Putting Small Acreage to Work Conference

Date: January 28, 2012

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Location: Gaston Citizens Resource Center, Dallas, NC

If you are looking for ways to make a living or supplement your income off of your land, we invite you to attend the Putting Small Acreage to Work Conference on January 28, 2012 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Whether for profit or personal enjoyment, a new project should be carefully thought out. This conference will provide information for people interested in starting or expanding small scale farm enterprises. You will be able to explore alternative enterprises by speaking with successful producers, university personnel, and experts in the field who are already growing, producing, and researching various crops, livestock and field techniques to enhance production. They can give you the practical, no-nonsense advice you will need when considering business planning, crop & livestock production, market development, etc. Topics to be discussed include: raising sheep for food & fiber, weed control for small acreage, field grown cut flower production, heirloom vegetable production, selling to restaurants, food preservation, pastured poultry & mobile processing units, rice production in the piedmont, building & managing a grade B goat diary, & marketing grass roots style.

Class sessions will start promptly after registration. The program will include three breakout sessions. Three to four topics will be discussed concurrently during each of these breakout sessions.

Registration Deadline:
January 23, 2012

Admission - 1st Person = $35.00
Admission - Each Additional Person = $20.00
Lunch included

To Register Go To:

http://smallacreage.eventbrite.com/

For additional information on this conference, contact Gaston County Cooperative Extension at 704.922.2112.