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Sustainable Ag Tours: Jed's Farm in Franklin County
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June 19, 2009 09:00 AM
June 19, 2009 01:00 PM
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Learn about sustainable strawberry production and tour other crops at Jed's farm. Afterwards, a local lunch and presentation on specialty crop marketing.
June 19, 2009
Jed’s Farm
Thompsonville
18183 State Highway 34, Thompsonville, IL 62890
9:00 am – 1:00 pm
9:00 am Registration
9:20 am Welcome and Introductions
John Pike, Extension Educator, Community & Economic
Development, Carbondale Center
Dayna Conner, Executive Director, Food Works, Carbondale
Deborah Cavanaugh-Grant, Extension Specialist, Small Farm
and Sustainable Agriculture, University of Illinois Extension
9:30 am Ernie Duckworth, Jed's Farm, will discuss alternative
plasticulture strawberry production using bare root plants and
compost and will provided an overview of the food crops
grown on the farm
11:30 Travel to the Farm Bureau Office
Noon Lunch
Farm Bureau, 1210 Route 14 West, Benton
Featuring Local Foods
Presentation by John Pike - Innovative Specialty Crop
Marketing: Farmers Markets, Agritourism and More!
Tour sponsored by:
• Jed’s Farm
• University of Illinois Extension Franklin County Unit
• University of Illinois Extension
• North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)
Professional Development Program
• Agriculture and Tourism Partners of Illinois (ATPI)
• Agroecology Sustainable Agriculture Program (ASAP)
at the University of Illinois
• Peoria Chapter of the Initiative for the Development for
Entrepreneurs in Agriculture (IDEA)
• Food Works
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