"A Celebration of Sustainable Living"

"Standing some distance away from the main concourse, where vendors displayed everything from handmade hula-hoops to organic body products, Christopher Noonan could not take his eyes off the horses.

The Worcester resident listened closely as Dale E. Perkins, of Rutland’s Heifer International Overlook Farm, explained to the small crowd how to drive the animals.

“You really need to take these guys around,” Mr. Noonan said with a grin.

Mr. Noonan and Mr. Perkins were just two of the many Central Massachusetts residents who headed to Amherst this weekend for the Northeast Organic Farming Association’s 33rd annual Summer Conference, which ran from Friday through yesterday. Joined by more than 1,400 other farmers, enthusiasts and vendors, proponents of the organic movement came together in what the program called “A celebration of sustainable living.”

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