Acres of Garlic
My tummy is full of Thai goodness, though the affiliated garlic hasn’t left my mouth. Oh well, it’s really a problem for other people more than for me. I hit 15,000 words this morning before work. Yeah me, though I’m still behind. The good folks at NaNoWriMo warned me the second week would be hard and they were not lying.
I received an email today from Acres U.S.A., a magazine dedicated to sustainable agriculture. I’m by no means even conversant in farming but I’m trying to learn more about it, with the intent of growing some of my own food some day and purchasing more sustainable and locally grown food from community support agriculture (CSA) organizations and farmers’ markets. This year’s annual conference is coming up for the group and the focus is “Finding Profit Through Biodiversity”. Suck on that Monsanto! I will not be attending but I’ve perused the conference site and learned a bit about what’s going to be discussed. The conference will be held December 3rd through 5th in St. Paul, MN, so if you’re interested in agriculture and can make it, go already. From the Acres website:
The Acres U.S.A. Conference is the premier event nationwide for commercial-scale sustainable and organic agriculture. Several hundred eco-minded individuals from around the world gather together to tap the knowledge of some of agriculture’s brightest minds.
Also from the site is a list of the main topics that will be discussed:
- Pastured Pork Production
- Organic Certification
- Biodynamic (Demeter) Certification
- Activism 101
- Resources for Minnesota Sustainable Farmers
- Raw Materials Economics
- Raw Milk Production & Sales
- Reams-Method Agronomy
- Understanding Recent Food Safety Legislation
The event sounds like a good time but I have a day job. The irony is that my day job will actually be taking me to the Twin Cities soon after this conference. Oh well. On a side note, Reams-Method Agronomy is almost as innocently dirty as “tea cupping” . . . almost.