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Growing Food & Profit (general info on the program further down this page) This is a reminder about our January 14 Growing Food and Profit meeting with location information. Hope to see you there! Date: January 14, 2008 Time: 6:30 p.m. Food: We will start as always with a potluck meal at 6:30. Everyone bring a dish to share and your own table service. I will provide coffee and water. Presenter: Matt Oneal, Assistant Professor of Entomology at ISU will be there to talk about habitats to attract beneficial insects. He is also bringing some samples of insects for folks to see. Place: First Presbyterian Church, 1204 13th Street, Dallas Center. From highway 44 turn south onto 14th street. At the stop sign veer left onto 13th street. (This street runs between the Library and the Korner Kone ice cream shop.) Continue on 13th street thru the 4 way stop, past Spurgeon Manor Nursing Home and Spurgeon Manor Village. The church is on the east side of the road opposite the Dallas Center Elementary school. From highway 6 turn north to Dallas Center on County Road R-16 for approximately 3.5 miles. The speed limit slows on the south edge of town…you will see the church on the east side of the road, across from the elementary school. Growing Food & Profit demonstrates the capacity within local communities to open the door for specialty crop producers. Based on an intensely local approach, Growing Food and Profit links local partners, specialty growers, experienced local grower mentors, and other local resources. From a strong grounding of local support, agricultural entrepreneurs are introduced to the skills needed for success and encouraged to build on this base through expansion of local, regional and statewide resources. Farmers have long understood their work as a blend of intricate production planning. But production planning alone is insufficient to sustain a healthy agriculture. Agricultural entrepreneurs need new skills. Communities have resources and can lend important support. INCA welcomes contacts from partners interested in developing a Growing Food & Profit program in their area. | ||||
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