January 4-6, 2009. Wisconsin Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Conference. Chula Vista Resort, Wisconsin Dells, WI. www.wisconsinfreshproduce.org/WFFVC/

January 8-9, 2009 3rd Annual Wisconsin Local Food Summit, Wisconsin Rapids, WI.

January 16, 2009. 2009 Agricultural Outlook Forum. UW Madison Campus, Madison, WI or via webinar. http://www.cals.wisc.edu/agoutlook09/

January 16-18, 2009. The Wisconsin School for Beginning Market Growers: Emphasizing Organic Production Methods and Direct Marketing. UW-Madison, Madison, WI. www.cias.wisc.edu/wisconsin-school-for-beginning-market-growers/

January 22-23, 2009 Midwest Value Added Agriculture Conference. Rochester, MN. www.rivercountryrcd.org

January 29, 2009. Heart of the Farm - Green Fields. Chippewa Falls, WI. www.uwex.edu/ces/heartofthefarm/conferences/index.cfm

January 30-31, 2009. Returning to the Farm Part A. Byron Center. Brownsville, WI. http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cty/fonddulac/ag/documents/ReturningtotheFarmflyersept2008.pdf

January 31, 2009. Developing Our Local Food Economy: Nourishing Northern Wisconsin. Spooner, WI.
http://barron.uwc.edu/ce/documents/Nourishing_Brochure.pdf

February 4 - 7, 2009. Buy Local Workshops (Eau Claire, Phillips, Oconomowoc, Platteville)
Download Registration Brochure Here

February 19-21, 2009. 16th annual Wisconsin Grazing Conference. Holiday Inn. Stevens Point., WI
www.grassworks.org

February 20-21, 2009. Returning to the Farm Part B. Byron Center. Brownsville, WI. http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cty/fonddulac/ag/documents/ReturningtotheFarmflyersept2008.pdf

February 21, 2009. Local Food For Global Thought Food Fair. Maywood Ecology Center, Sheboygan, WI.
For more information, call 920-459-3906 or e-mail afischer@ci.sheboygan.wi.us.

February 24, 2009. Community/Processing Incubator Kitchen Meeting. UWEX Baraboo, Baraboo, WI. Anne Pfeiffer, UWEX Ag Innovation Center 608/890-1905 anne.pfeiffer@ces.uwex.edu.

February 25, 2009. Working Lands Workshop. Town of Oconomowoc and Juneau, WI. http://www.wisconsinfarmland.org/workshops.php

February 25-26, 2009. National Organic Action Plan Summit 2009. LaCrosse, WI. http://www.nationalorganiccoalition.org/invite.html

February 26, 2009. Working Lands Workshop. Burlington and Town of Saukville, WI http://www.wisconsinfarmland.org/workshops.php

February 26-28, 2009 Organic Farming Conference. LaCrosse, WI. http://www.mosesorganic.org/conference.html

March 3, 2009. Local Food Fair. Stevens Point, WI www.farmshed.org

March 5, 2009. Heart of the Farm; Women in Agriculture Conference. Eau Claire, WI http://www.uwex.edu/ces/heartofthefarm/conferences/index.cfm

March 6, 2009. Heart of the Farm; Women in Agriculture Conference. Oshkosh, WI http://www.uwex.edu/ces/heartofthefarm/conferences/index.cfm

March 9, 2009. CSREES Request for Applications deadline. Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative.

March 10, 2009. Working Lands Workshop. Northern Great Lakes Visitors Center, Ashland, WI. http://basineducation.uwex.edu/lakesuperior/workinglands.htm

March 10, 17, 24, 31, 2009. Growing For Local Markets Workshop. UW-Barron County, Rice Lake, WI. www.barron.uwc.edu/ce

March 10-12, 2009. Agriculture and Food Vulnerability Assessment Training Program. Calument County Courthouse, Chilton, WI. http://calum400.co.calumet.wi.us/ECALV10O/EWC005?FORM=DAILY&BUTTON=MTGDTL&CURMONTH=3&CURYEAR=2009&CURDAY=10&CURSCHNUM=7940&MENUOPT=MEETING&SECLVL=&MODE=MONTHLY&TIME=10423302032009

March 11, 2009. Working Lands Workshop. New Richmond, WI. http://www.wisconsinfarmland.org/workshops.php

March 11, 2009. Sustainable Agriculture and Local Food Systems. The fifth Forum on Agriculture, Climate, & Energy Technology Sustainability – (FACETS) -- workshops and seminars for innovation and action sponsored by Program on Agricultural Technology Studies (PATS), Land Information and Computer Graphics Facility, and the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. This forum will bring together experts in various fields to provide an opportunity for the generation and evaluation of ideas related to agricultural production, bioenergy, and land use, and how they interact with climate change mitigation and adaptation. Madison, WI or live streaming video. Please contact Maggie Grabow grabow@wisc.edu with questions.

