OEFFA Conference

Tomorrow (2/16) is the deadline for early bird registration for the 2007 Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association Conference in Granville on March 3-4. I registered today. It sounds like it's going to be a great conference.

The keynote speaker on Saturday is Sally Fallon, president of the Weston A. Price Foundation and author of Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook That Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats. Her presentation is "How to Keep Added Value on the Farm... Where It Belongs."

Sunday's speaker is Mark Shepard speaking on "An Ecological Look at Energy on the Farm." Mark is owner of New Forest Farm in Viola, WI and is an educated permaculture practitioner. He has converted his farm to "a perennial agricultural ecosystem where trees, shrubs, vines, canes, perennial plants, and fungi have been planted in association with one another to produce food, fuel, medicines, and beauty." Cool.

Numerous workshops throughout the two days fall into the categories of:

1. Foundations of Sustainable Growing
2. Gardening and Orcharding
3. Growing for Market
4. Field Crops
5. Healthy Livestock
6. Individual and Family Well-Being
7. Communities of Well-Being
8. Taking Care of Business
9. Energy

I can't wait.