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2011 SEVEN SPRINGS WORKSHOPS 

 
  

MOTHER EARTH NEWS Stage 

 -Positively Practical: Playful living with serious results, Philip Ackerman-Leist
-Live Simply So That Others Can Simply Live, Ed Begley Jr.
-Creating and Sustaining School Gardens and Green Schoolyards, Arden Bucklin-Sporer and Rachel Pringle
-The Monkey Trap: Can the human race survive the human race, Dan Chiras
-The Culture of Sustainability: From the roots up, Jerry DeWitt 
-Making Peace With Mother Nature, Joan Dye Gussow
-Baking Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day, Jeff Hertzberg and Zoë François
-Solutions for Living in the Post-Peak Era, Nathan Kipnis
-Ecomind: Changing the way we think to create the world we want, Frances Moore Lappé
-Scrambled Brains: Understanding and defeating industrial foodists, Joel Salatin
-Beautiful and Abundant, Bryan Welch
-Taking the First Steps to Sustainability, Jenna Woginrich 
-Sustainable and Natural Beekeeping, James Zitting 
 
  

Renewable Energy Stage 

 -The Earthineer DIY Electric Car, Dan and Don Adams
-Passive Solar Heating and Cooling, Dan Chiras
-Wind Energy: Does a small wind system make sense?, Dan Chiras
-Solar Electricity Basics, Dan Chiras
-Industrial Evolution: Local solutions for a low-carbon future, Lyle Estill
-Powering Your Homestead With Renewable Energy, John Ivanko
-Small-Scale Alcohol Fuel, Richard Freudenberger
-Alternative Biomass Heating, David McDonald
-Building Your Own Electric Motorcycle, Benjamin Nelson
-Mind-Blowing Ecoprojects!, Benjamin Nelson
-Renewable Energy on a Small Scale for Your Home or Farm, Claire and Rusty Orner
-Homebrewing Biodiesel from Vegetable Oil, Andy Rumbold 
-How to Save Thousands in Home Energy Costs, Godo Stoyke
-DIY Residential Solar for $3 Per Watt, Joseph Utasi 
 
  

Organic Gardening Main Stage 

 -Aquaponic Gardening: Growing fish and plants together, Sylvia Bernstein
-Seed Saving in Your Own Garden, Shannon Carmody
-Harvesting and Storing Herbs, Tammi Hartung
-Choosing Organic Fertilizers and Building Soil Fertility, Cheryl Long
-Composting With Wonderful Worms, Claire and Rusty Orner
-Getting Started in Organic Vegetable Gardening, Barbara Pleasant 
-Equipment and Tools for Small-Scale Vegetable Production, Andy Pressman
-Using Compost in Your Garden While Avoiding Plant and Environmental Problems, Elsa Sánchez 
-Using Mulches in Your Garden, Elsa Sánchez 
-Trash to Treasure: Bioconversion of organic "wastes" to resources, Harvey Ussery
-Herbs: Plain and fancy, Ira Wallace
-Growing and Preserving Heirloom Tomatoes: Talk and tasting, Ira Wallace
-Growing Great Garlic and Perennial Onions: Talk and tasting, Ira Wallace
-Fall and Winter Gardening: Eat fresh from your garden all winter, Ira Wallace
-Gardening With Heirlooms, Diane Ott Whealy 
 
  

Organic Gardening Lecture Hall 

 -Composting: What you need to know, Jason Akers
-Aquaponic Gardening: Growing fish and plants together, Sylvia Bernstein
-How to Save Dry Seeded Fruit, Shannon Carmody
-How to Save Wet Seeded Fruit, Shannon Carmody
-Sustainable No-Till Gardening, Cindy Conner
-Plan a Sustainable Vegetable Garden, Cindy Conner 
-Grow Biointensive Sustainable Mini-Farming, Cindy Conner 
-Native Plants for Attracting Pollinators to Your Garden, Candy DeBerry
-Permaculture for Farms, Darrell Frey 
-Bioshelter Design and Management, Darrell Frey 
-How Agribiz is Making our Food Less Nutritious, Cheryl Long 
-Stretching the Growing Season, Ron and Jennifer Kujawski
-Coping With Deer: How to have deer and a garden too, Ruth Rogers Clausen 
-Shiitake Mushrooms: Growing, harvesting and preserving, Claire and Rusty Orner
-Guerrilla Gardening, David Tracey
-Chickens in the Garden, Harvey Ussery 
 
  

