Guided ORGANIC FARM TOUR

Guided tours of local organic farms organized by Dr. Ron Godin, of theColorado State University Agricultural Research and Experiment Centerin Hotchkiss CO -  The tour will start promptly at 9 am from the Rogers Mesa Research Station, 3 miles west of Hotchkiss. Tours will be led by Pat Frazier, permaculturalist, and president of VOGA (Valley OrganicGrowers Association- www.vogaco.org). To get more info, contact Ron Godin at phone: (970) 434-3264. Tolearn more about the CSU Research Center outside of Hotchkiss:www.colostate.edu/programs/wcrc/pubs/information/rogersmesa.htm.

2008 Harvest Festival 'Organic Farm Tour'

9am  Meet at Rogers Mesa Research Station for short orientation.

930am Lance's Garden: Lance will give us a tour of his farm.  Lance has been growing organic for more than 25 years!

1045am Abundant Life Organic Farm: Jeff and Kaylee Armstrong will give us a tour of their vegetablegrowing operation and speak                                            about their roadside stand and farm markets.

1200pm Delicious Orchards: tour and lunch (please bring a lunch, beverages will be available at the orchard).
Jeff & Tracey Schwartz willgive us a tour of their orchards, farm stand and wine tasting business.

Thisyear we will have two tracks in the afternoon, there will be anorchard/farm track and a greenhouse track, you are not locked into oneor the other and can mix and match if you like.

Orchard/farm Track                                                                     Greenhouse Track
130pm  Austin Family Farms: Glen and Toni Austin will give us a                        TLC Greenhouse:

                                                                                              Lynn Gillespie has been organic
tour of theirorchard and berry operation along witjinfo                                                                                             

abouttheir CSA and many years in organic production.              forover 20 years and will give  us a tour of her several
housesshe uses for year-round production         Lynn grow greenhouse small fruits,

                                                                                    vegetables, and lettuce greens.

245pm  Ela Family Farms & Silver Spruce Orchard                                                  Zephryos Farm and Garden:                                                                                      Daphne Yannakakis 
The Elas will give us a tour of their orchards and farm                           and Don Lareau growvegetables and cut flowers in
            and a peek at their commercial kitchen. The Elas' sell                          greenhouses                                                                                                           hoophouses, and sell at area farm             much of their fruitand produce at front-range farmers                            markets.
markets.