NOFA-NJ’s 18th Annual Winter
Conference
Greener Fields, Greener Pastures: Growing for Good
Health
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Hickman Hall, Rutgers University, New Brunwick, NJ
Held on Saturday, January 26 at Rutgers
University’s Hickman Hall, this year’s event signified a major
growth in our movement for organic and sustainable farming and food in the
Garden State. With twenty-nine
sessions and over thirty vendors, the conference drew sustainable and organic farmers,
gardeners, market managers, conservationists, educators, chefs, and researchers
from throughout New Jersey and the Mid-Atlantic. It was by far our largest and most
dynamic conference yet, with conference attendance at about 450!
Yes, it was a very special day, filled with
informative sessions, high-quality speakers, non-stop hallway networking and
fellowship over a delicious, seasonal and organic lunch, topped off by
bluegrass music and ice cream…
For the complete list of session descriptions,
speakers, and handouts, as well as contact information for all of sponsors and
exhibitors, please click on any of these topics in the right-hand column.
Thank you to all of our Major Conference Sponsors!
Very special thanks go to Whole Foods Market for their extremely generous contribution in preparing a
delicious lunch, featuring a multitude of local and organic ingredients from
our farmers and food producers…
Major Underwriters
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
Whole Foods Market- New Jersey Stores
Underwriters
Rutgers Cooperative Research & Extension
Suzanne’s Specialties
Sponsors
Albert’s Organics
The Health Shoppe
Isles, Inc.
North Slope Farm
Rosedale Mills Country Store
USDA – Natural Resource Conservation Service
Supporters
Edible Jersey
The Fertrell Company
Foodshed Alliance
Hunterdon Land Trust Alliance
Long Motor Company – Volvo of Princeton
New Jersey Farmer’s Direct Marketing Association
Organic Valley Cooperative – www.organicvalley.com
Slow Food - Northern NJ Chapter
NOFA-NJ also thanks
Blackwell’s Organic, The Bent Spoon, Muth Family Farm, Sun Meadow Farm CSA, Caesar’s
Organic Frozen Pasta, Griggstown Quail Farm, Terhune Orchards, Small World Coffee, and all of our
volunteers for their important contributions to the 2008 Winter Conference
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