer and a star of the film, our own Marty Mesh, will lead an informal discussion immediately following the show. To learn more about this documentary and to see the trailer, click here.
• During the lunch break on Saturday, there will be an informal gathering of those who participated in the Terra Madre conference and those who want to learn more about that international event.

We are adding posters to our trade show area this year! Click here to see the details if you are interested in disseminating information about your sustainable agriculture project. Abstracts due December 15, 2010.

If you have products, services or programs you'd like conference participants to learn about, click here. You can reach a lot of people through our conference. We're expecting over 1,200 registrants!