The Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension will offer a ginger production workshop as part of its Enhancing Sustainability Series on Wednesday, February 29, from 1:00-5:00 pm at the Silk Hope Farm Heritage Center in Silk Hope, NC. Presenter Susan Anderson of East Branch Ginger will give a thorough overview of edible ginger (Zingiber officinale) production and talk about its growth as a specialty crop for North Carolina growers. This workshop is for first-time ginger growers.
The cost for the workshop is $20 and includes handouts plus plus one pound of certified organic ginger seed. The deadline for registration is February 17. We must receive your registration by Feb. 17 in order for you to be registered so we can procure the seed from Hawaii in time for the workshop.
Full details and registration information is available on the Growing Small Farms website at http://bit.ly/qb7UB
For more information contact Debbie Roos at 919-542-8202 or debbie_roos@ncsu.edu.