EAI Friday February 8 ©8:00 am Registration, 12:00 noon Lunch Continental Breakfast, f f 1;00 p m Workshops Exhibit Hall Opens \, ,y 3:00 pm Workshops 9:30 am Opening Plenary Welcoming Remarks Introductions Acknowledgments Keynote Address ~ JOHN IKERD 1:00 pro Workshops The Farmers' Own School of Family Pam Economics fait Is Family Vegetablt Farmer! Renal Their Annual Finance! David Merchant, giver Betty Fam, VI; Keith Stewart, Keith's Him, NY; Dave Colton, Sew leaf Fam, MB Alter IS Years of Grazing: Keeping It Simple Works Best Art Thtcke, Enchanted Meadows, MS How's My Compost Quality? Will Brmton, Moods End Seseareh lab, ME; Enc Burkhart, Penn State Sorttcutture Department Greenhouse Bioconttol Systems Cathy Thames, PA Department of Agriculture Working with Commonwealth Legislators State Representative Bob Bastion, District 69 - Somerset County, PA; State Representative Sara Steelman, District 62 - Indiana County, PA Naturopathic Medicine Sustainable Agriculture: Natural Allies Dr. Gregory Pats, IW, DHADP, PA Faming for a Purpose: How Agriculture Enhances Communities with a Social Mission Community Members of Gould Pam, HA; Hopewell, OH, Spnng Lake Ranch, 17 B&B, Cabin, Home Stay: How to Bring Paying Guests to Your Pam Sharon Kazary, Blackberry Ridge Bam, MB Sustainable Pastures ft Warn Season Grasses Jose Taraeldo, University of Californio. CA Appealing to ami Selling to the Urban Customer Virginia Phillips, Slow Pood Pittsburgh, PA; Bill Fuller, tig Bumto Bmp, PAi ( Rochelle Kelvin. Appalachian Haturaf, MD Keynote Speakers Sustainable Agriculture, the new vision for the future of agriculture, is a knowledge-based approach to meeting the food and fiber needs of society that puts the people at the center. John Ikerd It’s a distinct honoi to welcome John Ikerd and his illu mutating \ision to Farming for tin Fntme Ikerd will rouse and engage us with his remarks on the true relevance of sustainable agriculture todat 1 John comes to us from the state of Missouri, where he grew up on a dam (arm He earned BS, MS and Ph D degrees in Agricultuial Economics at the Uni\ersit\ of Farming Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, State College, Pennsylvania 3:00 pm Workshops The farmers’ Own School of family Pam Economics Part Hs Famtty Vegetable Farmers Reveal Their Annual finances David Marchant, Mm Merry Hem, VT; Keith Stewart, Keith's Farm, ST; Dave Caban, Sew Deaf Farm, HE The Pameo' Own School rtf Family Item Economics: Family Uvettoek and Dairy Farmer! Reveal Their Annual Finances Panelists to be announced Establishing and Managing Diverse Pasture Mixes Matt Sanderson, USBA Ag Research, PA Greenhouse Biocontrol Systems Cathy Thomas, PA Department of Agriculture Compost for Optimal Soil Fertility Will Bnnton, Woods Bnd Research lab MB Organic for the Right Reasons Richard Tregidgo, North Slope Pam, PA; David Martin, Danda Barms, PA Farming for Long-Term Health Rather Than Short Term Wealth Paul Otten, Director of CHOP Health. MN Fiber Animats and Their Niche in the Homestead Pam Bryan, Pucker Brush Ptam, PA; l%Beri Ball. Sham Valley Mountain Fiber Pam, fA Micro-Dairy, Building a Profitable Five Cow Dairy flank Pipe, Old Springhouse Pam, MB Converting YaurLawu to natural Habitat Margaret Sr ittlnghem, Perm State University; David Harper, Batumi Lands Thm. PA; BaMSentMd&MwUißmakllitmtftoh PA Missouri and now holds an appointment as Professor Emeritus of Agriculture Economics Ikerd’s work emerged from a close exam ination of the industrial model of agriculture He remarks that, “the sustainable agriculture paradigm has emerged to solve problems cre ated bv the industrial model This new para digm seems capable of creating benefits the industrial model is inherently incapable of ere ating, such as greater individual cream ttv, greater dignity of work, and more attention to issues of social equity ” £4 John Ikcrd is a forecaster of sorts His w ntings plainly demonstrate the deep social benefits