March 12, 2009. Working Lands Workshop. Wausau, WI http://www.wisconsinfarmland.org/workshops.php

March 13, 2009. Organic Farming Workshop. Galesville, WI.

March 13-14, 2009. Wisconsin Aquaculture Conference. Hayward, WI. http://www.wisconsinaquaculture.com/Events_Details.cfm?ReportID=41

March 15, 2009. Wi. Ag Development and Diversification (ADD) Grant proposal deadline EXTENDED to May 1, 2009. http://www.datcp.state.wi.us/mktg/business/marketing/val-add/add/index.jsp

March 15, 2009. CSREES Request for Applications deadline. Specialty Crop Research Initiative.

March 20, 2009. Renewing America's Food Traditions: Bringing Diversity back to the Farm and Table. Conserving Apples in the Landscape - with Dr. Gary Paul Nabhan, Dr. Curt Meine, and Ben Watson. Co-Sponsored by Slow Food-Madison, the University of Wisconsin-Arboretum, and Slow Food-UW. At UW-Madison Arboretum, Madison, WI. http://www.slowfoodwisconsin.org/events/03202009.html

March 20, 21 and 22nd 2009 (10am-4pm each day) Traditional Food Weekend, Sheboygan, WI
Join us for one, two or all three of these offerings!
March 20, 2009 Fermented Beverages: Beer, Wine, Soda Making and more!
March 21, 2009 You are What you Eat! Soup Broths and Fermentation for Health.
March 22, 2009 Home Cheese Making: Mozzarella, Feta and more!!
For more information see: http://www.moonwiseherbs.com/traditional_foods_weekend.htm

March 30, 2009. Leopold Center's Marketing and Food Systems and Value Chain Partnerships Workshop. Ames, Iowa. http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/workshop.htm
carpool search (see thread at the bottom of the page).

April 13, 2009. North Central Wisconsin 'Farm to Fork' - A “Get Acquainted” event for Buyers and Sellers of Local Food. Price County UWEX, Phillips, WI. http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cty/price/

April 15, 2009. Applications due for hosting Key Ingredients: America by Food; a Smithsonian Exhibition coming to Wisconsin In 2010. http://wisconsinhumanities.org/KeyIng.html

April 21, 2009. Building Communities Webinar Education Series: Food Localization as a Sustainability Strategy. www.uwex.edu/ces/cced/communities (see website for additional sustainability offerings in the series).

April 22-May 13, 2009. Fundamentals of Permaculture Webinar Series. Wednesday and Sunday evenings. http://www.midwestpermaculture.com/HowOurWebinarsWork.php

April 23-24, 2009. The first National Small Food Manufacturer Conference in Lincoln, Nebraska. Learn how to Heat up your food business!
Presented by the Food Processing Center at the University of Nebraska. This conference has been designed specifically for small food manufacturers throughout the country. http://www.fpc.unl.edu/nsfmc/

April 25, 2009. Take a bite out of Isthmus Green Day. Madison, WI. http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=25623&sid=60a658207af1593357fc5199b96eb464

May 1, 2009. Wi. Ag Development and Diversification (ADD) Grant REVISED proposal deadline. http://www.datcp.state.wi.us/mktg/business/marketing/val-add/add/index.jsp

May 11, 2009. CSREES Family Farm Forum - Entreprenuership. Webinar. http://www.csrees.usda.gov/nea/ag_systems/in_focus/smallfarms_if_farmily_farm_forum.html

May 13, 2009. Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program application deadline. USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service. http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/beginningfarmerandrancher.cfm

May 15, 2009. Organic Farming Research Foundation - Outreach and Education grant proposal deadline. http://ofrf.org/grants/apply_education&outreach.html

May 26, 2009. Solicitation Closing Date. Enhancing Ecosystem Services From Agricultural Lands: Management, Quantification, And Developing Decision Support Tools. http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2009/2009_star_ecosystem_services.html

May 30, 2009. Burgers and Brew: The Taste is Local 2009! Madison, WI. http://www.reapfoodgroup.org/BFBL/burgers.htm

June 1, 2009. Intro to Pastutred Poultry Workshop - Ladysmith, WI. www.barron.uwc.edu/ce

June 4-6, 2009. 3rd North American Indigenous Food Symposium (NAIFS 2009), Muskoday First Nation and Travelodge Hotel, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. http://www.ccde.usask.ca/go/indigenous

June 16, 2009. Buildling Communities Webinar Education Series: Community Organizing for Sustainability. www.uwex.edu/ces/cced/communities (see website for additional sustainability offerings in the series).

