Fall, 1990 (v3n1)
Economist Hazel Henderson
will be a featured speaker at the 11th Annual Ecological Farming Conference
sponsored by the Committee for Sustainable Agriculture (CSA) January 16-18,
1991, Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove. Henderson is known for
her work on food systems and the economics of food. Now based in Ft. Lauderdale,
Florida, she is an internationally-published futurist, former director
of the Princeton Center for Alternative Futures, and founder of many public
interest organizations.
Other scheduled speakers
are nationally-known nutritionist Joan Gussow, and Marty Strange,
a founder of Walthill, Nebraska's Center for Rural Affairs, which promotes
social and economic justice and environmental quality in American agriculture.
Gussow is an associate professor, nutrition education at Teachers College,
Columbia University and a former member of the Diet, Nutrition and Cancer
Panel of the National Academy of Sciences. She is the author of The
Feeding Web, and co-author of The Nutrition Debate, and will
discuss sustainable diets. Strange is the author of Family Farming, and
numerous articles including the health effects of farming practices, and
the impact of state economic development policies on midwestern communities.
A plenary session on "Successful
Farmers" will be followed by workshops on farm labor, soils, community
supported agriculture, "green" consumerism, bookkeeping, affordable
food pricing, large and small-scale farmers, herbs, and composting. Other
workshops will focus on the roles of cover cropping in ecosystems (led
by Robert Bugg, SAREP), plant propagation, wine grape cropping,
weed control, certification standards and retailers, marketing for small
farmers, seed variety selection and value-added packaging. Others will
be on farmland preservation and land stewardship, storage of organic products,
legislation, retail and wholesale cooperatives management, and cooking
with the seasons. All sessions are directed at farmers and retailers,
and many farming workshops will include transition strategies.
A poster session focusing
on research is also scheduled. For information on displaying a poster
contact Jill Auburn, SAREP, University of California, Davis, CA
95616, or call (916) 757-3278.
In addition to workshops
and seminars, the conference is known for gourmet organic meals. Registration,
meals and lodging are $210 per person before December 1. For information
contact CSA at P.O. Box 1300, Colfax, CA 95713, (916) 346-2777.
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