Subject: (fwd) PASA conference

From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 00:56:10 -0500

Nick Pine is an authority on renewable energy with special expertise
in solar thermal  home/farm/shop/greenhouse heating systems. His
interesting posts can be read in the Usenet newsgroup,
alt.solar.thermal. 
Someone might ask him about glazing options for cloches, greenhouses
and coldframes.  -  I have many of his writings archives at:
http://metalab.unc.edu/intergarden/renewable-energy.html

Lawrence 
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On 8 Jan 2000 09:12:05 -0500, in misc.rural [email-masked] (Nick
Pine) wrote:

The Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture conference is
happening on Friday and Saturday Feb 4 and 5 at Penn State; $75, with
an optional $17 "Rotational Grazing Feast"/Banquet on Friday night
(PASA--"Farming for the Future"/P O Box 419/Millheim, PA 16854.)

PASA's earthy-crunchy. The conference is sponsored by AgRestore,
Albert's Organics, Inc, American Farmland Trust, Center for Rural
Pennsylvania, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Dairyland Sales and Service,
Earth's Best Baby Food, Fertrell, Free Choice Enterprises, Ltd,
Goodness Greeness, Healthy Harvest/Greater Pittsburgh Community Food
Bank, Headwaters RC&D, Kreamer Feed Inc, Natural Dairy Products Corp,
Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences, Pennsylvania Certified
Organic, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture [the worldwide cookie
package stampers], Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection, Pennsylvania Farmers Union, EQI Inc, P. L. Rohrer, Rodale
Institute, Tait Farm Foods, Tuscarora Organic Growers Cooperative,
Walnut Acres Organic Farms, and the Western PA Chapter of OCIA. 

There's a $10 mini-conference on Women in Agriculture on 
Thursday, Feb 3.

The conference begins on Friday morning at 8 with a continental
breakfast, and the exhibit hall with its sustainable trade show opens.
Vandana Shiva gives a keynote address at 9:30. 

Friday's talks include

Stolen Harvest: the Hijacking of the Global Food Supply
   Vandana Shiva, Research Foundation for Science, 
  Technology and Ecology
Tough Times for Tender Chicken
   Ray Bolton, Berks Co.
Not Business as Usual: Putting your Money Where your Mouth is
   Judy Wicks, White Dog Cafe
   Jeff Furman, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream
Medium-scale Organic Vegetable Production or How I Make a Living
While Maintaining the Appearance of Sanity
   Don Kretschmann, Beaver Co.

Friday evening concludes with a Sustainable Socializing Hour, 
the Rotational Grazing Feast, and the PASA Chat N' Chew Cafe'.

Saturday's talks include

The Four P's of Pastured Poultry (4 hours)
   Diane Kaufman, Farmer, American Pastured Poultry 
   Producer's Association
Converting to Holistic Herd Health Care: A Homeopathy-based 
  System (4 hours)
   Edgar Sheaffer, DVM
Getting Rid of Mildews, Scab and Botrytis from Foliage: 
   The Secrets of a Good Compost Tea
   Elaine Ingham, Soil Foodweb Inc.
Organizing Farmer to Chef Relationships
   Doyle Freeman, Penn's Corner Farm Alliance
   Kevin Von Klause, White Dog Cafe'
   Bill Fuller, Big Burrito Group
Ecological Waste Treatment: A Fundamental Design Revolution
   John Todd, Ocean Arks Institute
Taking Your CSA to the Next Millennium
   Elizabeth Henderson, Peacework Organic Farm
Hog Calling: Factory Farms and Community Action
   David Brubaker, GRACE
   Paul Durrenburger, Penn State 
   Pennsylvanians for Responsible Agriculture.

John Todd gives a closing address at 3 PM.

Nick

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