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Organic Farm Tour



Hello, everyone!
You are all invited to attend this Nebraska farm tour on May 15, beginning
in Lodgepole. Please note anyone may join the tour at any point. Please
distribute this information freely.

Thank you.

Organic Farm Tour
Lodgepole and Kimball, Nebraska
Thursday, May 15, 1997			   9 am - 4 pm
Lunch provided courtesy of OCIA

9 - 11:30 am	Tour Disneys' farm, Lodgepole             Join us at any point!
12 noon - 1 pm	Lunch in Sidney                           Stay for ½ or all day!
2 - 4 pm	Tour Culeks' farm, Kimball                Directions below!

Sponsored by:
High Plains Organic Crop Improvement Association (OCIA) Chapter #2
Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society
University of Nebraska

Topics include:
+ alternatives to fallow
+ legumes in dryland cropping
+ weed control w/ cover crops and crop rotations
+ building and conserving soil
+ adapting equipment to alternative cropping
+ organic certification

Meet 9 am at Ken Disney's: from Hwy. 30 west of Lodgepole, take CR 143 south
for 7 miles. Turn E on CR 10 and enter driveway. At SE corner of Rd. 143 and
Rd. 10.

Meet 2 pm at Bernie Culek's field: from I-80 and Hwy 71 in Kimball, go south
6 ½ miles, then east on CR 18 for 3 miles, then 1 mile south.


Call Jane Sooby 308-254-3918 or Mark Jones 308-772-3664 for more information
Jane Sooby
University of Nebraska-Lincoln alternative crops research technician
Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society western organizer
High Plains Ag Lab
3257 Rd. 109
Sidney, NE  69162

308-254-3918
308-254-2402 (FAX)
308-254-0725 (HOME)