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Calendar

ALBC KEY

++ = ALBC participation
++++ = ALBC event

March 2008

20th Annual Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Conference entitled “The New American Farmer: Advancing the Frontier of Sustainable Agriculture” will be held in Kansas City, MO, on March 25-27. For more information email outreach@sare.org or visit www.sare.org/2008conference.

April 2008

Pineywoods Cattle Registry and Breeders Association (PCRBA)/Coastal Native Flock Alliance Spring Sale will be held at the Magnolia Center in Laurel, MS, on April 5th. PCRBA membership meeting will be held that morning. For more information contact Justin Pitts at (601) 543-5173.

Florida Cracker Horse Association Annual Spring Gathering and Business Meeting will be held at the Tillis Hill Facility in Withlacoochee State Forest near Brooksville, FL, on April 5th. For more information contact James Levy at (850) 575-6522 or email jlevyjr@comcast.net.

++First Annual Meeting of the Carolina Marsh Tacky Association will be held at the Mullet Hall Equestrian Center on Johns Island, SC, on April 5th. For more information contact Susan Day at (843) 860-5736 or visit www.marshtacky.org.

National Belted Galloway Sale will be held in Fryeburg, ME, on April 26. For more information contact Brud McCabe at (802) 748-5107 or email nwgrange@fairpoint.net.

Family Farm 2008 – America’s Small Farmers, Farming America Right will be held in Silex, MO, on April 26th. For more information contact the River Hills Farmers’ Market, 136 Zumwalt Rd., Silex, MO 63377, or phone (573) 485-7261.

May 2008

++Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival will be held at the Howard County Fairgrounds, West Friendship, MD, May 2-4. For more information call (401) 531-3647, visit www.sheepandwool.org or e-mail info@sheepandwool.org.

Southeast Tunis Sheep Field Day and Sale will be held in Wytheville, VA, on May 4th. For more information call (276) 228-2862 or email barbaracassell2005@yahoo.com.

American Poultry Association Semi-Annual Meeting will be held in Avoca, IA, on May 10-11. For more information contact Diane Dahir at (712) 485-2412 or email jddahir@earthlink.net.

++++ALBC Chicken Breeder Clinic (with focus on Java chickens) will be hosted by Garfield Farm Museum in Geneva, IL, on May 17th. To register contact Garfield Farm Museum at (630) 584-8485 or email info@garfieldfarm.org.

++22nd Annual Garfield Farm Museum Rare Breed Show will be held at Geneva, IL, on May 18th. Contact Garfield Farm Museum (630) 584-8485 or email info@garfieldfarm.org.

June 2008

++SVF Foundation Annual Open House will be held in Newport, RI, on June 6-7. For more information call (401) 848-7229 or visit www.svffoundation.org.

Sheep is Life Conference will be held in Tuba City, AZ, on June 16-21. For more information call (928) 729-2037 or email jay_bjr@yahoo.com or visit www.navajolifeway.org.

National Convention of the American Highland Cattle Association will be held in Leesburg, VA, on June 19-21. For more details call (303) 292-9102.

Black Sheep Gathering will be held at the Lane County Fairgrounds in Eugene, OR, on June 20-22. For more information contact leslie@fishwhistle.com or visit www.blacksheepgathering.org.

July 2008

American Dairy Goat Association National Show will be held in Louisville, KY, on July 12-19. For more information contact Paula Hughes at ADGA, PO Box 865, Spindale, NC 28160, call (828) 286-3801, email Adgaplh@aol.com, or visit www.ADGA.org.

Horse Progress Days will be held in Mt. Hope, Ohio, on July 4-5. For more information visit www.horseprogressdays.com.

August 2008

Fiberfest Eureka will be held in Eureka, MT, on August 2-3. For more details visit www.fiberfesteureka.org.

Michigan Fiber Festival will be held at the Allegan County Fairgrounds in Allegan, MI, on August 16-17. For more information visit www.michiganfiberfestival.info.

The National Hereford Hog Association National Show and Sale will be held in Crawfordsville, IN, on August 22-23. For more information contact Dave LaFollettes at (765) 794-0203.

September 2008

++++ALBC Annual Conference and Members Meeting will be held in Scotts, MI, on September 18-21. For more information contact American Livestock Breeds Conservancy at (919) 542-5704, email albc@albc-usa.org, or visit www.albc-usa.org.

American Suffolk Horse Association Annual Meeting will be held at the Fair Winds Farm in Brattleboro, VT, on September 12-14. For more information contact ASHA at (979) 249-5795 or email mmread@cvtv.net.

October 2008

American Dairy Goat Association Convention will be held in Rohnert Park, CA, on July 12-19. For more information contact Paula Hughes at ADGA, PO Box 865, Spindale, NC 28160, call (828) 286-3801, email Adgaplh@aol.com, or visit www.ADGA.org.

American Poultry Association Annual Meeting will be held at the Ventura Fairgrounds in Ventura, CA, on October 22-26. For more information contact Dave Anderson at (805) 524-4046 or email danderson@keygroupinc.com.