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Utah program for growing food !

To look to food that just makes sense: organic, locally grown and healthy.

And interest in such foods is leading community supported agriculture farms -- known as CSAs -- to pick up business in Utah.

"The environmental impact of big factory farms and the cost in oil and fuel to move things from Baja, Mexico, to Salt Lake City ... it's sort of a mad system," said CSA farmer David Bell.

He and his family are offering an alternative to the "mad system," however, by harvesting vegetables by day that can be cooked up and on dinner tables within 15 miles of the growing site by night.

Bell Organic Gardens in Draper is one CSA expanding from Salt Lake City this year to serve new customers in Orem, Park City and Sandy.

As with all CSAs, customers of Bell Organic Gardens purchase a share of farm crops upfront at the beginning of the 18-week growing season. Customers then go to a designated location to pick up their weekly variety of vegetables -- ranging in variety from arugula and Asian greens to swiss chard and summer squash.


Most notable, then, is the increase in single, young people looking to participate in the CSA model, greatly varying from the stereotypical diet of Top Ramen and macaroni and cheese.

Pesticide Free Crop Protection- Organic

Biological control is a tool to be considered in constructing an integrated pest management scheme for protected crop production. In a complete integrated pest management program, diseases, weeds, and plant growth must be considered as well as insects and mites. But because we are entomologists, this discussion covers insect and mite pests of greenhouse crops only. With IPM, each crop must be considered individually. Some greenhouse crops such as tomato and poinsettia are especially suitable for biocontrol for several reasons. Tomatoes and poinsettias have relatively few insect and mite pests. They are not grown year round so there is a break in the production cycle. Biological control organisms can be used especially effectively for caterpillars, spider mites and whiteflies. Table 1 gives biological controls now commercially available. Table 2 is a list of pesticides that are compatbility with various natural enemies used for biological control in the greenhouse. Following the tables are recommended management practices that simplify the task of setting up a biocontrol program for a greenhouse crop and then there are some sources of natural enemies.

Table 1. Recommended Natural Enemies for Greenhouse Insect Pests

PEST
NATURAL ENEMY
RATE
UNIQUE CHARACTERS

Aphids
Aphid Lions Chrysoperla spp.
Preventative: 1-3/yd, Monthly, as needed
Control (low infest.): 2 to 5/yd, Bi-Weekly,

2 to 3 times
Control (mod. infest.): 4 to 8/yd, Bi-Weekly,

2 to 4 times
Control (high infest.): 7 to 12/yd, Bi-Weekly,

3 to 5 times
Maintenance: 1 to 2/yd, Tri-Weekly, Indefinitely
COMMENTS: Rates shown above for larvae. For eggs, multiply rate times 5; for adults, divide by 4
Purchase fed larvae that Are packaged individually. Lacewings are cannibalistic and should well dispersed.

Aphid midge
Aphidoletes
aphidomyza
Preventative: 1 to 3/yd, Monthly, as needed

Control (low infestation): 2 to 5/yd, Biwkly --

2 to 3 times
Control (mod. infest.): 4 to 7/yd, Weekly,

2 to 4 times
Control (high infestation): 6 to 9/yd, Weekly,

3 to 5 times
Maintenance: 2 to 3/yd, Monthly, Indefinitely
COMMENTS: Preventive releases should be made in sites open to the outside
Drop from plants into soil to pupate. If soil is not directly beneath foliage (i.e. if roots are bagged, etc.), they will die and not reproduce in the greenhouse. Can be kept active by using long-day lights.

Aphid Parasitoids
Aphidius
matricarae
Preventative: 1 to 2/ yd, Bi-weekly, as needed
Control (low infestation): 2 to 4/yd, weekly,

2 to 3 times
Control (mod. infestation): 4 to 8/yd, weekly,

2 to 4 times
Control (high infestation): N/A
Maintenance: 2 to 3/yd, monthly
Shipped as live adults, ready to parasitize aphids.

Lady beetle
Hippodamia
convergens


"Bug Pro" and other synthetic food sources are available to help keep lady in the garden.

Syrphid maggots


May occur naturally where screening is not employed.

Broad mite
Predaceous mite
Neoseiulus
barkeri
10 to 30 per plant.



Caterpillars
Aphid lions
Chrysoperla spp.


