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  • From: Harvey Ussery <harvey@themodernhomestead.us>
  • To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Livingontheland] Harvey's Fall Presentations (OT) (Long)
  • Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:04:14 -0400

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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