UPDATED INFO:

Renewable Energy: A New Cash Crop For Iowa

Meetings for Iowans to discuss the future of Energy and Agriculture

Saturday, March 10th - 10 AM in Fairfield at the Jefferson County
Fairgrounds

Open to the Public, FREE OF CHARGE

Speakers at the Fairfield event will include:

UI Prof. David Osterberg -  renewable energy advocate, former state
legislator

Ed Woolsey - Board of Directors, I-Renew (Iowa Renewable Energy Association)

John Sellers - Farmer, Field Coordinator, Chariton Valley Switchgrass
Project

Monica Stone - Executive Officer, Energy Bureau, DNR

Sponsors for these meetings include:
The Iowa SEED Coalition
The Union of Concerned Scientists
The Iowa Renewable Energy Association (I-Renew)
The Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
The Wallace Foundation for Rural Research and Development
The Wallace House Foundation
Iowa State University Extension
Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources
Iowa Farmers Union
Iowa Network for Community Agriculture (INCA)

There will also be displays and materials from sponsor groups, including
showings of the DNRs new video "Harvest the Wind", and the I-Renew Solar
Traveler mobile solar generating unit.

Future meeting schedule available at:

http://www.geocities.com/energyfarming/meeting_schedule.html
--
Rich Dana
Rural Outreach Coordinator,
Union of Concerned Scientists / Iowa SEED
President, Iowa Renewable Energy Association
2702 B Ave.
Guernsey, IA 52221
319-685-4270
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