Board of Directors

Thank You to Those
Who Attended
“Up for Discussion”
in April 2008

Four Conversations for the Fearless and the Not So Fearless
Sponsored by Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Society

TIMES: 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
PLACE: Alexander Mitchell Public Library, Aberdeen, SD.
COST: Registration is Free!
Materials (approximately 20-30 pages of xeroxed text) are FREE, and may be picked up at the Library during regular hours. Readings may also be found on the Internet. To receive copies via snail mail call Gary Holthaus at 701-883-4304.

Thursday, April 3: Two sessions: 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
“A Banquet of Consequences” (click here to print out copy of reading in .pdf 4.1mb)
A chapter from The Party’s Over by Richard Heinberg

Thursday, April 10: Two sessions: 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
“Agriculture” (click here to print out copy of reading in .pdf 1.7mb)
Four brief chapters from Home Place: Essays on Ecology by Stan Rowe

Thursday, April 17: Two sessions: 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
“The WTO, NAFTA, CAFTA, and the FTAA” (click here to print out copy of reading in .pdf 7.4mb)
A chapter in From the Farm to the Table: What All Americans Need To Know about Agriculture by Gary Holthaus.

Thursday, April 24: Two sessions: 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. “Sustainability and Community” (click here to print out copy of reading in .pdf 3.5mb)
A chapter from Sustaining the Common Good by John B. Cobb, Jr.

Coffee and Cookies? Absolutely!

Please call the Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Society office for more information: (701) 883-4304.


Thank You!
To those who were able to attend the
2008 Winter Conference

A few photos from this conference (slide show):



We have audio CDs available for the keynote speakers, Fred Kirschenmann and John Doran, from the 2008 Winter Conference in Mandan. Price is $5.00 each ppd ($10.00 for the set). To request copies, or call the office (701) 883-4304.

Thank You to our Cosponsors, who helped to make the 2008 Winter Conference possible! Please feel free to visit our Cosponsors websites:

Ag Resource Inc.
Agri-Energy
Albert Lea Seedhouse
American Health and Nutrition
American Organic Seed & Grain
Arrowhead Mills
Blue River Hybrids
Ceres Organic Harvest and Organic Grain & Milling
Ciranda
Circle Energy
Crystal Creek Inc.
Custom Marketing Co.
Dahlgren & Company
Dakota Farms Int'l Ltd
Dakota Frontier Seeds
Dakota SARE Program
Dramm Corporation/Dutch Mill
Domestic Hulling
Fargo Local Foods
Farrms
Food Alliance Midwest
Free Life
Grain Millers Inc.
Grain Place Foods Inc.
Hesco Inc./Dakota Organic Products
International Certification Services Inc.
Mid-States Supply Inc.
Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service (MOSES)
Midwest Organic Services Association (MOSA)
Minnesota Crop Improvement Association
Minnesota Dept. of Agriculture Sustainable & Organic Ag Program
Minot Milling
Natures Crops International
ND Branded Beef & Pack
Neptune's Harvest Organic Fertilizer
NF Organics
Niman Ranch Pork
North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives
North Dakota Dept. of Agriculture
North Dakota Farmers Union
North Dakota Mill
Northland Organic (site 1)
Northland Organic (site 2)
OCIA International
OCIA MN #1
OCIA ND #1
OCIA ND #2
OCIA SD #1
OCIA SD #2
OFarm
Oregon Tilth
Organic Farmers' Alliance of Relationship Marketing
Organic Grassfed Beef Coalition
Organic Valley/Organic Prairie
Peaceful Valley Farm & Garden Supply
Prairie Public Radio
Richland Organics Inc.
Rockwell Organics
SB&B Foods Inc.
SD Dept. of Agriculture
SK Food International
SnoPac Foods Inc.
Stengel Seed & Grain Co.
SunOpta
SuperGro of Iowa Inc.
Swany White Flour Mills, Ltd
Truax Company Inc.
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA SARE /Sustainable Ag Network
Verdi-Plus
West Dakota Feed & Seed
West Plains Specialty

NPSAS 2006 Summer Symposium farm tour.

At our 2007 Summer Symposium a horse-drawn wagon driven by Mark Gehlhar gave rides to the finishing paddocks.

Click Here For Report on 2007 Summer Symposium

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