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2009 - 18thAnnual Farming for the Future Conference
Penn State Conference Center Hotel, State College, PA. February 5-7, 2009
CDs
  • Spread the Word! Expanding the MarketsCustomer Base- Liz Carollo
  • Tracking Farmers Market Performance: Numbers are Important- Bernadine Prince
  • How to Keep your Customers Alive and the Health Department Happy- Janet Chrzan
  • Packing ‘em in and Picking their Pockets: How to Drive Farmers Market Sales to Ensure Profitability- Janet Chrzan
  • Get Them There, Keep Them Coming Back: How to Get Customers Talking, Shopping, and Returning to Your Farmers Markey- Liz Carollo
  • Creating a Presence at Your Market- Cheryl DeBerry
  • Integrating Pastured Hogs into a fruit and Vegetable Farm- Louis Lego
  • Sound of Science: The Inconvenient Truth Behind Sustainable Agriculture- Kevin Fulton
  • Plant Your Own Patch! An Introduction to American Ginseng Forest Farming- Eric Burkhart
  • Using Interns and Apprentices on Your Farm: Challenges & Opportunities-Moie Crawford, Lyn Garling, Gloria Emerson
  • Reducing Tillage in Organic Vegetable Systems: Options for the Cooler Northeast- Anusuya Rangarajan
  • Year- Round Backyard Mini- Farming:Food with the Least Fossil Fuel and Footprint- Tania Slawecki, Gene Bazan
  • Growing Native Medicinal Forest Plants for Market and Use- Eric Burkhart
  • Holistic High Density Planned Grazing- Greg Judy
  • Profitability of Year- Round Growing Focus on Mulching and Tunnels- Sandy and Paul Arnold
  • Using Organic Nutrient Sources & Interepreting Soil and Compost Analyses- Heather Karsten, Emelie Swackhamer, Tom Richard
  • Body & Soul: The Livestock & Human Farmacy from the Ground Up- Jerry Brunetti
  • The Verstility of Small Grains: Food, Feed, Forage, Seed and Cover Crops- Klaas & Peter Martens
  • Closing Keynote Address- Bernard Sweeney

    • Films
    Fridays at the Farm. Dir. Richard Power Hoffman, Coyopa Productions, 2006. Independent Film Approx. 65 minutes - winner best short film from the Green Film Festival in Seoul, 2007; Official Selection Mountain Film, 2007
    • “Feeling disconnected from their food, a filmmaker and his family decide to join a local community supported organic farm. As he photographs the growing process, the filmmaker moves from passive observer to active participant in the planning and harvesting of vegetables. Featuring lush time – lapse photography sequences compiled from nearly 20, 000 still images, this personal essay is a father’s meditation on his blossoming family and community.”
    What Will We Eat? The Search for Healthy Local Food. Dir. Chris Bedford, Chris Bedford Films, 2005 Approx. 26 min.
    • Film focuses on the success of the Sweetwater Local Foods Market in Muskegon, Michigan- Michigan’s first farmers market to exclusively sell local produce raised according to organic standards and products from animals raised humanely. Story is told through the voices of the farmers and their customers.
    The Future of Food. Dir. Deborah Koons Garcia, Iron Weed Films, 2007 Approx. 88 min.
    • “As powerful multinational corporations seek to control the world’s agricultural systems, they are transforming the fundamental nature of our food, our bodies and ultimately the entire biological web of life. This hard-hitting film investigates the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered crops that have slipped into our food supply and onto our family tables. “
    The Future of Food: Short Films- Fridays at the Farm (2006). Dir. Richard Power Hoffman, Iron Weed Films, 2007. Approx. 19 min
    • “Feeling disconnected from their food, a filmmaker and his family decide to join a local community supported organic farm. As he photographs the growing process, the filmmaker moves from passive observer to active participant in the planning and harvesting of vegetables. Featuring lush time – lapse and macro photography sequences, this personal essay is a filmmaker’s meditation on his blossoming family and community, and an inspiring testament to the value of natural foods.”
    The Future of Food- Short Films The Happy Box (2006). Dir. Erica Filanc. Iron Weed Films, 2007. Approx. 13 min.
    • “Demonstrating that sustainable agriculture is economically viable for farmers and beneficial to both people and the environment, this brief film essay explores the emerging popularity of Community Supported Agriculture and its promise for the future.”
    The Future of Food- Short Films: Planting Seeds (1999).Dir. Jeff Barrie and the City of Santa Monica. Iron Weed Films, 2007. Approx. 8 min.
    • “ This delightful short film follows elementary students in the award winning school gardening program of the Santa Monica- Malibu School District of California as they eagerly tell their stories, showing us how they plant, tend, harvest, and yes, even eat, their fruits and vegetables! The students learn where their food really comes from, and in the process develop a deeper connection to the natural world.”
    Community Supported Agriculture. CBS, 11/30/97- Approx. 25 min.on VHS