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Educational
Sessions
Below
you will find information on short courses offered at Southern SAWG's
previous annual conference. If these presentations pique your
interest, then you should consider attending Southern SAWG's upcoming Practical
Tools and Solutions for Sustaining Family Farms Conference.
This annual conference offers the opportunity to participate in
workshops led by experienced farmers, connect with technical assistance
and resource providers, and get the latest information and tools to
improve the success of your farm operation.
Short Courses
On-Farm Exchange
Management
Intensive
Grazing
2007 SSAWG Conference Short Course Resources
These materials provide an overview and practical information and
considerations for implementing a management intensive grazing
enterprise.
Proceedings from 2007 Short
Course
Bill Hodge Presentations:
LeVonna and Tony Uekman
Presentations:
Organic
Vegetable Production and Marketing
2007 SSAWG Conference Short Course Resources
These materials on developing an Organic Vegetable enterprise are
geared toward those who already have basic organic vegetable production
knowledge and some production experience. They are provided
by experienced producers and expert resource providers.
2007
Conference Proceedings
Alex Hitt Presentation:
Organic
Vegetable Production and Marketing Presentation
Debbie Roos Presentation:
Organic
Insect and Disease Management
Cut
Flower Production and Marketing
2007 SSAWG Conference Short Course Resources
These materials provide overview of principles and practices from the
perspective of successful cut flower producers.
Proceedings from 2007 Short
Course
Frank and Pamela Arnosky Presentations:
Goat
Production and
Marketing
2007 SSAWG Conference Short Course Resources
These materials provide overview of principles and practices from the
perspective of sustainable goat production professionals.
Proceedings from 2007 Short
Course
Dr. Gregg Rentfrow Presentation:
The
Carnivores Guide to Goat Carcasses and Adding Value to YOUR Operation
by Capturing the Ethnic Market
Dr. Ken Andries Presentation:
Sustainable
Goat Production: Basic concepts, issues, and ideas
Pastured
Turkey
Production and Marketing
2007 SSAWG Conference Short Course Resources
These materials provide overview of principles and practices from the
perspective of successful pastured turkey producers and professional
resource providers.
Proceedings from 2007 Short Course
Holly Born and Mike Walters Presentations:
Jeannette Beranger Presentation:
Saving Heritage Turkeys
Pastured
Broiler
Production and Marketing
2007 SSAWG Conference Short Course Resources
These materials provide overview of principles and practices from the
perspective of successful pastured broiler producers and professional
resource providers.
Proceedings from 2007 Short
Course
Seed Saving
2007 SSAWG Conference Short Course Resources
These materials provide overview of principles and practices associated
with farm seed saving.
Proceedings from 2007 Short
Course
Cricket Rakita Presentation:
Seed
Production and Saving for Small Scale Producers
On-Farm Exchange for Experienced Organic Farmers
2007 SSAWG Conference Resources
The Experienced Organic Vegetable Farmer On-Farm
Exchange provided a day of unique learning and sharing experience for
growers with the advanced knowledge and expertise that comes with
creating a successful, sustainable farming operation over a period of
ten years or more. This event took place on January 28, 2007, in
conjunction with Southern SAWG’s 16th Annual Practical Tools and
Solutions for Sustaining Family Farms Conference. Twelve participants
gathered at Elmwood Stock Farm, in Georgetown, KY, and spent the day
touring the farm and sharing their amazing collective knowledge of
production and marketing, as well as ways they are dealing with a
variety of business and life issues. As one participant put it,
“There’s just no other way to get this information.
It’s not in books. It can only come from each other.”
Join them and learn through the following:
Funding for these educational sessions and proceedings was provided by
the USDA's Risk Management Agency.
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