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The LA SARE Program offers county agents, agriculture professionals, farmers and the public many opportunities throughout the year to learn about sustainable agriculture. Check back for Spring and Summer Farm Tours, Workshops and Events. For information on past events click here. |
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2011 Events
Beginner Farmer Workshop
Fontainebleau State Park
62883 Hwy. 1089
Mandeville, LA 70448
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2011
St. Martin Parish Office
114 Courthouse Street
Breaux Bridge, LA 70517 Beginner Farmer Workshop REGISTRATION FORM.doc
Beginning Farmer Workshop Flier.pptx Sustainable Local Food Roundtable Date: March 24, 2011 Location: West Baton Rouge Parish Extension Office, 210 Turner Road Port Allen, LA 70767 (NEW Location!) Time: 9 am to 5 pm (lunch included) Activity: Local Food Roundtable: Sustainable Agriculture Education, Planning and Networking We are in need of nominations for participants for the Sustainable Local Food Roundtable in the following categories - Vendors, Farmers/Producers, Value Added Producers, Chefs, Consumers, County Agents, State Personnel, NGO Personnel, Health Care Professionals, School System Nutrition Directors, R,C and D… With nominations please use the following format to make it easier to select representative group of participants for the roundtable and send them to Carl Motsenbocker (cmotsenbocker@agcenter.lsu.edu) NAME: CONTACT INFORMATION: (phone, email) ADDRESS: PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATION OR TITLE: PREVIOUS INVOLVEMENT IN SUSTAINABLE AG / LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS: INFORMATION ON THE ROUNDTABLE: Local Food Roundtable: Sustainable Agriculture Education, Planning and Networking DRAFT The Local Food Roundtable will serve an education function. The objective of the Local Food Roundtable will be to bring together the SARE PDP advisory board, parish and state extension, growers/producers, agricultural professionals, chefs, consumers, NGOs, health care professionals, and LSU AgCenter and SU AgCenter administrators to discuss sustainable agriculture and local food systems in Louisiana. The goal of the roundtable will be to solicit and target priority areas for increasing sustainable agriculture education and resources to agents, farmers, and community stakeholders. Each table will be hosted by a previous Sustainable Agriculture Working Group Conference attendee from either the LSU AgCenter or SU AgCenter. The table host will facilitate discussion and each table will identify ten strategic goals to increase sustainable agriculture in Louisiana. An invited speaker will provide the keynote address as well as facilitate discussion and streamline an agenda for expanding sustainable agriculture and suggestions for developing local food projects in Louisiana.
2010 Events January 2010 SSAWG Conference - Chattanooga, Tennessee The Louisiana SARE Program will have farmer and agricultural professional scholarships again this year to attend the conference. Funds for the scholarships were made available from USDA Southern SARE and USDA SARE PDP training funds. March 2010 Fruit Grafting Workshops - LA TWO WORKSHOPS for Ag Professionals: Friday, March 5th at the Idlewild Research Station and Thursday, March 18th at the Calhoun Research Station. Limited space (15
people) is available for each workshop. Please contact Andre’
Brock
ABrock@agcenter.lsu.edu) for the workshop at Idlewild and
Rafash Brew (RBrew@agcenter.lsu.edu) to signup for the
workshop at Calhoun. For more details contact Carl Motsenbocker. April 2010
Livestock Harvesting and Marketing
Workshop -LA May/June Local Sustainable
Food Roundtable - LA Sustainable Farm
Tour - LA |
| Chris Robichaux , Ph.D. LA SARE Co-State Coordinator Southern University Ag Center Area Horticulturist 114 Courthouse Street Breaux Bridge, LA 70517 Phone: 337-332-2181 FAX: 337-332-2870 email: chris_robichaux@suagcenter.com Carl Motsenbocker, Ph.D. LA SARE Co-State Coordinator Louisiana State University AgCenter School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences 137 Julian Miller Hall Baton Rouge, LA 70803 Phone: 225 578 1036 FAX: 225 578 1068 email: cmotsenbocker@agcenter.lsu.edu LA SARE PDP Assistant Louisiana State University AgCenter School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences 137 Julian Miller Hall Baton Rouge, LA 70803 Phone: 225 578 1037 FAX: 225 578 1068 |
The Louisiana State University AgCenter and Southern University AgCenter are affirmative action/equal opportunity institutions in programs and employment.
