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Our 2023 Conference has wrapped up, check back in 2025 for the next conference info! Below you can review what was at our 2023 conference:

Grow Local South Texas' Small Food Producers' Conference 2023 will be providing educational presentations on funding, all-natural agricultural methods, small business development, and more geared toward helping small farms, ranches, cottage food & small food businesses and homesteaders.

 

EVENT TIME   Friday, August 4, 2023    9:00 AM - 3:00 PM CT

 

LOCATION   Antonio E. Garcia Arts & Education Center   2021 Agnes St, Corpus Christi, TX 78405

 

Audience: Farmers, Ranchers, Small Food Businesses, Cottage Food Producers, Farm Craft Businesses, Agricultural Professionals, Farmers Markets, Farmers Market Vendors, Food Access/Agricultural Organizations, Homesteaders

 

The Small Food Producers’ Annual Conference is designed to bring small business development, marketing, agricultural, financial, and cottage food knowledge to small food producers in the Texas Coastal Bend. Morning coffee/snacks & lunch provided with ticket.

 

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE:

Registration 8:30-9:00AM Enjoy morning coffee & information tables

Conference OPENING 9:00AM

Opening remarks by Grow Local South Texas

9:15 Randall Miller, USDA, National Resource Conservation Service & Patrick Reynolds, USDA, Farm Service Agency Urban and Small Acreage Funding - Obtaining a Farm Serial Number and Program Eligibility

10:15 Darron Gaus, National Center for Appropriate Techonology (NCAT) Soil Health & Resources for Small Farms

11:15 Judith McGeary, Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance New Opportunities for Local Meats & More to Come for Small Farmers

11:45 LUNCH Provided by SCORE Corpus Christi

12:30 Yelitza Garcia, Texas Center for Local Food Money Left on the Table - How Increased Food Access Benefits Farmers

1:00 Rebecca Esparza, Del Mar SBDC/SCORE Corpus Christi Marketing on a Shoe String Budget: Strategies for Success

1:45 Danielle Sepeda, Texas Department of Agriculture Outreach & Food Safety

THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS

Lunch provided by SCORE Corpus Christi. Facilities provided by The Antonio E Garcia Arts & Education Center, TAMUCC. 

Continue below for information & photos from the 2022 Conference. Our annual Small Food Producers’ Conference is designed to bring small business development, marketing, agricultural, financial, and cottage food knowledge to small food producers in the Texas Coastal Bend.