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For Immediate Release: 1/15/2000
Contact: Sean McGovern 614/267-3663
Press Release
Profitable Farm Workshops to be Presented at Wilmington College
Wilmington College and the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association,
(OEFFA), announce the first installment of the Profitable Farm Workshops to
be held on February 5 at Kelly Center on the Wilmington College Campus in
Wilmington, Ohio. "Alternatives in Agriculture" is the theme of this first
program and will feature well-known Ohio writer and "Contrary Farmer" Gene
Logsdon. Other speakers will include Charles Eselgroth of the Innovative
Farmers of Ohio, organic grain and livestock farmer Rex Spray, and Ross
County sheep farmer Matt Cunningham.
Gene Logsdon is the author of seventeen books, including "The Contrary
Farmer," "At Nature's Pace," his recent memoir "You Can Go Home Again,"
and his latest book, "Good Spirits: A New Look at Ol'’ Demon Alcohol." He
has also written hundreds of magazine articles and writes a weekly
newspaper column. He writes and farms near Upper Sandusky where he lives
with his family.
Charles Eselgroth is one of the founders of the Innovative Farmers of Ohio,
a farmer-based organization directed towards developing more profitable,
cost effective, and sustainable methods of farming. Eselgroth and IFO has
worked with University Research as well as growers all over the State to
establish a scientific basis for on-farm research. Mr. Eselgroth operates a
600 acre farm in Highland County which includes no till cash grain
production, a cow-calf operation, sheep, and 70 acres in certified organic
crop land.
Rex Spray and his brother Glenn operate a profitable 650 acre certified
organic grain farm near Mt. Vernon, Ohio, which they have managed
organically for 26 years. The Spray Brothers raise soybeans, grains, hay,
and beef cattle for the organic market, and also operate a grain cleaning
facility. Their farm was featured as a case study for the 1989 book
"Alternative Agriculture" published by the National Research Council, and
has been the subject of several magazine articles. More recently the Spray
Farm has been involved in a number of research projects through the Ohio
State University. The farm is famous throughout the world and has been
visited by thousands of people.
Matt Cunningham has a 450 head sheep operation and specializes in grazing
marginal land. He also raises sweet bell peppers for the contract market.
The purpose of the Profitable Farm Workshops is to present a format for
discussion on a variety of alternative crops, methods, and product markets
to help farmers be profitable into the next century. The fee for the
Workshops is $30 per person for those who preregister by January 28, (add
$10 after this date). Lunch is included. For information contact:
Profitable Farm Workshops
PO Box 82234,
Columbus, OH 43202
614/267-3663 (phone)
614/267-4763 (FAX)
E-mail: oeffa@iwaynet.net
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Sincerely,
Sean McGovern, Executive Director
Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association
PO Box 82234 Columbus Ohio 43202
(ph) 614/267-3663 (fx) 614/267-4763 email: <oeffa@iwaynet.net>
www.greenlink.org/oeffa
For OCIA/OEFFA Organic Certification services in Ohio, contact OEFFA
Certification Coordinator, Sylvia Upp at 419/853-4060, fax 419/853-3022 or
email <oeffasylvia@cs.co>
For OEFFA's Newsletter submissions and/or ad rate sheets, call Newsletter
Editor Anne Bulford at (ph/fx) 740/993-2871 or email <anneb@angelfire.com>.
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