Saturday, March 31, 2001 at 10 am.
at The Wallace Foundation's Research Farm Learning Center
in Lewis, Iowa (East of Council Bluffs)
www.geocities.com/energyfarming/meeting_schedule.html

Directions: 53020 Hitchcock Avenue, Lewis, IA 51544
Phone: 712-769-2600

http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Counties/area_sw.html
Office is located just off Highway 6 about 12 miles west of Atlantic and 11
miles east of Oakland. At the ISU Armstrong Research Farm sign on Highway 6,
take county road M53 south 1/2 mile, then turn east (left) 1/2 mile. The SW
Area Extension Office is at the Wallace Foundation Learning Center on the
north side of the road at 53020 Hitchcock Avenue.

The intersection of county road M53 and Highway 6 is located 12 miles west
of Atlantic, 2.5 miles west of Highway 48 (from Griswold), 1.5 miles east of
county road M47 (from I-80 at Walnut), and 11 miles east of Oakland.
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Lewis Presentation Speakers:

Alan Teel is a native of Oklahoma with a B.S. from Oklahoma State University
and an M.S. from Iowa State University. He taught Vocational Agriculture for
7 years in Oklahoma and Iowa and taught a Veterans Farm Coop course for the
Des Moines Area Community College. Mr. Teel has been a County Extension
Education Director with Iowa State University Extension for 26 years and has
worked four five years as the watershed Switchgrass for Biomass project
coordinator as an Agronomist. He has been married for 35.75 years to same
woman, has two children and 3.3 grandchildren.

Angela Chen is an Executive Officer for the Department, supervising the
Energy Planning and Technology Transfer (EPTT) section of the Energy Bureau.
Prior to becoming an Executive Officer in 1998, Ms. Chen was the Bureau¹s
Senior Engineer for some seven years.  Ms. Chen reviewed energy engineering
studies, economic feasibility studies for both building energy efficiency
projects and renewable energy projects, and Life Cycle Cost Analyses.  She
has authored grant proposals and has established guidelines for the Bureau
on how to conduct and review engineering studies.  As EPTT Section¹s
Executive Officer, she is responsible for the development and implementation
of Iowa¹s renewable energy programs, the state¹s energy emergency
preparedness efforts, the residential energy management program, the
agricultural energy management program, and energy-related environmental
impact assessment activities. Ms. Chen is a registered professional
mechanical engineer, and has a Bachelor of Science, a Master of Science and
Ph.D. in engineering.

Amber Hard is the Advocate for the Iowa Public Interest Research Group,
Iowa PIRG.  Iowa PIRG is a non-profit, non-partisan public interest research
and advocacy organization with members across the state.  Amber Hard began
working for the PIRG's as a summer citizen outreach director for Illinois
PIRG in 1996.  Upon graduating from the College of William and Mary in
Virginia with a degree in Psychology and Environmental Studies in 1998,
Amber moved to Des Moines to develop and direct Iowa PIRG's state and
national advocacy work.

The video, ³HARVEST THE WIND, Testaments From the Heartland³  (available for
viewing at the display table before and after the speaker presentations) was
produced and provided by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

LEWIS MEETING SPONSOR ORGANIZATIONS:
http://www.geocities.com/energyfarming/speakers_sponsors.html

Ecumenical Ministries of Iowa
 Farmers Electric Cooperative
The Iowa Citizen Action Network
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources
The Iowa Energy Center
The Iowa Farmers Union
The Iowa Network for Community Agriculture
The Iowa Renewable Energy Association (I-Renew)
The Iowa SEED Coalition
Iowa State University Extension
The Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Practical Farmers of Iowa
The Wallace Foundation for Rural Research and Development
The Wallace House Foundation
The Union of Concerned Scientists, Washington, D.C.

 BUSINESS  SPONSOR:
Cafe' del Sol Roasters, Iowa City

Iowa SEED Coalition Member Organizations:
The Center for Energy and Environmental Education
The Drake Environmental Action League
Earth Care
The Environmental Action Group at Grinnell College,
The Iowa Citizen Action Network
The Iowa Coalition for the Housing and Homeless
The Iowa Community Action Associations
Iowa Environmental Policy Project
The Iowa Environmental Council
The Iowa Family  Farm Coalition
Iowa Farmers Union 
The Iowa Renewable Energy Association
The Izaak Walton League
The Student Environmental Action Coalition at UNI
The Social Concerns/Rural Life Department Diocese of Sioux City, Catholic
Charities 
The Union of Concerned Scientists

SPECIAL  THANKS  TO:
Rusty Faust, Jill Euken, Denise O¹Brien, Shawn Shouse, Nan Bonfils,
Robert Karp, Penny Brown, James Nisly, Katie Monsen, Amy Miller,
Gary Guthrie, Ericka Dana, & Eric Wesselman

PROJECT  FIELD COORDINATOR :
Rich Dana - 319-685-4270 - [log in to unmask]

FUTURE MEETING LOCATIONS, INFORMATION  & SPONSOR LINKS:
www.geocities.com/energyfarming/meeting_schedule.html

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