Purchase fed larvae that Are packaged individually. Lacewings are cannibalistic and should well dispersed.

Bacterium
Bacillus
thuringiensis
kurstaki (various formulations)
1 to 5 teaspoons per gallon of water
Can be used with regular chemical pesticides

Fungus gnats


Yellow sticky cards and potato slices useful for monitoring.

Bacterium
Bacillus
thuringiensis
israelinsis
(Gnatrol™)
2 to 8 pints per 100 gallons of water.
Compatible with most pesticides.

Nematodes
Steinernema
carpocapsae
(Scanmask™)

Steinernema
carpocapsae (Ecomask™)

19,000 per sq ft.



70,000 per sq ft.

This strain is adapted to cooler soil temperatures.


This strain is adapted to warmer soil temperatures.

Soil-Dwelling Mite
Hypoaspis
miles
Preventative: 35 to 70/yd, Monthly, as needed
Control (low infest.): 45 to 100/yd, Tri-Weekly,

2 to 3 times
Control (mod. infest.): 100 to 140/yd, Bi-Weekly,

2 to 4 times
Control (high infest.): 100 to 200/yd, Bi-Weekly,

3 to 5 times
Maintenance: 4 to 75/yd, Monthly, Indefinitely
COMMENTS: Interval depends upon site size
Will also feed on thrips pupae in the soil.

Leafminers
Warm Weather
Leaf Miner
Parasitoid
Dacnusa
siberica
Preventative: 1 to 3/yd, Bi-Weekly, as needed
Control (low infestation): 2 to 5/yd, Bi-Weekly,

2 to 3 times
Control (moderate infestation): N/A Control (high infestation): N/A
Maintenance: 2 to 4/yd, Monthly, Indefinitely
COMMENTS: Early season introduction will work the best. Use with parasitic nematodes



Warm Weather
Leaf Miner
Parasitoid
Diglyphus
isaea
Preventative: 1 to 2/yd, Tri-Weekly, as needed
Control (low infest.): 2 to 4/yd, Bi-Weekly,

2 to 3 times
Control (mod. infestation): N/A
Control (high infestation): N/A
Maintenance: 2 to 3/yd, Monthly, Indefinitely
COMMENTS: Late spring introductions will work the best. Use with parasitic nematodes



Mealybugs
Australian lady beetle
Cryptolaemus
montrouzieri
Preventative: N/A
Control (low infest.): 2 to 4/yd, Tri-Weekly,

2 to 3 times
Control (mod. infest.): 4 to 6/yd, Tri-Weekly,

2 to 3 times
Control (high infest.): 6 to 8/yd, Bi-Weekly,

2 to 4 times
Maintenance: 2 to 3/yd, Monthly, Indefinitely
COMMENTS: Large scale use is normally in the southern states.
Lady beetles are somewhat sensitive to pesticides including soap. Lady beetles work best at high mealybug populations and not so well with low infestations.

Parasitic wasp
Leptomastix
dactylopii
2 per sq yd or 5 per infested plant. Repeat 1 or 2 times per year.
Use in conjunction with the Australian lady beetle. Good control in 2 to 3 months. CITRUS MEALYBUG ONLY.

Mealybug,
Longtailed
Aphid Lions
Chrysoperla
carnea
Preventative: 1 to 3/yd, Monthly, as needed
Control (low infest.): 2 to 5/yd, Bi-Weekly,

2 to 3 times
Control (mod. infest.): 4 to 8/yd, Bi-Weekly,

2 to 4 times
Control (high infest.): 7 to 12/yd, Bi-Weekly,

3 to 5 times
Maintenance: 1 to 2/yd, Tri-Weekly, Indefinitely
COMMENTS: Rates shown above for larvae. For eggs, multiply rate times 5; for adults, divide by 4
Larvae are recommended.

