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Farm Day 2010
 
Saturday, March 13, 2010
 
03 / 13 / 2010 09:00 am - 03 / 13 / 2010 03:00 pm
 
LOCATION:
 
ECHO Global Farm
ECHO's Global Farm was developed to train interns, students and overseas development workers in tropical agriculture.

17391 Durrance Road
North Fort Myers, FL 33917

Directions:
Take exit 143 (old 26) off I-75. Go 1 mile east on Bayshore Road (Rt. 78). Turn left on Durrance Road at the prominent ECHO sign. Turn in at the second left to park for tours, the bookstore or nursery.
 
 
 
 

Farm Day 2010Farm Day!

Saturday, March 13th
9am to 3pm

Come enjoy tours, workshops, demonstrations, food and fun as you learn how ECHO is meeting the challenge to reduce hunger and improve the lives of the poor worldwide.

Spend the day at our 50-acre Global Farm and tour our 300+ variety seed bank, listen to our CEO Stan Doerr's Global Hunger Forum, take an educational tour of our bamboo courtyard where we display over 40 varieties, or learn about our alternative fuel solutions, as we demonstrate these ideas in our appropriate technology area.

Farm Day is made possible by our generous sponsors:
LCEC, The News-Press, First Bank, Fafco Solar, Travis Reprographics, Costco, Vic’s Painting, Walmart, Sunharvest Citrus, Rotary of Cape Coral North

Demonstrations
Small Farm Technologies
Water Purification
Fuel-Efficient Cook Stoves
Sugar Cane Pressing
and more...


Special Tours and Workshops
Tropical Fruit Tree Arboretum Tour
ECHO Seed Bank “Behind the Scenes”
Creative Containers For Gardening
Global Hunger Forum with ECHO’s CEO
and more...


Children’s Activities
ECHO Farmers Market
Visit our Alternative Fuel Area
sponsored by LCEC
Fruit Tree and Nursery Sale!