February 26, 2:00 - 3:00 pm ET 

This event will be offered online: Zoom Registration Link

The Virginia Tech Catawba Sustainability Center’s (CSC) Grassfed Beef Partnership works to explore an alternative to commodity beef production by purchasing calves from local farmers to then be adaptively grazed in an effort to produce quality grass finished beef that is then distributed back into the local food economy. During their life at the CSC, the beef are utilized to restore, rebuild, and enhance ecosystem function and diversity for life in the soil, on the soil, and above.

Since 2016, Adam Taylor has been managing Outreach and International Affairs' 377-acre Catawba Sustainability Center in Roanoke County. The center hosts research and demonstration plots for university faculty as well as community projects, workshops, and trainings. Adam came to Catawba from the West Virginia Farmers Market Association, a statewide organization in West Virginia, where he worked to support and grow West Virginia’s local food economy through project development and management, stakeholder outreach, and policy change.

Presenters:

  • Adam Taylor, Catawba Sustainability Center

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