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AERO’s 37th Annual Meeting: “Sustainability Begins at Home”
October 28-30, 2011
Glacier Camp and Conference Center
Lakeside, Montana

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The weekend featured keynote speaker Phillip Ackerman-Leist of Green Mountain College in Vermont, with insights on contemporary homesteading. Other events included energy and agriculture tours, roundtable discussions, auctions, music, demonstrations, as well as a harvest market!

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Keynote Speaker: Philip Ackerman-Leist

Associate Professor of Environmental Studies & Director of the Farm and Food Project, Green Mountain College, VT

Click HERE for bio.

Author of:  Up Tunket Road:  The Education of a Modern Homesteader

“… if ever homesteading could be relevant, it is now. After all, so much of what homesteading can engender – sustainability values, practical living skills, and appropriate technologies – is critically important in helping to work our way through many of our current ecological and cultural problems.  Ultimately, what is not pioneered and adopted in our own households is unlikely to become either a cultural norm or sound public policy.”

To read an online preview of the book click HERE.

Schedule:

Friday, October 28^th

Tours:  1:00 p.m. — 5:00 p.m.
Tour Sites:

• Kalispell Kreamery / Hedstrom Dairy—Local dairy farm and non-homogenized milk producer.  Map here.
• Algae Aquaculture Technology in Columbia Falls—Algae digester system at F.H. Stoltze Land & Lumber Co.  Map here.
• Clearwater Biologicals, Inc. in Kalispell – Camelina biofuel and jetfuel processor. Map here.
• Spring Brook Ranch in Kalispell—Artisan yak and bison meat producer. Map here.

Starting at 5:30 p.m.: Registration, welcome, meet, and greet – Heavy hors d’oeuvres, beer & wine, cider press, music

Saturday, October 29^th

8:00 a.m. — 9:30 a.m.: Breakfast

9:30 a.m. — 10:00 a.m.: Meeting Opening and Introductions

10:00 a.m. — 11:30 a.m.: Philip Ackerman-Leist—Keynote Address

12:00 p.m. — 1:30 p.m.: Lunch

1:30 p.m. — 2:30 p.m.: THE BIG CONVERSATION

2:45 p.m. — 3:30 p.m.: Roundtable Discussions / Presentations

3:45 p.m. — 4:30 p.m.: Roundtable Discussions / Presentations

4:45 p.m. — 5:30 p.m.: Membership Meeting

6:00 p.m. — 10:00 p.m.: Dinner, Awards, Live Auction, Contra Dancing

Sunday, October 30^th

8:00 a.m. — 9:30 a.m.: Breakfast

9:30 a.m. — 11:30 a.m.: Roundtable Discussions / Presentations

11:30 a.m. — 12:30 p.m.: Closing Keynote

12:30 p.m. — 2:00 p.m.: Lunch

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