Sunday Reception

[Akiva Werbalowsky]

Peace all-

Here's an article about the Ojai Valley Museum's new exhibit and their 
reception this Sunday which I plan to attend. They have asked me to do a 
presentation on permaculture this autumn, so perhaps we (as the full-on 
perma-community) can collaborate on something special.

Enjoy,
Akiva

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Aug 11 Ojai Valley News


                  New museum exhibit is about Ojai's
                  agriculture
                  by Bonnie MacNeill

The Ojai Valley Museum in conjunction with the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy 
and the Hansen Trust, have teamed to produce an exhibit about local 
agriculture which will open today at the museum. Entitled "Agriculture in 
the Ojai Valley: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow," the exhibit focuses on the 
progression of agriculture in the Ojai Valley from the planting of the first 
citrus trees in 1872 to the present with panels depicting past, present and 
future agricultural practices through photographs....which also features 
advances in livestock production, including information on local dairies, 
grain production, tree fruits and vegetables.

A black and white picture of an Upper Ojai pumpkin patch of 1897 is 
displayed next to a more contemporary color photo of children at Boccali's 
pumpkin patch. Fred Kidder of The Ojai Group and volunteer Robin Smith were 
putting the final touches on the mural of an orange crate label, complete 
with groves of the Ojai Valley.

The Land Conservancy, Hall said, received the Hansen Trust grant to produce 
a series entitled "Living with Agriculture in the Ojai Valley." The current 
museum exhibit is a part of that program and also coincides with the opening 
of this year's Ventura County Fair.

Among the myriad benefits to the valley of agriculture, besides consumer 
products, are the beauty, open space and protection of watershed; habitat 
for the valley's song birds, quail, hawks, falcons, butterflies and 
wildlife; and shade from citrus and avocado trees to
protect people from the heat, the Land Conservancy brochure said.

The museum exhibit shows the growth of agriculture as an industry and 
provides residents a view of current agricultural practices, including the 
use of beneficial insects and other pest controls.

To celebrate the new exhibit, the Museum will host a reception Sunday, Aug. 
15 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Music will be provided by DeWayne Boccali, John Perry 
and Richard Hultgen at 7 p.m. Billed as "A taste of Ojai," the event will 
offer citrus coolers and desserts and avocado products, said Hall.

Cost of the reception is $10 to support future exhibits. A companion 
exhibit, "People of the Pueblo," includes a selection of photographs of 
Pueblo inhabitants shot by Ojai City Manager Andy Belknap's grandfather, 
Milton E. Porter. The series was taken between 1906 and 1908 in the New 
Mexico Territory and reveals people of the Isleta and Laguna Pueblos.







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