Scale
insects
Lady beetles (Harmonia
axyridis: or
Hippodamia)
Preventative: N/A
Control (low infest.): 1 to 2/yd, Tri-Weekly,

2 to 3 times
Control (mod. infest.): 2 to 3/yd, Tri-Weekly,

2 to 3 times
Control (high infest.): 3 to 4/yd, Bi-Weekly,

3 to 4 times
Maintenance: 1-3/yd, Qtrly - Indefinitely
COMMENTS: The release rate shown above are suggested until further data is available



Soft scales
Parasitic wasp
Metaphycus
helvolus

5 to 10 per plant
For hemispherical scale, brown soft scale, nigra scale, black scale

Spider mites
Predaceous mites
Amblyseius
(= Neoseiulus)
fallacis
Preventative: 5 to 9/yd, Monthly, as needed
Control (low infest.): 10 to 18/yd, Tri-Weekly,

2 to 3 times
Control (mod. infest.): 18 to 26/yd, Bi-Weekly,

2 to 4 times
Control (high infest.): 26 to 32/yd, Bi-Weekly,

2 to 4 times
Maintenance: 3 to 6/yd, Monthly, Indefinitely
COMMENTS: Fall preventive releases should be made into groundcover only one time

Organic Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
Registration is $40 if you register before March 15, $50 after March 15 and at the conference site on the day of the conference if space is available. Complete the registration form and mail with your check or money order, payable to Friends of Nevada Organics, to:


Ray Johnson, Treasurer
Friends of Nevada Organics
3701 Elm Street
Silver Springs, NV 89429


CONFERENCE FEE INCLUDES:
• Welcome package with notepad, pencils, and small gifts.
• Keynote address by Miles McEvoy, Administrator, National Organic Program, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service.
• Over 12 hours of lectures, panels, and discussion groups led by industry experts in organic farming, processing, marketing, and certification.
• Opportunity to meet suppliers and agencies who can help with your organic farming and processing needs.
• Organic continental breakfast provided by Whole Foods Market and Davidson's Tea each day.
• Organic lunch on Thursday prepared by Chef Michelle Palmer.
• Organic snack mid-afternoon on Thursday.
• Free wireless access on site.
Upon receipt of your form and payment, the Nevada Organic Advisory Council will send you the conference materials.
When: April 7-8, 2011 Times: Thursday April 7, 8am - 5pm
Friday April 8, 8am - 12 noon
Where: UNLV Cooperative Extension--Lifelong Learning Center
Address: 8050 Paradise Rd.(less than 5 miles from McCarran airport)
Las Vegas, NV 89123
Phone: (702) 251-7531

Soil and Fertility Management

These are some of the new publiciations for Organic Growers



Fertile Soil: A Grower's Guide to Organic & Inorganic Fertilizers, by Robert Parnes
Organic Soil Amendments and Fertilizers, by David E. Chaney and Laurie E. Drinkwater; University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program publication; to order, call 1-800-994-8849, email danrcs@ucdavis.edu or visit the UC SARE Publications web site
Building Soils for Better Crops, by Fred Magdoff and Harold van Es, Sustainable Agriculture Network
Soil Biology Primer, by E.R. Ingham, A.R. Moldenke, and C. Edwards; to order call 1-800-THE-SOIL, or e-mail pubs@swcs.org

On-Farm Composting Handbook, edited by Robert Rynk, Cornell University; to order call 607-255-7654, or e-mail the NRAES
The Soul of Soil: a Soil-Building Guide for Master Gardeners and Farmers, by Grace Gershuny and Joseph Smillie
The Rodale Book of Composting, by Deborah L. Martin and Grace Gershuny

A Report on Agribusiness

Kiplinger Reported - Agribusiness

Washington, Oct. 24, 2008


With much of the world in recession…
Farmers will have to make some adjustments
to deal with slower domestic and foreign sales in ’09.
We expect crop prices to remain moderate
well into ’09 after regaining a bit of ground this fall...
corn, $4.50-$5 a bushel...soybeans, about $10.
Why? Basic commodity supplies are up
worldwide because weather has been good
and farmers planted more in response to high prices.
The world is wrapping up record harvests of wheat,
rice and oilseeds. There’s plenty of low quality wheat
to supplement the moderate harvest of feed grains.
Demand will drop, but unevenly.

