{"id":32,"date":"2013-02-02T18:52:32","date_gmt":"2013-02-02T23:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/lowndes-county-next-year-soga-growing-local-sustainable-conference.html"},"modified":"2013-02-02T18:52:32","modified_gmt":"2013-02-02T23:52:32","slug":"lowndes-county-next-year-soga-growing-local-sustainable-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/lowndes-county-next-year-soga-growing-local-sustainable-conference.html","title":{"rendered":"Lowndes County next year: SoGa Growing Local & Sustainable Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\n\"Janisse<\/a>\nThis year’s\n\nSoGa Growing Local & Sustainable Conference<\/a>\nwas a satisfying success, and next year it moves to Lowndes County.\n<\/p>\n

\nNot only did 260 people sign up, but\nall the sessions were well-attended, and\neverybody seemed to learn something new, from hoop houses to solar power, from hands-on\nworkshops to all-hands plenary sessions.\nOf course the food was excellent.\nYou can get a hint from this picture of Janisse Ray opening the conference;\nthe food in the foreground is on the snack tables (ah, the honeycomb!).\nThen there were the meals, potluck by and for a conference-full of foodies.\n<\/p>\n

\nIn 2011 about 50 people came to the first one in Tifton.\nIn 2012, about 150 people went to Reidsville.\nIn 2013, about 260 people signed up, also for Reidsville, Tattnall County,\nto learn what it takes\nto grow local sustainable food here below the gnat line\nin this longleaf pine land of tea-colored rivers, acid soil,\nand rich gardening traditions.\n<\/p>\n

\nAs Janisse Ray wrote on the\n\nfacebook event<\/a>\nfor this year’s conference:\n<\/p>\n

\n\n\"Gretchen<\/a>\n

\nSoGa Growing Local 2014 will be held in Valdosta, GA. Gretchen\nQuarterman will be the lead organizer. We’ll be keeping you posted\non the date so you can put it on your calendars now. (We may do a\nmini version in Tattnall in 2014.)\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nMore later on what happened at this year’s conference,\nand more as it develops on next year’s conference.\nSo far, many local farmers, civic and business organizations,\nand local governmental bodies have offered to help, and Gretchen is forming an organizational committee.\nStay tuned!\n<\/p>\n

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