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CONFERENCE GUIDE

American Livestock Breeds Conservancy

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Join Us!

Help us celebrate 35 years of conservation success at the 2012 American Livestock Breeds Conservancy’s Annual Conference. This year the conference returns to North Carolina, the state that has been home to the ALBC national office for almost three

decades. Join us and other farmers, stewards, historians, agriculturalists, foodies, environ-mentalists, and conservationists, as we convene in Cary, North Carolina, November 9-10, 2012.

This year’s conference is especially significant because it’s our 35th anniversary celebra-tion. Since 1977, ALBC has been the pioneer organization in the United States working to conserve historic breeds and genetic diversity in livestock. Our many successes are a result of the many members and volunteers serving the ALBC mission in the field and on the farm. We are excited to hear our members’ stories and to share in the reminiscing of 35 years of conservation in action.

If you have never attended an ALBC conference, consider making this your first. It is a wonderful opportunity to meet ALBC members, supporters, and staff, and to learn from leaders in the agricultural, sustainable, and rare breed fields. For those of you attending your first conference, the event begins with pre-conference clinics that will take place Friday, November 9th. These clinics allow attendees to enjoy in-depth, hands-on studies that focus on specfic topics.

The conference officially begins Friday evening with a dinner featuring rare breed products and the announcement of the Annual Conservation Award winner. Enjoy networking with other members sampling dishes made with rare breed meats, eggs, and/or dairy.

Saturday is a full day of conference sessions for learning and networking. Two plenary sessions are offered and attendees can choose topics that interest them from a variety of lectures and seminars offered during breakout ses-sions. Lunch and light hors d’oeuvres on Saturday evening allow more time for networking. Enjoy the annual poster session and learn about what fellow members are doing on their farms.

We hope to see you in Cary, North Carolina in November!

L. Eric Hallman Executive Director

DestinAtion:

This year’s ALBC National Conference will be held in Cary, North Carolina (only 5 minutes from the North Carolina capital city of Raleigh). This is the destination you’ve been waiting for, because it’s so many destinations in one. You’ll sense it as soon as you arrive. The fun, lively vibe coursing through tree-lined streets packed with funky cafes and pubs. Endless hot spots and histori-cal treasures, exciting sports games, and incredible area-wide celebrations. The city has embraced local food and farmers, making it a great place for this year’s ALBC National Conference. Looking for things to do while you are here? Visit www.visitraleigh.com.

LoDging AnD ConferenCe Center:

This year’s conference headquarters is the Embassy Suites Raleigh-Durham/Research Triangle. This elegant, all-suite hotel is just minutes from the Raleigh - Durham International Airport (RDU). Shuttle to and from the airport is included in the room rate. Each room is a two-room suite with a living room area connected to a separate bedroom. For conve-nience, a fold out sofa is included in the living room of all suites. All rooms include high-speed internet access, two HD televisions, an in-room refrigera-tor, microwave oven, and coffee maker. A complimentary, cook-to-order breakfast served at the hotel restaurant is included in the room rate and will be available each morning. Enjoy a nightly hotel reception of complimentary drinks and snacks. In addition, the hotel has great amenities including an indoor swimming pool, a fitness center, an outdoor tennis court, and an on-site restaurant, all at a very reasonable rate. Bring the whole family for the weekend! CONFERENCE RATE: $125 per night

All meals and conference talks will be at the Embassy Suites Raleigh-Durham Research Triangle unless otherwise noted.

To make a reservation:Embassy Suites Raleigh-Durham/Research Triangle 201 Harrison Oaks BlvdCary, NC 27513Reservations: (919) 677-1840 OR visit www.albc-usa.org for exclusive access to the online booking system. Be sure to enter group code ALB.

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full DAy: 8:00Am-4:00pm Heritage Breed Hog Semen Collection, Evaluation, Processing, and Preservation This cutting-edge clinic will allow attendees to learn the fine points of collecting semen and preparing it for use in artificial insemination. Through lecture/discussion and direct experiences, participants will learn hog reproductive anatomy and physiology, semen collection, evaluation (using various methods and tools), preservation, and shipping. Boars will be available, allowing participants practical experience during each step in the process. (*Clinic held off-site at NC State University. No transportation provided. Lunch included.)Presenters: Billy Flowers and Tim Safranski Cost: $195