June 20-21, 2009. Hoop House Construction Workshop - led by staff from Growing Power. Barron, WI. Stay tuned for more info - www.barron.uwc.edu/ce

June 22, 2009. Application deadline is being changed: The 2009 Value-Added Producer Grant is being revised. Check site periodically for updates: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/coops/vadg.htm
More information about the grant program, including templates and a list of grant writers interested in assisting with applications is available at: http://www.uwex.edu/ces/agmarkets/aic/vapgp.cfm

June 25, 2009. Wisconsin Food Security Consortium on the road at the Lakeland Food Pantry in Minocqua. 9am-12pm. http://www.endhungerwi.org/

June 30, 2009. Application deadline: Specialty Crop Block Grant. The FY09 Grant Manual along with a "Q & A" section will be posted next week on the DATCP website and can be accessed at: www.datcp.state.wi.us; keyword FY09 SCBG, and click on the FAQ page.

July 1, 2009. Application deadline: Producers First through DATCP Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin. Teresa Cuperus, 608-224-5101 , teresa.cuperus@wi.gov

July 14-16, 2009. Local Night Out, Southern Wi. http://www.reapfoodgroup.org/BFBL/localnightout.htm

July 15, 2009. Stirring The Pot Community Picnic Series, Green County, WI. Contact: Cara Carper, Community Resource Development Educator. Green County UW Extension, 608-328-9441 , cara.carper@ces.uwex.edu

July 16, 2009. USDA Rural Tour. 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. (doors open at 11:00 a.m.) La Crosse Interstate Fairgrounds, N 4985 County Road M, West Salem, WI. http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/ruraltour?navid=RURALTOUR

July 21-23, 2009. Wisconsin Farm Technology Days. Waterloo, WI http://www.wifarmtechnologydays.com/

August 10, 2009. Food Safety project applications deadline. The RFA will be posted on the DATCP website and can be accessed at: www.datcp.state.wi.us; keyword Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin, and click on the Food Safety Project RFA.

August 19, 2009. Stirring The Pot Community Picnic Series. Green County, WI. Contact: Cara Carper, Community Resource Development Educator. Green County UW Extension, 608-328-9441 , cara.carper@ces.uwex.edu

August 20, 2009. National Good Food Network "Cluster Call" webinar - Innovations in Value Chain Infrastructure: Michael Rozyne, Co-Director of Red Tomato. http://www.wallacecenter.org/our-work/national-good-food-network-launches-site-database/?searchterm=cluster%20calls

August 20, 2009. "Fresh" film screening at Whole Foods. Madison, WI. 608.233.9566.

August 23, 2009. Madison Locals, a Buy Fresh Buy Local event. Madison, WI. http://www.reapfoodgroup.org/BFBL/

August 27, 2009. Deadline to submit resumes and letters of interest for DATCP Project Manager – Producer’s First Program, 10-15 hours/week. Email to Teresa Cuperus, teresa.cuperus@wi.gov

September 2, 1009. Learn more about the Conservation Stewardship Program. Cumberland, WI. Contact Katie Wied at 608-395-7306 or katiew@MichaelFieldsAgInst.org for more info.

September 4, 2009. Application deadline: REAP Food Group is now taking applications for four 1/2-time AmeriCorps positions to work with Wisconsin Homegrown Lunch. Wisconsin Homegr

August 15-September 15, 2009. Eat Local, America! ww.eatlocalamerica.coop, http://www.basicshealth.com, http://www.mmfc.coop, http://www.outpostnaturalfoods.coop, http://www.pfc.coop, http://viroquafood.coop/food-thought

September 1-14, 2009. 2009 Eat Local Milwaukee. Milwaukee, WI. www.eatlocalmilwaukee.org

September 9, 1009. Learn more about the Conservation Stewardship Program. Whitewater, WI. Contact Katie Wied at 608-395-7306 or katiew@MichaelFieldsAgInst.org for more info.

September 9, 1009. Learn more about the Conservation Stewardship Program. Viroqua, WI. http://www.mosesorganic.org/attachments/fundsforfarmers/csp.html
own Lunch website.
September 15-17, 2009. National Small Farm Conference. Springfield, IL http://www.conferences.uiuc.edu/conferences/conferenceviewer2/view.cfm?conf=20033&page=20189&theme=&palette=

September 17, 2009. National Good Food Network Cluster Call: Funding Opportunities from USDA. NGFN.org

September 19, 2009. Soupstock III. Turtle Lake, WI. http://www.soupstockfestival.com

September 20, 2009. Savor & Sample Fest: South Central WI’s Home Grown Food Festival. At Sassy Cow Creamery, W4192 Bristol Rd., Columbus, WI, 1-4 pm. http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cty/columbia/

September 21, 2009. Buy Local, Buy WI (BLBW) Grant Program Pre-Proposals due to DATCP: September 21, 2009, 4:00 PM. http://www.datcp.state.wi.us/mktg/business/marketing/val-add/directmktg/pdf/2009GrantManual.pdf

September 22, 2009. Foodshare EBT Technology presentation. Price County UW-Extension. Phillips, WI. 715/339-2555. jane.hansen@ces.uwex.edu.

