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Alabama Organic Farming Conference

By Ang Jordan | Published: September 22, 2011
WHAT: Alabama Organic Farming Conference WHEN: October 28-29, 2011 WHERE: Kellogg Center, Tuskegee University COST: Free REGISTRATION: Register by October 1 on the Alabama Sustainable Agriculture Network (ASAN) web site. Space is limited. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: PURPOSE: To identify organic marketing, policy, production and research challenges facing Alabama growers, retailers, distributors and consumers, and explore options [...]
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The future of food: Can Slow Food move beyond its elitist image?

By Ang Jordan | Published: September 10, 2008
If you managed to miss the media blitz, Slow Food USA recently held its Slow Food Nation conference in San Francisco. It was attended by over 60,000 people. At Culinate recent college graduate Eric Hass provides a brief look at the “concluding panel in the Food for Thought series”:http://www.culinate.com/articles/opinion/slow_food_nation_panel, consisting of “farmer [and author] Wendell [...]
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Deep South Fruit and Vegetable Growers Conference, Day 2

By Ang Jordan | Published: December 6, 2007
Today I attended a few sessions from the “Organic Production” track. I actually was interested in the ones on organic certification, but I skipped those because it’s not exactly immediately relevant to my efforts as a home gardener. As most people already know, there is a lot of controversy around organic standards (many feel that [...]
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Deep South Fruit and Vegetable Growers Conference, Day 1

By Ang Jordan | Published: December 5, 2007
After talking with Diane Claughton, coordinator of the Slow Food Gulf Coast chapter and owner of the Ocean Springs Fresh Market, I decided to attend the Deep South Fruit and Vegetable Growers Conference on her suggestion. If nothing else, I figured it would educate me on local issues and interests, and give me a chance [...]
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