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Long Island Small Farm Summit

14 April 2012

The Small Farm Summit is a full-day effort to cultivate active community support of sustainable agriculture on Long Island.  If you're a conscious eater, gardener, homesteader, farmer, or farm apprentice, this day is for you!  Volunteers representing dozens of nonprofits, community groups, farms, schools, and community gardens from across Long Island have been working very hard since last summer to plan this event.

Summit Highlights
Keynote Speaker Urban Food Pioneer Will Allen of Growing Power
Keynote Speaker Renegade Lunch Lady Chef Ann Cooper of thelunchbox.org and the Food, Family, Farming Foundation
Family Concert with Tom Chapin featuring songs from his new CD, Give Peas a Chance

Summit Workshops
Morning Panelist Workshops on...

  • Urban Organic Food Production with Will Allen
  • School Lunches with Ann Cooper
  • Edible School Gardens
  • Food Justice
  • Volunteer Management
  • Food and Agriculture Laws and Regulations
  • Value-Added Food Processing
  • Resources for Beginning Farmers
  • Gardening with Youth
  • Growing Vegetables with Elder, Special Needs, and Intergenerational Groups

Afternoon Experiential Workshops on...

  • Backyard Chickens
  • Seed Saving
  • Beekeeping
  • The Language of the Sustainability Movement
  • GMOs
  • Composting
  • Organic Gardening
  • Budgeting for the Market Garden or Small Farm
  • Biodynamics
  • The Origins of Long Island's Soils
  • Wild, Edible, and Medicinal Plants

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