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Sunday, April 7, 2024
3-5 p.m.

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This symposium from the Real Organic Project is going deep into the rapid, food system corporate consolidation and pulling the threads on what this reality will bring to farmers, eaters, and citizens.

Sessions take place virtually on March 17 and April 7.

April 7: Do we need sophisticated tech and chemistry to grow our food today, or should we rely on age-old practices that embrace ecology and human wisdom? The current struggle between these two visions for our future is seen in the EU's Farm To Fork proposal and the USDA's submission to Big Ag's grip on so-called "Climate-Smart" funding. While the pesticide industry doubles down on false promises of higher yields and food security to nations that embrace their yet unproven Green Revolution, organic farmers point to the longtime success they've found building organic matter in soils and limiting pest and disease pressure by advancing biodiversity.

Learn more and register at the link below.

Location:
Online

Contact:
ROP / (000) 00-0000 /

http://realorganicproject.org/symposium-2024/

 

Richmond and Berea, Kentucky 

Saturday, April 20, 2024 through Tuesday, April 23, 2024
3 p.m.

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The 2024 Cumberland Seed Commons Spring Convening is an educational gathering of farmers, primarily from the Southeast region, with the focus on seeds and their foundational role in thesustainable agriculture movement. Participants will learn about: seed history in the USA, USDA seed vaults, seed farming, seed saving, seed sovereignty, seed research, seed rematriation, Indigenous and African American cosmology of seeds as well as seed diversity and seed adaptation as a necessary pathway of building community resilience as we are challenged by decreasing biodiversity, environmental degradation and climate change.

The Spring Convening will include: three days of workshops, speakers, hands-on-training of seed cleaning along with farm tours of local seed farmers, seed savers and seed researchers. In addition to numerous local resource people, our speakers will include representatives from the Cherokee tribal nations, USDA Seed Liaison Office, TVA and seed stewards from Belize, Trinidad and Tobago's, and Puerto Rico.

Location:
Berea College

Contact:
Jim Embry / (859) 270-3699 /

http://www.cumberlandseedcommons.org

 

Cincinnati, Ohio 

Thursday, May 2, 2024
8 a.m.-6 p.m.

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The Midwest Regional Sustainability Summit is the largest sustainability conference, bringing together 600 passionate and visionary leaders to share inspiring, forward-thinking, and solution-oriented ideas that propel us toward a healthier, more resilient, sustainable, and equitable future. Join Fortune 500 powerhouses, innovative entrepreneurs, government officials, sustainability directors, academic, non-profit, and community leaders committed to solving some of the region's toughest environmental problems while creating a positive economic impact.


The Summit is hosted by Green Umbrella. Planning partners include the Ohio Environmental Council, City of Cincinnati, Xavier University, University of Cincinnati, University of Dayton, Groundwork Ohio River Valley, and CommEN Strategies.

Location:
Duke Energy Convention Center

Contact:
Green Umbrella / (000) 000-0000 /

http://www.midwestsustainabilitysummit.org/

 

Columbus, Ohio 

Tuesday, June 11, 2024 through Thursday, June 13, 2024
8 a.m.

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This symposium will bring together a national and international audience of academic and research-oriented professionals to share and gain knowledge on how we can build coalitions to adapt to this changing world and how urban food systems contribute to these solutions.

Location:
Hyatt Regency Downtown Columbus
350 N High St
Columbus, OH 43215

Contact:
OSU / 614-292- 7670 /

http://urbanfoodsystemssymposium.org/

 

OEFFA
Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association
41 Croswell Rd.
Columbus OH 43214

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