Tri-State Farm
and Food Conference

What a Response!

The first ever Tri-State Farm & Food Conference was met with incredible enthusiasm from folks in the greater Huntington area. We are striving for even more enthusiasm as we gear up for the 2011 conference.

This year we plan a two-day event, with Friday, November 4th being day-long workshops focusing on a more in-depth look at the big issues. Those day-long workshops will include high tunnels, poultry and a youth 4-H/FFA Entrepreneurship event. On Saturday, the structure will be much the same as last year, with hour-long presentations by various folks known for their success in small farming. Of course our lunches and breaks will be prepared by the Chef Larry Perry and his Mountwest Community and Technical College Culinary students from local ingredients we have purchased from small farmers.

Registration Information

Find our Registration Brochure with more information, or you may
register securely online.
The brochure includes the workshop topics, lodging information and a registration form if you’d like to register by mail.

The Farm & Food Conference Agenda is available now! Classes may still shift, agendas will be available upon check-in at the conference.

‘Keep Millions of Food Dollars Here’
Is Focus of Farm and Food Conference

West Virginians spend more than $7 billion on food every year. Less than 1 percent of that wealth stays in West Virginia. But change is underway.

Be among the food suppliers and consumers discovering revolutionary ways to keep both local foods and local food dollars in West Virginia communities.

Eventually, that transition could translate into millions of dollars staying in West Virginia, according to Carrie See, program coordinator for the West Virginia University Extension Service Small Farm Center.

The conference runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, November 5, at the New Baptist Church, located at 610 28th St in Huntington.
As a learning laboratory, the conference is designed to help revolutionize the food system in the 50-mile radius surrounding Huntington, an area that encompasses parts of West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio.
The conference also will be productive for those who live beyond the Huntington area. Anybody who is interested in local food can come and learn about remapping food pathways.
Farm grants, farmers markets, food safety, small farm tax tips, poultry and broilers, record keeping, local farms and local school cafeterias, and culinary tourism are among the classes slated for November 5.
A tentative schedule will be posted soon of the Saturday workshops.
An option to register online will be available again this year, as well as the paper registration form.
Learn more about local foods from the Small Farm Advocate.
Questions? Contact the WVU Extension Service Small Farm Center at 304-293-2642.