Hi everyone!
I had another question about the Heirloom Expo. Is it worth buying tix in advance or will just paying at the door be fine? I'm definitely going to try for at least one day at the expo
I think if you buy the HE tickets in advance ONLINE, you will be paying a surcharge, i.e. the price of the tickets as well as a charge for buying/paying online. You can call the Seed Bank in Petaluma to see if you can buy directly from them. Here's their latest email about the HE and tickets; if you volunteer for a shift, you can get in for free, park for free and get a free lunch too !
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For your convenience, we've started to sell one-day and three-day passes to the event at The Seed Bank, 199 Petaluma Blvd. North, in downtown Petaluma. Summertime store hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Mondays through Fridays, and 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Sundays. (Closed Saturdays.)
Tickets are $10 for one day and $25 for a three-day pass (youth 17 years old and younger are admitted for free).
The 2nd Annual National Heirloom Exposition will run Sept. 11-13, 2012, at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Northern California's bucolic Santa Rosa. For more information, read below.
Meet the Keynote Speakers
for this year's National Heirloom Expo
One of the many great things about the National Heirloom Exposition (coming Sept. 11-13, 2012, to the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, Calif.) is that your price of admission ($10) lets you see world-renowned speakers for free, and we have some great speakers this year--including several keynote speakers that we know you won't want to miss.
At the top of the list are:
Carlo Petrini, founder of Slow Food, who made international headlines in 1986 when he founded Slow Food in Barolo, Italy—his protest against the opening of the first McDonald’s at the foot of the Spanish Steps in the Piazza di Spagna in Rome. The Slow Food movement has grown to include over 100,000 members in 100 countries and continues to utilize a holistic approach in its fight for a better food and agricultural system.
Ronnie Cummins, executive director of the Organic Consumers Association and co-author of Genetically-Engineered Foods: A Self-Defense Guide for Consumers. Cummins spent the 1990s leading food-scare efforts of national and international scope, including Rifkin’s “Beyond Beef” campaign, the “Pure Food” campaign (which later became the OCA), and the “Global Days of Action Against Genetic Engineering.”
Percy Schmeiser, a long-time farmer from Bruno, Saskatchewan, Canada, who endured a protracted legal battle with agrichemical giant Monsanto—enjoyed a notable victory—and has subsequently become an international spokesperson for the GMO-free movement and independent farmers’ rights.
Andrew Kimbrell, one of the country's leading environmental attorneys, and author of several articles and books on the environment, technology, society, and food issues. He has been involved in public interest legal activity in numerous areas of technology, human health and the environment.
Deborah Koons Garcia, director of the 2005 documentary The Future of Food, which was instrumental in getting Measure H passed in California’s Mendocino County, banning the planting of genetically engineered crops.
Jeffrey Smith, founder of The Institute for Responsible Technology and one of America’s leading experts on the subject of genetically modified foods (GMOs) and the dangers they pose to human health and the environment, and whose many books on the subject are international bestsellers.
Keynote speakers and over four dozen other presenters will give talks at various times and on different days throughout the 3-day Expo. To gain access to all talks, a $25 3-day pass to the event is recommended. Find out more about the Expo's presenters here
Volunteer at this year's
National Heirloom Exposition in Sonoma County
Volunteers receive free admission
lunch and parking
Sign-up now to volunteer at the biggest heirloom exposition ever. It's the second year for this exciting event touted as the world's largest pure food fair.
The 2nd Annual National Heirloom Exposition will be held at the Sonoma County Fair Grounds in Northern California's bucolic Santa Rosa, Sept. 11-13, 2012, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
Volunteers are needed to help with all manner of jobs--from set-up to ticket taking--between the hours of 9 a.m. and 10 p.m. (Please commit to a 4-hour or an 8-hour shift.)
Volunteers enjoy free admission, parking and lunch for their generosity.
For more information or to sign up to volunteer, please call The Seed Bank at 707-773-1336 or email us.
Thank you!
