2024 Virginia Farm to Table Conference
December 5 @ 8:00 am - December 6 @ 4:00 pm
We hope you are doing well and can join us for the upcoming 2024 Virginia Farm-to-Table Conference. Keynote speakers and practitioners of note include Clarenda “Farmer Cee” Stanley of Green Heffa Farms, Nicole Masters of Integrity Soils, Maureen McNamara Best of the Local Environmental Agriculture Project (LEAP) in Roanoke, Professor Emeritus Dr. David Kohl of Virginia Tech’s Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Mr. Elisha Barnes of Pop Son Farm in Southampton County, and others. There will also be concurrent sessions on Thursday and Friday afternoon on branding, fundraising, agroecological leadership, regional food system development, emerging food value chain alliances – and much more!
The Virginia Soil Health Coalition is also excited to host a networking reception and 4 The Soil Jam in honor of World Soil Day on the evening of December 5th at The Granary at Valley Pike Market. The Flip Charts will share their brand new music video of their original song “We Are 4 The Soil.” If you would like to join the 4 The Soil “Hoot-n-Annie”” jam session, bring your guitar, harmonica, your voice, or any other instrument!
Conservation and NMP credits should be available and more details will be coming soon.
Theme: Connecting Food, Farms, and Health
When: Thursday, December 5, 2024 & Friday, December 6, 2024, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. World Soil Day Networking Reception and Jam December 5, 2024 4-7 PM
Where: Blue Ridge Community College’s Plecker Workforce Center
One College Lane, Weyers Cave, Virginia 24486
How to register online: https://tinyurl.com/2024VAF2TConfRegistration
Cost: $50 per day for conference
An additional $20 for Thursday’s off-site Networking Sessions and 4 The Soil “Hoot-n-Annie” Jam at the Granary at Valley Pike Farm Market
Registration Deadline: Conference Registration Deadline: December 2, 2024, at 12:00 p.m. There will be a $20 refund processing fee for refunds requested after December 2, 2024, at 12:00 p.m..
Additional Details: A more complete agenda and list of speakers, panelists, and moderators is available and being refined at https://www.4thesoil.org/va-farm-to-table-conference-2024 and https://foodsystems.centers.vt.edu/events-and-speakers/UpcomingEvents/VAFarmtoTable2024.html