Contact: Rose Skora, 262-857-1945 or 262-886-8460, Rose.Skora@kenoshacounty.org
Rural landowners, small farmers and individuals who are considering a farm enterprise are invited to attend the 5th Annual Southeast Wisconsin Rural Landowner Conference scheduled for Nov. 5.
Tim Baye, UW-Extension business development educator, will begin the day with a discussion of “Biomass: Turning Green into Green $”. Biomass is defined as organic material from plants or animals.
After the keynote speaker, participants will be able to choose from a variety of educational topics from three tracts:
– Entrepreneurship: topics include growing grapes and starting a vineyard, growing hops, brewing beer and wine, and running a winery business.
– Small farm: topics include information on raising chickens, raising ducks and geese, raising beef and raising pigs.
– Conservation: topics include invasive species identification, creating natural landscapes, vermicomposting (composting with worms), and a panel discussion on the various government programs in which a landowner might be eligible to participate.
A trade show and farmers’ market will be held in conjunction with the conference.
The program will be held on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011 at the Kenosha County Center in Bristol and will run from 8 a.m. -3 p.m. Cost for the program is $20 per person and $15 for youth between the ages of 14 and 18. Costs increase by $5 after the Oct. 21 early bird deadline. Lunch is included with the registration fee.
Registration information as well as the brochure is available at: http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cty/kenosha/ag/index.html If you have questions about the program or need additional information, please contact Rose Skora, 262-857-1945 or rose.skora@ces.uwex.edu.
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