Steve Gilman, NOFA interstate council Brian Caldwell, Hemlock Grove Farm
Thursday, Oct. 23, 4:15 PM 135 Emerson Hall In a co-presentation, organic farmers and longtime movement members Steve Gilman and Brian Caldwell will present concerns of organic farmers related to the proliferation of genetically engineered crops in the landscape and food system. Free and open to the public *Steve Gilman* is owner of Ruckytucks Farm, Stillwater, NY. In addition to authoring books on organic crop management, he also has long experience working to represent the organic farming movement in the policy arena as part of the Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) interstate council. >From 2002 to 2004 he was executive director of the Northeast Organic Network (NEON), a university-organic movement collaborative research and extension project. He has been a voice for organic farmers in debates such as that regarding USDA's national organic certification rule. *Brian Caldwell *is an organic farming educator and orchardist with 30 years experience as co-owner of Hemlock Grove Farm in West Danby, NY. He is also field manager for Cornell's Crop and Soils Department Organic Cropping systems trial. He is a former Cornell Cooperative Extension Educator and also worked as Education coordinator for the Northeast Organic Farming association of NY (NOFA-NY). *Co-sponsored by New World Agriculture and Ecology Group (NWAEG), CSS/Agricultural Sciences Program, the Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition Grad group (FANG), CIIFAD, and the GPSAFC* -- Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law. - Buddha _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
