Feb 7th Meeting of SWFSFN at RoyalTila Tropical Fish Farm in Punta Gorda

To all members and supporters of the SW FL Small Farmer Network (SWFSFN), I’m sending you this friendly reminder of our upcoming Feb 7^th meeting in Punta Gorda – see email below for details . . . 

 

I also want to announce that we will have a guest Extension speaker, i.e., John Alleyne of Highlands County Extension.  John will give a short report of his field trials of alternative biofuel crops and extend an invitation to everyone to his upcoming Monday, Feb 14^th field day.   Pertaining to this topic, we invite you to also review the presentations from the 2010 Small Farms & Alternative Enterprises Conference on this topic – see http://smallfarms.ifas.ufl.edu/floridasmallfarmsconference/postconference/2010/presentations/alternative_enterprises/M.Morris_ROU.pdf  (especially slides 37 to 52).

We hope John’s presentation will revive the past discussions in SWFSFN for some onfarm trials and a cooperative formation in alternative fuels production to meet your small farming needs and goals.

 

Thanks to everyone who has already RSVP for the meeting,

 

robert

 

Robert A. Kluson, Ph.D.

AG/NR Extension Agent

UF/IFAS Sarasota County Extension

6700 Clark Road, Sarasota, FL  34241

(941) 232-3090; FAX (941) 861-9886

http://sarasota.ifas.ufl.edu

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Kluson <rkluson@scgov.net>
To: Robert Kluson <rkluson@scgov.net>
Sent: Tue, Jan 11, 2011 4:09 pm
Subject: SAVE THIS DATE: Feb 7th Meeting of SWFSFN at RoyalTila Tropical Fish Farm in Punta Gorda

Hello members & supporters of the SW FL Small Farmer Network (SWFSFN)!   I am very pleased to send you this announcement and invitation to the next meeting of SWFSFN.  Following up our very successful Dec 6^th meeting at the UF/IFAS Gulfcoast REC, we are continuing to provide you with a follow-up educational event on one of the topics from the 2010 Small Farms & Alternative Enterprise (SFAE) conference, i.e., aquaponics.  It will be hosted by Mr. Jorge Pang who was a featured speaker at the 2010 SFAE Conference on this topic - see his presentation at the webpage http://smallfarms.ifas.ufl.edu/floridasmallfarmsconference/postconference/2010/presentations/alternative_enterprises/J.Pang_ROU.pdf

 

I am sure that you will not want to miss this opportunity for another very worthwhile SWFSFN event and an opportunity for social networking with your fellow small farmers in SW Florida.  Come meet your colleagues who are making our local food systems a reality!   Remember to bring seeds to share for our Seed Swap activity as a demonstration of the usefulness of our collective actions.  Finally, we are planning to have another spectacular pot lunch so bring your locally-grown foods prepared with you special recipes for the holiday season!
 
For your reference, here 's our meetings details and agenda:
 
Date:                            Monday, Feb 7, 2011
Time:                            9:30 am to 2:30 pm
Host:                            Mr. Jorge Pang, Project Manager

Place:                           RoyalTila Tropical Fish Farm, 32151 Oil Well Rd, Punta Gorda, FL 33955
Directions:                    see the webpage www.royaltila.com

Cost:                            NONE

RSVP:                          YES, please   

Note:                            Bring your own folding chair and utensils/plates for the pot luck lunch !

                   

 

AGENDA

 

9:30 to 10:00 am -         registration

 

10:00 am to 11:30 am - welcome

                                    -       Tour of the RoyalTila Tropical Fish Farm

 

11:30 am to 12:300 pm - pot luck lunch & seed swap

 

12:30 to 1:30 pm -         growers meeting - introductions & announcements

                                    a)  introduction of county SWFSFN grower leaders

                                    b)  report on 2011 SSAWG Conference (Jan 19-22, 2011)

                                                c)  input for future SWFSFN events

 

1:30 to 2:30 pm -          County Extension agents presentations

                                                a)   descriptions of upcoming education events at local county Extension offices

                                    b)  report of alternative biofuels crop production trials for South Florida (John Alleyne of Highlands County Extension)

                                  

 . . . please, feel free to pass along this announcement to your fellow small farmers who would be interested in our activities.  If they are not familiar with SWFSFN, please, refer them to both our webpage (see http://sarasota.ifas.ufl.edu/AG/swfsfn.shtml) and Yahoo Group (see http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SW_FL_Small_Farms/)

 

Thanks,

 

Robert

 

Robert A. Kluson, Ph.D.

Agriculture/Natural Resources Extension Agent II

UF/IFAS - Sarasota County Extension

6700 Clark Road, Sarasota, FL  34241

(941) 232-3090;     FAX (941) 861-9886