The 34th Annual NOFA Summer Conference
August 8 - 10, 2008
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA

Our summer conference has a new home! After many years at Hampshire College, this years event will be held down the road at the University of Massachusetts. We look forward to seeing you for what promises to be another illuminating, inspiring, fun weekend. More details coming soon! 2008 Registration Form(pdf) Click Here Online Registration Full List of 2008 Workshops 2008 Program Book(PDF) New! Summer Conference Ride Board	Click to Enlarge
We are pleased to announce Friday's Keynote Speaker, Dr. Arden Andersen. Holistic medical practitioner, expert in human and agricultural nutrition, author, and educator, Dr. Andersen will share with us his extensive knowledge on the link between healthy agricultural practices and healthy people. A graduate of the College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in Pomona, California, Dr. Andersen earned his Ph.D. in biophysics at Clayton University in St. Louis, Missouri, and a B.S. in Agriculture from the University of Arizona. He practices holistic medicine at the Crossroads Healing Arts Center in Goshen, Indiana.
He has studied all aspects of nutrition - in our soil, in the food we eat, and in the patients he sees in his medical practice. Dedicated to sharing this knowledge with others, he has presented on agriculture and nutrition to government ministers and parliamentarians, USDA audiences, and farmers around the world. Dr. Andersen has produced two professional tape series' and is the author of three books on biological agriculture, Real Medicine, Real Health, Science in Agriculture and Life and Energy in Agriculture. He has taught soil and plant nutritional principles to thousands of farmers, and we look forward to hearing what he has to teach us!
	We are pleased to announce that Saturday's keynote speaker will be Mark McAfee, founder of the Organic Pastures Dairy Company in California. OPDC is the only retail approved raw organic dairy products producer in North America. A pioneer in raw organic milk production, safety and technology, Mark has been at the forefront of the movement to change the laws regarding raw milk. He has much to share and promises to inspire and educate.