January 22 – 25th was the second conference put on by USLGA – the United States Lavender Conference (USLC 2015). I was the chair of the committee and extremely proud of our event committee! We worked hard and put on a wonderful conference. We had over 160 attendees, plus speakers, from all over the U.S. and Canada. Robert Sidel from the Essential Oil Company was our keynote speaker and we
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Because of the open space, we get some of the best sky shows here – we can see a sky full of stars at night, fantastic sun rises, colorful sun sets, fluffy and playful clouds and menacing storm clouds. – Mary B.
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I attended the 29th annual Sustainable Agriculture Conference put on by Carolina Farm Stewardship Association on Nov 10 – 12. There were over 750 people there and it was held in Greenville, SC. It was a great place to be exposed to everything agriculture and to meet lots of people in our area. – Mary B.
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Ah, where to begin….. In this post, I told of how we came to start SHL. But there’s another story that happened along the way too. I started the United States Lavender Growers Association – a national non-profit to “support and promote” the US lavender industry. Wha??? Yep. Here’s THAT story…. In Feburary, 2011, we attended our first lavender conference. We met so many people and learned so much –
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Keep Portland Weird! We went to Portland, Oregon for the Northwest Regional Lavender Conference II on October 24 – 26. The landscape and scenery in the Portland area is spectacular. We took an extra day to see the natural sites before the conference and were able to see 3 mammoth water falls within several miles of each other and saw a small rock slide. We also went to the International
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