From the Organizers:
Save the date, more to come!
The Farmers Conference at Tuskegee University is often cited as the oldest event of its type in the nation. The first Farmers Conference, originally called the “Peoples Conference” was hosted on this historic campus on February 23, 1892. This conference exists today as a two-day educational forum that features tours, panel discussions, interactive demonstrations and concurrent workshops.
The theme for this years conference is “Solving Common Problems in Uncommon Ways: Sustainable Innovation for the People”
These sessions address emerging issues surrounding small farmers, farm families and rural communities. Unique conference features and events include but are not limited to:
- Annual Meeting of the State Extension Advisory Council
- T.M. Campbell Memorial and Merit Farm Family award Banquet
- EXert Youth Competition
- Effective Marketing Tools for Agricultural Products Workshop
- PostHarvest Techniques and Technologies
- High Tunnel House Success Stories and Strategies
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This event is not hosted by ASAN. As one of ASAN’s roles is to share information and resources across our network so as to maximize all of our impact, we routinely post events that we ourselves are not hosting. If you have questions regarding this event, please contact event organizers rather than ASAN.