>Personally, I am very impressed by her body of work. My impression >is, she also has a lot of heart for it from the standpoint of >healing the planet from the physical effects of poor agricultural >practices. She is the consummate scientist, demanding exacting >standards for scientific research, yet remaining open to >possibilities.
Elaine is a true activist. True, she is also an academic and it often shows in grating ways, but she is a truly wonderful person. To me, the ulimate proof of that is that she has accepted an invitation to present at the Mid-Atlantic Biodynamic Food and Farming Conference Sept 4-6 of this year. She was very gracious in accepting this opportunity to work face to face with biodynamic people for that weekend, a weekend in which she undoubtedly could be doing more lucrative things. Spending time with her at Santa Cruz at the Bioneers workshop and again at ACRES is really got through my thick skull that she is as much of an activist as anyone I know in the field of organic farming. What's wonderful about Elaine is that she is one of the few who has facts and figures to back up her statements! Bless her! -Allan Balliett who maintains he is objective in this
