If you would like to list an event in the Food and Society Update, please contact Katie Eukel at keukel@headwatersgroup.com.

February 2-4, 2006
Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA)’s 15th Annual Farming for the Future Conference
State College, Pennsylvania
For more information, please see: www.pasafarming.org/conferences/confinfo.htm

February 2-5, 2006
Rural Roots’ Annual Conference, “Reclaiming Our Local Food and Farms”
Boise, Idaho
For more information, please see: www.ruralroots.org

February 3, 2006
The Farmers’ Market Coalition’s Regional Workshop
Boise, Idaho
This event is one of a series of regional workshops sponsored by the Farmers' Market Coalition. Topics that will be addressed include liability insurance, communication, national policy, and local issues of concern, including recruiting farmers and developing a state association.
For more information please see: www.nafdma.com/FMC/FMCWorkshops/

February 3-4, 2006
Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society’s “Healthy Farms Conference”
Nebraska City, Nebraska
For more information, please see: www.nebsusag.org/events.htm

February 10, 2006
The Farmers’ Market Coalition’s Regional Workshop
Albany, Georgia
The Farmers' Market Coalition is holding five regional workshops across the USA in response to requests from its members and community leaders. This workshop is held in partnership with the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/LAF. The workshop will focus on issues related to minority farmers, rural farmers' markets, and southern farmers' markets' organizations (or the lack thereof).
For more information, please see: www.nafdma.com/FMC/FMCWorkshops/

February 10-11, 2006
Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Society’s Annual Winter Conference
Fargo, North Dakota
For more information, please see: www.npsas.org/Upcoming.html

February 17, 2006
Food Alliance’s Seventh Annual Dinner
Portland, Oregon
For more information, please see: www.landstewardshipproject.org/index-calendar.html

February 17-18, 2006
Kansas State University’s “Healthy Foods, Healthy Farms” Conference
Manhattan, Kansas
For more information, please see: www.npsas.org/Upcoming.html

February 21-23, 2006
First Nations Development Institute’s “Expanding Native Opportunity: Native IDA Initiative”
Albuquerque, New Mexico
For more information, please see: www.firstnations.org/nidai.asp

February 23-25, 2006
Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service (MOSES)’s Upper Midwest Organic Farming Conference, “Growing More Organic!”
La Crosse, Wisconsin
For more information, please contact info@mosesorganic.org or 715-772-3153

February 25, 2006
Center for Rural Affairs’ Annual Gathering
Kearney, Nebraska
For more information, please see: www.cfra.org/events.htm

March 13-15, 2006
Community Food Security Coalition’s “A Field Guide to Evaluation” Evaluation Workshop
New Orleans, Louisiana
For more information, please see: www.foodsecurity.org/eval_wkshp2006.html

March 16, 2006
Investors’ Circle’s Venture Fair at Northeast Sustainable Energy Association’s “Building Energy” Conference
Boston, Massachusetts
For more information, please see: www.investorscircle.net/index.php?tg=articles&topics=52&new=0&newc=0

April 22, 2006
Literacy for Environmental Justice’s 5th Annual Peoples Earthday 2006: Parade for Life
San Francisco, California
For more information, please see: www.lejyouth.org/news.php4