I just found out that the Acres USA annual conference is going to be held in Indianapolis this year. It's scheduled for December 12 - 14. Joel Salatin is going to be doing a 2-day workshop, and Percy Schmeiser is one of the featured speakers. He's the Canadian farmer who's crops were contaminated by Roundup-ready canola, now Monsanto has taken him to court and forced him to pay their technology fees. There's more info at Acres USA

We have a spare bedroom and a pull-out sofa if anyone needs a place to stay. :)

-- Anonymous, August 05, 2002

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They've held that conference here in the Twin Cities for several years; guess you in Indiana are the lucky ones this year. It's a great conference, with much to learn and neat folks to meet. I highly recommend it.

-- Anonymous, August 10, 2002

These are likely the same people who sent me a really interesting catalog on eco friendly agricultural practices - cool folks.

I've owned that re-print of "Farmers of Forty Centuries" by ? King, a book describing how oriental farmers have been able to farm the same land for a very long time, using techniques that leave the land as good / better than when they got it. Fascinating - if the small time farmer learned and practiced these techniques in mass, Monsanto would be out of business (a GOOD thing, IMO). No hurt feelings intended for anyone feeling otherwise.

-- Anonymous, August 12, 2002

The lawsuit against that poor man just makes my blood boil! I wish Monsanto would take a flying leap into a giant jug of Round Up!!! Noxious weeds that they are. What a world we live in that you can be sued for having something contaminated by the manufacturer of the contaminate!! Maybe all those that pollute wells and kill off fish stocks in water ways should get their lawyers ready to sue all those people who dare get cancer etc from their pollutants! Don't get me started. That conference sounds cool.

-- Anonymous, August 16, 2002