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Veteran Farmers Conference: Boots to Roots
MARCH 17 - 18, 2020
VSU - Gateway Event & Dining Hall • Colonial Heights, VA
Join military veteran farmers, landowners and agriculture professionals for an opportunity to hear about available resources, smart business strategies, and successful production practices—especially for those new and beginning veteran farmers who want to learn more about what it takes to farm profitability and sustainability.
REGISTRATION FEE: $25 per person includes meals, refreshments and bus tour at the conference.
RESERVE YOUR ROOM
Hampton Inn - Southpark, is off I-95, across the street from the Southpark Mall. It's two miles to downtown Petersburg’s antique shops, restaurants, and attractions. We're 25 miles from downtown Richmond and Richmond International Airport, and only three miles from Fort Lee Army Base and Virginia State University. Our daily hot breakfast and WiFi are free.
A discounted rate ($96/night) is available for registered attendees at the conference.
INTERESTED IN BECOMING AN EXHIBITOR OR SPONSOR?
Contact the Small Farm Outreach Program office at (804) 524-3292 or email smallfarm@vsu.edu for details.
Conference Agenda
TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2020
Conference Welcome
Registration Desk Open; Continental Breakfast
GENERAL SESSIONS:
Fellowship Grant Recipients
USDA Agencies
Beginning and Veteran Farmer Program
BUS TOUR
Slade Farm
After working with both Virginia Tech in various roles and Virginia State University in various roles, all centered around making farms profitable, Cliff Slade now finds himself living the dream in Surry County. Farming Slade Farms full time, Cliff grows traditional crops with success, has found a great market for organic sweet potato transplants, utilizes high tunnel and open ground production models, and has ventured into growing industrial hemp for the CBD market for the first time in 2019. While at VSU, Cliff fathered the 43560 project, proving to all that the potential is there for a grower to make $1 or more per sq. foot of land!
Networking Reception
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2020
Registration Desk Open; Continental Breakfast
EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP SESSIONS
Choose from a variety of sessions taking place during the morning, including:
Financial Planning
AgrAbility
Urban Farming for Veterans
Virginia Chapter Meeting
Conference concludes at 3PM
For more information, contact the Small Farm Outreach Program office at (804) 524-3292 or email smallfarm@vsu.edu.
If you are a person with a disability and desire any assistive devices, services or other accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact the Small Farm Outreach Program office at smallfarm@vsu.edu or call (804) 524-3292 / (800) 828-1120 during business hours of
8 a.m. and 5 p.m. to discuss accommodations five days prior to the event.