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National Agriculture Week Events

Check out these entertaining and educational events from around the country to help you and your family participate.

Get out and celebrate National Agriculture Week (March 15-21, 2009) by attending an ag-related event in your area. There are activities taking place all across the country.

For starters, take a look at this sampling of educational and entertaining options:

March 14-15
The Best of the Midwest Alpaca Show    
Columbus, Ohio
812-94-4880; www.bestofthemidwestalpacashow.com

March 14-15
The Virginia Classic llama competition
Lexington, Va.
434-286-4494; www.llamalife.com/classic

March 15
Make-and-Take Workshop: Rain Barrels  
Fernbank Museum, Atlanta, Ga.
404-929-6379; www.fernbankmuseum.org 

March 16
Web Marketing for Your Farm
Springfield, Ill.
http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/smallfarm/begin_farm.html

March 16
Sixth Annual Local Grower-Local Buyer Gathering
Reading Terminal Market, Philadelphia, Pa.
215-386-5211, ext. 105; www.whitedogcafefoundation.org

March 16-17
Intro to Holistic Management 
(Farm-planning workshop)
Quality Inn, Ames, Iowa
515-294-0887; mrgsmith@iastate.edu

March 17
Irrigation Management Workshop
(presented by Purdue Extension of Elkhart County)
Goshen, Ind.
574-533-0554

March 17
Ohio Swine Health Symposium
Plain City, Ohio
419-523-6294; http://porkinfo.osu.edu
 
March 17
Soils Workshop
Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
607-255-2177; lls14@cornell.edu

March 17
Agricultural Astronomy: Planetary Influences Related to Work on the Land
Benziger Family Winery, Glen Ellen, Calif.
lauraliska@cs.com; www.dennisklocek.com

March 18
Water Quality, Range, Pasture, and Livestock-management Workshop
Monterey County UCCE Auditorium, Salinas, Calif.
805-781-5940; 805-781-5946; abreschini@co.slo.ca.us

March 18-19
Midwest Poultry Federation Convention
Saint Paul RiverCentre, Saint Paul, Minn.
www.midwestpoultry.com/pre/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1&Itemid=3

March 19
Organic Herd Health & Soil Management Meeting
(with Paul Dettloff, DVM)
Stephen F. Stoltzfus' Farm, Dry Run, Pa.
717-687-9222; www.lancasterag.com

March 19
Environmental Business Council Renewable Energy Seminar: Sustainable Regional Agriculture through Renewable Energy
Springfield, MA
413-886-8000

March 19-20
How to Raise Heritage Turkeys on Pasture
Wheatland Hall, Wheatland, Mo.
919-542-5704; 417-282-6337; www.albc-usa.org

March 19-21
North American Farm and Power Show
Owatonna, Minn.
www.tradexpos.com/farmpowr

March 19-21
Farm to Cafeteria Conference: Going the Distance and Shortening it, From Farm to Cafeteria
Portland, Ore.
http://farmtocafeteriaconference.com

March 20
Great Lakes Heirloom Fruit Conservation Heritage Orchard Restoration Workshop
University of Wisconsin Arboretum, Madison, Wis.
heidi_busse@yahoo.com

March 20-21
Advanced Grazing Clinic
Three Miles Lake Lodge, Creston, Iowa
712-830-3281

March 20-21
Georgia Organics Conference and Trade Show
Decatur, Ga.
www.georgiaorganics.org/conference
 
March 20-22
Ohio Beef Expo
Columbus, Ohio
614-873-6835; www.ohiobeefexpo.com

March 21
Selecting the Best for Breeding
(Turkey workshop)
Wheatland Hall, Wheatland, Mo.
919-542-5704; 417-282-6337; www.albc-usa.org

March 21
Felting Workshop
Garfield Farm Museum, LaFox, Ill.
630-584-8485; http://garfieldfarm.org/calendar.html

March 21
Lambing Workshop
Shelburne Farms Barn, Shelburne, Vt.
802-524-6501

March 21
Springtime at the Garden Festival
Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in Columbia, S.C.
803-779-8717; www.riverbanks.org

March 21-22
Organic Growers School Spring Conference
Blue Ridge Community College, Flat Rock, N.C.
828-450-2026; www.organicgrowersschool.org

March 21-22
Spring Bling Alpaca Show    
Neenah, Wis.
812-525-8572; FiveOaksExotics@aol.com; www.springblingshow.com

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