25th Annual NOFA/Mass WINTER CONFERENCE — Jan 14, 2012
Tue 27 Dec 2011 3:17pm
All 4 Stearns Farm Farmers will be going!
info hereABOUT THE NOFA/Mass WINTER CONFERENCE 
NOFA/Mass Winter Conference attendees register for a whole day of workshops, a keynote speech, over 75 exhibitors and vendors, a children's conference and all-local organic meal catered by Worcester State University Dining Services. Over the years, NOFA/Mass has presented a wide array of thoughtful, engaging and important keynote speakers, including Joel Salatin, Eliot Coleman and other thoughtful leaders in the food movement.The 2012 keynote speech will be given by John Jeavons, the Executive Director of Ecology Action in Northern California. He is known internationally as the leading researcher and method developer, teacher, and consultant for the small-scale, sustainable agricultural method known as GROW BIOINTENSIVE mini-farming. He has authored, co-authored or edited over 30 publications on this high-yielding, resource-conserving Biointensive approach, including a five-part, peer reviewed article that appeared in The Journal of Sustainable Agriculture. Jeavons' food-raising methods are being used in 141 countries and by such organizations as UNICEF, Save the Children, and the Peace Corps. Jeavons' 2012 Winter Conference keynote is entitled "Food and Our Future: Exciting Solutions Through Biologically Intensive Gardening" He will also offer an all-day seminar on "Planning Your Garden/Mini-Farm for the Future."
Workshop topics for 2012 include: Animals, Beginning Farmers, Crops, Farm Economics, Management and Equipment, Food and Cooking, Gardening and Greenhouse, Healthy Living, Land Care, Policy, Practical Skills, Soil and Fertility, Teen Workshops, Urban Agriculture and Youth & Education.