NATIONAL HEIRLOOM EXPOSept. 6, 7, & 8, Santa Rosa, California - theheirloomexpo.com

THE WORLD’S PURE FOOD FAIR!

THE NATIONAL HEIRLOOM EXPOSITIONCome and walk the aisles at the “World’s Pure Food Fair!”, an event for pure food enthusiasts, the national press, home growers across the country, farmers, school groups and the gen-eral public. The Expo is now dubbed the “World’s Fair” of the heirloom industry! This is a “non-profit” event, and any funds above cost will be donated to school gardens and food pro-grams. This year's event will again be held at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, CA, on September 6, 7 and 8, 2016. Find out more at www.TheHeirloomExpo.com

• The largest display of heirloom produce – ever! Over 4,000 varieties show-casing the diversity our planet has to offer. Includ-ing hundreds of incredible tomato varieties! Also meet the incredible farm-ers who grow them!

• Amazing Speakers! Over 75 nationally and internationally acclaimed on-topic speakers. Join us in three speaker halls that are themed this year: The Garden Hall, The Pure Food Pavillion and The Farmers Forum. So whether you’re a farmer, gardener or good food activist, we have a hall for you.

• Show Info! Tickets are available at the gate on September 6, 7 & 8, 2016. Gates are open 9 AM to 9 PM. (Vendor hall opens at 10 AM) One Day Ticket $15 or Three Day Pass $30 (Purchased at the gate) and Children are Free!

The Heirloom Expo is held at the beautiful Sonoma County Fairgrounds1350 Bennett Valley Rd, Santa Rosa, California, and is a short drive from many airports.

Contact Us! Lisa at (417) 924-8917 or Claudia at(707) 773-1336 email: info@theheirloomexpo.comVendors and exhibitors welcome! Please contact us for details and questions!

Ronnie Cummins, Organic Consumers, Dave Murphy & Lisa Stokke, Food Democracy Now

An International GMO-Free Event--We oppose GMO Seeds!

World Famous displays of produce; learn, share and taste the natural horticultural bounty

Heirloom ExpoSept 6-8, 2016

Santa Rosa, CA4000 Varieties

75 Speakers300 Vendors

150 Exhibitors3 Fun Days

GMO ActivismSeed Swaps

Demo Gardens

About 20,000Gardeners, andKid’s are Free!

Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farm, The Famed Tomato Guy.

Celebrate Global Gardeners who are fighting to keep our food GMO free and preserve our heritage! • Join amazing workshops and talks on the im-

portance of collecting, conserving and sharing heirloom seeds, and don’t miss our seed exchange at 3pm on Sept 8th. Bring some seeds and join the fun.

Walk the aisles of the World’s largest produce display!See, touch and taste summer’s heirloom bounty!

September 6-8, 2016, Santa Rosa, California

Join 20,000 heirloom farmers, gardeners and chefs.The stage is set in beautiful Sonoma County, California.

COOL “KIDS” WHO ARE CHANGING THE WAY WE EAT Join a glob-al list of young activists, seed savers and farmers. Like heirloom farmer Richie Ramsay, 20, who promotes food diversity on the Island of Jamaica. Stephen

Smith, 19, Corn Researcher and Preservationist from Tennessee. Rachel Parent, 16, Canada’s Pure Food Fighter, who is working for a Non-GMO Canada. Birke Baehr, 17, Organic Food Advocate from North Carolina, and Sara Patterson, 21, owner of Red Acre Farm CSA and Utah’s Food Activist. Hear talks from dozens

of young, pure food advocates this September at the Heirloom Expo.

Colossal Pumpkins! World class giants; the largest last year was 1725 lbs! Bring your giant pumpkin for the official weigh off sanctioned by The Great Pump-kin Commonwealth! Tuesday September 7th 4:00pm. Over $5000 in prize money.

Ian Neale, World Record gardener from England. Learn how to grow your big-gest and best with this acclaimed expert.

Leonardo Urena is Napa, California’s own World Record grower and giant vegetable guru. Meet him and his mammoth veggies.