Americans will still eat, of course, but they’ll do so
more often at home than in restaurants. Moreover,
they’ll be more price conscious, buying cheaper cuts
of meat, less expensive store brands and such.
That’ll pressure prices for cattle, for example,
as sales of hamburger meat rise…steaks, recede.
And though world wheat stocks are ample,supplies of high-protein wheat used for making bread are not, and will fetch $8/bu. in Minneapolis into ’09, or $3 more than softer wheat. Exports, too, will be a mixed bag. Overall, they’ll drop below $100 billion next year after jumping over 55% in two years, hitting a record $110 billion for ’08. The dollar is gaining against most currencies, especially those of Canada and Mexico,
the two largest U.S. ag customers, adding to sales erosion from the recession itself. But exports will rise for some products: The U.S. has a big ’08 soybean crop to sell, while the ’09 crop in South America, the main U.S. competitor, will be down sharply.
The silver lining for farmers: Retreating production costs...starting with fuel and some fertilizers this fall. By next spring, prices for many farm chemicals
will erode modestly, crop insurance premiums will fall because crop prices are down,and farmers will push to revise rents to ease the squeeze between costs and receipts.

But new farm machinery prices won’t fall much because demand will remain steady. Livestock owners will feel the most relief. Cattle feedlots and poultry barns have been cutting inventories under crushing feed prices. They’ll get their payback in ’09 with more stable grain prices while their lower output firms product prices.Dairy and hog farms are still overproducing and won’t see prices rise till later in ’09.
Credit costs will slip, too. Interest rates will come down for farmers
who can demonstrate their creditworthiness. Since the farm credit crisis in the ’80s, ag lenders have insisted on a projection of profitability, instead of asset worth, to extend loans. Lenders will stick to that formula, keeping ag lending sound. Net: A mediocre year for most farmers. Total sales will be down from ’08, spelling a decline in net profits of 20% or so. Farmland will keep its value, though. The Kiplinger Agriculture Letter (ISSN 0023-1746) is published bi-weekly for $137/one year, $239/two years, $331/three years by The Kiplinger Washington Editors, 1729 H St., NW, Washington, DC 20006-3938. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Kiplinger Agriculture Letter, P.O. Box 3295, Harlan, IA 51593. Subscription inquiries: 800-544-0155 or sub.services@kiplinger.com Editorial information: Tel., 202-887-6462; Fax, 202-778-8976; E-mail, letters@kiplinger.com; or Web site, kiplingerbiz.com
FARM
ECONOMY
The relentless climb in U.S. chicken production will take a breather in ’09:
Expect a 1% slide in processing, marking the first annual decline since ’75,
largely because the softer global economy will nick exports. Domestic sales…steady,
as they have been after consumption plateaued at 86 pounds per person in ’05.
Systems that filter and recirculate water will bolster fish farms…
helping them to meet mounting domestic and foreign demand as freshwater sources
become more limited. In Florida, Mote Marine Laboratory has developed a system
that’s being used to raise sturgeon and produce caviar. The Florida ag commissioner
will promote its use in future seafood production there. Closed water systems
also keep fish isolated from disease and contamination found in rivers and oceans.
Country of origin labels (COOL) on dairy products? Yes, in ’09 or ’10,
as a Democratic-run Congress, prodded by farm and consumer groups, adds items
from the dairy counter to other food categories required to carry the labels.
Dairy labels are backed by the National Farmers Union and American Farm Bureau,
and we expect the National Milk Producers Federation, which counts both farmers
and milk processing co-ops among its members, to soon support them. Meanwhile,
major food and dairy distributors may gripe about costs, but not all will fight COOL.
Canada will step up its fight against COOL. Canadian livestock producers
say labels shouldn’t be needed for them because they’ve largely integrated operations
with the U.S. Cattle and hog owners will enlist Prime Minister Stephen Harper
to fight on their behalf and challenge COOL in the World Trade Organization.
Producers feeding poultry and hogs on contract will gain a few more rights
when USDA issues livestock regulations by May ’10, as mandated by the farm bill.
Feeders will get to reject arbitrating conflicts with poultry firms when signing
their pacts, but can arbitrate later if both sides consent. They’ll also get three days
to cancel new contracts. See page 475 of the farm bill at kiplinger.com/letterlinks/08fb.
It’s mostly good news that railways are starting to amass 10,000-foot trains, stringing 1.9 miles of container-bearing cars for some cross-continent runs. Union Pacific puts that length together on occasion...Canadian Pacific will soon start.