GRIT Stage 

 -Building Your Dream: The farmstead creamery, Gianaclis Caldwell
-A Taste of the Life of a Farmstead Cheesemaker, Gianaclis Caldwell
-Why Buy Local: Benefits to farmers' markets, CSAs, James Farmer
-Electric Fencing 101, Ann Larkin Hansen
-Finding Good Land for Your Organic Farm, Ann Larkin Hansen
-Creating Healthier Woods With More Wildlife: What a landowner can do, Ann Larkin Hansen
-Tree Craft, Chris Lubkemann
-Sustainability and Profits for Small-Scale Intensive Crop Production, Andy Pressman
-Ballet in the Pasture, Joel Salatin
-Beekeeping Basics, Wayne Robins
-Maple Sugaring: Past and present, Wayne Robins
-Lake and Pond Management, Kenneth Rust
-Fiber Arts: Beyond alpaca breeding, Christine Williamson
-Plowing With Pigs and Other Farmstead Solutions, Hank Will
-Sustainable and Natural Beekeeping, James Zitting 
 
  

Herb Companion Stage 

 -Homeopathy for the Homestead, Dr. Nazirahk Amen 
-Basics of Soap Making, Jim and Robin Bedford
-Building a Natural First Aid Kit, Jaclyn Chasse
-Cleanse and Detox 101, Jaclyn Chasse
-Natural Options for Menopause, Jaclyn Chasse 
-Natural Ways to Save Money on Medical Bills, K.C. Compton
-Sustainable Herbal Remedies, Linda Conroy 
-Growing and Using Herbs as Part of Your Daily Lifestyle, Tammi Hartung
-Herbal Apothecary 101, Gina DeBacker and Allison Martin
-Do It Yourself Healing, David Fish 
-Preventing and Reversing Chronic Disease: Overcoming the nutrient decline in America, Sharon Greenspan
-Food Sovereignty: Get Big Ag and the government out of your kitchen, Robin Mather
-Crafting Herbal Salves: Using organic herbs for plant-based healing, Sue J. Morris 
-Herbal Soap Making, Claire and Rusty Orner
-Wild Weeds Alchemy: Easy, free and fun, Faith Starr  
 
  

ALBC Stage.

 -Introduction to Heritage Breed Pork Production, Jeannette Beranger 
-Egg Production: It's not all about the chickens, Jeannette Beranger 
-Poultry Breeds Roundup, Carol Ekarius
-Fiber From Animals, Carol Ekarius
-Alpaca Care 101, Laurye Feller
-Chicken Whispering: Discover the chicken you never knew, Pat Foreman 
-Chickens as Partners Toward Zero Waste, Pat Foreman 
-Gardening With and For Chickens, Pat Foreman 
-Hiking and Packing With Llamas, Anne Hallowell
-U.S Farm Stays and the Growing Interest in Farm Vacations: Better than Disneyland!, Scottie Jones
-Introduction to Heritage Breed Cattle, Alison Martin 
-The Traditional Home Dairy, Deborah Niemann 
-The Small-Scale Poultry Flock, Harvey Ussery 
-Spinning and Weaving Alpaca Fleece, Christine Williamson 
-Responsible Alpaca Ownership, Kathy Zabar  
 
  

Natural Home and Garden Stage 

 -Local Foods: Redrawing the lines, Philip Ackerman-Leist 
-High-Efficiency Windows and Glazing for Passive Solar and Energy Savings, Richard Freudenberger 
-Grow Your Own Broom, John Holzwart 
-Building Homes With Reclaimed Material, Jessica Kellner
-Working With a Green Architect, Nathan Kipnis
-Edible Architecture: Taking "green" to the extreme, Sigi Koko
-Getting More From Less: Space-saving vegetable gardening, Ron and Jennifer Kujawski
-Tree Craft, Chris Lubkemann
-Why Homegrown and Handmade, Deborah Niemann 
-Saving Energy At Home: Opportunities and cost-cutting programs, Jay Sandberg 
-How to Create a Green and Resilient City, Godo Stoyke
-Urban Agriculture: Ideas and designs for the New Food Revolution, David Tracey
-The Land of 1,000 Labels: Understanding food choices, Laura Wies
 
 
  

EatingWell Stage 

 -Organic Food and Flowers for the Fall Kitchen Garden, Jennifer Bartley
-Mastering the Art of Stir-Frying, Andrea Chesman
-How to Make Dairy-Free Milks and Cheeses, Sharon Greenspan
-Wildly Successful Fermenting: Non-dairy seed cheese, Sharon Greenspan
-What Do Food Labels Really Mean?, Andrew Gunther
-Food Preservation For the Faint of Heart, Kathy Harrison 
-The Zen of Making Herbal Jelly, Nancy Heraud 
-Raw Food Essentials, Anh Thu Hoang
-Food For Life: Delicious foods that fight disease, Janet McKee 
-Traditional Wine Making by The Italian Garden Project, Mary Menniti
-Making Cheese in Your Kitchen, David and Terry Rice
-Making Raw Milk Yogurt and Kefir, David and Terry Rice
-Put 'em Up! Classic preserves, modern twist, Sherri Brooks Vinton
-The Gourmet Butcher, Cole Ward  
 
