Midwest Aronia Association Conference

Midwest Aronia Association will hold their 1st Annual Conference, bringing together the largest gathering of aronia pioneer, growers, and producers in the United States, on April 8 and 9, 2011 in Des Moines, Iowa.  Information will be presented on the science, growing, and marketing of the aronia berry.  For more information, or to register for this limited seating event, please visit www.MidwestAronia.org

Sustainable Poultry/Poultry Processing Summit

This event is hosted by a group hoping to launch a southwestern Wisconsin poultry processing facility.   The one-day conference is  Saturday, April 2, 2011 from 10 – 4 at the UW Extension, Crawford County Administration Building
225 North Beaumont Road, Suite 236,  Prairie du Chien, WI.  The cost is $15.   Click here for the agenda. To RSVP, email Amy Bruner Zimmerman.

If you weren’t at our session at the MOSES Organic Farming Convention, here’s a handy little recap on a blog called “Digging in the Driftless.”

And, for those interested in the ever-expanding world of permaculture, there’s this upcoming short course on hazelnuts.

Finally, we’d be remiss if we didn’t alert you to the upcoming series of forums on food system sustainability here at UW-Madsion, hosted by the Nelson Institute.