Organic Celebration

Dennis Stowell:

"I am more concerned with

nutrition per acre than production per acre."

Dennis is growing melons

and lovely heirloom tomatoes

for your lunches, and other

special meals.

Foods grown locally from San Diego's premiere biodynamic and organic farmers as well as "Heart and Soul" natural food companies will be served at the Hilton San Diego Bay Resort during the 6th International Feng Shui Conference August 5-7, 2005.

The "Enchanted Gardener's luncheon" is the brainchild of Leslie Goldman, who calls himself Your Enchanted Gardener. It is in co-partnership with the Hilton and its Executive Chef Hermann Schaefer and this special event program named "Organic Celebration at the HIlton." Chef Schaefer is familar with the kind of "Out of the Box" Unconventional Foods that Goldman plans to offer the Award Winning Chef on his palette of menu ingredients. Scheafer, as a youth in Austria was exposed to organic foods through his father who raised grapes. Schaefer, is one of Southern California's top creative Chefs. He has been awarded seven consecutive Gold Metal Awards from the Southern California Restaurant Writer's Association. "A top chef enjoys the finest of ingredients for his menus. My goal is to deliver to Schaefer varieties of foods that have never been served before in a commercial setting. The end result I am seeking here, is to further establish an on-going alliance between local farmers and the Hilton." The five day meeting--including pre-and post conference workshops August 4 and 8-9, will draw together an estimated 400 participants and 60 teachers in areas of Ecological Architecture, Solar and Green Designs, Space clearing, and Geomancy to name to a few. "The Conference is called "Heaven, Earth, and Humanity." The Feng Shui movement has become a convergence point for vital energy systems from diverse cultures that encompass earth wisdom." said Goldman. "It only made sense to have the finest foods possible served at the conference. Visionary Roger Green, conference developer, choose San Diego for the site because of its dream location as well as array of farm fresh foods." Said Goldman. "In the 80's San Diego was one of the birthing places for Holistic Health. We have gone beyond the Body, Mind, Spirit model. Our 21st century health model now encompasses sustainable living. Agriculture is at the core of this. Out of this conference will emerge new definitions for what we will call healthy buildings 20 years from now." "The most successful real estate agents I know are Feng Shui consultants," said Goldman. "Their work in influencing the design of new hospitals and birthing centers. Health Design is a whole new field with major Symposium each year. Feng Shui principles are at the core of this new economic growth," said Goldman. "This Conference is a benchmark of the field. It is not to be missed. It is for everyone who wants to explore careers that will be popular as sustainability takes hold of our profit motive. The hospital and insurance companies of today realize they are going backrupt unless they adapt the principles that will be heard at this very timely meeting that will impact the future of medicine." Goldman has a website called Friend of the Farm where he sees Art in farm fresh produce. The site also shares his interest in local organic farmers whose produce is offered at the Hillcrest Farmers' Market 9 AM-1PM, Sundays, at the Department of Motor Vehicles, 3i70 Normal St., San Diego, 92103. "Biodynamic Foods at the conference will come from Tierre Miguel Foundation Farm and CSA (Community Supported Agricuture). San Diego County's leading education center for sharing gardening, and ecological living principles based on sacred earth wisdom," said Goldman. Tierra Miguel now delivers more than 250 weekly boxes of food through San Diego, Orange, LA, and RIverside County, There is now a growing waiting list for families and individuals who would like to support Community Supported Agriculture and have these fine foods delivered to neighborhood drop off points. Biodynamic foods from Tierra Miguel are now served at the La Jolla Hilton. Samples of foods from locally grown farmers as well as sign-ups for the CSA waiting list will be offered at the Enchanted Garden Altar for the Conference. ###

