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<br />Frid ay, Nove mbeti- s2 a~at uYd a~ Nove mber- z3 <br />12:00 Registration opens <br />7:30 Registration opens <br />1:00 to 1:05 Open: Joe Kramer 7:30 Continental Breakfast <br />CFSA President <br />8:30 to 10:00 .Keynote Address:: Sustainable Farm <br />1:05 to 1:10 Welcome: Jim Graham Systems-Applied to Your Community <br />Commissioner, North Carolina Department - -_ • Dc Joe Lewis, USDA Research Entomologist <br />_ of Agriculture and Consumer Services - and Vice Mayor, of Tihon, GA <br />• Marion Jay, Field Facilitator for Communities <br />1:10 b 2:45 Panel: Experiences in Developing in Schools of Georgia- <br />Community-based Food Systems . . <br />• Dr. Joe Lewis, USDA Research Entomologist <br />and Vice Mayor of rfton, GA. <br />• Dr. Kamyar Enshayan, Dvector, :University of ~..~ ~ - <br />Northern Iowa's Local Food Protect " <br />• Phillip Barker, Operation Spring plant, . ~ - <br />Oxford, NC <br />• Pete Dixon, Broadwing Farm,_Hot Springs, NC <br />Carolina Organic Growers President , <br />2:45 b 3:00 Break <br />3:00 to 4:00 The State of Sustainable Agriculture <br />• Organic Standards Update <br />Michael Sligh, Rural Advancement Foundation International, .USA <br />• Center for Environmental Farming Systems(CEFSJUpdate ~ - <br />Dr. Nancy Creamer, CEFS Organic Unit Coordinator <br />• NCDA Interactions/Organic Commodity Group Development <br />Joe Kramer, Rainbow Farm, Pittsboro, NC, CFSA President <br />4:00 b 6:00 CFSA Regional Meetings <br />AND DOOR PRIZE <br />Dr. Joe'Lewis andIWarion jay will~speak on fhe incorporation <br />` of holisticsystems #or assuring environmental; economic~arid <br />human resource sustainability of local communities.. They will <br />'sha`re their thoughts and experiences in focusing on_local com- <br />munities ds the building blocks of our society and the`blending <br />of all professions,. human relationships onc! nature. <br />10:00 to,10:30 Break'->, <br />10:3010 12:00 Workshop Series A <br />12:00 to 1:30 lunch <br />=1:30 fio 3:00 ~ Workshop~Series B <br /> <br />3:00 to 3:30 ... <br />Break <br />3:30 to 5:00 Workshop Series C <br />5:00 to 6:00 Poster Session and Social <br />6:00 b 7:00. Poster Session and "Slow Food" Social 6:00 Silent auction ends <br />7:00 b 9:00 Dinner and CFSA Membership <br />Meeting _ _ <br />6:30 to 8:00 Dinner and awards ceremony <br />8:00 Contra Dance <br />Music for the dance will be provided by String Soup with <br />Caller, Barry Dupen. <br />Running in tandem with the <br />conference is the A1TRA <br />Sustainable Agriculture Video <br />Show, open to conference <br />participants at any <br />time during <br />conference <br />hours. <br />7:30 Continental Breakfast <br />From 8:30 to 1:00, participants are invited to join in either the <br />Workshop Series or a Farm Tour/Equipment Demonstration or a <br />cheesemaking workshop (rm and Anne Booras, Cote De Feves Farm, <br />Julian, NCJ. <br />8:30 to 10:30 Workshop Series A <br />10:30 b 11:00 Break <br />11:00 b 1:00 Workshop Series B <br />1:15 Conference Closing <br />2 <br />