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15A STYLEAThe Charlotte Post Thursday October 9, 1997 Novello events feature wide variety of writers Continued from 14A literary Adventure.” ■Adults can find plenty to do as well. !UNC Charlotte professor Tanure Ojaide will be featured on Carolina Writers Night Oct. 20. The Charlotte Post will present Cpnnie Briscoe, author of best sellers “Sisters and Lovers” and “Big Girls Don’t Ciy,” Oct. 23 at the Booth Theater. Briscoe will discuss her works as well as the difficulties of dealing with hear ing loss. Abook signing will follow. Several neighborhood branches vriU host activities as weU. Beatties Ford Road Branch Library will host the Charlotte African American Writers series. On Monday at 9:30 a.m., televi sion producer TiX. Green will pre sent a session on developing scripts. At 7 p.m., Gregory Morris, author of “Zon,” will dis cuss writing novels. On Wednesday at 7 p.m., Charlotte Post publisher Gerald O. Johnson, wiU discuss what it takes to be a good journalist. Here’s a list of Novello activi ties: Wednesday - Friday, 7:30 p.m.,“Salute to Hong Kong Films.” Mint Museum. Free. Oct. 16 Reader’s 'Theatre, First Union Atriirm, 10:30 a.m.. Free. Arme Perry, author of Victorian mysteries, 7:30 p.m. Spirit Square. $10. Oct. 20 Carolina Writer’s Night, Booth Theatre, 7 p.m. Free. Featured writers: Clyde Edgerton, Lee Smith, Hal Crovrther, Judy Goldman, Elizabeth LeLand and Tanure Ojaide. Oct. 21 Scott Adams, author of Dilbert. Marriott City Center, noon. $35. Sue Grafton, author of Alphabet Mystery Series, Spirit Square, 7:30 p.m. $10. Oct. 22 Ray Bradbury, author of “Fahrenheit 451,” Spirit Square, 7:30 p.m. $10. Oct. 23 Connie Briscoe, author of “Sisters and Lovers” and “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” Booth 'Theatre, 7:30 p.m. $10. Oct. 24 StoiyteUing workshop, 4 p.m. Main Library. StoiyteUing festi val begins at 7 p.m. Free. Oct. 25 Coffee and conversation. Main Library, 10:30 a.m. Children’s book authors and Ulustrators dis cuss works. NationsBank WordPlay Saturday, Sixth Street, City Fair, Carolina 'Theatre, Main labraiy, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. WAREHOUSE - BLOWOUT Organic foods popular THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WARNER ROBINS, Ga. - Pete Cimino moved to rural Georgia four years ago to get out of the city and into farming organic vegeta bles. Now some of his clients are restaurants in cities. “He hkes what he’s getting, 1 guess,” Cimino said of one of his ' big-city clients. I Cimino’s 80-acre farm in Macon j County is Georgia’s biggest certi- ; fied organic farm and an example ' of the growth in the fledgling I industry, which uses no herbi- I cides, pesticides or other chemi- I cals. I I I 'The state’s lone cooperative for ! organic farmers, caUed Georgia j Grown, has seen its membership I double in three years to 18. Over I the same period, sales from the j Cobperative, which acts as the 1 Organic farmers' marketing arm, ; have grown from $100,000 to $125,000. “There is just enormous dtemand,” said Anne Brewer, j manager of Georgia Grown. “It ! reaUy comes from the upscale 1 restaurants in Atlanta. 'The chefs ‘ are passionate about produce.” ' Despite the growth, Georgia StiU has fewer organic farmers ‘ than Florida, California and some I other stales where a premium is paid for the crops, said Sharad 1 Phatak, a horticulture professor at the University of Georgia. I lb be certified as organic, a farm ; must go without chemicals for three years before the first organ ic crop is planted. I “In the conventional system, we destroy the soil’s organic matter,” said Phatak. “It’s not just dirt, j Soil is a living entity. It has a lot of living organisms in it. Constant 1 tilling of the soil (and chemicals) destroys the organic matter in the soil.” Organic farm land is much like land that has been used for pas- tureland for several years and is then converted to farming, Phatak said. 'The first few years after the conversion, farmers have to put very httle into the land. The biggest difference between conventional and organic farmers is the use of herbicides. Conventional farm land usually looks like a well-kept yard, while organic farm land resembles a yard that is fuU of weeds and has n't been mowed. Organic farmers also do not use commercial fertilizers, composted manure and popular pesticides. Instead, they allow natural dis eases to loll harmful insects. When Walter Williams Jr. took over the tiny farm his family has owned for 28 years in north Houston County, he decided chemicals were unhealthy and opted for organic fanning. Williams now produces chemi- cai-free tomatoes, herbs, sweet potatoes and blueberries on the farm near Warner Robins. “I enjoy the fanning,” said Wflhams, 53. “I like to grow stuff that I can eat that's not full of chemicals.” “Chemicals are put on food to kill things - to kfil pests. It’s a poi son,” said Macon dietitian Janie Sokol. While there is a boom in sales of organic fhiits and vegetables, the market is stiU too small for con ventional farmers, Phatak said. “There will be a steady increase in organic farms. But it is still comparatively in its infancy stage,” he said. ALL REMNANTS 50% OFF REG. RETAIL Heavy Plushes $ 4 70 Installed 1 per sq. ft Berbers As Low As $400 Installed ■ per sq. ft Trackiess As Low As $ 4 00 Installed 1 per sq. ft Commercial Prints $4^3 Installed 1 per sq. ft Vinyi Roiis ■yno instock ROLLS ONLY per sq. fL Carpet and Vinyl Roll Ends In Stock Mon & Thurs 9-8 • Tues, Wed & Fri 9-6 • Sat 10-6 1 IJ Pl'''I' „ , , 4517 E. 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