The
2001 New Mexico Organic:
Farming & Gardening Expo
"In
Tune With Nature - Nuturing Land, People And Diversity"
The 10th
Annual New Mexico Organic Farming & Gardening Expo will take place
Saturday, February 10th at the Glorieta Conference Center in Pecos, N.M.
The theme
for this year's conference is: "In Tune with Nature — Nurturing
Land, People & Diversity."
Kent Whealy
of Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah, Iowa will open the conference with
a presentation on preserving heirloom garden plants.
Seed Savers
is a 25 year old international seed saving and sharing organization. Its
8,000 members are preserving a wealth of useful plant genes in their own
backyards.
Frances Moore
Lappe, author of the seminal book, Diet for a Small Planet, will be delivering
the closing keynote. The much-awaited sequel to this book goes to the
publisher in February.
Over 25 different
breakout sessions will be offered throughout the day on topics relevant
to southwestern gardening and agriculture.
These will
include: Acequia Water Quality, Farm Land Preservation, Organic Beef Production,
Cooperative Marketing, Organic Gardening in Arid Lands and a Cerro Grande
Fire Update.
The New Mexico
Organic Farming & Gardening Expo will be sponsored once again by the
New Mexico Organic Commodity Commission and The Farm Connection, a regional
agricultural newsletter.
For registration
information, please contact Sarah at 505-983-4098, ext. 13, or Lynda at
505-579-4386.
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