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SPONSORS
Conference Steward
Conference Sustainer and High Tunnel Track Sponsor
Friday Farm Tours and Saturday Local Foods Reception Sponsor 
Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co.
Beginning Farmer Program Sponsor
National Institute for Food and Agriculture
National Center for Appropriate Technology
Media Sponsors
edible Piedmont
edible Upcountry
Track Sponsors
Bon Appetit Management Co.
Compass Group
Eastern Carolina Organics
Organic Valley/CROPP
Sustainable Duke & Duke Dining
Whole Foods Market
Cultivators
Albert's Organics
Braswell Foods
Clemson University Sustainable Agriculture Program
Lowes Foods
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
The Special Event Company
Pollinators
Amy's Kitchen
Bay State Milling
David Bradshaw
National Center for Appropriate Technology
NC Agricultural Research Service & NC Cooperative Extension Service
NC Forest Service
Organic Seed Alliance
Sow True Seed
Weaver Street Market
Greenlife Grocery
Supporters
Carolina Farm Credit
The Fertrell Company
Lindley Mills
North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation
The Abundance Foundation & Piedmont Biofarm
We're sorry, we no longer have exhibitor spaces available for 2011. Keep us in mind for 2012!
If you would like to exhibit, the cost per table is $450 for non-member commercial exhibitors and $315 for members. For more details and rates for non-profit and government exhibitors, email Alice Alexander or call (919) 542-2402.
If you are unable to attend the conference but would like to reserve space to display and distribute brochures or catalogs, call the CFSA office at (919) 542-2402 or email Alice.
2011 Exhibitors
Seven Springs Farm - www.7springsfarm.com
The Airey Law Firm, Ltd. Co. - www.aireylaw.com
Animal Welfare Approved - www.animalwelfareapproved.org
Autrusa, Inc. - www.autrusa.com
BackHome Magazine - www.backhomemagazine.com
Carolina Green Company - www.carolinagreen.com
Carolina Heritage Poultry Coalition/Center for Poultry - www.centerforpoultry.org
Center for Environmental Farming Systems - www.cefs.ncsu.edu
NC Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program - www.sustainable-ag.ncsu.edu
Clemson University Sustainable Ag Program - www.clemson.edu/sustainableag
Cook for Good - www.cookforgood.com
Country Farm & Home Supply - www.cfhsupply.com
Countryside Organics - www.countrysideorganics.com
Debbie Roos Photography - www.debbieroos.com
Earth Tools, Inc. - www.earthtoolsbcs.com
Earth Farms Organic - www.stanleyenviro.com
Eastern Carolina Organics - www.easterncarolinaorganics.com
Edible Upcountry Magazine - www.edibleupcountry.com
Edible Piedmont Magazine - www.ediblepiedmont.com
Edward Jones - www.edwardjones.com
Food and Water Watch - www.foodandwaterwatch.org
High Mowing Seeds - www.highmowingseeds.com
International Certification Services - www.ics-intl.com
Live Oak Farms - www.liveoakfarmsllc.com
Madison Area CSA Coalition - www.macsac.org
National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) - www.ncat.org
NC Agritourism Networking Association - www.ncagr.gov/agritourism
NC Choices - www.ncchoices.com
NC 10% Campaign - www.ncsu.edu/project/nc10percent
NC Forest Service - www.ncforestservice.gov
Organic Growers School - www.organicgrowersschool.org
Organic Seed Alliance - www.seedalliance.org
Organic Valley Family of Farms/CROPP Cooperative - www.organicvalley.coop
Piedmont Grown & Piedmont Food & Agricultural Processing Center - www.piedmontgrown.org
Purple Mountain Organics - www.purplemountainorganics.com
Reedy Fork Farms - www.reedyforkfarm.com
Seed Exchange - www.savingourseed.org
Seedleaf - www.seedleaf.com
Southern Energy Management - www.southern-energy.com
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange - www.southernexposure.com
Sow True Seed -
www.sowtrue.com
The Fertrell Company - www.fertrell.com
The Produce Box - www.theproducebox.com
The Society of St. Andrew - www.endhunger.org
Toxic Free North Carolina - www.toxicfreenc.org
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service - www.nrcs.usda.gov
The Silent Auction is a fun and exciting way for you to pick up some wonderful items generously donated by farms, households and businesses. Put in your bid for local crafts, garden supplies, clothing, books, seeds and more! If you have auction items or services to donate or, if you can solicit donations on behalf of CFSA, please email Cheryl Ripperton Rettie or call (919)542-2402. Donations also accepted on-site.
CFSA’s conference team will work with the chefs at the Sheraton Imperial to incorporate food donations from local farms and businesses into fabulous organic meals and workshop breaks. Donors will be recognized in the conference program and at the meals. Email Fred Broadwell if you would like to donate.
Send a Low Income or Young Farmer to the Conference! Donate to the Scholarship Fund.
By making a donation to the Scholarship Fund, you will be making it possible for low income and/or young farmers to attend the conference at a more affordable cost. Just add your donation to the registration form or call (919)542-2402!
LOCAL FOODS FEAST SPONSORSHIPS
Want to do more to support local farmers? Become a Local Foods Feast Sponsor. Your gift will support CFSA’s work to provide all of us with the locally grown, organic food we demand. Contact Alice Alexander at (919) 824-4799 or email her to donate.
$1,000 – Local Foods Feast Bountiful Sponsor
Select _____ Table of eight to Local Foods Feast, one year CFSA membership OR
_____ Four tickets to Local Foods Feast and one scholarship for a young farmer to attend the conference, one year CFSA membership
$500 – Local Foods Feast Abundant Sponsor
Four tickets to Local Foods Feast, recognition in conference program, one year CFSA membership
$250 – Local Foods Feast Plentiful Sponsor
Two tickets to Local Foods Feast, recognition in conference program, one year CFSA membership
$50 – Local Foods Feast Ticket (s)
Include $50 per individual ticket
If you can’t attend but would like to make a gift to support local food and farming, please contact Alice.
Email Alice Alexander for more information or to donate.
For more information about advertising in the conference program next year, please email Amy Armbruster .
This black and white publication is pored over by the 1100+ conference attendees. They need to look at the program over and over again to decide which workshop to attend next! The ability to reach this niche market could really grow your business or organization!
2011 Ads |
2011 Cost |
Size |
Conference Program – |
$400 |
3.5 inches wide x |
Conference Program – |
$200 |
3.5 inches wide x |
Artwork should be provided to the email above in high resolution, print-ready .pdf format.
DEADLINES:
Conference Program ads – Sept. 16, 2011
PAYMENT:
Make checks payable to the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association.
Mail to: CFSA, P.O. Box 448, Pittsboro, NC 27312 or call Cheryl Ripperton Rettie at 919-542-2402 to pay by credit card.