Art of the Heirloom! Enjoy amazing seed and garden art in our amazing art show, curated by Hudson Valley Seed Library. Enjoy artists at work everywhere

throughout the grounds and maybe take some hard-to-find crafty piece home!

Gourdeous Gourds! Enjoy amazing artists like the internationally acclaimed Betty Finch with her amazing gourd persons and creatures.

Kids’ Heirloom Festival! (Expanded to all three days and a new pavillion!)Thousands of children join us each year for America’s coolest pure food event!Classes, tastings, games and Non-GMO FUN! Bring your kids or school group!

Enjoy displays by dozens of school groups. ALL of the Expo’s profits go to education.

• School groups and tours: Speakers from various seed companies (and others) will give talks and run educational seminars for school groups. Education on GMOs and seed saving is an important factor; after all, children are the future of farming and food industries. Schools are being encour-aged to grow gardens for the event and enter their produce for display. Last year over 3,000 school-kids participated in ‘kids-day’ at the 2015 Expo. Questions? email us: info@theheirloomexpo.com

• Vendors: More than 300 like-minded vendor booths: seed companies, great food, tool companies, garden and farm supplies, produce, nurseries and all things related to pure-food, small farming and gardening .

•The Global “Local” Food Fair: Enjoy North Cali-fornia’s best globally-inspired cuisine. 30 kitchens strive to produce 100% local & GMO-free dishes.

•Fresh Fruit Tastings: You can try some of the world’s rarest heirlooms, as well as California fa-vorites. All three days in our new tasting kitchen.

•Folk Music Festival & National Fiddlers Contest: Come enjoy great old-time folk, bluegrass & cow-boy music, as well as a sanctioned fiddle contest.

•Heritage Poultry : Meet many of California’s premier keepers of heritage poultry, as well as an amazing poultry show. Offering $1500 in prizes!

• Dozens of Heirloom Seed Companies: Representatives will share their wealth of knowledge at workshops for the home-grower, the farmer and the enthusiast. Don’t miss the giant seed exchange, Thurs. at 3:00pm!

Learn Heirloom Farming, Gardening, Anti-GMO Activism, Marketing, Seed Saving, Permaculture, Biodynamics, Orcharding, Bee Keeping, Cooking & Canning, Seed Industry News, Plant Breeding, Business Skills and more! TheHeirloomExpo.com

Join the International Heirloom Conference75 World leading farmers, gardeners, chefs and activists! 3 days of seedy fun!

Helen JuarezLeading Mexican Seed Saver

We thank our fine sponsors!John Roulac

Founder of Nutiva & GMO insideJodi Torpey

Blue Ribbon Vegetable Gardening

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***Astrid & Mathew panel or kids

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Dr Huber

LESLEY GOLDMAN-PANEL

ERIN SCHRODE 24 RUNNING FOR CONGRESS “KIDS” PANEL?

Matt Powers & FamilyPermaculture Expert

www.thepermaculturestudent.com

Hudson ValleySEED LIBRARYseedlibrary.org

Farm HallJESSICA PRENTICE Social Change in a Mason Jar Three Stone Hearth is a worker-owned cooperative preparing nutrient-dense foods from sustainable ingredients and packing them in returnable glass.

ANNA PEACHWhat I Wish I Knew Then--the First Three Years FarmingAnna owns the amazing “Squash and Awe Guerrilla Farm,” a one-person, 1/4 -acre farm on the big island of Hawaii.

ROWEN WHITETraditions, Cultures and SeedsRowen will share her journey to find her ancestral seeds of her Mohawk and Iroquois lineage and family, and her seed stewardship.

JEANNETTE BERANGERI Want Chickens! But Where Do I Start?There is an amazing array of heritage chicken breeds available today, and it can be complicated deciding which is most appropriate for your land, climate, and needs.

