William York:  

CLASS OF 1972
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Thousand oaks, CA

William's Story

Life I recently bought a 160 Acre Organic Farm in Golden, Illinois, located in the west central part of Illinois, which is near Quincy, Illinois and Historic Hannabal, Missouri where Mark Twain Grew Up and his inspiration to write the Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer Novels. I am an Active Member of the United States Marine Corps Combat Correspondent Association Los Angeles Chapter. I moved back to Illinios from Thousand Oaks, California where I worked as a professional fundraiser working with a variety of nonprofit foundations as an Executive Producer of Special Event Fundaising Benefits. I plan on keeping a few of my Clients in Southern California in order to keep my Hollywood Contacts. As an Executive Producer I produced a variety of Award Dinners Honring a lot of Hollywood Celebrities, Benefit Concerts, Art and Fashion Shows, Golf Tournaments and various other Sporting Events. I enjoyed meeting and befriending a lot of the "Old Hollywood Celebrity Icons" like Bob Hope, Mickey Rooney, Tony Curtis, James Colburn, Billy Barty, Phyllis Diller . . . to Johnny Depp Organic Farming is a new experience and I enjoy everyday, especially bonding with my Buffalo Herd . . . who are at times my running partner . . . them chasing me out of their pasture, I have had a few close calls, but was able to escape by dropping to the ground and rolling under the electic fence trying not to get electricuited or zapped by the bottom 3,000 volt wire,or worse yet, a horn or two in my backside. South Fork Creek Organic Farms is a 160 Acre OCIA (Organic Crop Improvement Association) Organic Certified Farm dedicated to Organic Research and Education. ORGANIC CERTIFICATON - The farm has achieved organic certification from the Organic Crop Improvement Association. OCIA International is one of the world's oldest, largest and most trusted leaders in the organic certification industry. Mahatma Gandhi said, "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the wa...Expand for more
y its animals are treated." At South Fork Creek Organic Farms . . . The Trees, they Talk. Can you hear them? The four-leggeds, wingeds and those that swim . . . they talk too. Do you hear them? Why not? Open yourself up to Hear, Listen, and Respect. Once you do, you will understand Mother Nature. The park-like setting of South Fork Creek Organic Farms offers a memorable and educational experience for Students and Tourists! South Fork Creek Organic Farms is a harmonious place where Nature and Agriculture compliment each other. AMERICAN PLAINS BISON / BUFFALO - Save the Buffalo Project South Fork Creek is home of an Award Winning Breeding Herd of American Plains Bison / Buffalo that are participating in the Midwest SOARRING Foundation's Mission of creating the “Save the Bison” Project to encourage re-population of the Buffalo in the state of Illinois. This Save the Buffalo Project will also serve as a symbol of indigenous people's endurance and strength to survive. World Famous Pizza Farm Home of the World Famous Pizza Farm - Come see Agri-Business, Experience Agri-Education, Enjoy Agri-Tainment. Tour the only Farm in Adams County, Illinois that actually grows Pizza! South Fork Creek Organic Farms features a one acre Pizza Farm which is an Interactive, Demonstration Garden that connects Kids and "City Folks" with the origin of their favorite food . . . Pizza! Your kids will enjoy learning the importance of Agriculture and the Farmer's Role in "Growing Pizza" Endangered Spices of JAVA CHICKENS - Conservation Breeding Program - South Fork Creek Organic Farms has a Pure Strain of Breeding Stock of Rare and Endangered Species of Java Chickens (Black Java, White Java, and Auburn Java Chickens) that are participating in a Conservation Breeding Program to revive the Endangered Species of Java Chickens in participation with the Chicago Museum of Science , Industry and the Garfield Farm Museum, and the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy.
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