The Conference is coming up soon, if you don't have tickets yet, get them now!

Saturday, January 21st 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. at the Grass Valley Veterans Memorial Hall - Keynotes of Sustainability & Farmer Expo

Sunday, January 22nd  9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at the Gold Miners Inn Conference Hall - Farmer Focused Workshops

Get your tickets:

Only $30 - $40 Depending on seating. Tickets include both days of the event.

 www.FoodAndFarmConference.com/tickets.html

Conference Update:

• Special Co-Op Show Premiere

Briar Patch will present the world premiere of Co+op, stronger together’s video series celebrating 2012 International Year of Cooperatives and hosted by celebrity chef Kevin Gillespie on Saturday at 5:00pm. Learn more about it at Co+op's site:

 www.strongertogether.coop/premiere/

• Workshop Subjects and Presenters

Most of our workshop subjects and presenters are online now, check them out at the bottom of this page:

 www.FoodAndFarmConference.com/event_details.html

• Special Farmer Packages Available

Get 2 tickets to the show and table space to advertise your farm, details here:

 www.FoodAndFarmConference.com/farmers.html

• Master of Ceremonies Announced

Michael Stone will be our M.C. for the night, see his bio at the bottom of this page:

 www.FoodAndFarmConference.com/speakers.html

• Keynote Topics Announced

Most of our speakers have announced their lecture topics, see the list:

 www.FoodAndFarmConference.com/event_details.html

For all the details and to purchase Tickets visit:

www.FoodAndFarmConference.com

The Food & Farm Conference brings together an internationally renowned panel of speakers, local and national farming related businesses and organizations, and the public, for a full day of lectures and a farmers expo and another full day of farmer focused workshops. 

Saturday will be a full day at the Grass Valley Veterans Memorial Hall featuring The Keynotes of Sustainable Farming Lectures and a Farm & Garden Exposition.

Sunday will be farmer focused workshops by two of our speakers and then farming related workshops by area experts.

Our speakers this year are:

Joel Salatin 

Rancher: Polyface Farms, Swoope, VA

Raising: Cattle, Poultry, Pork, Rabbits and Forestry Products

Author of: 

Salad Bar Beef, Holy Cows & Hog Heaven, You Can Farm, Family Friendly Farming, The Sheer Ecstasy of Being a Lunatic Farmer, Folks This Aint Normal, Pastured Poultry Profits, Everything I Want to do is Illegal.

Michael Ableman

Farmer: Foxglove Farm, Salt Spring Island, BC

Raising: A variety of row crops, berries & grains

Author of: 

From the Good Earth: A Celebration of Growing Food Around the World

On Good Land: The Autobiography of an Urban Farm

Fields of Plenty

Nicolette Hahn Niman

Attorney & Rancher: BN Ranch, Bolinas, CA

Raising: Cattle, Turkey, Goats

Author of: 

Righteous Porkchop: Finding a Life and Good Food Beyond Factory Farms

Patrick Holden

Dairyman & Farmer: Bwlchwernen Fawr (Farm & Dairy), Wales, UK

Raising: Dairy Cattle

Founder and first chairman of British Organic Farmers

Advisor to The Prince of Wales's International Sustainability Unit

Michael Stone

Master of Ceremonies