MICHAEL COLLINSBiochar and Non-leaching Fertiliz-ers: Learn fertilization tips from this long-time organic expert

RICHIE RAMSAYPermaculture and Sustainable Agriculture in Jamaica Young organic horticulturist, avid re-searcher and owner of “Exotic Roots,” an organic heirloom farm based in Jamaica

JONATHAN PANTALIS & RACHEL RENNER A Healthier Business Founders of Phi Kind Organics: jour-ney to create a healthier chocolate, & a healthier, happier business. Learn from this dynamic duo, who are in their early twenties.

FRED HEMPELSelecting, Seed Saving and Steril-ization -- Making your tomato seed stash robust and safe. Fred Hempel has been seriously breeding tomatoes for 10 years at his Baia Nicchia Farm.

CHIP MORRISCreating New Markets for Heirloom Farm Products. Mr. Morris is the President and Farmer of Elegant Beans and has served as a researcher at UC Davis for the past 11 years.

Speaker Schedule - Tuesday, Sept 6Garden HallQACHUU ALOOM FARMERS Amaranth and Native Greens – a path to economic development, nutrition and seed sovereignty in Guatemala. Learn about the work of this native group.

JOHN VALENZUELAClassic Heirloom Fruit of CaliforniaLearn the stories and how to grow these amazing old-time favorites with one of California’s rare fruit expert

JEFF LOWENFELSSoil Food Web: No more Chemicals! Mr Lowenfels is the world’s longest running garden columnist, and award winning garden author from Alaska.

CHRISTY WILHELMIGrowing in the DroughtUsing bio-intensive methods, rainwa-ter capture, efficient drip irrigation and more!

DAVID KINGWhy & How to Make a Seed Library David King is the founding chair of the seed library of Los Angeles, and teaches gardening and horticulture.

KEN LOVEAMAZING EXOTIC FRUITMr Love is executive director of Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers, a world authority on fruit, and has been fea-tured on the movie, ‘Fruit Hunters’.

JODI TORPEYBlue Ribbon Vegetable Gardening(The Secrets to Growing the Biggest amd Best Prizewinning Produce) Also book signing after talk.

MATT POWERSLandrace Living: Get a glimpse of the future of family life--seed to table cooking, homeschooling, unschool-ing, seed saving and much more. With author of Permaculture Student

SPANISH PANEL HELEN JUAREZ, LORI PATINO, GONZALO RODRIGUEZConservando semillas al sur de la frontera. “seed saving South Of The border” Pequeñas historias sobre cuidadores de semillas latinoamericanos.

DR. WILLIAM WOYS WEAVERSaved from Extinction! Colonial Squash in the Roughwood Seed Col-lection. Learn about amazing squash!

Food HallDIANNA REEVES The Health Impacts of Genetically Engineered Foods and the Related Agrichemicals. Learn from this Connecticut mom-turned-activist, who founded GMO Free USA

BOB QUINN, Ph.D“The High Cost of Cheap Bread”Bob owns & operates a 3rd generation 4000 acre family farm near Big Sandy, Montana. (organic 30 yrs)

PANEL: LISA STOKKE, JOHN ROULAC, JOE HICKEY “The Future of Hemp”Hemp holds the promise for sustainable and renewable fuel, fiber, food and medicine. John is founder of Nutiva and GMOInside. Joe‘s long history in the hemp industry started in 1994 as founder of Kentucky Hemp Growers Coop and today is founder and a director of Atalo Hold-ings. Lisa Stokke is founder of Food Democracy Now! and of The Next 7 Project.

JILL NUSSINOW What Does Sustainable Eating Look Like? AKA The Veggie Queen™ is a registred dieti-cian who has been teaching plant-based, whole foods cooking almost 30 years.

PANEL: ALVERO WIGGINS, BOCAR WADE, BARBARA LOPPIEPoverty, A Child, and a Mustard Seed. This group comes to us from Hope Blooms, an ur-ban, Canadian youth growing community who has turned abandoned land into food & jobs

JOHN KEMPF Moving Mountains: Developing a Nutri-ent Mineralization Strategy for Disease Resistant Crops. John Kempf is an interna-tionally recognized expert on biological and regenerative farming.

