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  • From: Allan Balliett <igg AT igg.com>
  • To: market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Mid-Atlantic Biodynamic Food and Farming Festival, Sept 29 - Oct 1, Claymont Farm, Charles Town, WV
  • Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 14:07:22 -0400


<Folks, I hope everyone can make it to this bash this year! Let me know what I can do to help you make it to beautiful West Virginia this fall. -Allan>

The conference that combines "Secrets of the Soil" with "Growing for Market" - exploring the wonders of the Universe while learning to make a Better Living by Living Better!

Gardening for the Future Festival &
The Mid-Atlantic Biodynamic Food and Farming Conference
Traditional Nutrition and Restorative Farming
September 29 - October 1, 2000 * Claymont Farm, Charles Town, WV
Three days of fun, food, and wisdom on a 350 acre organic certified BD farm!

A Few of the Scheduled Speakers and Workshop Leaders
Special Presentation by JOHN TRUDELL,Native American poet, songwriter and philosopher. Speaking about "the Nature of Power."

PROPAGATING with NATURE
GABRIEL HOWARTH, founding member of Seeds of Change and a legendary seedsman/gardener and champion of biodiversity.
CHAROLETTE MARQUARDT, Cero Verde Herb Gardens, step-by-step plant cutting workshop.
WENDELL PIERCE, Alan Chadwick's horticulturist. Speaking on traditional plant propagation

ALTERNATIVE NUTRITION and HEALING
SALLY FALLON (Weston A. Price Foundation)Author of Nourishing Traditions, a remarkable study of traditional nutrition that exposes how a few modern 'conveniences' have affected the vitality and longevity of Americans and what we, as farmers and consumers, can do to reverse this effect.
JOE LILLARD,(HomeopathyWorks) How to improve your health and your soil fertility through potentization
JOEY KORN, one of the world's foremost dowsers, conducting several workshops throughout the conference, hoping to keep good on his promise that he can teach anyone to dowse! (He's also offering a post-confernece workshop this year!)

BIODYNAMIC VITICULTURE
MARK TRELA ( New Harmony Vineyards) Speaking on n biodynamic viticulture in Indiana (also on biodynamic cut flowers).
DAN LYNCH, ( Long Mountain Vineyard) East Coast representative of ABA, speaking on new approaches to biodynamic viticulture

BIODYNAMICS / COSMICULTURE
HUGH LOVEL America's foremost biodynamic teacher, author of A Biodynamic Farm for Growing Healthy Vegetables and America's leading practitioner of Cosmiculture,
HUGH COURTNEY, (The Josephine Porter Institute) Hugh makes most of the BD preps used in America. He will teach you how to use them!
GOOD FARMING and GARDENING
JIM FOLTZ, Peace in the Valley Farm, making medicinal herbal preparations that heal - and pay!
JERRY BRUNETTI, (Agricynamics) Maximizing Pasture health and human health.
MICHAEL PHILLIPS (The Organic Apple Grower) The latest scoop on growing apples with Nature.
STEVE MOORE, 4-seaon psassive solar greenhousing. Effective season extension and low-cost IPM..
GARY PUTERKA, (USDA) Using the kaolin clay sprays effectively

Fantastic Food! Incredibly delicious Organic/biodynamic meals (included in conference fee) prepared on-site by Chef Collaborative 2000 founding member Peter Berley, author of 'Vegetarian World' a Harper-Collins title that will be released in September.

REGISTRATION: CONFERENCE FEE of $175 (Early Bird Discount: $150 before 9/1/2000) includes all meals and camping. Limited on-site semi-private rooms avail. at reasonable rates The conference is 90mi from Washington DC and 40 min. from Dulles Airport. To make reservations: Call (304)724-6763 or email csa AT claymont.org Late breaking information at our web page: http://www.gardeningforthefuture.com (very much under construction!)

OPENINGS STILL EXIST FOR BOTH CONFERENCE AND GARDEN INTERNS!!!

For more information, contact Allan Balliett at the addresses below:

The Mid-Atlantic Biodynamic Food and Farming Conference
Post Office Box 3047, Shepherdstown, WV 25443 (304) 724-6763. FAX: (815) 550-6067 csa AT claymont.org www.gardeningforthefuture.com



  • Mid-Atlantic Biodynamic Food and Farming Festival, Sept 29 - Oct 1, Claymont Farm, Charles Town, WV, Allan Balliett, 07/18/2000

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