Alternative Farm Enterprise Conference

Saturday, June 5, 20108:30 am – 3:00 pm

Please register byMay 31th

Florida A&M University Research & Extension Center

Quincy, FL

Telephone (850) 875-7255

Please mail or FAX registration form to: Gadsden County Extension 2140 W. Jefferson St. Quincy, FL 32351-1905 (850) 875-7257

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FAMU Research & Extension Center

4259 Old Bainbridge Hgwy. 267, Quincy, FL

__Your Cooperating Extension Agents__

Alex Bolques, Gadsden County (850) 875-7255

Charles Brasher, Jackson County (850) 482-9620

Jed Dillard, Jefferson County (850) 482-0187

Les Harrison, Leon County (850) 606-5200

Lester Muralles, Gadsden County (850) 875-7255

Scott Jackson, Wakulla County (850) 926-3931

Trevor Hylton, Wakulla/Leon Multi-County

From the Gadsden County Court House square on US 90, take county road 267

north approximately 6 miles.The FAMU-REC will be on the left.

Program Agenda

8:15 AM Registration

8:30 General Session (Moderator: Alex Bolques, Gadsden County Extension)

Welcome…………………………………...…………Dr. Ray Mobley, FAMU/CESTA Extension Director

8:45 Business planning considerations to make your farm enterprise shine and grow…….. Sandra Thompson FAMU/CESTA Extension

9:30 Identifying and Pricing for Specialty Crop Market Segments………………………….… Les Harrison UF/IFAS Leon County Extension

10:15 Break

10:30 – 12:30 Break-out sessions 1 &2 (see sessions chart below – choice of 1 topic per session time-slots)

12:30 Lunch

1:30 – 2:30 Break-out session 3 (see sessions chart below – choice of 1 topic per session time-slots)

2:30 – 2:45 Wrap-up and Evaluation

The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer authorized to provide research, educational information and other services only to ‑individuals and institutions that function without regard to race, color, sex, age, handicap or national origin.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, IFAS, Florida A. & M. UNIVERSITY COOPERATIVE EXTENSION PROGRAM, AND BOARDS OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COOPERATING.

Saturday, June 5, 2010 in conjunction with the FAMU FARM Festival

Break-out Sessions Time-slots

Marketing(Vonda Richardson, Moderator)

Specialty Crops(Alex Bolques, Moderator)

Row Crops(Charles Brasher, Moderator)

Session I10:30-11:30

Marketing opportunities with Retail OutletsAndrea Sutrick, Panhandle Fresh

Satsuma ProductionLester Muralles, FAMU/CESTA

Collard GreensGilbert Queeley, FAMU/CESTA

Session II11:30-12:30

Florida Market MakerAl Wysocki , UF-IFAS

Cut Flower ProductionSandi Dutton, Cut Flower Farms and Alex Bolques, FAMU/CESTA

Vegetable ProductionCharles Brasher, FAMU/CESTA

Session III1:30-2:30

Farm-to-School Glyen Holmes, New North Florida Coop.

AquacultureUford Madden, PhD., FAMU/CESTA

North Florida Grazing SystemsJed Dillard, UF/IFAS

Booth/Table Displays: Rain Harvest Systems