Upcoming Events With Atina Diffley

Weed As Allies: Practical Organic Weed Management From A Biological Perspective

Monday, July 9, 6-8 PM

Midtown Global Market (920 East Lake Street on the corner of Lake & 10th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55407) in the Greenway Conference Room.

Successful weed management in an organic system requires much more than good cultivation. Atina Diffley will discuss weed physiology and management using rotations, seed bed reduction, fertility, stale bedding making, cover crops, habitat for biological life, and tillage, in relation to the agronomic principles of an organic vegetable farming system.

Hosted by the Women’s Environmental Institute WEI

For More Information

Beth Hatch, Women’s Environmental Institute

651.583.0705 (o)

wei@w-e-i.org

Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works Book Talk and Signing

Tuesday, July 10, 2012 6:30 – 8 pm

Valley Natural Foods, 13750 County Road 11, Burnsville, MN 55337, 952-891-1212, #236

This a FREE event but you must RSVP by end of day, Monday, July 9. 952-891-1212, #236

Join local organic author of Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works, Atina Diffley, for a conversation on agriculture and biological diversity that leads right to our plates and the land that feeds us.  Atina will read from her new book and talk about biological diversity, her family’s experience as organic farmers when their original Eagan land was lost to development in the early 1990s, and the power of consumers to make a difference.

A viewing of clips from the video documentary, Turn Here Sweet Corn, a Q&A session, and a book signing will follow her presentation.

Also, enjoy appetizers and fun treats catered by Valley Natural Foods.