The itinerary at last...
February 28th
- Drive to Kernersville, NC to help Laura Fraser process wool at her sustainable sheep farm, Farmgirl Arts http://www.etsy.com/shop/FarmGirlArts
- Sleep at Friendship Meeting House in Greensboro
March 1st
- Tour NC Ag & Tech Research Farm
- Work project at Fickle Creek Farm in Efland, NC, a sustainable farm that produces eggs, broilers, pork, beef, and veggies http://home.mebtel.net/~ficklecreek/
- Stay with May Toms in Greensboro
March 2nd
- Plant potatoes Amish style using horse team with Tom Coletti
- Stay with Tom Coletti at the Union Grove Amish community
March 3rd
- Drive to Lumberton, NC
- Sleep in River Way Outdoor Adventure and Education Center
March 4th
- Talk by environmental/local food activist Mac Legerton while canoeing the Lumby river
- Visit farms in Lumberton area
- Sleep in River Way Outdoor Adventure and Education Center
March 5th
- Drive to Jacksonville, FL
- Stay with Al and June Geiger.
March 6th
- Drive to Boynton Beach, FL
- Stay with Ted and Trudy Winsburg
March 7th
- Day of rest
- Stay with Ted and Trudy Winsburg
March 8th
- Visit Green Cay Farm (the one Green Cay on the AMS Campus is named after) and other local farms
- Stay with Ted and Trudy Winsburg
March 9th
- Explore the Everglades
- Stay with Ted and Trudy Winsburg
March 10th
March 11th
- Drive to Lakeport, FL for work project at Tom Oswalt's certified organic pink grapefruit grove
- Camp at Crystal River Preserve State Park
March 12th
- Service work for Crystal River Preserve State Park
- Swimming and tubing in the Rainbow River
- Camp at Crystal River Preserve State Park
March 13th
- Drive to Bluffton, GA
- Camp at Kolomoki Mounds State Park
March 14th
- Tour and work project at White Oak Pastures, a sustainable cattle ranch that sells beef to Whole Foods in the southeast http://www.whiteoakpastures.com/
- Drive to Marietta, GA
- Stay with Patrick and Nicole Seals
March 15th
- Visit the Children's School in Atlanta, GA
- Meet Chef Steven Satterfield of Miller Union and learn about local and sustainable food sourcing
- Dinner at Miller Union restaurant http://www.millerunion.com/site/
- Stay with Patrick and Nicole Seals
March 16th
- Drive to Comer, GA for work project at Jubilee Partners, an intentional community with a large farm used to feed its members http://www.jubileepartners.org/
- Stay at Jubilee Partners
March 17th
- Drive to AMS
- Sleep in our own beds
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