Thank you all for a great Small Farms and Alternative Enterprises Conference in Fort Myers, April 1 & 2, 2016!!
We enjoyed connecting and learning from each other.
We had a great crowd, excellent speakers and moderators, awesome food and venues and very supportive sponsors and vendors!!
At the conclusion of the event we had welcomed 155 attendants, conducted 16 educational sessions, had a small trade show with 13 exhibitors, and celebrated local food by incorporating produce from area farmers to the conference’s menu.
We also conducted a bus farm tour of four are farms and five field workshops at ECHO Global Farm.
Additionally, our kick-off event at Buckingham farms was a success, with 75 attendants.
Thank you All!
On to the next ones:
October 11 in Jackson County
November 4 & 5 in Indian River County
IPM demonstrations
Conference sign at the entrance of the Holiday Inn hotel, our wonderful conference host
Enjoying the farm-to-table meal
Wonderful food from the Hotel chef!
Wonderful food from the Hotel chef!
Pretty awesome biogas demonstration unit
Pretty cool tractors on display
Thank you to our Vendors!
Thank you to our Vendors!
Thank you to our Vendors!
Thank you to our Vendors!
Thank you to our Vendors!
Thank you to our Vendors!
Thank you to our Vendors!
Thank you to our Vendors!
Thank you to our Vendors!
Thank you to our Vendors!
Thank you to our Vendors!
Nice music at the kick-off event
Karen Dakin from Daking Kairy Farms, one of our keynote speakers
Michael Greenwell from 31 Produce, one of our keynote speakers
Gabriele Marewski from Paradise Farms, one of our keynote speakers
Farm-to-table dinner
The beautiful Buckingham Farms, site of our Kick-off event