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Topics include: forage systems for grass finishing, alternative marketing outlets, small scale processing facilities, meat cutting and cooking demonstration, building healthy grazing systems, supplementation in pasture finishing, factors affecting meat quality, genetics for grass finishing, and marketing: a success story from North Carolina. Speakers include: Anibal Pordomingo, Denise Mainville, Joe Cloud, Ed Rayburn, John Andrae, Susan Duckett, Jeremy Engh, V. Mac Baldwin, local artisans. Includes tour of Joel Salatin’s Polyface Farm! Conference Registration: BEFORE September 15 - $200; AFTER September 15 - $300; Call for student rate! For more information about registration, contact Margaret Kenny at 434-292-5331 or makenny@vt.edu or visit Virginia Tech’s Southern Piedmont AREC’s website at http://arecs.vaes.vt.edu/arec.cfm?webname=blackstone&section=links&subsection=12627.