Re: Farm School in the Shenandoah Valley

Patricia Foreman (goodearth@rockbridge.net)
Wed, 06 Jan 1999 09:58:50 -0400

Good Earth Farm is the 41-acre research and development arm of Good Earth
Publications. It is nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains just 6
miles from historic Lexington, Virginia. The farm school’s focus is to help
participants become more self-reliant through enabling them to produce their
own food and shelter. Good Earth Farm raises heritage breeds of free-range
chickens and turkeys, pastured Tamworth pigs and Boer meat goats, as well as
market gardens. The farm sells all of its products to local families. A 3600
square foot former sheep barn will soon house a training space, commercial
kitchen, bathrooms, and a USDA inspected poultry processing facility.

Farm and training director, Andy Lee, majored in communications at Goddard
College and is a graduate of the Permaculture Institute in Australia with a
focus in ecological design and sustainable systems. He is the author of
BACKYARD MARKET GARDENING; the Entrepreneur’s Guide to Selling What You Grow.
He and Patricia Foreman are co-authors of CHICKEN TRACTOR, The Permaculture
Guide to Happy Hens and Healthy Soil as well as the upcoming TURKEY TRACTOR,
The Grower’s Gobbler Guide. Andy has over 25 years of adventures to share in
market gardening, logging and sustainable wood lot management, house building
and organic farming. He owns Tiny House Company and is a licensed residential
contractor in Virginia.

Patricia Foreman has undergraduate degrees from Purdue University in genetics
and nutrition, and animal sciences. She holds a Masters in Public
Administration from Indiana University and a PD in Pharmacy and is a Fulbright
Scholar. Pat has traveled extensively throughout the world as a primary health
care trainer for WHO, USAID and FDA.

Interested persons can call (540) 261-8775 between 9 and 5 EST for course
descriptions and internship application guidelines.

Good Earth Farm School
1702 Mountain View Road
Buena Vista, Virginia 24416
Phone-Fax: 540-261-8775
E-mail: goodearth@rockbridge.net

Please Add the Following Courses to Your Calendar of Events for 1999:

March 1 to December 15, 1999: Research internships in free range poultry,
market gardening, permaculture and ecological design, intensive rotational
grazing and composting. Andy Lee, Good Earth Farm School, Buena Vista, Virginia
540-261-8775

March 1 to 6: Designing and Building the Unplugged Permaculture Cottage. Andy
Lee, Good Earth Farm School, Buena Vista, Virginia, 540-261-8775

April 9 to 11: Design and Create a Profitable, Organic Market Garden and
Permaculture Greenhouse. Andy Lee, Good Earth Farm School, Buena Vista,
Virginia, 540-261-8775

May 26 to 29: PERMANENT AGRICULTURE; Designing Our Farms for a Future That
Matters. Andy Lee and Joel Salatin, Good Earth Farm School, Buena Vista,
Virginia, 540-261-8775

June 24 to 26: CHICKEN TRACTORS and FREE RANGE TURKEYS. Andy Lee, Good Earth
Farm School, Buena Vista, Virginia, 540-261-8775

July 9 to 10: Polyface Intensive Discovery Seminar, Joel Salatin, Polyface
Farm, Swoope, Virginia. Call Acres USA for information at 504-889-2100

July 23 to 24: Polyface Intensive Discovery Seminar, Joel Salatin, Polyface
Farm, Swoope, Virginia, Call Acres USA for information 504-889-2100

August 26 to 28: CHICKEN TRACTORS and FREE RANGE TURKEYS. Andy Lee, Good Earth
Farm School, Buena Vista, Virginia 540-261-8775

October 28 to 30: CHICKEN TRACTORS and FREE RANGE TURKEYS. Andy Lee, Good Earth
Farm School, Buena Vista, Virginia 540-261-8775

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