Friday & Saturday, July 17-18  ::  Carlton County, NE Minnesota
Farmers, Graziers, and Grazing Specialists

• Schedule & Host Farms
• Register (PDF)
• Lodging
• Greg Judy Bio
• Press Release

Keynote Speaker: Greg Judy, grazier and featured writer in The Stockman Grass Farmer. Author of NO RISK RANCHING--Custom Grazing on Leased Land and COMEBACK FARMS--Rejuvenating Soils, Pastures & Profits with Livestock Grazing Management.

Grazefest Minnesota 2009 in Carlton County Highlights:

• Grazier’s Forum Friday, July 17, 5:00 pm - 8:30 pm
• Tour three innovative operations
• Experience pastured egg, pork, sheep, goat, dairy cheese, and beef production
• Innovations in cooperative marketing
• Mob grazing—will it work for you?
• Delicious locally-grown, pasture raised foods
• Afternoon Bus Tour to Green Pastures Dairy, a diversified pasture-based farm owned and operated by the Hedquist family, featuring on-farm cheese making and a farm store.
• Forage production and economics
• Build your own low cost parlors, feeding systems and safe handling facilities with recycled materials
• Tour a dairy barn converted to lambing facility with an indoor fenceline feeding system
• Extraordinary networking for graziers, grazing specialists, grazing suppliers, and educators

Admission and Registration to Grazefest—Carlton County:  Due to limited space and the popularity of this event, walk-in admission cannot be guaranteed and pre-registration is required.  Registration opens May 1.  For more information and to register, go to www.sfa-mn.org or call (320) 226-6318.

Grazefest Minnesota 2009 Sponsors:
Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Mill City Farmers Market, Minnesota Dairy Initiative, University of Minnesota Extension, Minnesota Farmers Union, Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education-North Central Region, the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture and the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES).

Grazefest™ Minnesota is a trademark of Eating Fresh Publications.  Grazefest Minnesota is a proud participant in Grazefest America, a national campaign to promote the multiple benefits of grass-fed and pasture-raised foods. Grazefest America is sponsored by Eating Fresh Publications, Global Resource Action Center for the Environment, the Eat Well Guide, and the Weston A. Price Foundation.