Getting Started in Organic Farming

Sponsored by CT NOFA
Jones Auditorium
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
New Haven, CT
Saturday, January 17, 2009
8:30-4:00

Online registration is now closed - but you can still register
by calling the office at 203-888-5146

The Getting Started in Organic Farming Conference draws both beginning farmers who choose to farm organically and established farmers who are converting their operations to organic. 







Featured Speakers:

John and Lynn Holbrook of Holbrook Farm in Bethel Connecticut will be talking on "Surprise, you can make a living doing this." . 

SCHEDULE

8:45- 9:15  Welcome and Introduction
Bill Duesing, CT NOFA, Old Solar Farm, Oxford

9:15-10:15   Setting up a business and marketing strategies
James Roby, Roby’s Organic Farm, Berlin

10:15-10:30  Break

10:30-11:30 Surprise, you can make a living doing this!
John and Lynn Holbrook, Holbrook Farm, Bethel

11:30-12:30 Fertility and Crop Rotation
Paul Bucciaglia, Fort Hill Farm, New Milford

12:30- 1:30 Potluck lunch

1:30- 2:30  Making and Using Compost
Dawn  Pettinelli, UConn

2:30- 3:30   Organic Approach to Pest Control
Dr. Kim Stoner, CT Agricultural Experiment Station

3:30-4:30    Organic Certification
Don Franczyk, Baystate Organic Certifiers

Fee: $30 for CT NOFA members, $40 for non-members. Please bring something for a potluck lunch!

Click here for a printer-friendly registration form.

Online registration is now closed - but you can still register by calling the office at 203-888-5146.

For more information - including possible scholarships for qualifying individuals -
call the CT NOFA office at 203-888-5146.

For directions, click here.