Farming & Gardening Expo

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.