morning CliniCs: 8:00Am-11:30Am FAMACHA© Parasite Management and CertificationLooking for a holistic, integrated approach to gastrointestinal parasite control for small ruminants? This certification clinic will explain the biology of intestinal parasites, the FAMACHA testing concept, hands-on use of the FAMACHA grading card, smart drenching properly, understanding parasite drug resistance versus animal resistance, susceptibility or resilience to gastrointestinal parasites, management tips to reduce gastrointestinal parasite loads in animals and on pastures, and non-chemical approaches to treating small ruminants with anthelmintics, such as alternative forages. (*Clinic starts at hotel then travels off-site. No transportation provided.) Presenter: Jean-Marie Luginbuhl Cost: $50 Getting Started with Backyard ChickensBackyard chickens are very popular across the United States. Learn from the famed Chicken Whisperer® how to begin keeping backyard chickens the right way the first time, without having to re-invent the wheel. This experienced chicken keeper will discuss everything from laws and ordinances to getting started, choosing the right breeds, incubation, brooding, coops, predators, feed, and much more! Learn a little bit about everything regarding keeping a small backyard flock of chickens. Presenter: Andy Schneider (the Chicken Whisperer®) Cost: $95

Wonderful Warrens – How to Construct and Maintain a Profitable RabbitryRabbits make a wonderful addition to the small farm, but maintaining a successful and profitable rabbitry requires appropriate facilities. Learn from experienced rabbit breeders about the equipment necessary to establish and maintain a successful rabbit business. This program will expand its focus beyond nest boxes and feeders, and will review the realities of cover fans, lighting, caging, setting up the barn, and general tips and tricks to make your life with rabbits much easier. Presenters: Eric and Callene Rapp Cost: $95

Pre-Conference Clinics

Friday, November 9, 2012

*Check-in 30 minutes prior to clinic at clinic site

Afternoon CliniCs: 1:00pm-3:30pm The Tricky Business of Managing a Breed Association For many, the term “Breed Association” conjures up images of conflict, infighting, and politics – but it doesn’t have to be this way! There are many examples of successful breed associations working to effectively conserve heritage breeds. Drawing upon the knowledge of successful breed association models, this workshop will cover topics such as policies and procedures, fiscal management, conflict resolution, legal issues, registration manage-ment, and promotion. Presenters: Nils Berglund, David Kendall, Alison Martin, Phil Sponenberg Cost: $25 Garden Chick – Growing Food with and for Family FlocksThis interactive workshop will help you to “think outside the coop and inside the local food system,” leaving you with practical and effective ways to employ chickens in the garden or homestead. Learn how chickens create and enrich topsoil. Understand that not all chicken feed has to come from bags. Learn how chickens forage and which foods they prefer. Understand how to control insects, including ticks and fleas, with chickens. Begin “bird-scaping”- planting trees, shrubs, and perennials that your flock will enjoy. Learn how chickens can be an asset when it comes to growing your own food. Presenter: Patricia Foreman Cost: $95

Pre-Conference Clinics

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Great food, Great people, Great times!

5:30pm: Conference Check-In Begins 6:00pm: Rare Breeds Dinner & Silent Auction Begins

8:00pm: Silent Auction ends

Friday, November 9, 2012

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PLENARy SESSiON (1): 8:00AM-9:15AM 35 Years of ConservationALBC has grown remarkably from its beginnings 35 years ago. Deep commitment by breeders, members, staff, and the Board of Directors has taken ALBC from a kitchen-table operation to a serious and successful breed conservation organization with a significant national and international reputation for success. Journey with us through ALBC’s first 35 years of con-servation and relive many memories while learning many valuable lessons from someone who has been there from the very beginning. Presenter: D. Phillip Sponenberg

BREAKOuT SESSiON (1): 9:30AM-10:30AM Th e He r i t a g e Fa r m S t a r t u p : A n Id e a C ra z y E n o ug h to Wo r k What happens when a software startup founder and technology geek decides to be a farmer? This presen-tation tells the story of the vision and execution of an idea that just might be crazy enough: going from landless to doing commercial meat sales in less than a year. Hear the story from the farmer himself, and learn how he has used Southern-adapted breeds to meet his needs. Learn what works, and what doesn’t work. More whodunit than how-to, the Heritage Farm Startup is one man’s evolving solution to deepening his relationship to food, land, animals, and community while living out a dream. Presenter: Bradley Taylor

H o w t o M a k e B u c k s w i t h D u c k s Ducks have many great advantages, and with the growing demand for duck eggs, you can earn a profit marketing them as fresh eggs, or partially processed for specific market niches. Learn from a successful heritage poultry producer the different ways to do your market research and where you can sell you eggs. The discussion will also include the best ways to manage a duck flock for maximum productivity and

minimal work for you, including the different breeds of ducks to use and how to keep their pens dry and clean. Presenter: John Metzer

