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Post by plantsnobin on Oct 23, 2008 8:06:38 GMT -5
Just in case anyone is interested, there is a conference sponsered by Acres USA in St Louis Missouri on December 4-6. If you register by Nov 28 the cost is $175 for singles, $300 for couples. There are also other earlier siminars going on that are from $175 to $400, seems a little pricey to me. Joel Salatin will be speaking twice on Saturday, Dec 6. You can also register for only 1 day for $100. I think if i went to any of it I might just go for the one day to hear him. I just hate to drive through St Louis though, just did that last week. Why, oh why can't they have farm conferences on FARMS??? If they are going to have a class on 'Reading Bovine Hair Coats', shouldn't there be a bovine around for you to actually see?
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Post by cff on Oct 23, 2008 10:55:44 GMT -5
Just in case anyone is interested, there is a conference sponsered by Acres USA in St Louis Missouri on December 4-6. If you register by Nov 28 the cost is $175 for singles, $300 for couples. There are also other earlier siminars going on that are from $175 to $400, seems a little pricey to me. Joel Salatin will be speaking twice on Saturday, Dec 6. You can also register for only 1 day for $100. I think if i went to any of it I might just go for the one day to hear him. I just hate to drive through St Louis though, just did that last week. Why, oh why can't they have farm conferences on FARMS??? If they are going to have a class on 'Reading Bovine Hair Coats', shouldn't there be a bovine around for you to actually see? Plantsnobin” I received the flyer a few weeks ago from ACRES USA and thought the same thing about the price. |
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Post by ohiorganic on Oct 24, 2008 5:18:40 GMT -5
I should have gone the past two years when this was in Indy and only an hour or so away.
Joel Salatin has conferences on his farm several times a year. But he gets mostly wannabe farmers since working farmers would not have the time in summer to attend.
But most ag. conferences are held in winter so farmers can go to them (the rest of the year we are simply too busy to leave home for several days) and who wants to slog around a cold muddy farm in November going to workshops and eating cold meals?
Now, if the conference were on a Hawaiian farm that would be different (not that many eco-farmers could afford to get to Hawaii
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Post by Alan on Oct 26, 2008 21:17:17 GMT -5
Man, that's an expensive conference. I'm not sure how any subsistence or full time produce farmers could afford to go. I wish I could charge that for the few speaking engagements that I do, but even if I was that well respected I think my morals would keep me from engaging in prices in that range  Everyone is welcome to come to Bishop's Homegrown in Pekin Indiana and laugh at the poor redneck without any formal training trying to figure out the best way to do the things he wants and needs to do while trying to relate it in un-scientific terms to the whole agricultural community at large. It will be a lot cheaper, and lets face it, it's always amusing to watch a fat kid do manual labor. LOL |
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