(Chuck Walters enjoying some of sunflower greens we brought from our farm)
WOW what a lazier beam expression of agriculture, or as Charles "Chuck" Walters
shared this event being the university and the presenters being the professors of what the true essence of Agriculture is and will be as we move into the future.
Jerry Brunetti was honored with the ACRES USA lifetime award for his contributions to agriculture. The attendance was over 1200 and many here for the first time. We got to hear presentations from ACRES leaders who also have presented at past Ma'a conferences. With the likes of Bob Shaffer, Will Winter, Richard Olree, Gary Zimmer, Neal Kinsey and Jerry Brunetti along with great keynotes from new faces with a long history of contributions in Agriculture.
First time presenting Michael Melendrez from New Mexico gave a great presentation of the soil food web and wants to come present on Maui at the Ma'a conference. Were feeling that for our next conference slated for January of 2010, we will be focused on the body and soil ecology in micro-flora with hopefully having two of the four presenters being Michael Melendrez and gut health with
Natasha Campbell McBride the star of the Westin Price Conference this past November.
I've been using the pro-biotic she formulated the results in support of my physiology have been impressive. This has me very excited since both are strong advocates of how the micro-flora in the body and the soil rules the roost. Something all persuasions of growers whether a farmer or gardener needs to pay attention to along with those who just want to eat and be well.
(By the way were figuring to have a backside Organic farm tour to Kipahulu in October of 09, that will be a follow up from the provocative one we experienced in 2002, called the "Backside Tour" where we chartered small buses and drove backside around Ulupalakua to Kipahulu and visited 4 Organic farms. It will be fortuitous to see how they have grown and developed over the years.)
All in all ACRES was truly a great event, we hope to bring all that we experienced back to the folks on Maui so that others can benefit from all of the scientific based expertise we were exposed to.
We also were treated to the premier of the documentary "Food Fight" and are hoping to have it premiered on Maui as we did with King Corn before its release to the public. Stay tuned to this one it was a great film showing what is being done and the value that is being created in growing our food biologically.
First time presenting Michael Melendrez from New Mexico gave a great presentation of the soil food web and wants to come present on Maui at the Ma'a conference. Were feeling that for our next conference slated for January of 2010, we will be focused on the body and soil ecology in micro-flora with hopefully having two of the four presenters being Michael Melendrez and gut health with
Natasha Campbell McBride the star of the Westin Price Conference this past November.I've been using the pro-biotic she formulated the results in support of my physiology have been impressive. This has me very excited since both are strong advocates of how the micro-flora in the body and the soil rules the roost. Something all persuasions of growers whether a farmer or gardener needs to pay attention to along with those who just want to eat and be well.
(By the way were figuring to have a backside Organic farm tour to Kipahulu in October of 09, that will be a follow up from the provocative one we experienced in 2002, called the "Backside Tour" where we chartered small buses and drove backside around Ulupalakua to Kipahulu and visited 4 Organic farms. It will be fortuitous to see how they have grown and developed over the years.)
All in all ACRES was truly a great event, we hope to bring all that we experienced back to the folks on Maui so that others can benefit from all of the scientific based expertise we were exposed to.
We also were treated to the premier of the documentary "Food Fight" and are hoping to have it premiered on Maui as we did with King Corn before its release to the public. Stay tuned to this one it was a great film showing what is being done and the value that is being created in growing our food biologically.
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