Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Harvey Ussery <harvey@themodernhomestead.us>]

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