September 22, 2009. Wisconsin National and Community Service Board (Corporation for National and Community Service) regional meetings to gain input and insight into the State Service Plan. Milwaukee, WI. Register: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=KvFV1eRmkAwi5CXMszVFNA_3d_3d. Directions: http://www.coa-yfc.org/

September 24, 2009. Wisconsin National and Community Service Board (Corporation for National and Community Service) regional meetings to gain input and insight into the State Service Plan. Rhinelander, WI. Register: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=KvFV1eRmkAwi5CXMszVFNA_3d_3d. Directions: http://www.nicoletcollege.edu/highschool/visitus/maps/index.html

September 27-October 4, 2009. 2009 Wisconsin Eat Local Challenge. www.eatlocalwisconsin.com.

September 28, 2009. Workshop: Food as Medicine, Farm as Pharmacy, Jerry Brunetti. Northeast WI Technical College, Green Bay, WI. 920-418-2718.

September 30, 2009.Deadline to submit a draft of Value Added Producer Grant application to State Office for a preliminary review to assess whether the proposed project meets eligibility criteria. USDA Rural Development State Office: 1-800-670-6553. http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/coops/vadg.htm

October 10-13, 2009. From Commodity to Community - 13th Annual Community Food Security Coalition Conference. Des Moines, IA. http://communityfoodconference.org/

October 15, 2009. National Good Food Network Cluster Call: NGFN and Food Safety. NGFN.org

October 18-20, 2009. NOVA SCOTIA FOOD SUMMIT 2009: Securing Food for Our Healthy Future, Putting the People and Pieces Together, Promoting a Sustainable, Safe, Secure Food System. http://friendsofagriculture.net/foodsummit_2009_12.html

October 27, 2009. Wisconsin Working Lands Initiative workshop. Wisconsin Dells, WI. http://www.wisctowns.com/

October 28, 2009. Wisconsin Working Lands Initiative workshop. Eau Claire, WI. http://www.wisctowns.com/

October 29, 2009. Wisconsin Working Lands Initiative workshop. Marathon, WI. http://www.wisctowns.com/

November 3, 2009. Wisconsin Working Lands Initiative workshop. Fond du Lac, WI. http://www.wisctowns.com/

November 4, 2009. Wisconsin Working Lands Initiative workshop. De Pere, WI. http://www.wisctowns.com/

November 5, 2009. Wisconsin Working Lands Initiative workshop. Janesville, WI. http://www.wisctowns.com/

November 6-8, 2009. Tales from Planet Earth Film Festival: A selection of festival films with food themes. www.talesfromplanetearth.com Films: What's on Your Plate?, The Hunger Season, Lighting the Seventh Fire. Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.

November 12, 13. Buy Local Buy Wisconsin producer workshops. "Making Decisions About Local Foods Sale Opportunities Using the Holistic Management Framework." 12 - Madison, 13 - Wisconsin Rapids in conjunction with Connecting Threads (below). http://www.datcp.state.wi.us/registration/workshops.jsp

November 12, 2009. Michael Ableman - Feeding the Future: Stories and Images from the new Frontiers of Food and Agriculture. Presbyterian Congregation Church, 214 Vaughn Avenue, Ashland, WI. 7PM.

November 13-15, 2009. Connecting Threads. Weaving the Fabric of Agriculture. A conference for women farmers. Hotel Mead, Wisconsin Rapids, WI.

November 14, 2009. Feeding the Future: Sustainable Agriculture in the Chequamegon Bay. A summit at the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute, Ashland, WI. Reservations by Nov. 6th: 715/682-1489 or lradke@northland.edu http://www.northland.edu/alumni-events.htm

November 19, 2009. NIFA Family Farm Forum Socio-economic Issues in Small-scale Animal Production webinar. http://www.nifa.usda.gov/nea/ag_systems/in_focus/smallfarms_if_farmily_farm_forum.html

November 19, 2009. Deadline to submit a Community Food Projects grant application. http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/communityfoodprojects.cfm

November 30, 2009. Deadline to submit a Value Added Producer Grant application.
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/coops/vadg.htm