HEBRON SMITH, PH.DMONOCULTURE: Past and Current Issues, and Genetic DiversityDr. Smith is a retired plant breeder with over 45 years of experience in the seed industry.

JOHN ROULACHealthy Soils, Oceans & Climate : They are All ConnectedFounder of the superfoods company Nutiva and the non-profit GMO inside

ERIC HOLT-GIMENEZ, Ph.D“Convergence in Diversity: Food Move-ments and the Transformation of Our Food Systems” Eric is the executive director of Food First Institute.

VANDANA SHIVA-- FINAL TIME AND

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Farm HallDARLES EATONWater Resilience and Restoration: This presentation will cover cutting edge developments and evaluations in the realm of water conservation, water reuse, rainwater catchment.

SHANNON MCCABE & JENNIE LONDONHow to Start a Small Market FarmLearn how to start and manage your farm with these expert farm ladies. Learn tips to save time and money.

DR. DOROTHY SMITHCorn Breeding and Research Dr. Smith gives a rare window into corn breeding; from how it is done to techniques. Learn to keep it GMO-free!

PAUL AND ELIZABETH KAISER No-Till, Agroecological, Intensive Farming from the Farmer’s MouthCreate life in and around your hand- labor no-till beds, from growing a bounty of nutrient dense produce. The Kaisers operate Singing Frogs Farm.

STEVE PETERSImproving Seed Genetics-- Advanced Seed Saving Mr Peters now serves with the Organ-ic Seed Alliance and has a degree in vegetable crops and Soil Science.

BIRKE BAEHRRengeration and Remediation Restoring land devastated by industri-alized agriculutre using beneficial my-celium and beneficial crops like hemp.

EMIGDIO BALLONSustainable Farming at a Tesuque Pueblo in New MexicoMr Ballon is Agriculture Director of Tesuque Pueblo. He is an expert on traditional farming & seed saving.

JOHN TORGRIMSONHeirlooms Are Everywhere Today - But Heirloom Naval oranges? Hybrid Heirloom tomatoes? Heirloom has become its own brand. Seed Savers Exchange Executive Director John Tor-grimson will redefine what heirlooms are and how they differ from others.

SPANISH PANEL: LEONARDO URENA, UBALDO SOLORIO, RICHARD BERNARD--Creciendo vegetables asombroso: Entienda a crecer Los mejores vegetables en el mundo

Speaker Schedule - Wednesday, Sept 7Garden HallUBALDO SOLORIOGrowing Amazing Peppers from around the World. Learn about the shocking diversity of peppers, from sweets to the super hots.

KATRINA BLAIRThe Wild Wisdom of Weeds and the Integrity of Wild Seeds.Learn from this expert plant hunter!

ALICE DOYLEThe Most Exciting Vegetables to Grow in Your GardenAlice owns Log House Plants of Oregon, one of the nation’s foremost providers of rare bedding plants.

KEN GREENVARIETY SHOW!Hear about award winning unique heirloom varieties, as well as the stories written inside each seed. Ken is founder of Hudson Valley Seed Library

PANEL: JODI TORPEY, IAN NEALE, KEVIN FORTEY and MORE!Growing Record-Sized VegetablesEnjoy the pleasures and rewards of growing plus-sized produce with our international panel of experts

BRAD GATESExtreme Tomatoes: Breeding, Grow-ing,and What the Future Holds. Mr Gates is a tomato farmer bringing new tomato varieties to the world.

COLUM RILEYGo Beyond Organic: Crafting Biody-namic Soils and Gardens Learn all the good soil stuff from the co-owner of Malibu Compost

LINDSAY GASIKTraveling To fruit HuntLindsay has been a fruit-focused vaga-bond for 5 yrs (YearoftheDurian.com)

DEBORAH DIETZ DAHLIAS 101: American Dahlia Society senior judge shares a potpourri of dahlia lore including, origins, genetic diversity, pests, planting tips, & more

IAN NEALE & KEVIN FORTEYTips and Tricks For Record Sized Veg-gies! Learn secrets from these Welsh gardeners of oversized produce.