Horse Farming 101: How We Farm with Belgians Looking for an entry-level introduction to farming with draft power, or are you simply interested in the possibilities that heritage horses present for your farm? Join this presenter as she shares the story of her rural Pennsylvania farm and how she’s employed Belgian draft horses to assist with tasks. Learn about the advantages and economics involved with utiliz-ing draft animal power over conventional machinery, and how both antique and modern equipment can be used to prepare fields and make hay each year on the farm. Presenter: Emily Stevenson NETWORKiNg BREAK: 10:30AM-11:00AM

BREAKOuT SESSiON (2): 11:00AM-12:00PM

P r o t e c t i n g A m e r i c a n A g r i c u l t u r e : U . S . I m p o r t a n d E x p o r t P r o c e d u r e s D e m y s t i f i e d Have you wondered what it takes to import rare breeding stock from other countries? For over a century, the USDA has exercised its authority to make and enforce rules to protect American livestock from diseases and pests carried by imported livestock. The process starts by recognizing countries free of certain high-consequence livestock illnesses, such as hoof-and-mouth disease, and ends when imported animals are released from import quarantine after re-ceiving a clean bill of health. Learn about the process and the steps along the way. Presenter: Julie gauthier

Conference sessions

Saturday, November 10, 2012

*Late check-in begins 7:30am at hotel.

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R e c o v e r y o f t h e M i l k i n g D e v o n – T h e B r e e d t h a t S t a r t e d A L B CThis presentation is a love story – with the American Milking Devon breed. Learn the early history of the Devons and their history in America. Learn about the decline of Devon numbers in the U.S., and how this decline led to the founding of ALBC. The presenter, a long-time breeder, will offer his totally biased opinion of the breed, and discuss how different types of breed management systems may work, then engage the participants with questions and answers. Discover how Devon cattle might fit into your farm plan. Presenter: Nils Berglund

H o b b y G o n e H o g W i l d Heritage pigs are the top choice for pork among today’s best chefs. These breeds are enjoying a renais-sance of interest across the country. Join this heritage pig producer as he talks about how he was able to turn a small hobby herd of hogs into a budding and successful pork business. He will discuss breed choices, basic husbandry, and working from the ground up with consumers to market pork products successfully. Learn how to grow your hobby herd into a profitable, value-added income stream. Presenter: gra Moore

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PLENARy SESSiON (2): 1:30PM-2:30PM The Next 35 Years – Looking Towards the Future Flying cars, wrist radios, and ALBC! This session will look at the future of ALBC as we boldly go forward into our next 35 years. How will the organization continue to grow and what changes do we anticipate as we look out one, five, ten years and beyond? We will examine how our mission and conservation programs may adapt to meet the future needs of the organization. What might our membership look like and how will ALBC respond by growing programs and services? We will anticipate some of the pressures on heritage breeds conservation and how ALBC will maintain its leadership role. Join us as we peer into the crystal ball and look at the future of ALBC. Presenter: Eric hallman NETWORKiNg BREAK: 2:30PM-3:00PM BREAKOuT SESSiON (3): 3:00PM-4:00PM

Planning for Profitability Business management and long-term financial planning present challenges for many heritage and animal-welfare-conscious farmers. Join Frank Reese, owner of Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch, and Ben Goldsmith, Executive Director of Farm Forward, for a discussion that will review simple ways to improve financial planning and make sure you are making an appropriate profit while providing heritage meat and eggs. Learn the most common barriers to profitability faced by small farmers, and how you can overcomethese barriers, transform your business, and gain

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ANNuAL MEMBERS’ MEETiNg: 1:00PM-1:30PM Immediately prior to the afternoon Plenary Session.

control of your financial future. Presenters: Ben goldsmith and Frank Reese

Forages for the Birds Heritage birds are active foragers, but how much do you know about growing the right kind of forage for your birds’ needs? In this program, learn to identify forages that are primarily found in the Southeast, and review cool versus warm season grass varieties that can be used in poultry diets. Other topics for dis-cussion include annual versus perennial plants, and proper timing of fertilizer applications for optimal growth in the plants. Explore heritage breeds versus industrial breeds when it comes to consumptions of forages, immune systems, and working ability. Presenter: Dan Campeau

