Learn How to Stretch Your Growing Season, Navigate Food Labels, Understand Heritage Cattle Breeds and More at the FAIR

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Date: Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 9:02 AM

Subject: Learn How to Stretch Your Growing Season, Navigate Food Labels, Understand Heritage Cattle Breeds and More at the FAIR

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Stretching the Growing Season

Maximize your harvest by squeezing more time out of the growing season. At this workshop, you'll learn about plant selection, warming soils, use of cold protection devices, planning for a fall garden and crops to grow in winter.

Meet presenters Ron and Kujawski.

Introducing Heritage Breed Cattle

Grass-fed beef production is a rapidly growing market, and the utilization of heritage breeds has great value-added potential for farmers. Join ALBC Research and Technical Programs Director Alison for an overview of a wide variety of heritage cattle breeds and tips on how to find a perfect fit within the choice of breeds for your farm.

Meet Alison.

Understanding Food Choices

Join Ketcham from the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association to learn about navigating food labels. How can you tell if something has genetically modified ingredients? What does " organic " really mean? Learn how to find healthy food for your family amid all the greenwashing.

Meet .

YERT Feature Film: Your environmental road trip

50 States. 1 Year. Zero Garbage? In this award-winning docu-comedy, three friends hit the road - with hope, humor and all of their trash - to explore America (the good, bad and weird) in search of innovators tackling humanity's greatest environmental challenges.

Meet the three friends and see the trailer for their documentary.

Build Business at the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR

Get face-to-face with some of America's most dedicated sustainable lifestyle enthusiasts. Thousands of people attend the FAIR looking for sustainable household products, renewable energy systems, gardening supplies, organic food and much more.

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