| | | Connecting farmers and food system innovators across Florida Published Monthly by the UF/IFAS Small Farms and Alternative Enterprises Extension Team | | | Issue No. 5 | February 2016 | | | Regional Small Farms Conference in Fort Myers Online Registration now open! Check out the Conference Program today! 
Learn about soil building, urban farming sytems, agroforestry-based integrated farms, financing the farm, cottage and value-added foods to food policies, local food systems and MORE. This two-day event promises lots of learning opportunities for everyone, from the prospective or beginner farmers to those most experienced, and from rural to urban settings. Go to the Conference Site | | | | Whole Farm Integrated Pest Management Video Series 
Learn how to manage pests using IPM strategies on a whole farm through this video series developed by a team of UF/IFAS Extension. See MORE | | | | | | | | Northwest Florida - Veterans, New, Small Farmer Workshop February 16, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, Monticello Register here - Gulf Coast Agritourism & Ecotourism Business Development Conference February 18-19, Pensacola More information and registration here | Northeast Florida - Strawberry Pest Management Workshop Call 904-966-6224 to register - Starting a Successful Hydroponic Business March 14&15, 2016, Live Oak Registration and more info here - Starting a Successful Hydroponic Business March 18&19, 2016, Live Oak Registration and more info here - Greenhouse and Outdoor Hydroponics Short Registration and more info here - Soil Microbiology Short Course: Applications and Analysis of Mycorrhizal Associations. July 11-13, 2016, Gainesville Registration and more info here | | Central Florida NRCS Brooksville Plan Material Center March 4, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm Call Janet Grabowski at 352-796-9600 ext 101 | South Central Florida - Florida Pomegranate Association Growers Meeting. March 4, 2016, Wimauma More information and registration here - Southwest FL Small Farmer Network Meeting February 22 from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm Circle C Farm, 951 Morris Taylor Road, Felda, FL - Regional Small Farms Conference April 1 & 2, Fort Myers.
For more information and registration here | | South Florida - Water Conservation Exposition and Vendor Fair. February 19, West Palm Beach RSVP by calling 561- 682-2577 or --------- Other Events outside Florida - Business of Farming Conference February 20 from 8:30am-5:00pm Asheville, North Carolina. More info here - 2016 Cover Crop Conference July 18-19, 2016, Mt. Olive and Goldsboro, | 
| | | News and Announcements | Publications | - NRCS provides financial assistance for wildlife habitat, including gopher tortoise. More here - New Food Safety Rule. Is my farm affected? - Report shows SNAP effective in fight against food - Peddling a New Model of Urban Farming. - Hoover Family Farms - Suwannee Valley BMP - Florida International University supports veterans and minorities interested in farming. More here - Integrating Traditional Foods with Aquaponics in the Desert Southwest. More here | - Water and Nutrient Management Guidelines for Greenhouse Hydroponic Vegetable. Open here - Improving the Precision of Blueberry Frost Protection Irrigation. Open here - Mutually beneficial pollinator diversity and crop yield outcomes in small and large farms. Open here - Building Local and Regional Food Systems, by SARE. Open here | | | About this Newsletter. The Cultivator is an online monthly newsletter published by the UF/IFAS Small Farms and Alternative Enterprises Extension Team. The objectives of the newsletter are to share practical production and marketing information and build a strong network among small and medium scale farmers and other food system stakeholders across Florida. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- is a collaboration of about 140 University State and County Faculty Extension across Florida. The team works on supporting small and medium scale farms and strengthening local and regional food systems. We hope that you find this online newsletter useful. Please send us your events, announcements, feedback, suggestions and questions to UF/IFAS Small Farms and Alternative Enterprises Extension Team | | Follow us on:   | | | |
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