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2007 New England Farmers’ Direct Marketing Conference and Trade Show

Scholarship Information

Update (1/19/2007): All scholarships have been awarded for the 2007 conference.

Harvest New England is pleased to offer scholarships to qualified farmers from New England to attend the New England Farmers’ Direct Marketing Conference and Trade Show, February 28 and March 1st in Sturbridge, Massachusetts.

Scholarships will cover the cost of conference registration for up to two attendees from the same family or farm. Recipients will be responsible for any additional costs such as travel or hotel costs associated with their attendance.

Priority for scholarships will be based on the following criteria:

  • New farms (in business for less than five years)
  • Youth
  • Distance of travel to conference
  • Other demonstrated need

In order to be considered, please complete the scholarship application form.

Please e-mail or mail your application by January 12 to:

David Webber
Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources
251 Causeway St, Suite 500 Boston, MA 02114 David.webber@state.ma.us

Recipients will be notified the week of January 19th.
To apply for a conference scholarship:

Save the following application form to your computer, complete it, then return it to the contact on the form.

Scholarship application

Download the conference brochure.

More conference information:

Conference main page

General conference information

Conference schedule

Keynote Speaker: Jane Eckert

Trade show information

Scholarship information

Sponsorship information

The conference is sponsored by all six New England state departments of agriculture and Harvest New England, in cooperation with: