Sunday, August 06, 2006

Organic Farming Sunday

Sunday, August 6th, 12:00 noon Three members of NOFA -- the Northeast Organic Farming Association -- will be on hand to discuss all things organic. Bill Duesing, Camillia Worden and Michael Nadeau will be in the studio discussing their passion for organic farming and taking your calls. Michael Nadeau is a designer and builder of ecological landscapes, with a passion for meadows, woodland gardens, and almost anything that increases the use of native plants and reduces high maintenance turf and synthetic pesticide and fertilizer use. He began in the landscape and tree business in 1968 at age 13 and studied Forestry, Plant & Soil Science at the University of Maine; Ecology & Horticulture University of Connecticut. Michael is a NOFA Accredited Organic Land Care Professional and teaches organic land care courses. Camilla Worden has a B.A. in Chemistry from Rutgers University and an M.B.A. from New York University. Camilla is a NOFA-Certified Organic Land Care Professional and is committed to promoting organic and ecologically sensitive practices. She has been a Master Gardener since 1988 and is nearing completion of a Landscape Design Certificate from The New York Botanic Garden. Camilla serves on the Board of Directors of the Land Trust of Danbury and is an active member of the NOFA Organic Landcare Committee. Her latest project is to create a lakeside buffer planting for the town of Danbury. Camilla loves to get her hands dirty and you may often see her on a property getting work done with her crew. Technorati tags: , WPKM,