Events

MOFFA Winter Meeting

FEBRUARY 16, 2013

(Snow Date February 23)
 

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

Maryland Dept. of Agriculture
50 Harry S. Truman Parkway
Annapolis, MD
 

Presentations, Panels, and Workshops

  • Information for farmers and gardeners in search of new ideas, techniques, and    inspiration
  • Networking opportunities for consumers and distributors, looking for good sources of local, organic food

Homegrown ‘Eat Local’ Potluck Lunch

  • One of the highlights of the meeting
  • Bring a dish to share to the best local lunch around!

Seed Swap

  • Bring seeds to exchange with the other participants

Silent Auction

  • Members may bring display materials; table space is available in exchange for silent auction item donations.

Only $5 for members and$20 for non-members

    • Registration is at the door.
    • Membership is $25 for one year or $45 for two years.

MOFFA WINTER MEETING 2013 SCHEDULE

TIME

                Room  A

Room B

8:00-8:30

Registration

8:30 -9:00

Welcome and Announcements/ Deanna Baldwin, MDA

9:00-9:30

 Shirley Micallef: Research Concerning GAP and Organic

 

9:30-9:45

Coffee Break, Silent Auction, Seed Swap Break into separate rooms

9:45-10:30

Ray Weil and Natalie Lounsbury: U of MD:

Innovating with low residue winter-killed cover crops, oil seed radish

Shirley Micallef, Donna Pahl:  Pre harvest organic production and GAP

10:30-11:15

C.R.R. Hooks, J. Hinds, K.-H. Wang, A. Rosario-Lebron, M. Lekveishvili, & L. Kolb: Making summer and winter cover crops a part of organic vegetable production

 Shirley Micallef, Donna Pahl:  Post harvest organic and GAP

11:15-12:00

Guihua Chen, C.R.R. Hooks, L. Kolb: Effects of Tillage Systems on Soil Nitrogen and Weed Dynamics, Growth and Yield of Organic Eggplants

Margaret Morgan Hubbard:  Eco City Farms

12:00-1:30

Potluck Lunch, Silent Auction, Seed Swap, Networking

1:30- 1:4o

Board Elections and Announcements

1:40-2:40

Arianne Lotti, Mike Tabor, Deanna Baldwin: What will new FDA Food Safety Rules mean for small, local, and organic farmers?

2:40-2:50

Last Chance for Silent Auction, Seed Swap, Grab Some Coffee

2:50-3:35

Tom Harbold, Anna Johnson, Margaret Morgan Hubbard :  Panel Discussion, Environmental and Agricultural Education

3:35-4:30

Laura Lengnick:  Is Your Farm Climate Ready? Best Practices for Managing Climate Risk on Your Farm

4:30-5:00

What  Retailers are looking for from Organic Producers

More information about the individual presentations available on the blog posts.


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 4th Ever Pasture Party for Land Conservation!

Saturday, October 6th, 2012, 11 AM to 3 PM

Location: P.A. Bowen Farmstead
5701 Dr. Bowen Road
Village of Aquasco
Brandywine, MD 20613

Welcome a new-fashioned, pasture-based farm!  Join us for an afternoon of  rural FUN while you learn about initiatives to conserve and renew our natural and cultural heritage.

 Fun Activities to Celebrate Rural Living!

  • Live Music by “The Swampy Bottom Boys” and Special Guests!
  • Taste of Local-Potluck starts at 12 Noon
  • Hoops and stilts for kid fun
  • Nature scavenger hunt starts at 1 PM
  • Sustainable Door prizes
  • “Prettiest Cow” Contest!
  • Old Jar Flea Market/Farmer’s Market & Local Artisans /Red Bud Trees
  • “What is it?” collection of farm and home items from the past
  • Antique tractors and cars
  • Birds of prey/Pottery Making /Silent Auction
  • Scarecrow Stuffing … And more FUN
  • Informative Displays

Sponsored By: The Black Swamp Creek Land Trust Inc., Maryland Organic Food and Farming Association, Prince George’s Soil Conservation District, The Paturxent Tidewater Land Trust and The Patuxent Riverkeeper. Agency and organizational representatives will be on hand to answer questions you may have about voluntary land conservation methods.

Please let us know if you are planning to attend, wish to contribute an activity, or volunteer! – contact Joanne (301) 502-3261 or blackswamp@me.com.  The event is FREE, however donations are encouraged. See you there!


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2012 MOFFA SUMMER SOCIAL

Sunday, June 24th, 3:00 PM

Country Pleasures Farm
6219 Harley Road
Middleton, MD 21769  
Country Pleasure Farm Website

Potluck Dinner- Please Bring A Dish

Join us to tour this unique, diversified farm and home to Eric and Lori Rice. Country Pleasures Farm is Maryland’s first certified organic orchard, with over 1800 apple, cherry, pear, peach, and apricot trees. Eric and Lori also grow a variety of berries,
as well as beef, hay, eggs, vegetables, herbs, and flowers, and they
produce preserves, fruit sauces, pesto and body lotions. Eric is a
founding member of MOFFA and helped write Maryland state organic
regulations.


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