5/6 - THE HISTORY OF AGRICULTURE AS MODELS FOR LOCAL FOOD SECURITY - Harry MacCormack
5/20 - ESSENTIAL SEED SAVING TECHNIQUES FOR HOME AND SMALL FARM- Carol Deppe, PhD.
6/3 - ESSENTIAL FALL-WINTER ORGANIC GARDENING - Harry MacCormack

5/6 - THE HISTORY OF AGRICULTURE AS MODELS FOR LOCAL FOOD SECURITY - Harry MacCormack

A history buff who has written extensively on all forms of agriculture through the ages, Harry believes those topics have peculariar relevance in our current transition situation.

This workshop is an exploration of a range of food production designs from thousands of years of experience in many cultures prior to the age of inexpensive petroleum. For those concerned about our local food futures, this is essential information upon which to make informed decisions.

-Her story- the often untold saga of how human decisions regarding food and fiber effect interactive life forces
-His story- decisions, discoveries, innovations and their implementations as food production over the ages
-The Commons
-How agriculture and property became and are linked
-How management implies ownership
-How science is used to justify
-How food production became bottomline economics
-How food quality and agricultural methods are linked
-The proper relationship of people and land
-Urban and rural fertility
-Toward a Durable Food System

10-3 pm, $25/each, $40/couple, bring lunch, pre-register.
More info www.sunbowfarm.org , email sunbow@peak.org , 541 929-5782

Cheri Clark and Harry MacCormack
www.sunbowfarm.org
Sunbow Farm/Sunbow Farm Solutions/Institute of Biowisdom
6910 SW Plymouth Dr
Corvallis,Oregon 97333
541-929-5782