McGrath on the Warpath
“It’ll be more like a prizefight than a speech,” he said.
Prizefight? “I want to shake things up,” he said. “In a place like Humboldt, it’s easy to deceive yourself into thinking we live in a clean, green world and everybody is doing organics. Of course, it is getting better. Look at Readers Digest. They used to be the Dick Cheney of the gardening world, and now they’re publishing books on how to garden organically. That’s the ultimate victory. But those are hard-won victories and there’s lots more work to do. I want to remind people to stay out there.”
Mike McGrath is nothing if not surprising, and as it turns out, you’ll have three opportunities to be surprised over the weekend. Drop by Pierson’s on Saturday, Aug. 29, from 10-11 a.m. for a workshop on composting, or head over to Eureka Natural Foods that afternoon for a meet and greet from 1-2:30. Then on Sunday he’s the Organic Planet Festival’s keynote speaker, going onstage at 3 p.m. and then signing books afterwards at the Pierson’s tent.
Also on the schedule for Sunday is Rita Jacinto of Flying Blue Dog Farm and Nursery, who will explain ways to grow and use herbs at 10:45 a.m.; Eddie Tanner, author of The Humboldt Kitchen Gardener, demonstrating how to prepare new beds at 11:30 a.m., and then at 12:15 p.m. Gisele Schoniger of Kellogg Garden Supply will discuss how to build up beneficial organisms in the soil. At 1 p.m. Jeff Anderson of Mycorrhizal Applications, Inc. will talk about mycorrhizal fungi in a workshop called “The Secret Beneath Your Feet: The Original World-Wide Web.” Then McGrath takes the stage for his prizefight.
The festival, sponsored by Californians for Alternatives to Toxics (CATS), happens on Sunday from 10:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. at Eureka’s Halvorsen Park at the foot of L Street on the waterfront. Tickets are $12 in advance or $15 at the gate. Visit organicplanetfestival.org for details.
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