----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Feasta News <[email protected]> To: Feasta News Subscriber <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 6 February 2012, 17:54 Subject: Upcoming event: Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Conference, Feb 17-19th, Cloughjordan, Tipperary The Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability "Designing systems for a changing world" The Cloughjordan Community Farm (In association with the National Organic Training Skillnet (NOTS), The Soil Association (UK), Irish Organic Farmers and Growers Association (IOFGA), URGENCI - Global Network of CSA’s, Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Cultivate and Feasta) presents: Growing Together: An all-Ireland conference on Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) February 17th, 18th & 19th 2012, Cloughjordan, Tipperary The aim of this weekend conference is to introduce the CSA concept to communities and growers on the island of Ireland. The event will bring together food producers and emerging Irish CSA’s while creating networking and learning opportunities with experienced initiatives from across Europe. Costs Weekend ticket €40 (€35 for members of any of the partner organisations). (This does not include accommodation - see options below). If you wish to participate but cannot attend the full weekend, sessions are also priced individually: Friday 17th 7-10pm €5 Saturday 18th 9 - 6pm €20 Grower-only session (3 hours) €10 Sunday 20th €20 A number of free places are available for the unemployed through the National Organic Training Skillnets: please register through www.nots.ie (Proof of unemployment will require full name and address and PPS number). A number of reductions are also available to people on low incomes. For both these offers please also register with <[email protected]>. National Organic Training Skillnets is part of The Training Networks Programme, an initiative of Skillnets Ltd. and is funded from the National Training Fund through the Department of Education and Skills. Themes Producing Food Together – Sharing the Risk Case Studies from Successful CSA's Can CSA Increase Community Resilience? Diversification for Farmers and Growers Getting Started Sustainable Food Communities Access to Land Lifelong Learning and Training Speakers and Panelists Ella Mc Sweeney, RTE Presenter of Ear to the Ground Peter Young, Farmer and Journalist with Farmers Journal Mick Kelly, GIY, Social Entrepreneur, and Founder of Grow It Yourself Ireland Amanda Daniel, CSA and Organic Buying Groups, Soil Association (UK) Judith Hitchman, International Consultant in Emerging Trends in Local Development Andrea Calori, President of Urgenci, International CSA Network Bruce Darrell, Grower, Food Systems Specialist, Feasta Sarah Fleming, Local Food Consultant, formally Slow Food International and GIY Ireland Pat Malone, Producer at Cloughjordan Community Farm Ollie Moore, Food and agriculture journalist and food researcher Grace Maher, Development Officer with IOFGA Kevin Dudley, Former Orchard Manager at Irish Seed Savers and Biodynamic Grower Mimi Pearson, Cloughjordan Community Farm Davie Philip, Community Resilience Manager at Cultivate Yvonne O'Donovan, Hazelhurst CSA, UK David Korowicz, Risk and Resilience Network, Feasta Schedule Friday 17th Parochial Hall, Step Road, Cloughjordan 19.30 - Introduction - Welcome to the Ecovillage and Cloughjordan 20.00 - Voices from the Cloughjordan Community Farm An introduction to what the local CSA is doing. 21.00 - Networking - Speed dating for Food Initiatives 22.00 - Close Saturday 18th St Kieran’s Hall, Main Street, Cloughjordan 09.00 - Tea and Coffee 09.30 - How can CSA’s increase community resilience and food sovereignty? Bruce Darrell, Judith Hitchman, David Korowicz and Davie Philip lead a discussion on resilience and local food systems. 11.00 - Break 11.30 - Growing Together - Why CSAs play a vital role in the future of food production. Panel discussion led by Ella McSweeney featuring the Soil Association (UK) Yvonne O'Donovan, Andrea Calori and representatives from other UK and Irish CSA’s. 13.30 - Lunch 14.30 - Farm Walk - Cloughjordan Community Farm 15.30 - Growing for Your Community Special session supported by NOTS, facilitated by Peter Young Featuring the Soil Association, IOFGA, Cloughjordan Community Farm and others - Diversification for farmers and growers - Different models of CSA's - Education and Training Options - Working with communities 18.00 - Close Saturday Social - an evening together Sunday 19th The Parochial Hall, Step Road: 10.00 - Coffee 10.30 - CSA, The Nuts and Bolts of Setting Up and Maintaining a CSA 13.30 - Lunch St Kieran’s Hall: 14.30 - Open Space, Have your Say on CSA's 15.40 - Mick Kelly, founder of Grow It Yourself Ireland 16.00 - Close Accommodation Djangos Hostel - Special CSA Weekend Rate €30, One Night €20 (Mention CSA event when you book). Book through Pa Funucane at 087 2569348 or at <[email protected]>. www.djangoshostel.com For more accommodation options in Cloughjordan see www.cloughjordan.ie For more information or to book a place contact <[email protected]> or call Davie on 087 6340697. www.cloughjordancommunityfarm.ie The following information is a reminder of your current mailing list subscription: You are subscribed to the following list: Feasta News using the following email: [email protected] You may automatically unsubscribe from this list at any time by visiting the following URL: http://feasta-mail.org//mail.cgi/u/feasta_news/dharao4/yahoo.co.uk/ If the above URL is inoperable, make sure that you have copied the entire address. Some mail readers will wrap a long URL and thus break this automatic unsubscribe mechanism. 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