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5th Immigrant and Minority Farmers Conference - February 19-20, 2010

The 5th Immigrant and Minority Farmers Conference will be held February 19-20, 2010 at the Wilder Foundation in St. Paul.  The conference is a cooperative effort by the MFA, Land Stewardship Project, MOSES, USDA Farm Service Agency and other similar organizations to help small-scale and beginning immigrant and minority farmers to succeed in making a living by growing and selling mostly organic food to farmers markets or through CSAs.  Many of these folks are new to our area and culture, and quite a few come from agrarian backgrounds.  The conference provides two days of workshops on relevant topics, has a resource room and exhibits by the above sponsoring organizations. Everything is free for the farmers.

We are looking for a few small donations to give to the 80-100 farmers that will be attending the conference.  Each farmer will receive a canvas tote bag full of information from the sponsoring agencies and workshop presenters.  We hope to include seed packets in each tote, as well as other small, inexpensive items such as gloves and aprons.  We'd also like to receive a few donated tools (hoes, shovels, bed rakes, hoses, sprayer wands, etc) to give away in a daily raffle.

If you have anything you'd like to donate to our conference, please contact Nan Roberts at your earliest convenience.  We will gratefully acknowledge your contribution in the conference program.  For more information, go to www.mnfoodassociation.org/news.aspx 

Updated 02/08/10

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