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| |   Hydroponic Low-Tech, Low-Cost Seminar New Session! April 26, 2008 - Salem, Oregon Registration Deadline: April 19, 2008. Cost is $50.00 per person. Advance registration is important, as class size will be limited. Please contact us if you have several people wanting to attend. This seminar will teach the basics of hydroponic growing, the advantages and disadvantages of hydroponics, the various hydroponic systems, developing a business and marketing plan, managing your risks, and will offer some hands-on displays. Also, each full participant will leave with handouts, a CD or DVD of the seminar, and a low-tech system, complete with seeds and nutrients, to allow them to try hydroponic growing for themselves. Registration Form - Please print, fill out, and send to Microfarm Sustainable. The focus of Microfarm's workshop is to show that one can use a low-cost, low-tech system to provide food for the table and an income, raising legal, high-value crops. This growing method offers water savings and reduces fertilizer, herbicide, and pesticide usage. Done correctly, hydroponics can be a way to help save the small-scale family farm by making it profitable. Federal restrictions forbid the growing of any illegal crops, by any method, for any reason. If your interest in hydroponics relates to any illegal crops, please do not sign up for these workshops.       For more information about these opportunities, please contact Microfarm at Info@MicrofarmSustainable.org or 1-503-868-7679.   Some photographs courtesy of Oregon Dept of Agriculture. Home | AboutUs | Events | Farming Info | Agricultural Links | Weather | Contact Us