Practical Tools and Solutions for Sustaining Family Farms Conference January 20, 2009

Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group’s (Southern SAWG) 18th annual conference will be held at the Chattanooga Convention Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee and will headquarter at the adjacent Marriott Hotel.

Pre-conference events begin on Wednesday and include one-and-a-half day intensive short courses as well as several half-day field trips and mini courses. Then on Friday and Saturday, the general conference will offer eight tracks of highly essential conference sessions, a trade show, silent auction, video show, Taste of Tennessee dinner and more.

The general conference offers sustainable production and direct marketing information for horticultural and livestock producers, enterprise management lessons, farm policy education, community food systems development training and the opportunity to have a nice, long chat with peers from across the South.

The conference schedule is available at www.ssawg.org or email [email protected] to request a brochure.

Official Website: http://www.ssawg.org/conference-.html