2009

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 11, 12, 13. Buy Local Buy Wisconsin producer workshops. "Making Decisions About Local Foods Sale Opportunities Using the Holistic Management Framework." 11 - Platteville, 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

January 20, 2010. Value Added Agriculture College. Eau Claire, WI. http://www.rivercountryrcd.org/valad.html

January 21-22, 2010. 4th Annual Wisconsin Local Food Summit and 12th Annual Midwest Value Added Agriculture Conference. Eau Claire, WI. http://www.rivercountryrcd.org/valad.html