FOOTHILLS FRESH GROWERS SCHOOL

N.C. Cooperative Extension Service

Catawba County Agricultural Resources Center

1175 South Brady Avenue,  Newton, NC

February 24, 2012

8:00 a.m.    Registration and Refreshments (Biscuits, Juice, Coffee)            

8:30 a.m.    Welcome—Jeff Carpenter

8:35 a.m.    Update on the Foothills Fresh Program—Kevin Starr

8:45 a.m.    Tapping into the Charlotte Market—Christy Shi

9:30 a.m.     Managing Stink Bugs and Other Interesting Insect Pests of          

                   Vegetables—Jim Walgenbach

10:15 a.m.   Break

10:30 a.m.   Pollinator Conservation—Nancy Lee Adamson

11:15 a.m.   Bringing New Farmers to the Table / Perspectives from a            

                    New Small Farm—Joanna Lelekacs

12:00 noon Adjourn

Registration:  There is no charge to attend the school.  However, pre-registration is required.  Call 828-465-8240 or e-mail beth_rogers@ncsu.edu no later than February 17.  You may also register on-line at   ffgrowersschool.eventbrite.com .

Speakers:

• Christy Shi is the executive director of the new 7^th Street Public Market in Charlotte and the co-founder of “Know Your Farms.”  7thstreetpublicmarket.com  knowyourfarms.com
• Jim Walgenbach is an Extension Entomologist stationed in Mills River, North Carolina.
• Nancy Lee Adamson is a pollinator conservation specialist with the USDA-NRCS East National Technology Support Center & The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. www.xerces.org
• Joanna Lelekacs is the state Coordinator for the  Incubator Farm Project at the Center for Environmental Farming Systems.  She also owns and operates Dancing Pines farm along with her husband, Bill.  ncnewfarmers.org  www.dancingpinesfarm.com