Food HallDAVE MURPHY & ED BROWNA New Resistance: From GMO La-beling to Banning Glyphosate. How gly-phosate, Monsanto’s weedkiller, took over the world’s food supply, harms human health and the environment.

FRAN MURRELL & CLAIRE BLEAKLEY Seed Matters Aotearoa & Oceania-- Our Farms, Our Food, Our Future! Learn what these ladies are doing to protect the food of Australia, New Zea-land and all of the Pacific from GMOs!

DANA PERLS & LISA STOKKE The Next Generation Of Genetic En-gineering: The impacts of new GMOs on agriculture, food and farmers. Dana is the food and technology campaigner with Friends of the Earth.

RACHEL PARENTThe Impact Our Food Choices Have on the Planet--A Teen’s Perspective Join acclaimed teen food activist and founder of “Kid’s Right to Know”

DANIEL IMHOFFFarming With The Wild Creating agricultural solutions that work with, rather than against, nature. Daniel is author of Food Fight.

PANEL: Dr. WILLIAM WOYS WEAVER, DAVID KING and JERE GETTLEThe Future of Heirloom SeedsProtecting and preserving these genet-ic treasures for the future.

WOODY TASCHSlow Money: Investing in Local Food Systems. Woody Tasch is the found-er and chairman of the Slow Money Institute which has catalyzed the flow of $46 million into 450 small food enterprises.

PANEL: PAMM LARRY, ALBERT STRAUS, KAREN HUDSON AND BOB MCFARLAND GMOs and What’s Happening Locally in CaliforniaGet up to date on the local pure food fight, labeling, seed laws and more.

PANEL: JEFFREY SMITH & OTHERS:THE GMO-FREE DISCUSSION Enjoy several leaders in the pure food movement and learn how we are tak-ing back our food supply

JEFFREY SMITH Organic Diets Are Healing Familes Improve your health by switching to organic, non-GMO foods. Mr Smith is a leader in the pure food movement

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Farm HallGROVER STOCKResource or Being: How do we relate to our farm or garden Grover is a long time organic food for-est farmer, educator, and consultant.

RANDEL AGRELLABreaking into Commercial Seed Growing. Learn to be a seed farmer with seed production manager at Baker Creek Seeds and long-time seed saver from Northern Maine.

SARA PATTERSONMake A Living on 2 Acres! Sara started her CSA farm at age 14 in rural, mountainous Utah. The farm became the only source of income for her family, and she is working to change the politics in Utah & beyond.

JENNIE LONDONManaging Farm Employees: So You Have Hired Your First Farm Employ-ee, Now What? Jennie has managed sustainable farms for the past 11 years

MEA MCNEILState of the Beehive: What’s Up with the White House Action Plan for Pollinators Mea is a Master Bee-keeper and maintains a small certified organic farm in Marin.

RICHARD BERNARDTrialing, Selecting, & Storing Seeds on the FarmLearn the tricks of the trade from this 30-year veteran of the seed trade.

PANEL: SEED COMPANIES AND THE SEED INDUSTRY IN AMERICA -OPEN MEETING - Ken Greene, Jere Gettle and more.For members of the seed industry & natural seed growers in general to discuss challenges & issues they face.

DAVID BRONNERHealthy Farms, Healthy People, Healthy WagesMr Bronner is CEO of Dr Bronner’s soaps, and a leader in organic industry.

PROF. DR. RAJIV KUMAR SINHAOrganic Farming by Vermiculture For Production of Chemical-Free Safe, & Nutritive Medica-Foods for Mankind. Professor at Charotar University of Science & Technology. Has been credited for the development of a New & Innovative Vermifiltration Technology at Griffith University, Aus-tralia. Published 22 books and over 150 scientific papers. Don’t miss his talk!

