Nevada County Grown and The Union present
The Sustainable Local Food
and Farm
Conference
Saturday, January 22, 2011
The Gold Miner's Inn Hotel and Conference Center
Grass Valley, CA
The Conference was a Huge Success!
To order a DVD of 1 or all 3 sessions, contact:
Touchdown Productions
16863 Oscar Drive, Grass Valley CA 95949
530-274-2206
gil@touchdownproductions.com
Nevada County Grown is pleased to announce what we see as the
Inaugural Year for The Sustainable Local Food and Farm Conference.
This is not going to be a day of dry lecture on how far apart to plant your rows, or what's the best vaccine for your livestock - far from it!!! We feel we have assembled several of the most knowledgeable, most dynamic, and highly energetic speakers in the country on the subject of sustainable agriculture and the importance of nutrient dense foods as a dietary necessity.
Whether you are currently farming, want to start, or want to learn more about why healthy, locally grown food is so important to an individual's diet, this high impact day of sustainable farming frivolity will have plenty for everyone, yet leave you eager to learn more.
We want you to be a part of this event. That's why we are offering two lecture series, All Conference Passes, an Indoor Expo open to the public all day, locally grown meal options, and hotel room packages. Meet the speakers, area farmers and support services; make new friends, and see just how exciting and important growing and supporting local agriculture really is to a vibrant community.
The Food and Farm Expo will be open to the public from 10:30am - 5:30pm. Local farmers, agricultural. support services, and active members of our farming community will have booths available to showcase themselves to attendees and the public.
Pre-conference Free Family Lecture on getting your kids to eat healthy food, from 9:30am - 10:30am.
Day Conference from 11:15am - 4:50pm features all four of our speakers
Evening Session from 6:00pm - 9:00pm once again features all four speakers plus a Group Panel with Q&A
Click here for full Conference Schedule information
Register for Day Sessions $ 50
Evening Sessions $ 30
Full Conference $ 70 (Discounted $65 rate for Nevada County Grown members)
Box Lunch ($12) and Organic Buffet Dinner ($20) are available for advance purchase. The meals are provided by local deli-caterers Summer Thyme's and In the Kitchen.. See Menus.
Hotel Conference Packages: The Gold Miner's Inn has a limited number of Conference Packages that include room plus full-conference registration. Phone: 530-477-1700.
Other Opportunities to participate. Please contact: conference@nevadacountygrown.org
Sponsorships: Become a Presenting Sponsor or Scholarship Sponsor. Help support the conference or provide scholarships for attendees. You will be recognized on the website and at the conference.
Expo Booth: Have a booth in the Conference hotel, open to attendees and the public. Expo participants are listed on the website.Volunteer: There will also be some opportunities to volunteer for the event. We will need some assistance in the coming months and some able and willing hands to assist the day of the event.
Scholarships: We will be offering a Scholarship program to the extent we have funds available. Scholarship Sponsors will put up Conference fees in exchange for affiliation with the event, and a committee of NCG Board members will award scholarships to youth, young farmers and local food activists. Click here for information about applying for a scholarship.
We wish to thank the following Sponsors for underwriting the Speakers
Click here to download a Conference Flyer (PDF, 8.5" x 14", color)Click here to download a Conference Poster (PDF, color)
Any profits from this event will be used by Nevada County Grown
to help promote agriculture in Nevada County.We look forward to seeing you at the Conference.
