A Commercial Organic Vegetable Production and Marketing Workshop will be held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at the Burden Conference Center in Baton Rouge with registration beginning at 8:00 a.m. The workshop will be from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

The main presenter will be Paul Wiediger, co-owner of Au Naturel Farm in Kentucky, a certified organic farm for over 35 years. Mr. Wiediger is also an expert on the use of high tunnels or hoop houses and has published “Walking to Spring – Using High Tunnels to Grow Produce 52 Weeks a Year”.

Scholarships are available for county agents and other agriculture professionals which includes lunch, and workshop materials (workshop manual and dvd about Au Naturel Farm). This is also a great opportunity for commercial growers to attend the workshop. Currently we do not have grant funds for grower scholarships, although we are seeking funds. Growers and students may have to pay a nominal cost.

The workshop is sponsored by the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group and the Louisiana Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Professional Development Program.

Registration is required. Please register for the workshop by downloading the PDF from the Events page of the website www.lasare.agcenter.lsu.edu. Please return to eneustrom@agcenter.lsu.edu.