Minority & Immigrant Farmer Conference
This is coming right up in about a week, quite short notice, but I thought the project might be of interest to Horizons communities. It’s put on by Agricultural Safety and Health at Extension.
The “Minority & Immigrant Farming Conference” will help small, beginning minority and immigrant farmers learn how to apply for a farm equipment loan; meet landowners willing to lease or rent land; sell food safely; and calculate farming costs. The conference will include interpreters and presenters whose goal is to assist minority and immigrant farmers who are already selling to a farmers’ market or are considering it. Participants will also tour two vegetable growing operations that use a variety of planting and harvesting equipment.
The “Minority & Immigrant Farming Conference” will be held Friday and Saturday, March 7 and 8, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. at Como Lakeside Pavilion in St. Paul, concluding with the bus tour to two vegetable farms. To register, call the Minnesota Food Association at 651-433-3676.
More information about the conference and registration can be found in the brochure (Hmong, Spanish, and English). Translators will be available.