…But I Don’t Knit…You don’t have to knit to raise fiber animals, but creating a market for your rare breed fiber is essential to the success of your livestock business and for effec-tive endangered breed conservation. There are many phases to the fiber production process - beginning with growing, then shearing them, processing the fleeces, and finally marketing. Join the presenter as she takes an in-depth look at the various phases, costs, and resources needed. Learn a variety of things you should consider to successfully market your fibers, and how to choose the appropriate breed for your business venture. Presenter: Olga Elder

BREAKOuT SESSiON (4): 4:15PM-5:15PM My Experience with “Obies”Learn how to establish and operate a small dairy farm from someone who has successfully made it happen! Hear how this farmer improved her Ober-

hasli herd, established a cheesemaking operation, and learned how to coordinate milking, pasteur-izing, feeding, deliveries, and farm help schedules. Attendees will also learn the basics of troubleshoot-ing health problems when something goes wrong. This is an excellent introductory course for anyone interested in small ruminants. Presenter: Della Williams

Meat Quality and Sensory Attributes of Specialty PoultryWhat are the differences in the meat of alternative poultry? Consumer interest in alternative markets such as natural, organic, and heritage animal prod-ucts is growing. Experiments have been conducted to assess the impact of alternative genotypes and production systems on meat quality, including nutri-ent content, appearance, functional qualities, and sensory attributes. Learn the results of some of these consumer and trained panels studies, and learn what you need to do to educate consumers and customers about your product. Presenter: Anne Fanatico

Choosing Heritage Breeds for Success – Sales and Marketing CoachingLearn how choosing heritage breeds can be the success model for you and your farm. Heritage breeds allow the farmer to achieve market differentiation which, if leveraged, can allow for a larger return on investment. Join the presenter as she discusses her farming practices, lessons learned, and market-ing challenges. Learn how to create customizable documents to use as templates, or as inspiration for creating your own sales and marketing messages for the multiple marketing venues including farmers markets, website, restaurant, specialty grocery stores, co-branding partnerships, and on-farm sales. Presenter: Melody Nye

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5:30pm-7:30pm Join fellow conference goers for a networking reception following the day’s activities. meet many of the conference presenters as you share stories and connect with those you met throughout the day. light hors d’oeuvres will be served.

A special thanks to our conference sponsors! (Find them listed on our website.)

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Nils Berglund was born and raised on the South Fork of Long Island. Berglund studied Animal Science at the University of Vermont, and Dairy Management at the University of Connecticut where he first discovered Devon Cattle. He started raising his first Devons in 1982 while he was an Exten-sion Agent on Long Island, and he still raises them today in northern Vermont. Berglund is a long-time supporter of the Devon breed and an expert on their history and usage on small farms. Dan Campeau has a Bachelor’s degree in Poultry Science and Animal Husbandry from Michigan State University, and a Master’s degree in Agriculture and Extension Education from North Carolina State Uni-versity. Campeau worked in commercial production, but left that to serve the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service. For 16 years he served as a Horse, Dairy, and Livestock Agent, and is currently the area Specialized Poultry Agent in Chatham County, North Carolina. His hobbies include raising goats and rab-bits for meat as well as breeding rare breeds of dogs. Olga Elder left the corporate world around 2005 to follow her dream of farming. Today, she and her husband live with a flock of Navajo-Churro sheep in northern Alamance County, North Carolina. She sells her products wholesale and retail across the country, both on-farm, and from their website. Olga currently

serves on the Navajo-Churro Sheep Association Board of Directors. Anne Fanatico teaches atAppalachian State Univer-sity in the Sustainable Development program. Her research includes sustainable poultry production, raising flocks with high-welfare and outdoor access, alternative feeding to make use of on-farm feeds, and impact on meat quality/sensory attributes. Fa-natico is interested in the integration of poultry into the livestock and agroforestry operations of small farms, and local/regional food production. Billy Flowers, PhD is an Alumni Distinguished Professor of Animal Science at North Carolina State University. Dr. Flowers has over 100 peer-reviewed publications and more than 325 popular press articles dealing with swine reproduction and artificial insemination. He has given over 150 invited presentations in 12 different countries. Patricia Foreman has degrees in Pharmacy and Agriculture from Perdue University, and a Masters of Public Affairs from Indiana University. She has kept poultry for over 20 years, including owning and operating a small-scale farm with free range, organic layers, broilers, and turkeys. She is an avid sustainable agriculture and heritage breed advocate. Foreman is the co-author of several books including:

