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GARLIC IS LIFE SYMPOSIUM & FESTIVAL 2003
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, October 30, 31 and Nov.1, 2003
9:00AM-4:00PM
OSU/Tulsa, 600 N. Greenwood, Tulsa, OK
Guest of Honor: Chester Aaron, Occidental, CA. Author of Garlic Is Life,
The Great Garlic Book, and Garlic Kisses.
- Thursday Morning
- Darrell Merrell, Founder, Opening proceedings.
- Chester Aaron, Guest of Honor, will give a talk covering his years of experience as a lover of, grower of, and writer of Garlic. He will give us his reasoning as to why "Garlic Is Life"!
- Joachim Keller, Ph. D., Director of the Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Research, will discuss the importance of seed banks.
- Thursday Afternoon
- Gayle Volk, Ph. D. will discuss research done with Walter Lyons on the storage of garlic at 27 degrees F and report on her work in garlic DNA analysis.
- Walter A. Lyons, Ph. D. will deliver a study co-authored with Gayle Volk entitled: "Results from the 2003 Specialty Crop Growers Project with Colorado State University: Some new insights into Garlic Horticulture."
- Friday Morning
- Growers Conference with Richard Smith leading a discussion of growing and marketing garlic.
- Friday Afternoon
- Growers Conference with Bob Anderson discussing how to identify garlic diseases and pests and how to deal with them organically.
- Bryan Hostick, "Confessions of a Dirt Whisperer", will relate his experience as a commercial composter and brewing of compost tea.
- Saturday
- 9 AM - 4 PM The Garlic Is Life Festival
- 11 AM - Cooking class with Lisa Becklund, founder and former Owner/Chef of the award winning La Medusa restaurant in Seattle, WA. Also
a Garlic Tasting Event with Guest of Honor Chester Aaron
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Come celebrate Garlic and Life with the top researchers and growers.
For information about this symposium and details of past symposia,
click here:
Gourmet Garlic Gardens
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Email darrellmerrell@gbronline.com
for more information
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