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Saturday, October 18 • 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Gary Kleppel, Speaker TALES OF YARN: Changing the Way We Farm-The New Food Paradigm.

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"Changing the Way We Farm- The New Food Paradigm"                                                        This talk will be follow by a period for questions and discussion.

The Emergent Agriculture
by GARY KLEPPEL is a collection of fourteen thematic essays on sustainability viewed through the lens of farming. Arguing that industrial food production is incompatible with the realities of nature, science and ethics, this lyrical narrative makes the case for a locally based food system.  Visit www.thefarmatlongfield.com to read more.

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Gary Kleppel

Author Gary Kleppel SUNY Albany & Longfield Farm, The Emergent Agriculture, New Society Publishers
GARY KLEPPEL is a professor of Biology at the State University of New York at Albany where he focuses on sustainable agriculture, conservation-based grazing, and the ecology of human-dominated landscapes. He and his wife Pam are owners of Longfield Farm, where they produce grass-fed lamb, wool, free-range chickens and eggs, and artisanal breads. As part of the farm's educational mission, the Kleppels demonstrate sustainable farming practices and the importance of including ethics in food production to more than 100 visitors annually... Read More →



Saturday October 18, 2014 1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT
Bldg B 41.936052, -73.908475

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