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Rodale Tour: Women Mentoring Women for the Future of Sustainable
Agriculture
Date: Wednesday,
May 21
Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm (includes lunch)
Location: The Rodale Institute in Kutztown, LEHIGH
County
Join PASA, the Pennsylvania Women's Agricultural Network (PA WAgN),
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA), Southeast Resource
Conservation & Development, and The Rodale Institute for a tour
of Rodale's research facility. Take a tour of the experimental farm
and learn about the important role women play in mentoring farmers
in sustainable agriculture. The keynote speaker will be Ardath Rodale,
Chairman of the Board for The Rodale Institute.
Agenda
10:00 Ardath Rodale, Co-Chair Board of Directors, The Rodale Institute
10:15 Tim LaSalle, CEO, The Rodale Institute
10:25 Linda Moist , Senior Extension Associate, PA-WAgN
10:50 Wagon Tour of Rodale Research and Production Farm
12:30 Patti Olenick, Organic Recycling Coordinator, DEP
1:00 Bag Lunch (provided) Rodale will provide water; please be green
and bring your own container.
1:45 Sheila Miller, Berks
County Agriculture Advocate
2:10 Mena Hautau, Penn State Extension Educator
2:40 Catherine Rapose, SEPA RC&D
3:00 Marilyn Anthony, Southeast Regional Director, PASA
3:20 Virginia Morton, Tallman Family Farms, PDA Risk Management
3:45 Evaluation
Rodale Bookstore coupon and DEP complimentary composting bin with
completed evaluations.
4:00 Adjourn
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To register: |
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| Cost: |
$5, thanks to
the support of Southeastern PA Resource Conservation & Development
Council
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Directions:
The Rodale Institute
611 Siegfriedale Road
Kutztown, PA 19530-9320 USA
Phone: 610-683-1400
From the Lehigh
Valley and Berks County
The Rodale Institute Experimental Farm is easy to locate. There
are two main roads to travel to reach our farm:
1) If you are traveling Route 222, we are one mile west of Maxatawny,
or five miles east of Kutztown. Look for a blue-and-white road sign
for our facility and turn north on Grim Road. Follow Grim Road to
Siegfriedale Road, where you turn left. The Institute is 1/2 mile
ahead. Your tour will begin at the Book Store, which is in the historic
Siegfriedale Schoolhouse.
2) If you are traveling Interstate 78, take Exit 45 (New Smithville)
and pick up Route 863 South. Follow 863 South for 1/2 mile to a
three-way intersection, where you take the middle fork - Siegfriedale
Road. Follow Siegfriedale Road for 2 miles until you come to a brick
one-room schoolhouse. That is our bookstore. The main office is
the white, clapboard-covered house on the right side of the road,
approximately 1/4 mile west of the bookstore.
From Philadelphia
The easiest way is to take the Northeast Extension of the Pa. Turnpike,
to the Allentown exit. Pick up Interstate 78 West (short distance
past the toll booth) and proceed to Exit 45 (New Smithville), following
#2 above to reach the Institute.
From New Jersey and New York
Take Interstate 80 to Interstate 287 South. Follow 287S to Interstate
78 West, then follow the direction listed in the Philadelphia section,
beginning with sentence two. Your tour will begin at the Institute's
book store.
From Harrisburg and West
Take Interstate 78 East to Exit 45 (New Smithville). (Then follow
the Lehigh Valley directions above.)
From New England
(Directions from New York will work, but if you're heading South
on Interstate 81, follow these) Take Interstate 81 South to the
Northeast Extension of the PA Turnpike. Follow the turnpike to the
Allentown Exit (Interstate 78). Take Interstate 78 West. (Then follow
the Lehigh Valley directions above.)
From Washington
D.C. and Baltimore
Take Interstate 83 North to Interstate 81 North. Pick up Interstate
78 East to Exit 45. (Then follow the Lehigh Valley directions above.)
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