Key Terms and Topics: Sustainable Agriculture, closed-loop systems, composting
Discussion themes: VT Food Systems: Circle Model; Soils, Seeds & Transplants; Transportation Processing & Storage; Distribution, Retail, Table; Composting (and back to soil…)
Reading/Viewing: Rebuilding the Foodshed (RFS) by Philip Ackerman-Leist, Chapters 1-4
http://www.wcax.com/story/22251750/the-slow-living-summit
http://smallplanet.org/about/frances/bio
Fifth Day Event: Thursday, 6/6: Brattleboro: EDT 6am, Slow Living Summit, Frances Moore Lape’
Grafton Cheddar Tour; (Big Picture Farm Tour?) (Carbon Harvest?)
FW Talk: Sunday 6/2 3pm Professor Elder
Location: RAJ Conference
Followed by 4:30-6 pm Garden party