https://realorganicproject.org/churchtownSpeakers will cover a range of topics, including: Mexico's fight against importing GMO grain from the US (Ben Dobson, Hudson Carbon + Earthkeep Farmcommon), the current Green Revolution in Africa (Tim Wise, author of Eating Tomorrow), Real Organic Project's partnership with German-based certifier Naturland (Nora Taleb), and Mobilizing For Organic Policy (Paul Holmbeck, Organic Denmark + IFOAM World board member).
We will also hear from Real Organic Project-certified farmers Paul Muller (CA veggie farmer), Eliot Coleman (Four Season Farm in ME), Linley Dixon (CO veggie farmer), Hugh Kent (FL blueberry grower), Jesse Buie (Mississippi farmer and former NOSB member), Anna Jones-Crabtree (MT grain farmer), Liz Graznak (MO vegetable farmer and former NOSB member), Bob Quinn (MT grain farmer), and Dave Chapman (VT tomato farmer). All have spent immense energy defending and protecting organic farming against chemical and Big Ag interests.
There will also be 12 “breakout sessions” to choose from covering Small Farm Viability, Organic Policy, Grazing in the West, PFAS contamination, Eating Tomorrow, Growing Fertility, Organic Dairy, Synthetic Food, Regenerative and Organic in the Marketplace, as well as Churchtown Dairy walking tour. Lunch is included with your ticket.
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