6/20/01

Contacts:
Dennis Shannon, Research Farms, (515) 294-1608
Ken Pecinovsky, Northeast Research and Demonstration Farm, (641) 435-4864
George Cummins, ISU Extension, (641) 228-1453
Ed Adcock, Communications Service, (515) 294-2314

NORMAN BORLAUG UNABLE TO SPEAK AT RESEARCH FARM ANNIVERSARY

AMES, Iowa -- Norman Borlaug will be unable to attend the Northeast Research and Demonstration Farm's 25th anniversary June 26 because he is recuperating from pneumonia.

The Nobel laureate and Cresco native was scheduled to deliver the keynote speech at the anniversary celebration.

Instead, Fred Kirschenmann, director of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, will present the keynote address. Kirschenmann managed a 3,500-acre certified organic farm in south central North Dakota before becoming the Leopold Center director last July. He helped found Farm Verified Organic Inc., a private certification agency, and the Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Society.

The Northeast Research and Demonstration Farm's 25th birthday party will begin at 10 a.m. with displays and booths of the farm's history and milestones. The keynote address is set for 11 a.m. The farm is located 1 mile south and 1.5 miles west of Nashua.

Richard Ross, dean of the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Bill Palmersheim, president of the association that owns the farm, will be part of the program. Gregory L. Geoffroy, the new president of Iowa State University, will not be able to attend the celebration.

The program schedule follows:

Anniversary celebration schedule of events
June 26, 2001

Time	Event	Place
10 a.m.-5 p.m.	Research and extension booths	HQ shop area and exhibit tent
10 a.m.-5 p.m.	Refreshments	Refreshment tent
10:30-11 a.m.	Media opportunities	HQ building
11 a.m.-noon	VIP recognition and keynote address	Hoop building
Noon-1 p.m.	WOI Midday Show radio broadcast live remote	Hoop building
Noon-1 p.m.	Media opportunities	HQ building meeting room
1-5 p.m.	Horticultural tours	Meet at horticulture booth in exhibit tent
1-5 p.m.	Field tours featuring research plots	Shuttle leaving from HQ building
1-2:30 p.m.	The First 25 Years -- A Display	HQ building meeting room
1-4 p.m.	Organized youth activities	Hoop building
Speaker's Program
1-1:45 p.m.	"Northeast Iowa -- The Next 25 Years"	Hoop building
2:30-3:15 p.m.	"Mad Cow, Foot and Mouth and Their Implications for Food Safety"	Hoop building
2:30-3:15 p.m.	"Fruits for the Future"	HQ building meeting room
3:15-4 p.m.	"E-commerce and Its Impact on Rural Iowa"	Hoop building
3:15-4 p.m.	"Cooking with Soybeans"	HQ building meeting room
4-4:45 p.m.	"The Technical, Economic and Political Aspects of Alternative Energy"	Hoop building
4-4:45 p.m.	"Agriculture in Brazil -- A Brazilian's Perspective"	HQ building meeting room

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