Speaker Schedule - Thursday, Sept 8Garden HallJOHN JEAVONSFood For The Future: Now Mr Jeavons is President and Director of Ecology Action, with 43 years of bio-logically intensive farming experience

KATE FREYBee Friendly GardeningLearn how to make the bees happy and your garden healthy with this award winning gardener.

HELEN JUAREZPreserving Ancient Corn. Around the world corn is known as a highly valuable agricultural commodity, but for Mexican and Central American popula-tion, it’s not a commodity; it is a central element of our culture gastronomy.

PANEL: DALETRON EBLACAS, EVAN GREGOIRE AND FRIENDS“Passing the Seeds to the Next Gen-eration of Stewards” What 6 Young Americans are doing to teach the next generation of seed stewards about seed sovereignty.

MANJU AND RISHI KUMAR“Roots Up Revolution: Creating an Eco-Culture” Manju and Rishi Kumar are the mother & son team behind The Growing Club, which is creating an home-based farming revolution in L.A.

KAMI MCBRIDETHE HERBAL KITCHEN: Turn your garden into a bounty of resource for creating your home spice rack, home apothecary and pantry full of deli-cious herbal foods and condiments.

STEPHEN SMITHAn Heirloom and Landrace Eden Learn of rare and beautiful seeds within his seedbank. From ancient popcorn that is the ancestor to all corn to the world’s most colorful beans and many other rarities

PANEL: JOHN VALENZUELA & FRIENDS Growing exotic fruit in your backyardLearn about the amazing and un-usual, the exotic and bazaar, and the sometimes easy to grow rare fruits!

SPANISH PANEL: ARTHUR LEVINE, MARIA ALONZO, MARIA MENDOZAImigrantes en la agricultura: que sig-nifica cultivar para otros y que significa cultivar para uno mismo? (Huerta del Valle es una organización de la comu-nidad basado en el sur de california enfocado en justicia alimenticia, de la salud y la sostenibilidad en la ciudad más tóxica del Inland Empire)

Food HallDR. RICHARD ECKFIELD “SUSTAINABLE SANTA®” Real Santas, doctors and farmers markets team to curb an epidemic of metabolic diseases in America’s children and improve our diets.

EARL TULLEYSoul of the soilNavajo/Diné tribal member of the Navajo Nation. He will share family and clan teachings.

DR. WILLIAM WOYS WEAVER“Food and Place: How Heirlooms Give Meaning to What We Eat” Learn from America’s leading food historian and author

RONNIE CUMMINSHow Conscious Farmers and Consumers Can Reverse Climate Change and Save Civilization. Mr. Cummins is the founder & director of the Organic Consumers Association

CHEF GINO CAMPAGNAOne Egg, One Cup of FlourChef Gino Campagna has been spreading the gospel of good, home-made food for more than 18 years now, and he knows what it takes to raise American Families’ FOOD IQ.

PANEL: RACHEL PARENT, BIRKE BAEHR AND SARA PATTERSONA Kid’s Food FightThese young people are changing the way we eat and opening eyes to food.

FINIAN MAKEPEACEReGeneration, the New Context for the Future of Humanity We will be diving deep into the con-cepts of regeneration versus sustain-ability and degeneration. NICK PAPADOPOULOSBack to Basics, Community En-gagement and Growing Local Food System Sharing. Learn from the co-founder of CropMobster.com

VANI HARI Winning The Food Revolution, Stories From The Field - Vani Hari, Author & Activist from FoodBabe.com

PANEL: VANI HARI and the Investi-gative Team at US Right To Know! Gary Ruskin, Stacy Malkan and Car-ey Gillam. How food and agrichem-ical industries, their front groups, PR operatives and academics work together to promote industry propa-ganda. This is a don’t-miss session.

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75 of the world’s leading pure food, farm & garden speakers,including acclaimed Indian seed saver, Dr. Vandana Shiva

heirloomTHE NATIONAL

EXPOSITION“The World’s Pure Food Fair” theheirloomexpo.com

Santa Rosa, California. Sep 6-8 th 2016