Page4 Northwest Conference on Alternative Agriculture A forum for people seeking alternatives to current agricultural practices & attitudes ·'The presPrvation of fertility is the first duty . of all that liw by the land 0 0 0 There is only one rule of good husbandry 0 0 0 leave the land far better than you found it. .. Georgt' Hendt>rson. The Farming Ladder CENTRAL WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE Ellensburg, Washington November 21 -23, 1974 PROGRAM OUTLINE Thursday, November 21: 9:00 am Registration in Munson Hall 1 :00 pm •Opening remarks SUB Theatre •Speech by Wilson Clark, environmentalist and author of Energy for Survival: An Alternative to Extinction •Introduction of Workshop Leaders 2:30 pm Break 2:45 pm Workshop Series #1 SUB These workshops will address themselves to specific agricultural techniques and environmental problems, and will be led by resource people from around the Northwest. 4:00 pm Break November, 1974 4:15 pm Workshop Series #2. Repeat of earlier series. 5:30 pm Dinner Old-timey Music 7:15 pm Renewable Sources of Energy: Presentation by Lee Johnson (Energy Center, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland), Ken Smith (Ecotope Group, Seattle), and Evan Brown (Ecotope) McConnell Hall 8:30 pm Keynote Speech McConnell Hall Richard Merrill, biologist from the New Alc~emy Institute West; author of Radical Agriculture Friday, November 22: 8:00 am Renewable Sources of Energy: Workshop/Seminars. Demonstration of a complete, complimentary energy system composed of a wind charger, flat plate solar collector, and methane digestor. Munson •Wind Power--Lee Johnson •Solar Energy--Ken Smith •Water power--Bruce Franklin, electrical engineer, Seattle •Bio-conversion energy--Evan Brown, Richard Merrill •Ecological Building Practices--Len Dawson. Housing Assistance Group, Seattle. 12:00 Lunch 1:00 pm Land Reform, Land Use Planning, & Rural Communities: Panel presentation, followed by general discussion or by specific workshops. Hertz Auditorium --James L. Draper, Executive Director of the Center for Rural Studies, S.F. --Ron Erickson, Committee on Critical Choices for Americans, N.Y.C. --Clayton Denman, President, Small Towns Institute. Ellensburg --Alan Halvorsen, Kittitas County Action Council, Ellensburg --Don Newey, Farmco Associates, Santa Cruz, California --Tom Bahr, Evergreen Land Trust Association, Clear Lake, Washington (not confirmed) --A representative from the United Farm Workers, to be determined. 5:30 pm Dinner Address by Ron Erickson 8:00 pm •Unfinished business Munson and additional informal workshops from earlier sessions. •Videotape of Wendell Berry's speech at the ' 'Agriculture for a Small Planet'' Symposium at Expo 74 •Film, "The Richest Land"
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