On Saturday, November 16th, at 10 AM, the Harlan Community Library is hosting Liz Garst, a speaker that will discuss "Peace Through Corn".
Your expectations to get ten extra credit points is to sign in at the library, stay for the entire speech and to do a brief blog summary on the main points of the presentation.
Here is some more information:
What: Peace Through Corn
Presenter: Liz Garst
When: Saturday, November 16, 2013
Time: 10:00 AM
Where: Harlan Community Library – Community Room
Sponsored by: Delta Kappa Gamma Harlan Community Library
Shelby County University Women Delphians
Harlan Literary Club
Funded from Humanities Iowa, a private non-profit state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. A cultural resource for Iowans since 1971, Humanities Iowa offers many cultural and historical programs and grants to Iowa’s communities. If you are a person with a disability who requires special assistance, please call 755-5934 in advance. This program is free and open to the public.
Liz Garst is the granddaughter of the famous Iowa farmers and citizen diplomats Roswell and Elizabeth Garst, and like her forefathers, she likes to tell a good story. She manages banking and farming interests for the Garst family, and has a BA in English Literature, a MS in Agricultural Economics and a MBA. She is a board member and volunteer for Whiterock Conservancy, a non-profit land trust near Coon Rapids, which is dedicated to finding balance between agriculture, the environment and people. Whiterock Conservancy stewards the Roswell and Elizabeth Garst Farmstead, which is listed as nationally significant on the National Register of Historic Places.
Peace Through Corn
The Garst Family has deep roots in the history of Iowa. Using her family experience in Coon Rapids, Liz recounts the history of agricultural development in Iowa, from early settlement through the fabulous mid-century explosion of farm productivity, based on the hybrid seeds, machinery, fertilizers and livestock technologies promoted by her grandfather. Liz tells how it came to pass that Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and his family visited the Garst family in 1959, and recalls fun stories from her personal memories as an 8 year old participant. Imbedded in the entertaining story are history and economics lessons and a powerful message about the ability of an individual to make a difference.
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