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6th National Small Farm Conference"Promoting the Successes of Small Farmers and Ranchers"Memphis Cook |
The 6th National Small Farm Conference, "Promoting the Successes of Small Farmers and Ranchers", will be hosted by Tennessee State University, College of Agricultural Human and Natural Sciences. Successes in small farm activities will be shared, as well as innovative ideas in research, extension and outreach to strengthen collaboration and partnership among state specialists who work to ensure that small farmers and ranchers not only survive, but thrive in today’s economy. This conference will also serve as a forum to discuss the results of research geared towards addressing challenges facing small farmers and ranchers. Strengthening partnerships created at the five previous National Small Farm Conferences will continue to be a priority for the Memphis meeting.
This conference will consist of short courses, oral presentations, exhibits, poster paper presentations, and educational tours within Tennessee and Arkansas.
This conference will be held at the Memphis Cook Convention Center on September 18 - 20, 2012.
Memphis Cook Convention Center
255 N. Main Street
Memphis, TN 38103
http://www.memphisconvention.com
Short Courses - These will be available as pre-conference workshops. Selected topics for short courses will be posted on the conference website once finalized.
Oral Presentations - Present a paper reporting the results of education/outreach activities, research or lessons learned from professional experience. Oral presentations are opportunities to share successes of programming efforts in assisting small farmers and ranchers. These presentations will take place in 7 concurrent sessions on Wednesday and Thursday. Each presentation will last 20 minutes (15 minutes for the presentation and 5 minutes for questions). Please submit no more than three proposals per author. To the extent possible, submissions not selected for oral presentations will be reviewed for poster presentations.
Poster Presentations - Present a poster reporting the results of education/outreach activities, research or lessons learned from professional experience. Posters will be displayed in the exhibit hall on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Presenters will be available to answer questions and explain their experiences and results to conference attendees at set times during the conference. Poster boards will be provided and the dimensions will be four-feet high by eight-feet wide (4' x 8').
Success Stories - The theme of the success stories is “Making A Difference”. These stories should center on work you have undertaken working with small farmers, beginning farmers, socially disadvantaged farmers, immigrant farmers, farm workers, limited resource producers and others with vested interest in improving their livelihood through farming as an enterprise. Please share stories which have resulted from activities that stand out (impacts) in working with your clients and have ultimately resulted in making a difference to their livelihood and lifestyle changes. Examples might include efforts where assistance has been provided in “Working from Rags to Riches” or “Assisting a Farmer or Farmers in reducing delinquency rates”
If you need to ship materials to the hotel, please contact Ms. Leslie Good at (901) 214-3737 for information about storing your materials.
The conference registration fees are:
The registration fee includes:
Please visit the registration webpage to register for the conference.
Lodging for the conference will at the Memphis Marriott Downtown Hotel. A block of rooms has been set aside for conference participants. Lodging reservations must be made on or before August 24, 2012. The room rate is $96.00 + $15.31 sales tax, for a grand total of $111.31. Visit the lodging webpage for more information.
Memphis Marriott Downtown
250 North Main Street
Memphis, TN 38103
(901) 527-7300
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/memdt-memphis-marriott-downtown/
Memphis International Airport
2491 Winchester Road
Suite 113
Memphis, TN 38116-3856
(901) 992-8000
http://www.mscaa.com/
Please visit the shuttle services webpage for information on shuttle services to and from the Memphis Airport.
Those wishing to exhibit at the National Small Farm conference should go to the exhibitors webpage for more information.
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