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Forest Farming Conference: Gather to Grow, Roanoke, Virginia


Who: Appalachian Beginning Forest Farmer Coalition 

What: 2024 Gather to Grow: A Conference to Honor the Past and Shape the Future of Forest Farming

Where: Hotel Roanoke, Roanoke, VA, USA

​The Appalachian Beginning Forest Farmer Coalition's (ABFFC) Gather to Grow multi day Forest Farming Conference will be held in Roanoke, Virginia from March 22-24, 2024 and feature learning, networking, and strategic planning programs that will shape the future of forest farming of woodland crops such as botanicals, mushrooms, and decorative products in Appalachia and beyond.

Keynote speakers, working group meetings and panels, field tours, expo, exhibitors, breakout presentations, flash talks, a youth program, poster presenters, great food, socials, and a classic hotel in Appalachia are included. Reasonable prices and access by trains, planes, and automobiles make for a highly accessible event. 

Earlier Event: March 21
Wild Ones Roanoke Region Chapter / Organizational Meeting
Later Event: March 23
Garlic Mustard Derby / Blacksburg

Plant Virginia Natives is a collaborative initiative engaging organizations, across Virginia’s coastal zone, piedmont and mountain regions, in state-wide and regional marketing strategies to increase the use and availability of native plants.

Questions, suggestions or comments about the initiative and this website?  
Please contact Virginia Witmer, Plant Virginia Natives Initiative Coordinator, at virginia.witmer@deq.virginia.gov .