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Online Registration Open Now Through March 22 for Regional Producer-Grower-Buyer Conference
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WALTON, NY - Producers, processors and purchasers of local food are invited to the Farm to Market Connection March 21st from 9 am to 5 pm at the CVI Building at One Cablevision Center in Liberty, NY. Organized by the Pure Catskills Buy Local Campaign, the event will serve as both an educational and networking opportunity for key players in local food across our region. The day will include panel discussions featuring farmers and business people from across New York State, workshops related to direct-sales marketing of farm products, a lunch of local food and an afternoon tradeshow for farmers and buyers.
Building upon the success of the 2010 Farm to Market Connection, with over 150 in attendance, each of the day's workshops will feature local farmers, regional buyers and agricultural advocates. Planned workshops will address increasing sales success at farmers' markets, production of local grain and flour, connecting with community groups through buying clubs, whole carcass marketing of local meat and recent policy developments related to regional food infrastructure.
Full conference details are available at purecatskills.com. The fee to register is $25 before March 22nd. Early registration is strongly encouraged as the event regularly sells out. For more information or to register, visit purecatskills.com or contact Challey Comer at (607) 865-7090.
Additional support for this event has been provided by the Norcross Foundation, the Gerry Foundation and the New York City Department of Environmental Protection. Pure Catskills is an economic initiative of the Watershed Agricultural Council. The purpose of WAC is to protect both the rural, land-based economy of the watershed region and the drinking water quality of over nine million people. Working with farmers, agribusinesses, forest landowners, forest industry professionals and others, WAC seeks to enhance both business profitability and environmental stewardship. It also champions the use of conservation easements as an option to keep land within a working landscape context. The Council works through partnerships with other nonprofit organizations, government agencies and community stakeholders to achieve its purpose.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
START DATE: Feb. 18, 2011
END DATE: Mar. 21, 2011 |
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SUMMARY: The annual Farm to Market Conference, sponsored by the Pre Catskills buy local campaign of the Watershed Agricultural Council, will be held on Sunday, March 27 from 9am to 5pm at the CVI Building, Liberty. Cost is $25; online registration is now open through March 22. |
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WAC Farm to Market Manager
(607) 865-7090 x217 |
WAC CONTACT:
Tara Collins
Communications Director
(607) 865-7090 x226
(607) 643-5148 cell |
The Watershed Agricultural Council is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to support the economic viability of agriculture and forestry through the protection of water quality and the promotion of land conservation in the New York City Watershed region. The WAC is funded by The New York City Department of Environmental Protection, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service and other federal, foundation and private sources. The WAC is an Equal Opportunity Providers and Employers.
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