An Advanced Year-Round Vegetable Production Workshop will take place as part of the Missouri Organic Association’s Annual Conference from February 6-8, 2014 in Springfield, MO.
Topics
that will be discussed include:
• Season Extensions – High Tunnel Production Systems
& Strategies
• Types of Farming Businesses/ Prices/ Profits &
Business Strategies
• Farm Economics vs. Crop Economics – $ / Sq. Ft. /
Weeks
• Breaking through Concrete
• Using and Maintaining the Correct Tools and Farm
Machinery
• Components & Designs of Successful Farms – The
Nuts & Bolts of Year-Round Farming
• Tools & Techniques for Intensive Vegetable
Production
• Seeds / Soil / Compost / Crop Rotations/ Cover Crops
• Implementing the Bio-Extensive Method for Market
Farming
Presenters include:
• Mike
Bollinger – (formerly with Elliot Coleman), Four Seasons Tools, Decorah,
IA
• Joel
Dufour – Earth Tools, Frankfort, KY
• Greg
Garbos – Four Seasons Tools, Kansas City, MO
• Katherine
Kelly, Executive Director – Cultivate KC, Kansas City, MO
• Michael
Kilpatrick – Kilpatrick Family Farms, Middle Granville, NY
• George
Kuepper – Director, Kerr Sustainable Center, Poteau OK
• Adam
Montri – Hoophouse Outreach Specialist- University of MN
• Edwin
Monty– Executive Director EAT South, Montgomery, AL
As part of this event you will be receive a “How-To”
Manual written by the presenters, a $30 value.
To register just for this workshop, the cost is $65 which includes a meal or get a Double Deal - Buy 1 Regular Price, Get 1 Half Price - $97.50
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