The American Community Garden Association’s annual conference is in Boston this year, from August 9-12. Some of you may recall me plugging it at the Food Project’s conference this spring. For anyone who wanted to make that event but couldn’t, there is a Public Policy and Food Security component to the Friday and Sunday workshops that may be of interest. There’s also a whole slew of garden and related tours, plenty of other workshop tracks, a local foods dinner at the Boston Nature Center, etc.
If you’re thinking about signing up, I’d advise taking a look at your options a bit ahead of time - it’s possible to take on the whole three day event, or a subset, depending on your schedule. After June 15 (Friday!) the rates go up. If you’re not already an ACGA member, you still save by signing up for a year, but if you’re reading this, it’s probably not a bad idea to join regardless of that fact.