The Macoskey Center has been involved with the annual ARC Healthfest for the past two years. This acts as a forum to connect sustainable agriculture to not only ecological issues, but also personal health issues. Commercially available food products with residual chemicals and/or hormones due to conventional agricultural practices have the potential to cause harmful effects on consumers. Macoskey Center staff participation in this event is a chance for public education through displays, brochures, and other activities to spread a message to support ideas of "Buy Organic", "Buy Local", and "Grow your Own". - Source: Brooke Cuttino, Louise Liller, and Thomas Reynolds, project descripton, 2002

For more details on this event, visit the Macoskey Center project database http://www.sru.edu/pages/1139.asp