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A Locally Grown Conference?


I’ve been wanting to hold a mini conference regarding online farmers markets (and of course locallygrown specifically) here in Athens for a while. It turns out that the 2010 Georgia Organics annual conference (always one of the best in the country — last year’s featured Michael Pollan and Will Allen) will be held in here in Athens on February 19th & 20th, a Friday & Saturday. My Athens Locally Grown market is held on Thursday, so I’ve got a great opportunity to piggyback my notion onto the GO conference.

Would any of you be interested in coming to Athens for a get together on Wednesday the 17th and Thursday the 18th of February, culminating in attending my market pickup that Thursday evening? I think it’d be great to bounce ideas off each other face to face, to share in our experiences and so forth. I’m sure I can put something together at no cost to you, other than your food & lodging, and you’d be able to stay in town if you wanted for the GO conference as well (which isn’t free, but is totally worth it).

Let me know if you’re interested, and I’ll start putting things together. You can learn more about Georgia Organics at http://www.georgiaorganics.org.

Posted by: Eric Wagoner at Thursday August 13, 2009 10:03 AM EDT
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