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UPCOMING 40TH ANNUAL SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE CONFERENCE TO CELEBRATE LOCAL FOOD & FARMING IN THE CAROLINAS
Tickets are on sale now for this authentic learning and networking event for sustainable farmers, foodies, and community advocates from the Southeast and beyond.
Columbia, SC, Sept. 4, 2025 – Mark your calendar and buy your tickets today for the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association’s 40th anniversary Sustainable Agriculture Conference, coming to Columbia, SC this November!
CFSA’s Sustainable Agriculture Conference is a unique, authentic professional development event bringing together sustainable farmers, backyard gardeners, foodies, educators, community advocates, and local leaders from across the region to learn, network, and build momentum and community focused on local, sustainable, and organic agriculture.
The Sustainable Agriculture Conference is among the largest and longest-running agricultural conferences in the Southeast, and it’s humbling to reflect on how much the community and movement has grown since CFSA’s first official conference in 1985. This year’s 40th anniversary conference, scheduled for November 14th-16th at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center in Columbia, South Carolina, will feature dozens of inspiring and practical workshops, customized networking meetups, an expansive trade show, a keynote panel, pre-conference workshops and farm tours, and more.
Whether this year’s Sustainable Agriculture Conference will be your first or your 40th, you can count on an authentic experience Cultivated for the Carolinas: you’ll walk away inspired, with new farming and food systems tools in your toolbelt, ready to grow the sustainable food and farming movement in your own corner of the Carolinas!
Conference highlights include:
- 60 engaging, practical, interactive workshops, covering strategies for farm financial feasibility and success, food systems advocacy, permaculture techniques, community-led food and agriculture social initiatives, forage and pasture management for livestock, soil health, farm employment best practices, and more
- A vibrant Seed & Plant Exchange: bring and swap seeds and plant starts with your fellow conference attendees, all at no cost
- Curated networking meetups for veteran, women of color, and Latinx farmers
- An on-site bookstore featuring new and popular titles, including works authored by conference speakers
- Social hour and networking event at Columbia Craft Brewing Co.
- Six pre-conference workshops to choose from, including an “agritourism farm crawl” featuring guided tours of three Columbia-area sustainable farms working in the agricultural tourism space
- Locally-sourced lunch and keynote panel exploring “Community & Collaboration for a Resilient Food Future”
- 50+ trade show exhibit booths representing food and agriculture-focused businesses, nonprofits, and agencies from across the country
“We look forward to being with you, connecting as a community, and continuing to forge a path toward a food system that nurtures plants, people, and the planet!” -Roland McReynolds, CFSA Executive Director
The Sustainable Agriculture Conference is a hands-on, meaningful, individualized professional development opportunity you won’t want to miss. Join us November 14-16 to meet 600+ new food and farming friends, forge lasting connections, grow practical knowledge, and leave invigorated for the season of local food and farming ahead!
Conference Website: https://carolinafarmstewards.org/sustainable-agriculture-conference/
About the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association: Founded in 1979, the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (CFSA) is a farmer-driven, membership-based nonprofit organization advancing small farms and local food systems in the Carolinas through technical assistance, education, and advocacy initiatives. Visit our website: https://carolinafarmstewards.org/
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