Annual Farming Conferences, sorted by region of the US. Following the name of the conference, you will see the month that the conference is usually held in—check the link for exact dates. If you know of any that are not on the list, please email us!
National Conferences
- Sustainable Agriculture Education Association (location varies, 2016 in Santa Cruz, CA)
WEST- Pacific Coast
- EcoFarm Conference —Pacific Grove, CA (January)
- Organic Seed Growers Conference —Corvallis, Oregon (every other February)
- Oregon Small Farmers Conference —Corvallis, Oregon (February)
- Alaska Sustainable Agriculture Conference – Anchorage, Alaska (February)
- CalClimate Agriculture Network —Davis, California (February 2017)
- North Coast Farmers Convergence —Willits, California (March)
- Small Farmer Conference —Sacramento, California (March)
- The True Cost of Food —Sacramento, California (April)
- CA Coop Conference —Sacramento, California (April)
- Sustainable Ag Education Association —Santa Cruz, California (July)
- Soil not Oil —Richmond, California (August)
- Heirloom Expo —Santa Rose, California (September)
- Farmers Guild Olympics —Petaluma, California (September)
- Farm Tank Summit —Sacramento, California (September)
- Bioneers —Richmond, California (October)
- Latino Farmers Conference —Monterey, California (November)
- Tilth Producers of Washington Conference – Spokane, Washington (November)
- Women in Sustainable Agriculture —Portland, Oregon (December)
WEST- Mountain
- Nevada Small Farm Conference — Sparks, NV (February)
- Biodynamic Conference — Santa Fe, NM (November)
- New Mexico Organic Farming Conference — Santa Fe, NM (February)
MIDWEST
- SFA Annual Conference – St. Joseph, Minnesota (February)
- MOSES Organic Farming Conference – La Crosse, Wisconsin (February)
- The InfoAg Conference – St. Louis, Missouri (August)
SOUTH
- Southern SAWG Annual Conference – Lexington, Kentucky (January)
- Future Harvest CASA’s Cultivate the Chesapeake Foodshed – Hyattsville, Maryland (January)
- Carolina Farm Stewardship Association Sustainable Agriculture Conference – Durham, North Carolina (November)
NORTHEAST
- NOFA/Mass Winter Conference — Worcester, MA (January)
- NOFA-NY Winter Conference — Saratoga Springs, NY (January)
- NOFA-VT Winter Conference — Burlington, VT (February)
- CT NOFA Winter Conference — Danbury, CT (March)
- NOFA Summer Conference — Amherst, MA (August)
- Farm-Based Education National Gathering —Concord, MA (November)
- Young Farmers Conference – Pocantico Hills, New York (December)