Presenters

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Chicken Tractor, Day Range Poultry, Backyard Market Gardening and A Tiny Home to Call Your Own. Her most recent book is City Chicks. Foreman co-hosts the Chicken Whisperer® Backyard Poultry and Sus-tainable Lifestyles Talk Show. Julie gauthier, DVM graduated from veterinary school at Michigan State University in 1993, and earned a Master’s degree in Public Health from Yale University in 2002. She practiced large and small animal medicine before joining the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). Cur-rently, she works for APHIS as an import risk analyst in Raleigh, North Carolina. Gauthier lives on a small farm in Wake Forest, North Carolina, and raises heritage breed poultry, bees, and mushrooms. Ben goldsmith is the Executive Director of Farm Forward. Ben’s consultation with Frank Reese and Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch (GSPR) has helped the farm to access new and profitable markets, network with other sustainable farmers opening additional markets, and quadruple production. Through his work with GSPR and others, Goldsmith is commit-ted to working toward increasingly humane and sustainable methods of animal agriculture. David Kendall is a current ALBC board member and has served as the joint Executive Secretary of the American Milking Shorthorn Society and the Brown

Swiss Cattle Breeders Association of the USA since 2002. In addition to duties with the two breeds, Kendall serves as the current chair of the Council of Dairy Cattle Breeding, a member of the National Animal Germplasm Program-Dairy Committee, and the Purebred Dairy Cattle Association. Reared in Chino, California, David graduated with a BS degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of California-Davis, and has worked in the dairy indus-try in many capacities. Eric hallman, PhD has worn many hats over his career: senior executive, scientist, educator and civic leader, and current ALBC Executive Director. Hall-man began his career as a neuroscience researcher and teacher. His curiosity led him to the field of biotechnology, entrepreneurship, and the creation of several biotechnology companies. He has served on a number of non-profit boards, and has been an elected official in the town of Hillsborough, North Carolina, for the past eight years. Hallman is also a jazz musician, a local food enthusiast, a frequent organic gardener, and a rookie beekeeper. Jean-Marie Luginbuhl, PhD is a professor in North Carolina State University’s Crop Science and Animal Science departments, and has been leading the Meat Goat Research and Extension Program since 1995. His research program emphasis includes

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developing sustainable forage/browse-based feeding systems, controlling invasive vegetation in pastures, and exploring non-pharmaceutical approaches to treating meat goats with traditional anthelmintics. Alison Martin, PhD is ALBC’s Research and Techni-cal Programs Director. As a teenager, Martin raised backyard poultry, waterfowl, rabbits and horses. This early experience led to a career of more than 20 years in poultry science, specializing in health and vaccine development. She was a key leader on the world’s first in ovo (in the egg) vaccine for coccidio-sis. Martin has a PhD in Genetics from Virginia Poly-technic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, where she specialized in disease resistance in poultry. John Metzer owns and operates Metzer Farms, a duck and goose hatchery, in Gonzales, California. He turned his father’s hobby into a business when he graduated from college in 1978. He sells ducklings and goslings throughout the United States and abroad to individuals, feed stores, other hatcheries and commercial meat and egg producers. Metzer currently serves on the ALBC Board of Directors.

gra Moore is a life-long farming enthusiast who followed his interest into college where he earned a degree in poultry science from North Carolina State University. Following graduation, he entered the commercial poultry industry, but soon realized his

interest was not with industry and returned to the farm. He followed his father’s footsteps in raising pigs and added them to his own small farm shortly after chickens. Since then, the herd has grown to include multiple breeds which Moore has incorpo-rated into a successful pork business. Melody Nye, with husband R. ‘Lynn’ Nye, Jr. of Melo Farms, specializes in purebred, heritage Berkshire and Mulefoot hogs with seasonal grass-pastured dinner chickens. In addition to full-time farming, Nye spends her corporate life writing and delivering training in three industries: Health Insurance, Retail Sales, and Information Technology.

Eric and Callene Rapp are the owners/operators of The Rare Hare Barn, a successful heritage breed rabbitry in Leon, Kansas, that provides rabbit fryers to upscale restaurants around the country. Long-time members and supporters of ALBC, they are also helping to conserve Pineywoods cattle, Navajo-Churro sheep, and Nankin bantams.