Related Web Sites to View: 6th International Feng Shui Conference Site:

http://www.fengshuiseminars.com/

conference2005.htm

Super Ripe Images:

http://www.lesliegoldman.com/

Images/index.htm

Friend of the Farm:

http://lesliegoldman.com/Friend-of-the-Farm/index.htm

Tierra Miguel Photos:

http://www.lesliegoldman.com

/Feng_Shui_Conferences/id69.htm

Tierra Miguel Web site:

http://www.tierramiguel.org/

Hilton San Diego Resort:

http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/hotels/

index.jhtml?ctyhocn=SANHIHH

Friends from the Organic Trade Association (Photos):

http://www.lesliegoldman.com/

Images/id31.htm

The Organic Pages Online:

http://www.theorganicpages.com

/topo/index.html

Frank Console, a shopper at the Hillcrest Farmers' Market and Christie Lantz, of Cuhuilla Mt.Farm, have developed a friendship out of his shopping each week. Christie grows many diverse foods, including

Pierro Grosso Lavender. Nature makes thousands of varieties of foodsand herbs. The exciting challenge facing our larger stores will be how to integrate the smaller farmer and the diversity "she" brings into the Whole Foods Market system.

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Herman Schaefer, (left) Executive Chef, Hilton San Diego

Resort and Leslie Goldman, Enchanted Gardener.

Joe Rodriguez is part of a fourth generation San Diego Farming Family.

He is growing lettuce for the International Feng Shui Conference.

A Celebration of Organic Foods at the Hilton--Featuring an array of Locally Grown Organic foods from San Diego organic farms, as well as Natural Food Products with "Heart and Soul," will be featured in Menu offerings at the International August 5-7, 2005, at the International Feng Shui Conference. Hermann Schaefer, Executive Chef at the Hilton San Diego Resort, known for introducing unique culinary concepts to the full service resort and spa, will partner with San Diego¹s Leslie Goldman, Enchanted Gardener, to link some of the freshest and finest locally grown organic foods with the Hilton's Bayside Terrace Grille Restaurant. Menu ingredients during the International Feng Shui Conference will also feature "Heart and Soul" Enchanted Garden Award Winning Organic food products. Goldman, who teaches that "Not knowing who is growing your food is like being intimate with a stranger" specializes in cultivating friendships with San Diego organic farmers at his local Farmers' Market. A regular participant in the Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, CA held each March, Goldman, in his role as Enchanted Gardener, seeks out and honors Natural Food Industry products that he esteems for not only their outstanding quality, but are because they are backed by producers whose products reflect the Heart and Soul of their creators. The Rodriguez family of organic growers, fourth generation San Diego farms, grows six kinds of lettuce and various greens. They will be growing foods specifically for the International gathering. Breakfast menus will also include red, orange, and yellow organically grown watermelons grown by Farmers' Market vendor, Dennis Stowell. He will his "out of the box" heirloom tomatoes varieties that are seldom seen in health food stores. "When I grow foods, I am more concerned with nutrition per acre than production per acre.," says Stowell. Joe Rodriquez, Jr. the grower of the greens, is the inspiration behind Goldman's children's story "Joe the Farmer," about a local farmer ³Who never gave up no matter what." According to Rodriquez, it is increasingly difficult in this age of rising water costs and land use policies for organic farmers to bring their products to market. Many resort to the Farmers' Markets. Many foods at the Farmers" Market do not enter the warehouse system. Most commercial Supermarkets, as well as Health Food store chains have not yet figured out systems to deliver these "out of the box"foods to consumers.

Many Farmers' Market foods are of therapeutic value, says Goldman. "These foods are so fresh they do not know they have been picked yet." he says. Among the Heart and Soul products that will be featured at the Hilton are Jesse Schwartz¹s sesame butters from Living Tree Community Foods; and Vivian Straus's ice creams and organic butter. Photos of local farmers participating in the International Feng Shui Conference, may be seen on the the Friend of the Farm website:

http://lesliegoldman.com/Friend-of-the-Farm/index.htm

Photos of Heart and Soul Products and their creators may be viewed in the coming months at: http://lesliegoldman.com/NPEW-Draft/id40.htm Goldman¹s intent is to open the pathways for numbers of these foods to enter the Hilton kitchen. He is planting that Seed Dream with literal heirloom seeds.

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Organic Celebration Activities

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Co-creating the Enchanted Garden

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Draft February 20. 2005