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["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflondon@mindspring.com>]

 PIONEERING ORGANIC FARMER ELIOT COLEMAN TO SPEAK IN FAIRFIELD, IOWA

 Author of Two Books to Give Workshops on Organic Farming and
 Year-Round Farming


 Eliot Coleman, known nationally for his organic farming
 techniques and famous for his year-round growing in frigid
 Maine, will be in Fairfield on May 10-11, 2002 to give lectures
 and workshops on organic and winter gardening.

 Coleman is the author of "The New Organic Grower" and "Four-
 Season Harvest," the primary working texts for organic farming
 in North America and in the English-speaking world.

 In September, he is out seeding his lettuces, carrots,
 radishes, and salad greens, which grow bountifully throughout
 the winter in his unheated greenhouses in Maine. While the
 typical farmer sows and harvest hundreds of acres of grains and
 legumes from May to November, he cultivates 6 acres of land
 year-round in one of the country's coldest climates.

 He will conduct workshops on simple ways to grow vegetables
 year-round using inexpensive techniques without the use of
 fossil fuels. This program eliminates the confines of the
 growing season and provides technologies for protecting the
 environment and conserving energy. It has the potential to
 create a new niche in Iowa's agricultural economy by enabling
 more growers to provide locally grown produce all year long.
 This will support Secretary of Agriculture Patti Judge's view
 that Iowa growers are just beginning to grow food for Iowans
 (as opposed to growing agricultural commodities for the world).

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  Schedule


 Friday, May 10

         10   am  Natural Pest Prevention
         1    pm  Winter Gardening in Iowa
         7:45 pm               --Keynote--
                   Action to Create a Sustainable World Begins in
                   Our Backyard

 Saturday, May 11

         9:10  am        Mini keynote talk
         10:20 am        Building Soil Fertility with On Site Inputs
         2     pm        Winter Gardening in Iowa

 The fee for his workshop will range from $10-30.

 Eliot Coleman will be just one of dozens of speakers and events
 comprising the Eco-Fair 2002 on the campus of Maharishi
 University of Management, May 9-12.

 For more information on the Eco-Fair, see:
 http://www.ecofair2002.org/.
 Or call Joan Masover at Iowa Progressive Asset Management at
 641-469-4000 or 800-509-9096 until May 3. After May 3, contact
 Dr. M. Savard at msavard@eudoramail.com or 641-472-9180.

 For more information on Eliot Coleman, see:

 http://family_friendly.tripod.com/gardening/organic/Eliot-Coleman.htm
 http://www.chelseagreen.com/Coleman/
 http://www.chelseagreen.com/Coleman/NYTNov01.htm


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