\n| \n9:15-10:15\n<\/td> | \nConcurrent Sessions<\/span>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n\n| \n<\/td> | \n\nHow to Successfully Grow Lots of Good Food on Marginal Land,\n<\/strong>\n
\nPresentation by Herman Holley & Louise Divine, Turkey Hill Farm, Tallahassee, Fla.\n
\nEvery minute spent with these two big-hearted, energetic, and\nvisionary people will be a minute very well spent. You will be amazed\nby the agroecology system that they have set up on their north Florida\nfarm. Start with the soil and end with online marketing \u2013 Louise and\nHerman have it covered! (Meeting Room)\n<\/td>\n\nFermentation Basics:\nKombucha, Kefir, Water Kefir, & Salt Fermentation of Vegetables,\n<\/strong>\n
\nJanisse Ray, Reidsville, Ga.\n
\nTwo of Janisse’s favorite books are Wild Fermentation and Nourishing\nTraditions. Come learn how to add natural probiotics to your diet &\nyour soil. (Kitchen)\n<\/td><\/tr>\n\n| \n10:15-11:00\n<\/td> | \n\nPerennial Crops for Food Security: What Grows in South Georgia,\n<\/strong>\n
\nCindy Dill, Snug Hill Farm, Garfield, Ga.\n
\nDo you know what taro is? Artist and permaculture farmer Cindy Dill will\nlead us through the lowdown of perennial food crops able to be grown in\nour sub-tropical climate. (Meeting Room)\n<\/td>\n\nMeal Planning for the Modern Locavore,\n<\/strong>\n
\nLeeann Culbreath, Risen, Tifton, Ga.\n
\nLearn how this modern homesteader, slow-food cook, and mother of two\nyoung boys takes whole ingredients and turns them into healthy food her\nfamily and friends savor. (Kitchen)\n<\/td><\/tr>\n\n| \n15 min.\n<\/td> | \nBreak, Beverages & Snacks<\/span>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n\n| \n11:15-12\n<\/td> | \n\nThe Economics of Transition: What Money Is and What it Means to You,\n<\/strong>\n
\nLarry Kopczak, Snug Hill Farm, Garfield, Ga.\n
\nAn engineer by training, Larry is a self-schooled expert on the monetary\nsystem. Here\u2019s a great chance to learn what money is, what the recession\nspells, and alternative economies in the changing times ahead. (Meeting\nRoom)\n<\/td>\n\nTour, Organic Vidalia Onion Study Plots,\n<\/strong>\n
\nwith Dr. Carroll Johnson, Tifton, Ga.\n
\nUSDA research agronomist Dr. Carroll Johnson conducts applied and basic\nstudies on integrated management for weed control and the biology\nof weeds in organic crops. He is working with Vidalia onions at the\nresearch station.\n<\/td><\/tr>\n\n| \n12-12:45\n<\/td> | \n\nHow the Olive Came to Georgia,\n<\/strong>\n
\nKevin Shaw and\/or Sam Shaw, Homerville, Ga.\n
\nHear the amazing story of how a group of growers decided that the South\ncould become the new Italy and learn how to grow an olive tree and turn\nthe fruit into edible olives and healthy local oil. (Meeting Room)\n<\/td>\n\nSo You Want to Be a Farmer,\n<\/strong>\n
\nwith Relinda Walker, Sylvania, Ga.\n
\nThis amazing, pioneering woman has helped many people get started in\norganic farming and has also helped them keep going. In this intimate\nspace, Relinda will talk about her experiences, economics, agronomics,\npitfalls, and what crops have been sucessful. (Kitchen)\n<\/td>\n\nTour, Experimental Organic Trial Plot,\n<\/strong>\n
\nwith Julia Gaskin, Athens, Ga.\n
\nThe Sustainable Agriculture Chairperson at UGA will carry you into her\norganic trial plots at the research station; she will also talk about\nsoil amendments, including her interest in biochar. (Field)\n<\/td><\/tr>\n\n| \n12:45\n<\/td> | \nAdjourn to Red Earth Farm for Lunch & Afternoon Workshops<\/span>\n<\/td> | \n\nAfternoon Location:\n<\/strong>\n
\n895 Catherine T. Sanders Road, Reidsville, Ga. 30453. Located 5 miles\nfrom research center.\n<\/td><\/tr>\n\n| \n1-2 p.m.\n<\/td> | \nLunch<\/span>\n<\/td> | \n(See Solar Cooker at work)\n<\/td><\/tr>\n | \n| \n2-3 p.m.\n<\/td> | \nConcurrent Sessions:<\/span>\n<\/td><\/tr>\n\n| \n<\/td> | \n\nTour: Diversified Farming,\n<\/strong>\n
\nRaven Waters.\n
\nThis tour of Red Earth Farm will demonstrate how to move toward\nsustainability, including the incorporation of animals in a growing\nsystem, on a low budget. (Outdoors)\n<\/td>\n\nWilt-free Tomatoes, Compost, Hand Tools & Other Organic Advice,\n<\/strong>\n
\nFrank Wimberly, Norristown, Ga.\n
\nFrank Wimberly\u2019s extremely effective method of growing tomatoes in\nan era of wilt virus can also be employed for other crops. In addition,\nthere\u2019s a lot to learn in general from Mr. Wimberly. (Galley)\n<\/td><\/tr>\n\n| \n3-4 p.m.\n<\/td> | \n\nPruning Your Fruit Trees.\n<\/strong>\n
\nJerald Larsen, Swainsboro, Ga.\n
\nThe extension agent for Emanuel County and an expert in small\nfruit production, Jerald Larsen will guide you through the basics of\npruning apple, peach, pear, and persimmon trees, as well as blueberry\nbushes. (Outdoors)\n<\/td>\n\nVermiculture: What Worm Castings Can Do for You,\n<\/strong>\n
\nAmy Schuster, Little St. Simons Island, Ga.\n
\nGardener shares her expertise on how easy it truly is to incorporate\ncomposting into the everyday home, turning kitchen scraps to rich\n“black gold,” with simple steps to create an at-home vermicomposting\nsystem. (Galley)\n<\/td><\/tr>\n\n| \n4-5 p.m.\n<\/td> | \n\nPlenary Dialogue: Success Stories of Our Movement & Where Do We Go From Here?\n<\/strong>\n<\/td>Facilitated by Ellen Corrie,\n
\na long-time supporter of organic agriculture and agrarian economies,\nand a member of the board of Tifton\u2019s farmers market. (Galley)\n<\/td><\/tr>\n | \n| \n5 p.m.\n<\/td> | \n<\/td> | \nClosing\n<\/td><\/tr>\n | \n| \n5-6\n<\/td> | \nPostscript Short Course:\n<\/td> | \n\nPruning Muscadines:\n<\/strong>\nJerald Larsen has offered to demonstrate muscadine pruning at a farm a\nfew miles away.\n<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The detailed schedule for the South Georgia Growing Local Conference is posted now on the on the facebook event. It’s also below. -jsq Pre-Conference Tour & Potluck Friday, Jan. 13, 2012","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7,43,89],"tags":[2761,53,2777,3,51,97,2793,173,50,52],"class_list":["post-196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agriculture","category-gardening","category-okravores","tag-agriculture","tag-conference","tag-gardening","tag-georgia","tag-growing-local","tag-locavore","tag-okravores","tag-organic","tag-south-georgia","tag-sustainable"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Gj0O-3a","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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