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Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta

Georgia Advancing Communities Together

Atlanta Writers Club

Cobb Collaborative

Bosleys Place

Jewish Fertility Foundation

Dylan Alexander

Grace Baucom

Thea Bergen

Alesia Bock

Lynn Brinkley

Amelia Bruss

Mark Dempsey

Jay Dunbar

Lenwood Edwards

Sonia Frischemeier

Cassidy Fryga

Matt Kneece

Angie Lavezzo

Jacob Leech

Emily Ling

Roland McReynolds

Karen McSwain

Mary Beth Miller

Wanda Morrison

Cheryl Ripperton Rettie

Joe Rowland

Sara Runkel

Alex Borst

Michael Brown

Jennifer Curtis

Abbie Dillon

Jim Johnson

Katherine Lewis

Jamey Lowdermilk

Shameeka M. McKoy

Grace Summers

Andrea White

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Bringing the Sustainable Agriculture Conference to life is a team effort! 💚 CFSA extends our thanks to the sponsors and exhibitors supporting this year's event and sharing their services and offerings with our community. Their investment in sustainable agriculture and local food systems is essential to our collective success, and we can't wait for all our conference attendees to get to know these values-aligned businesses and organizations this weekend. Trade Show lineup giving you FOMO? Tickets are still available for last-minute purchase on our website: carolinafarmstewards.org/sustainable-agriculture-conference Trade Show Exhibitors: Basket Case Farms Booth Law Co., PLLC Carbon Nurture Care Farming Network Center for Environmental Farming Systems Certified Naturally Grown Chapman Financial Services Country Farm & Home Cuentos y Cafe BIPOC Bookstore Culinary Breeding Network Davidson County Local Food Network Dirtcraft Living Soils Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN) South Farm to Family Market LLC Fidelis Fields Farm GigEast Source Good Agriculture High Mowing Seeds Hipcamp Jewish Farmer Network Johnny’s Selected Seeds Juneberry Ridge Land Loss Prevention Project Living Well Earth Stewards/Deep River Folk School Local Food Marketplace MarketLink (Farmers Food Assistance Bureau) Mushroom Mountain Natural Resources Conservation Service - North Carolina NC A&T State Cooperative Extension NC Department of Agriculture - Agronomic Division NC Department of Agriculture - Produce Safety Program NC Department of Agriculture - Visit NC Farms NC FarmLink - NC Cooperative Extension NC Farm School NC Food Systems Advocacy Coalition Organic Seed Alliance Pasa Sustainable Agriculture Piedmont Grown Quality Certification Services RAFI Reedy Fork Organic Farm Resaca Sun Feeds Rimol Greenhouse Systems Rodale Institute Rooted in Tech Second Wind Perennial Farms Seven Springs Farm Supply Co. South Carolina Black Farmers Coalition Foundation Southeastern Seed & Plant Exchange Southern Exposure Seed Exchange Sustainable Forestry and Land Retention Project The Forest Farmacy Tangaza . io Ujamaa Seeds Utopian Seed Project Worms With A Mission

Happy #WorldFoodDay! In exactly two weeks, we'll be in the NC Triad, enjoying pre-conference on-farm workshops around the region before diving into a weekend of learning and networking at the conference proper in Winston-Salem. We have a delicious, seasonal, locally-sourced conference menu planned: look forward to warm, hearty breakfasts, a Sip & Snack Reception on Saturday evening, and a sit-down Local Food Luncheon on Sunday to accompany our Keynote Panel. 🍎🍽️ We hear from attendees every year that the incredible conference meals, coordinated for CFSA by Kris Reid of @slowfoodusa, are a highlight of the experience, creating a values-driven, immersive atmosphere that's nourishing for both body and soul. We can't wait to dig in! 🚨 Today, October 16th is the final day of standard ticket sales, so buy your ticket now before Last Call pricing begins tomorrow: carolinafarmstewards.org/sustainable-agriculture-conference. *Be sure to add the Sunday Local Food Luncheon & Keynote Panel to your registration during checkout to make the most of your weekend!* See you in two weeks!

Get pump(kin)ed up for CFSA's fall events! ☺️🎃 Come learn with us: www.carolinafarmstewards.org/events Virtual Farmer Meet-Up: Applying to NRCS Programs Oct 6 | 12-1pm | Virtual Pasture Management, Conservation, & Soil Health Oct 9 | 9am-12pm | Mt. Olive, NC The Art of Boutique Farming Oct 30 | 9am-12pm | Liberty, NC Building Soil Health at Scale: Cover Crops for Broad Acreage Systems Oct 30 | 9am-12pm | Greensboro, NC Scaling Up Market Gardens: Year-Round Production & Marketing for Direct-to-Consumer & Wholesale Success Oct 30 | 9am-3pm | Pfafftown, NC Transforming Empty Spaces Into Productive Green Places Oct 30 | 1-3:30pm | High Point, NC On-Farm Seed Saving in the Southeast Oct 30 | 1-4:30pm | Winston-Salem, NC Growing Knowledge: Advancing Agriculture Through On-Farm Research Oct 30 | 1-4:30pm | Westfield, NC CFSA Advocacy & Leadership Seminar Oct 30 | 1-6pm | Winston-Salem, NC 2026 Sustainable Agriculture Conference Oct 30 - Nov 1 | Winston-Salem, NC Virtual Farmer Meet-Up: Psychological First-Aid Nov 3 | 12-1pm | Virtual

Sixty weekend workshops. Seven pre-conference Friday workshops. Three days packed with learning, networking, and connection! 🏵️💯 Swipe to check out the full schedule of workshops we have planned for this fall's Sustainable Agriculture Conference, then head to our website to read more about them and to buy your ticket: https://carolinafarmstewards.org/sustainable-agriculture-conference/

It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for: public registration for CFSA’s 2026 Sustainable Agriculture Conference is open now! 🔗 carolinafarmstewards.org/sustainable-agriculture-conference This year's conference, scheduled for October 30th - November 1st in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, will be packed with inspiring workshops, engaging networking opportunities, an expansive trade show, a festive social reception, interactive farm tours, and more. 🏵️🍂 Whether you’re new to CFSA’s community or a longtime friend, there’s no better place to connect with our work — and with the local food and farming movement — than at the Sustainable Agriculture Conference! Save big by purchasing your conference ticket during our Early Bird Sale, available only through the end of August! Scholarship applications, work exchange sign-ups, and single-day passes are also open now. See you this fall! ___ 🌼 The 2026 featured Sustainable Agriculture Conference art piece, "A World Beneath the Dandelions," is courtesy of @thekaitthomas, illustrator and designer based in Charlotte, NC.

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