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Past events 2007:

7th Annual Iowa Organic Conference - November 19, 2007. Registration now open.

Leopold Center 20th Anniversary Celebration July 10-11, 2007 - The event will begin July 10 with a selection of five pre-conference tours. Keynote speaker, Mark Ritchie, will open the July 11 conference conversation, and discussions will continue throughout the day in more than 20 breakout sessions.

Organic Row Crops: Tenth Anniversary of the Long-Term Agroecological Research (LTAR) Site–Comparing organic with conventional crops - ISU Neely-Kinyon Farm Greenfield, (515) 743-8412 (Adair County Extension office) -- Wednesday, August 22, 2007, 4:00 PM

Feed Costs, Grazing and Grains - Tom and Irene Frantzen, 1155 Jasper Ave., New Hampton, IA, 50659-9101, 641-364-6426 -- Thursday, August 09, 2007, 1:30 PM

Leopold Center Recognition, Flax, Triticale, and Natural History – Paul and Karen Mugge - 6190 470th St., Sutherland 712-446-2414 -- Saturday, August 25, 2007, 1:30 PM

Organic No-Till Tomatoes - Cleve Pulley Farm, 1607 320th Way, Earlham 
Cleve: 515-833-2212 (h) 515-971-0444 (cell) -- Saturday, August 11, 2007, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

The Importance of Local Foods - Laura Krouse - 825 Abbe Hills Rd. Mt. Vernon, (319) 895-6924 -- Sunday, August 05, 2007, 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Wild Country Ranching - Mike and Laura DeCook, 1145 540th Ave., Lovilia, IA 50150, 641-946-7226 -- Friday, July 27, 2007, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

March 4-7, 2007
International Organic Tree Fruit Research Symposium
Kellogg Center, East Lansing, Michigan
Mark Whalon, (517) 353-9425, rpmnews@msu.edu

The conference is intended to cover current soil, ground cover, tree, pest and horticulture management and other advances in organic tree fruit production, but will specifically allow for focused sessions on market related issues too. The emphasis will be on practical research, on-farm advances and realistic marketing strategies.
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Contact: Dr. Kathleen Delate, Associate Professor
Organic Specialist
Depts. of Agronomy/Horticulture, 106 Horticulture Hall
Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
Phone: 515-294-7069, Fax: 515-294-0730
Email: kdelate@iastate.edu
Internet info: http://www.hort.iastate.edu/, http://extension.agron.iastate.edu/organicag/

Organic Agriculture Lab
Mike Graham, Graduate Student
Amy Alesch
, Graduate Student
Phone: 515-294-5116

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