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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
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  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Harvey's Fall Presentations (OT) (Long)
  • Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:53:03 -0600


Wish one was in day trip driving distance. What a treat.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

The future ain't what it used to be.
-- Yogi Berra

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On 8/23/2011 at 10:04 AM Harvey Ussery wrote:

>I will be giving presentations at five major conferences in the fall,
>listed below. In all cases, I will give my signature presentation on
>whole-systems, integrated mixed poultry husbandry, plus additional
>topics such as "Chickens in the Garden," "Trash to Treasure:
>Bioconversion of Organic 'Wastes' to Resource," and more.
>
>If interested in attending any of these presentations, please see
>http://themodernhomestead.us/article/Harveys+Presentations.html
>for more details about the conferences and my specific presentations,
>and for links to register.
>
>If you attend one of my presentations, be sure to introduce
>yourself--I'd love to meet you.
>
>SEPTEMBER 16 & 17, MONTICELLO, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA: I will give
>three presentations at the Heritage Harvest Festival, held at Thomas
>Jefferson's estate.
>
>SEPTEMBER 24 & 25, SEVEN SPRINGS, PENNSYLVANIA: I will give three
>presentations at the Mother Earth News Fair, held at the Seven Springs
>resort in western Pennsylvania.
>
>NOVEMBER 4 & 5, BARRE, MASSACHUSETTS: I will give a two-day presentation
>to the Northeast Organic Farming Association/Massachusetts Chapter
>titled "The Modern Homestead" and targeted toward achieving greater food
>independence in the backyard and small farm. Topics will include soil
>fertility, working with livestock and poultry, limiting crop damage by
>insects without toxic pesticides, using decomposer organisms to generate
>both soil fertility amendments and live high-protein feeds, cultivated
>mushrooms, eating fresh year-round, cover cropping, ideas for serving
>small niche markets with the world's best food, and much more. Emphasis
>will be on making the homestead and small farm a viable part of the
>wider ecology and pulling their disparate elements into integrated wholes.
>
>NOVEMBER 11 THROUGH 14, DALLAS, TEXAS: I will give two presentations at
>the Weston A. Price Foundation's annual conference, including an all-day
>on my whole-systems poultry husbandry during the "bonus activities" day
>following the formal end of the conference. If you don't know about
>WAPF, check them out--their work could revolutionize the way you think
>about food and health.
>
>DECEMBER 8 THROUGH 10, COLUMBUS, OHIO: I will give two presentations at
>the Acres USA annual conference. One will be my signature presentation
>on poultry, the other is still under discussion.
>
>And looking forward to next year:
>
>FEBRUARY 1 THROUGH 4, 2012, STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA: I have just
>been accepted for several presentations at the annual conference of the
>Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture. We are still
>discussing exact number and topics, but it looks as if I will do an
>all-day on the integrated, independent, ecologically responsible
>homestead and small farm--a one-day version of my November two-day NOFA
>presentation described above.
>
>Hope to see some of you at one of the conferences!
>
>~Harvey
>
>--
>Harvey in northern Virginia
>www.themodernhomestead.us
>
>My book THE SMALL-SCALE POULTRY FLOCK (Chelsea Green) is now with the
>printer and will be available in a couple of weeks (mid-September).
>Preorder
>at:www.chelseagreen.com/bookstore/item/the_smallscale_poultry_flock
>
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