September 17, 2004 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
Dennis Brown - 509/335-2930 (office)
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Organic Leader to Speak on State of Organic Farming
PULLMAN, Wash. -- Bob Scowcroft, executive director of the Organic Farming Research Foundation, will speak on "From Policy to Research: The Current State of Organic Farming in the U.S." at 1:10 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20, in Room T-101 of the Food Science and Human Nutrition Building at Washington State University.
The Organic Farming Research Foundation, a national organization based in Santa Cruz, Calif., foster's the improvement and widespread adoption of organic farming practices. Since 1990, OFRF has awarded more than $1.4 million to support 224 organic research and education projects.
Scowcroft's seminar is being sponsored by WSU's department of crop and soil sciences.
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