But BNSF now runs the super-longs regularly between Southern Calif. and Chicago, a practice limited to routes where double trackage allows such trains room to pass. The long trains add efficiency to container use…employed more and more for ag goods. They’ll run only on major routes. So rural folks who are delayed by passing grain and coal trains…often over one mile long…won’t have longer waits. Note coming rails legislation aiming to improve fairness in service and rates in the next Congress. Provisions will mirror those that both Senate and House panels
approved this year, giving courts more latitude in finding violations of antitrust laws. They also require the Surface Transportation Board to rule on the even handedness of terms of service, for example, to isolated shippers that have no shipping options. Barge rates will come down a bit on the Mississippi through year-end, though they’ll still be above average. Operators are recovering from Sept. hurricanes,and a late harvest has boosted demand upriver even as river levels are dropping. Rates are double those of a year ago when shipping south from Memphis
to the Gulf of Mexico...50% more from St. Louis. Slowing exports will help trim rates.Thoroughly cleansing seeds without use of pesticides will soon be an option. German scientists are using electron beams to blast fungi, bacteria, eggs of insect pests and such on a molecular scale, clearing them off the surface of seeds. The technology will be welcomed by farmers generally but will be especially valuable to organic farms, where pesticides are banned. See kiplinger.com/letterlinks/seeds.
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LIVESTOCK
SHIPPING
SEEDS
An innovative new farming technique: Organic no-till, a hybrid effort
that maximizes the benefits of no-pesticides cropping with no-till,
which saves soil from erosion. With continued adoption of more ways to raise crops
without toxic chemicals, yields from organic fields are becoming more comparable
with conventional cropping. The Rodale Institute will conduct extensive field tests
to see how well the blended system works, including its impact on carbon storage
(greenhouse gas reduction). For more details, go to kiplinger.com/letterlinks/rodale.
Helping to make organic no-till farming possible: A roller-crimper,
developed by Rodale. Typically, herbicides are used to control weeds on no-till fields
that aren’t plowed, but they’re a no-no on organic farms. The device is mounted
on the front of a tractor, crushing and crimping the stems of the organic cover crop,
used to improve soil health, fertility, etc. The resulting mat of dead vegetation
also discourages weed growth. Take a look at kiplinger.com/letterlinks/crimper.
A surefire way to feed nitrogen to a plant just when it can best utilize it:
Put it in the soil in time-release capsules. That’s how polymer-coated urea,
or PCU, works. Trials in the Midwest show it boosts corn yields by 17 to 20 bu./acre.
The PCU performs best when knifed deeply into the soil in the fall, ready to feed
the crop’s roots the next spring. PCU is pricey, but cost effective for intensive crops
such as some vegetables. Its use will expand since it cuts tonnage of fertilizer…
an environmental plus…making it eligible for USDA conservation cost-share funding.
See results in Iowa, Kan., Neb., Minn., Mo. and Wis. at kiplinger.com/letterlinks/pcu.
High-tech monitoring of countless soil components is in the works.
Iowa State Univ. researchers are burying wireless sensors a foot deep in the soil...
a plow can go over the top. Their grid of small wireless sensors will closely report
moisture levels in initial trials. In later upgrades…levels of carbon, soil nutrients,
fertilizers. The goal: A system for measuring such soil factors precisely,
helping farmers avoid wasteful application of crop inputs and maximize crop growth
and yields. Read further details on this research at kiplinger.com/letterlinks/grid.
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Thousands of horses face neglect, abandonment and starvation
this winter as financially strapped owners can no longer care for them
and export sales dwindle to longstanding markets in Canada and Mexico.
The herd has expanded in recent years as U.S. slaughterhouses closed…
after animal rights groups won their fight against killing horses for meat,
ending the processing of horsemeat for export to countries where it’s eaten.
The overall horse population in the U.S. now numbers more than 9 million.
As the herd grew, prices for older horses fell, enticing urbanites
and other horse fanciers to buy them cheaply. But with feed costs up,
keeping a horse now typically costs over $2000 a year, not counting vet bills.
Even costs of euthanizing and rendering horses run into hundreds of dollars.
