Don't miss...
Bridge to an Organic Future
The 27th National Pesticide Forum
April 3-4, 2009 at the Century Center in Carrboro
Toxic Free North Carolina is co-hosting Bridge
to an Organic Future: Opportunities for health and the environment,
April 3-4, 2009 at the Century Center in Carrboro, NC. Registration and
info at www.beyondpesticides.org/forum.
Don't miss this exciting event!
Keynote speakers include Jim Hightower,
author and radio commentator; Baldemar Velasquez,
president of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC); and, Philip
and Alice Shabecoff, authors of "Poisoned Profits: The toxic
assault on our children."
Featured panelists include Freya Kamel, PhD,
NIEHS scientist who linked pesticides to diabetes; Alex Lu, PhD,
Harvard professor examining dietary pesticide exposure; Brett Ramey,
Native Movement project director teaching urban agriculture to
indigenous youth; Niell Lindley, NC organic dairy farmer; Jim Riddle,
former USDA NOSB chair; Chip Osborne, national expert on organic lawn
conversion; Lani Malmberg, self-described "gypsy goat herder" managing
invasive weeds; Tom Acury, PhD, director of Wake Forest Center for
Worker Health; and more.
Toxic Free NC staff and Board members will be
part of workshops on community organizing, farm worker leadership,
de-toxing child care centers, public policy and more.
The Forum is convened by Beyond Pesticides and Toxic Free NC, with many
co-sponsoring North Carolina organizations. Register online and learn
more about the conference at www.beyondpesticides.org/forum.
See you there!
