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Contact: Debi Athos, Imagine Center Director
Phone: 828-253.2267

Fax: 828-253-7537
email: debi@organicfest.org

What: Organicfest 2008 ~ celebrating everything organic (and green!)
When: Saturday, September 6
Time: 10:00 am ~ 6:00 pm
Where: Battery Park Ave, downtown Asheville, NC
Why:
Organicfest, one of the nation's largest regional organic festival (www.organicfest.org), will celebrate National Organic Harvest month on September 6^th in Asheville, North Carolina, on Battery Park and Otis Streets by the historic Grove Arcade. Everyone is invited to attend this annual event, now in its 7^th year, open from 10 AM to 6 PM. Organicfest is a special environmental project of the Imagine Center, a local non-profit dedicated to promoting organics through educational and fun events. The Organicfest is co-sponsored by Asheville Parks and Recreation and an array of local, regional and national businesses which promote healthy, organic foods, organic and green products and sustainable business practices. The finest organic foods and refreshments will be available. Environmental organizations will share information and provide help with organic living, organic gardening, organic farming and other earth care matters. Activities will include live music, dancing, organic food demos, drawings for organic goods and gift certificates and the festival will again feature the popular Organicfest Kids Parade at 1 PM.

Special Note: The Organicfest is presented in September to celebrate National Organic Harvest Month. The organic industry is one of the fastest growing, consumer driven industries in the United States. This special event, (co-sponsored local and national businesses and organizations) is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate, highlight and promote the pure, organic food and products available in our community, create a connection to the people who grow and supply organic, and find out why organic is good for people and the planet

10:00 Ginny Waite

10:30 Charlie Van Buskirk

11:00 Jen Worthen

11:30 Sherri Lynn Band

12:00 Hit Men

12:30 High Light

1:00 Bug Parade for Kids of all ages

1:05 Greenway

1:30 Chris Rosser

2:00 Jimmy Landry

2:30 Muses

3:00 Wind

3:30 Every Mother's Dream

4:00 Cliff Rubin

4:30 Dawn Humphrey

5:00 Jeff Michaels

5:30 Kristin Mills