of adopting sustainable agriculture practices He will convey these benefits and help us bring further definition to our declared theme, “Healthy Farms Healthy Communities Our Link to a Sustainable Future ” 4:45pm PASA Annual Meeting & Board Election 5:45 pm Sustainable Socializing Hour 6:30 pm Awards Banquet Dinner . , 8:00»ra Workshops 8:00 pm Special Evening Entertainment llth for the February 8 and 9, 2002 Saturday February 9 ® 7:00 am Registration, /TX Continental Breakfast, (. | Exhibit Hall Opens ' y imy liltaK l« IMIMr anl fwyytitftnf fifcffly Btvtt S&y M&on. Wttim Pric* ftoadation, WtahtngtonVC taaiuM Tanaat Crowar Fropraai Jack «b(»on, EomStat* Uoivtmfy Intro te Mein I lor Oinct Xatkadxg SoiM/t Mtffjb Ek’tfi SMtto i Eictoouiovtf Mowouu w£ Haw Stott B&msfatt aomCmptmi Specially ytttdnei u> Coaatal HatM lam Dim Cohort, Mow Emf Farm, ME HowtoMaemHerd Health Quality Hr. Helen deem. New Bolton Center, PA What St the Real Coat of our Food John Ikerd, University of Missouri, MO The Fanner at a Vehicle of Social Change Hike lixber, Licking Creek Send Pam, MB; Mark Wims, Hartford Food Systems Project, CT: John Frederick, Community Harvest, ttbskmgton, SC food i» Elementary Why W* Heed food literacy in Our Schools .Antonia Sernas, Pood Studies Institute, NY Bolldiaf into the Future rut I: Sutteimbk Mmtagtmtnt of yi wiiin Mfciti 111 AJIA+cM iaffrttiif Hittfitiift David S&man. Jmbtrftamm (bifid. MA,' lfySiubato,DQßtFßHttiy,M Cathrine Sneed Gardening and farming provides us with life’s necessi ties; food and fiber But look beyond the material level and we see that growing things is also about hope, nurturance and the transformation of new life out of old Our closing kevnote speaker, Cathrine Sneed, brings us testimony of the powerful restorative effect of gardening and farming on the lives of people and their com munities In 1982, Cathnne established a successful horticulture program for prisoners in the San Bruno County Jail, San Francisco However, even with new skills, prisoners kept returning to jail Cathnne decided to begin a post-release program to assist former prisoners in making Annual Future Conference 8:00 am Workshops 9:45 am Future Issues Forum 10:30 am Workshops XQ:3oam Workshops Hit JmA'fM&mm OHrtrti **■ I Ofr«> lltiWttHMMCi SumattoKmCamU Swaufatid*, mhrnfpinßC iMNAdtoblj| 30 llfffMl ifh teoi>g, Inmtnx* H»m, W £ 12:00 noon Lunch I:3opm Workshops 3:00 pm Keynote Address ~ CATHRINE SNEED 1:30 pm Woriafcops on mil fufixij) fiiiiiti-Ji fc/wwfaftmi, Efciwd* Oanteit* of Hop* ftow* fiiftet B&ng Sent,, m Ctnim,PkMng PA' t Agricuttw* wd Dtnomcy: foo4 Foti&*£ ‘ ADMrl&tChtiic* ilJChllt Kathy lammct. 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Fanner-to-Famer Learning Circle: Dairy Grazing Farmer-to-Farraer Learning Circle: Cropping Systems Famer-to-rarater Learning Orel*: Annpalfwm flniA€tt for tlte Vegetable Operation Farming Literally lldtieetmmitebtefiirtiionwho UMf&Vtfr aOWnlmUf onW&pXr* l writing about their lives or experi- If you have fiction, 'poetry or essays you've wrimtc pkb* consid er reading them aloud end scaring them with othm at this session. the transition back into society and The Garden Project was born in 1992 She sought to give people hope in their own ability tor personal growth by helping them to develop a sense of purpose and connectedness Through training in organic gardening and tree care, life-skills counseling, and assistance in continuing educa tion, former offenders are given the tools to transform their lives and reenter their commu nities as proud contributing members Today The Garden Project is strong and successful Every day, participants work to har vest and deliver hundreds of pounds of organic produce to needy communities Besides vegetables, The Garden Project grows individuals who can successfully return to their communities Please join us in hearing Cathnne share her experience in using garden ing and farming’to cultivate "sustainable lives J 1 51,i