Hard economic times make it tougher for many to care for horses.
No longer able to pay for their upkeep, and often not able to sell them abroad
because the slaughter plants can’t take them all, many owners turn their backs,
leaving more and more horses to fend for themselves. The problem will grow
once Congress no longer allows horses to be shipped to foreign slaughterhouses.
Horse rescue initiatives will help. A new sanctuary opened in Oregon
by the Humane Society of the United States will care for more than 300 horses.
HSUS, the American Horse Council and other groups are getting more involved:
For a list of folks offering or seeking care, see kiplinger.com/letterlinks/horses.
But sadly, the various rescue efforts will only be able to go so far.
SAVING
HORSES
SOIL
Take a look at coming changes for biofuels via ’07 and ’08 legislation:
Ethanol plants will start switching to nonfossil fuels for boiler heating
as EPA forces 20% cuts in the net carbon emissions of new biorefineries.
Biodigesters will make methane from manure. Gasifiers...syngas from crop wastes.
E85 will gain new markets. Automakers will expand their output
of flex-fuel vehicles that burn E85…85% ethanol, 15% gasoline…in coming years.
Meanwhile, more highways will sport E85 pumps: I-65 (886 miles from Gary, Ind.,
to Mobile, Ala.), now has 31 stops with dispensers, versus none just three years ago.
The tax credit for purchases of E85 dispensing equipment has been extended as well.
Plus ethanol makers, General Motors and the governors of Ala., Fla., Idaho, Kan.,
Mich., Mo., Neb., Ohio, Tenn. and Wis. have joined to expand E85 outlets. Further,
an ’07 law making oil companies allow E85 sales at their franchise stations will help.
Biofuel is going airborne: Biomass jet fuel may well power aircraft in ‘12
or so, helped by a $1/gal. tax credit, versus 50¢ for jet fuel from coal or natural gas.
Slower to arrive: Those enticing midlevel ethanol blends that promise hikes
in demand as the market for 10% blend approaches saturation. Though some states
are trying to mandate such blends, the feds will take years to test and approve them.
Where to find a wily enzyme that can extract sugars from tough cellulose?
Why, in a cow, of course. Its rumens already have enzymes to do just that.
A Michigan scientist transferred a gene from a cow stomach bacterium to corn cells,
getting corn to replicate the desired enzyme. Then the corn can convert its biomass
into sugar in the ethanol making process. Details at kiplinger.com/letterlinks/cowcorn.
Wind turbine makers are riding an updraft, thanks to this fall’s extension
of the wind energy tax credit by Congress, which is sparking construction of plants
in Ark., Ind., Iowa, Minn. and Colo. They’ll join 41 projects green-lighted since ’07.
Each plant means dozens or hundreds of new jobs in small cities and rural areas.
A trait that’ll be a hit for growing grapes in northern states and Canada:
Resistance to 2, 4-D, an ever-present broadleaf herbicide in North America,
and one to which grapevines are extremely vulnerable. Scientists borrowed a gene
from a bacterium to make the Chancellor grape, grown in the Northeast and Midwest,
tolerate 2, 4-D, producing a grape that’ll grow on farms where the herbicide is used.
Another biotech tweak fresh from the lab: Making flowers smell even better.
Experts in Israel genetically alter flowers to enhance their aromas. The discovery
will pave the way for luring more pollinators and deterring more pests from crops.
An updated national guide to 225 alfalfa varieties is available online
at kiplinger.com/letterlinks/hay. The National Alfalfa and Forage Alliance
and seed certifiers compiled it to help farmers find strains best suited to their fields.
With the global economy and financial markets in rocky times…
Charitable efforts to feed hungry people are having a tougher go of it.
Many food pantries and soup kitchens in the U.S. are seeing donations go south.
To help out, Congress is bolstering tax incentives on food donations,
extending through ’09 the deduction all businesses can take on food to charities.
Moreover, farmers can apply that deduction on up to 100% of their income
up to the end of this year, a brief departure from the usual limits of 10% to 50%.
Yours very truly,
Oct. 24, 2008 THE KIPLINGER WASHINGTON EDITORS
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Organic Growers of Southern Nevada Conference

The Las Vegas Conference for Organic Growers

The conference will be held at the Preserve Oct 16,2008 .Registration is requested, several key note speakers will be lecturing about soils and conditions. This is an open invitation for all people wishing to find out what Nevada has to offer and meet the people that will growing your food.

Chef's are invited to meet and greet Organic growers that can make your establishment stand out with high quality and fresh ingredients. For futher information contact me at 702-798-0888 Dawn Fisler