The popular Annual Small Farms Opportunities Conference will be held at Vance-Granville Community College, Franklin Campus in Louisburg on Saturday, February 27th from 8:00 am - 3:30 p.m.

Topics include:

• Keynote Presentation by Farmzie CEO*
• Organic Farming & Benefits
• Retail Marketing
• Managing your farm with Google Earth
• Building Soil Health for farm profit
• Farmers Markets 101
• Beneficial insects
• How to price your products
• Utilizing farm stays and weddings
• Hands-on mushroom production/marketing
• Alternative feeds for livestock
• Small Scale Poultry Production & Marketing
• Sheep & Goat Production & Marketing.

*Farmzie CEO, Griffe Youngleson, will give a Keynote Presentation entitled "Farm Marketing & Business Essentials Toolkit" at 12pm. Lunch will also be provided at this time. Opening remarks will be made by NC Cooperative Extension Director, Dr. A. Richard Bonanno.

There will be a small fee to participate. Contact Martha Mobley, Agricultural Extension Agent, Franklin County; 919-496-3344 or [email protected] for information and program details. Additional details can be found at: franklincountyfarmfresh.com