PEC to hold annual meeting at Phil Irwin’s Caledonia Farm near Flint Hill on Sept. 13

September 13, 2008
9:00 amto2:30 pm

Phil Irwin’s Caldedonia Farm in Rappahannock County will be the site of the annual meeting of the Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC) on Saturday, Sept. 13. The meeting will run from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Irwin is a founder of the regional environmental group; his farm is on Fodderstack Road near Flint Hill.

The day will include workshops on such important issues as up to date information on the proposed transmission line through the Piedmont, uranium mining, the Buy Fresh Buy Local campaign, maintaining bird habitat and land conservation.

Photographer Ken Garrett of the National Geographic Society will lead a workshop on his photographs taken for the Journey Through Hallowed Ground project. The guest speaker for the Annual Meeting will be Lester Brown, founder of the Earth Policy Institute, who was called by the Washington Post as, “one of the world’s most influential thinkers.”

PEC President Christopher G. Miller will also present his annual State of the Piedmont Address. For more information regarding the event please contact Ms. Soo Kim at 540-341-0175 extension 2# or by email skim@pecva.org. The registration fee for the event is $25 per person. Food will be available for purchase from two “locavore” vendors, On the Fly and Red Truck Bakery. Attendees also may bring their own picnics to the event.

-- Admin

Posted: August 17th, 2008 under Events.
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