  

Utne Reader Stage 

 -Gardening and Farming for Life: Using body mechanics and other tools to do what you love longer, Ann Adams and Liz Brensinger 
-YERT Feature Film: Your environmental road trip, Mark Dixon
-Marketing Your Local Foods: Farmers' markets and CSAs, James Farmer 
-Home Birth and Midwifery Today, Jeremy Galvan and Antonette Vasseur
-Farmstead Chef: Organic eating on a dime, Lisa Kivirist
-Food Sovereignty: Get Big Ag and the government out of your kitchen, Robin Mather
-How to Start and Run a Green Cemetery, Pete McQuillin and Nancy Chubb
-Planting by the Moon: Gardening in harmony with the cosmos, Sue J. Morris 
-Solar Passive Tipis, John Noska
-Handmade Music Factory, Mike Orr
-The GMO Food Threat and What You Can Do About It, Ken Roseboro
-When Disaster Strikes, Matthew Stein 
-When Technology Fails, Matthew Stein  
 
  

Kids' Tree House Stage 

 -Gardening With Children Workshop, Jason Akers
-Bug Patrol for Kids, Ann Larkin Hansen
-Ice Cream Making Presented by Organic Valley, Organic Valley
-Support Global Worming, Claire and Rusty Orner
-Pinewood Derby Race, Troy Thorne
-Beekeeping for Kids, James Zitting 
 
  

Storey Stage 

 -Organic Food and Flowers for the Fall Kitchen Garden, Jennifer Bartley
-Can't Cook Enough Kale (and Other Hardy Greens), Andrea Chesman
-Cooking Winter Vegetables, Andrea Chesman
-Poultry Breeds Roundup, Carol Ekarius
-Food Preservation For the Faint of Heart, Kathy Harrison 
-Designing Your Herb Garden, Tammi Hartung
-Finding Good Land for Your Organic Farm, Ann Larkin Hansen
-Growing Garlic: Breathless, Ron and Jennifer Kujawski
-Getting Started in Organic Vegetable Gardening, Barbara Pleasant 
-Innovative Home Composting, Barbara Pleasant 
-Coping With Deer: How to have deer and a garden too, Ruth Rogers Clausen 
-Chick Days: First steps to a backyard flock, Jenna Woginrich
-The Backyard Rabbitry: Rabbits for meat, Jenna Woginrich  
 
  

PASA Stage 

 -A Farming Year: Journaling the birth of a small family cattle farm, Jackie Cleary Dietrich
-Working Companions: Dogs for small farms and homesteads, Heather Houlahan 
-From Milltown to Tilltown: Developing micro farms in the Mon Valley, Doug Van Haitsma
-Life Underground: What you don't see matters!, Dr. Paul Lehman 
-A Year in the Life of a Micro Farm, Andy McAllister
-Seed Saving and Storage, Heather Mikulas
-Value Added Food Products: Business basics, Heather Mikulas
-Handmade Music Factory, Mike Orr
-Pennsylvania Women's Agricultural Network, Maggie Robertson
-Women's Role in Agriculture: From consumer to farmer, Maggie Robertson
-Food Gone Wild: Foraging - on-site edibles walk, Faith Starr and David Fish
-Food Gone Wild: Recognizing and identifying wild foods, Faith Starr
-Herding Dogs for the Farm or Ranch, Rachael Spryn-Borek and Stanley Borek 
 
  

Wiser Living Stage  

 -Designing Your Herb Garden, Tammi Hartung
-Food Preservation For the Faint of Heart, Kathy Harrison 
-The Beginner's Guide to Hunting Deer for Food, Jackson Landers
-Small-Scale Home Butchering, Matt Wilkinson
-Chick Days: First steps to a backyard flock, Jenna Woginrich
-The Backyard Rabbitry: Rabbits for meat, Jenna Woginrich  
 
  

Off Stage Demonstrations 

 -Green Cleaning, Natural Home & Garden and Bon Ami
-Herding Dogs for the Farm or Ranch, Rachael Spryn-Borek and Stanley Borek
-Hiking and Packing With Llamas, Anne Hallowell
-Building a Strawbale Wall, Sigi Koko
-Food Gone Wild: Foraging - on-site edibles walk, Faith Starr and David Fish
-High Mileage Vehicle Show
-Heirloom Tomato Tasting with Southern Exposure Seed Exchange  
 

 

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