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Farming in the Future: The 2019 Future Harvest – CASA Conference
The future of farming will include Big Data. And innovative packaging. And perceiving marketing opportunities. And providing services to small farmers, scaling for profitability and affordability. And taking advantage of climate change to grow new crops. With conference sessions, meal … Continue reading
The Care and Feeding of Farmers: Future Harvest CASA’s 19th Annual Conference
They provide our basic foodstuffs. They grow a dazzling variety of fruits and vegetables. They use their bounty to create tasty and nourishing products that enrich our lives. They grow “non-commercial” or “specialty” crops: what we actually put on our … Continue reading
Farmers and Fellowship – Saturday at the FH-CASA Conference
Sitting in a session on local food councils on Saturday at the FH-CASA Conference, I realized that this event, and others like it, is not really about the panels, or the food, or the exhibits. It’s about building a sense … Continue reading
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Tagged event, farmers market, Full Plate Ventures, Future Harvest-CASA, Millstone Cellars Cider, OFAM
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Fomenting Fermenting Farmers – Friday at FH-CASA Conference
I was able to attend both days of this year’s Farming for Profit and Stewardship Conference last month, organized by Future Harvest – Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture (FH-CASA). On Friday, there was a choice of several workshops before their … Continue reading
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Tagged Dogfish Head, event, farmers market, Future Harvest-CASA, Hex Ferments, OFAM, sauerkraut
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A Farmer, a Chicken and a Bureaucrat Walk Into a Bar…
There was a chicken. There were lots of folks in blue jeans and flannel. There was a genuine Amish farmer with a beard. There were butchering, fermentation and worm-bin-building workshops; and food, much of it locally-produced by the very farmers … Continue reading
A Locavore In Baltimore – Woodberry Kitchen and Future Harvest-CASA’s Partnership
Future Harvest CASA is an admirable organization dedicated to sustainable farming in the Chesapeake region. They have a yearly conference that’s a great opportunity to learn about and network with farmers, restaurateurs, and allied folks concerned with the health of … Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore, chefs, Future Harvest-CASA, Woodberry Kitchen
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