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We are featured in this wonderful new book celebrating small family farms in Texas!

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HOME sweet FARM featured in Hobby Farms Magazine, May/June 2008!

The Family Feast
Meet the "personal farmers" of Home Sweet Farm in Brenham, Texas, and learn why they tirelessly promote the garden-to-table movement. READ THE ARTICLE!

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

People are waking up to the importance of local food. Brad Stufflebeam has given numerous presentations on developing community supported agriculture, organic/sustainable food production systems, developing and preserving small family farms, heirloom food varieties, our agricultural heritage, and more.

If you are interested in having Brad and Jenny Stufflebeam share their deep and energetic passion with your community group, church or organization about these and other related issues, please contact us for more information.

Brad's Bio: "A pioneer of the local food movement in the Lone Star State" (Texas Agriculture Magazine), Brad Stufflebeam has been a professional organic horticulturist in Texas for over eighteen years, the past President of the Texas Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (TOFGA), a full-time farmer in Washington County Texas and the S.E. Texas chapter leader for the Westin A. Price Foundation. Brad has been the organizer for many of the largest organic farming events in Texas including the annual Texas Conference on Organic Production Systems (2006-2008), founder of the annual Farm and Food Leadership Conference (2007) and the seasonal Market Grower Symposium (beginning 2009). His small family farm serves his local community and the Austin/Houston area through a unique Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program along with a Monthly Market Day hosted on his farm. Featured in numerous articles and books, his enthusiasm and passion for local food has inspired others in their quest for the small family farm and and what Brad calls "righteous food".

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Schedule:

Jan. 27, 2010 Brenham, TX - The Bluebonnet Garden Club. Contact Parri Rosen, ph. 979-661-0703

Jan. 29 & 30, 2010 New Braunfels TX - Texas Conference On Organic Production Systems. Visit www.tofga.org for more info.

Recent Presentations:

2009 Herb Society of America, The South Central District Fall Gathering at Festival Hill in Round Top, TX

2009 Market Growers Symposium - Fall Session MORE INFO HERE >>

2009 World Hunger Relief Farm Day, Waco, TX

2009 TOFGA East Texas Organic Workshop, Diboll, TX

2009 Market Growers Symposium - Spring Session MORE INFO HERE >>

2008 Texas Book Festival, Austin, TX

2008 Renewable Energy Round-Up & Green Living Fair, Fredericksburg, TX

2008 Montgomery County Master Gardeners, Conroe, TX

2008 Assoc. for Social Entrepreneurship, AG Teach-In, Bryan/College Station, TX

2008 Texas Assoc. Certified Farmers Markets, KEYNOTE

2008 Urban Harvest, Farm To Market Conference, Houston, TX

2007 Texas Conference On Organic Production Systems, Mesquite, TX

2006 Oktober Gartenfest, Winedale, TX

2006 Texas Conference On Organic Production Systems, Kerrville, TX

2006, 2007 & 2008 TOFGA New Farmers Workshops

Brazos Valley Master Gardeners

Herb Society of America, Pioneer Unit

What people are saying...

Brad Stufflebeam, "A pioneer of the local food movement in the Lone Star State" - Texas Agriculture Magazine

"Thanks for the informative and entertaining presentation at the TOFGA workshop in Diboll. It was awesome!"

"You are a wealth of knowledge!!!"

"Thanks Brad and Jenny. I really appreciate your willingness to share your knowledge and experience, many people would keep their experience close to their chest as a competitive edge. Your enthusiasm is infectious..."

"You both (Brad & Jenny) have a great sense of humor and wonderful farm stories. I hated to see that workshop end."

"Your presentation to our Master Gardening group today was so exciting! Thank you again for an extremely informative and wonderful presentation. I can assure you that our entire group shares your passions!"

"I'm one of the many folks who enjoyed and appreciated learning about your endeavor. Your presentation was excellent and so very informative... Thank you for coming and presenting such a great idea and with such excitement. So seldom does one come upon someone who actually enjoys what he or she does each day."

"I just wanted to thank you for your presentation today at the Farm to Market workshop. Awesome is an overused word these days, but that's what it was."

"Thank you for giving such a stirring talk on Thursday and facilitating the lively discussion towards the end. I spoke to many people who recognized you as one of the pioneers recovering our connection to the farm. I was raised in the suburbs myself and over the last year have come to see myself working to localize our food system, your example is one that will repeatedly help guide my own path. As for the future of agriculture, I see your enthusiasm and passion when delineating the difference in values and vision between "business-as-usual"/GMO/free trade track and the local/community supported/permaculture track."

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