Frank Reese is a fourth generation Kansas farmer and is the nation’s preeminent expert on poultry. His work raising heritage poultry has attracted many supporters, including Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and chef Mario Batali, and landed him on the front page of The New York Times, USA Today, and other national publications. Tim Safranski, PhD has led an integrated exten-

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sion and research program in the areas of genetics and reproductive management at the University of Missouri since 1996. He also teaches Swine Produc-tion. He has given presentations in 14 states and eight countries on swine genetics, reproduction, and management. Andy Schneider, better known as the Chicken Whisperer®, has become the go-to guy across the country for anything chickens. He is the host of the very popular, Backyard Poultry with the Chicken Whisperer radio show, National Spokesperson for the USDA-APHIS Bio-Security for Birds Program, and author of, The Chicken Whisperer’s Guide to Keeping Chickens. Schneider also travels across the country helping chicken owners change the laws in their area, and offers backyard poultry workshops.

D. Phillip Sponenberg, PhD, DVM has served as the Technical Advisor for ALBC since 1978. He is a veterinary pathologist and geneticist at Vir-ginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia. He has written several books on color genetics and rare breed conservation including A Conservation Breeding Handbook and Managing Breeds for a Secure Future. Sponenberg is a sought-after presenter on genetics as well as rare breed conservation. He has taken the lead on Spanish horse rescues, and is a conservation breeder of Span-ish horses and Tennessee Fainting goats.

Emily Stevenson and her husband are the second

generation of Stevensons to own and operate Pleas-ant Valley Farm, a diversified family farm that offers meats, produce and more. They farm with a team of Belgian horses and raise a variety of heritage livestock. Bradley Taylor is a heritage stockman, entrepre-neur, and software engineer. After 20 years in tech-nology, he launched a farm focused on a discovering a sustainable model for commercial production of Southern heritage livestock. In 2011, he founded Revival Foods, a values-driven, direct-to-consumer startup for local food distribution. Dr. Della Williams is a board-certified neurolo-gist who has possessed a troupe of Oberhasli goats since 1994. In 2003, she and husband Jon set to work building their herd, and obtained a farmstead cheese license from the state of North Carolina. They sell fresh goat cheese locally at farmer’s markets, retail outlets, and at their farm.

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get involved

silent Auction: An exciting part of the AlBC conference is getting to see the many hand-crafted and unique items at the silent Auction. AlBC welcomes your donations to help make the auction a success. Bring items to the conference, or contact AlBC for mailing instructions. Donations are tax deductable. email albc@albc-usa.org for more details!

Poster sessions: Can’t bring the membership to your farm? Bring your farm to the membership! the annual conference poster session provides an informal and casual venue to pro-mote your ideas or projects in a conference setting. for more information on how to submit a poster contact the AlBC office (919) 542-5704 or e-mail jberanger@albc-usa.org.

Photo Contest 2012:Have pictures of rare breeds that you would like to share? participate in this year’s AlBC member photo Contest. please submit photos to rwalker@albc-usa.org. AlBC prefers digital files in a high-resolution format. However, mailed submissions will be accepted. mail to AlBC, po Box 477, pittsboro, nC 27312. Contest winners will be announced at the Annual Confer-ence. photos must be received by September 16th. prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. submission gives AlBC permission to reprint the photos to support conservation. mailed images will not be returned.

food Donations: Want to share the tastes of your farm with AlBC’s mem-bers, partners, and supporters? rare breeds have unique tastes, and the AlBC conference networking dinners pro-vide an opportunity for you to share your products with potential customers. Consider a donation of meat, dairy, and/or eggs, and your product will be featured during the evening or lunch meals. All food donors will be highlight-ed in our conference registration package. Contact albc@albc-usa.org for more details!

Conference fees

Pre-Conference Clinics (Friday during the day)

Swine Semen Collection: $195 FAMACHA Certification: $50 Backyard Chickens: $95 Wonderful Warrens: $95 Breed Association: $25 Garden Chick: $95

Conference (Saturday)

ALBC Members: $195 Non-members: $230

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Schedule at a Glance Friday, November 9 8:00am-4:00pm Pre-Conference clinics 5:30pm Conference check-in begins 6:00pm Conference Kick-Off Banquet & Silent Auction begins8:00pm Silent Auction ends

Saturday, November 10 7:30am Late check-in begins8:00am Plenary Session9:30am Break-Out Session (1)10:30am Networking Break11:00am Break-Out Session (2)12:00pm Lunch 1:00pm Annual Members’ Meeting1:30pm Plenary Session 2:30pm Networking Break 3:00pm Break-Out Session (3)4:15pm Break-Out Session (4) 5:30pm Networking Reception

AnnuAl ConferenCe Cary, north Carolina november 9-10

American Livestock Breeds Conservancy

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