Alabama Rice Production and Southern Farmer Social

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Come to Sarah Bell's farm, The Nesbitt Farm in Hayneville, AL, and learn about SRI Rice production while visiting with farmers and friends from your area. We'll talk about methods, sourcing, water management, and the successes and challenges Sarah has experienced in growing rice so far. We'll learn about the sustainable SRI method of rice cultivation and talk about how this and soil health are relevant to farmers who are considering organic growing practices. After, we'll kick back with a potluck and good company!

What is CRAFT?

CRAFT stands for Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training and is a model for on-farm peer-to-peer training and network-building for farmers. The original CRAFT network formed in upstate New York and has been replicated many times since, adapted to meet the needs of each particular place.

Alabama CRAFT includes farm owners/operators as well as farm interns, apprentices, and employees, and aspiring farmers. It builds on past efforts to build community and share knowledge – including but not limited to the Regional Alabama Farmer Socials, and ASAN’s kindling workdays and crop mobs and Skillshare Trainings. Full 2023 Schedule can be found at asanonline.org/CRAFT

 

Alabama CRAFT is supported through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Transition to Organic Partnership Program (TOPP). TOPP is a program of the USDA Organic Transition Initiative and is administered by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) National Organic Program (NOP)

When
September 16, 2023 from  6:00 PM to  8:30 PM
Location
3344 highway 21 south
Hayneville, AL 36040
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