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Upcoming Events
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Second Annual FOOD FOR THOUGHT Film Festival 2008 ~ Presenting FREE films about our most important life sustaining resource: FOOD. Find out what you are really eating; how it affects your health and the planet; where your food comes from, and why you should care. Then join us for post screening discussions. Brought to you by Nani Ola Productions. Hosting 3 Showings around NYC on 3 Saturdays ~ Saturdays, April 5, 12 & 19, 2008
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Greenburgh's Green Living Fair ~ Workshops throughout the day on greening schools, homes, food, yards, etc. Also: Green Buzz Cafe, Talkin' Trash tent, Transportation Station, Green Kids Zone, Alternative Fuel Vehicles, Green Energy and Building and much more. Part of Climate Action Week 2008 co-sponsored by Sustainable Hastings. Hosted at the James Harmon Community Center, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY ~ Saturday, April 5, 2008
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NOFA-NY Organic Dairy Transitioning Workshop ~ Thinking about transitioning to organic dairy management? The NOFA-NY Organic Dairy Transition team will introduce our new "Organic Dairy Transition Self Assessment Workbook" that will help evaluate your readiness to transition. In addition, the NOFA-NY Certified Organic, LLC Dairy staff will provide an overview of the transition and certification process. Don't miss this opportunity to learn about organic dairy farm management. Hosted at the Jefferson County CCE, Watertown, NY ~ Thursday, April 10, 2008, 10-1pm
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Public Lecture: "Living Nutrition and the Biodynamic Farm - Culitivating a Truly Local Agriculture" ~ What is biodynamic agriculture? How do biodynamic methods enhance food quality? How can agriculture help to build community? Dr. Klett will discuss methods and wisdom inherent in biodynamic agriculture. Hosted by Hawthorne Valley Farm, Ghent, NY ~ Friday, April 11, 2008
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Schools, Food and Community ~ The Nutrition Department, Teachers College Columbia University, and Baum Forum will co-host this day and a half of conference sessions, workshops, resource fair, entertainment, and seasonal luncheon. For teachers, administrators, food service, and public health professionals, advocates, youth and parents. This is our third conference on the school food revolution! Topics on media and messaging, school food and sustainable development, farm to school programs and policy, NYC school gardening, youth and access to healthy foods, green schools and more. ~ Friday & Saturday, April 11 & 12, 2008
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Organic Food from Farm to Family, Guastavino's, NYC ~ Luncheon and Panel Discussion to benefit the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York. Panelists include: Peter Hoffman, Scott Chaskey, Anna Lappe, Dr. Woodson Merrel, and Kathy Lawrence (Moderator). Click link above for more information ~ Monday, April 14, 2008
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Organic Greenhouse Growing ~ Marion Gardens, Walter Gaipa, East Marion NY. Walter and Linell Gaipa operate Marion Gardens as a wholesale grower of potted herb and vegetable plants. They grow over 120 varieties of herbs and scented geraniums, conventionally and 70 varieties of vegetables and herbs certified organic in 28,000 sq. ft. of greenhouses. Also on site is a retail operation, run by their son Chris who also sells unique annuals and perennials, all grown on site. The growing operation is highly mechanized and progressive, utilizing technology as much as possible to maximize efficiency and produce the highest quality product. $5 NOFA-NY Members / $15 Non-Members. Call Kate Mendenhall to Pre-Register (585) 271-1979, projects@nofany.org ~ Saturday, April 26, 2008, 11am- 1pm
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SPIN Cities: Farming Where We Live, SPIN Campuses: Farming Where We Learn ~ Learn from the ground up in the first-ever hands-on, in the field workshop! Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, northeastern Pennsylvania, and the National Center for Appropriate Technology Northeast Regional Office will sponsor and host a SPIN (Small-Plot Intensive Farming) Workshop on the campus of the university. The facilitators for this exciting and informative two-day workshop are SPIN Farming developers Wally Satzewich, Gail Vandersteen, and Roxanne Christensen. Participation in the workshop is limited to 60 people, and the roster is filling quickly! Join in this step-by-step workshop on SPIN-Farming. Wilkes-Barre, PA ~ Monday & Tuesday, May 19-20, 2008
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Permaculture Design Course The Finger Lakes ~ Permaculture Institute (FLPCI) in Ithaca, NY invites you to join its 2008 Summer Permaculture Design Course. This is our sixth internationally recognized certification course training people of all backgrounds to mimic natural patterns and principles in their yards, on their land, and in their homes and businesses. This affordable course highlights hands-on learning at CNC's 130 acres of fields and forest overlooking beautiful Cayuga Lake. The class equips students with the knowledge of whole systems and the principles, techniques, and challenges of permaculture as a system of sustainable design. We explore topics such as soil regeneration, water conservation, building ponds and swales, managing woodlots, building natural and efficient homes, utilizing renewable energy, and designing gardens. We teach these topics though presentations, case studies, and student design projects and exercises. Our student design practicum will inform the design of the local demonstration site we are developing at CNC. Instruction is augmented by presentations from local experts, field trips, and games. Completion of the course earns participants an internationally recognized design certificate endorsed by the Permaculture Institute of Australia. Ithaca, NY ~ August 8-24, 2008
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Beer, Brewing & Sustainability Fermenting Revolution ~ During the past three decades, beer drinkers and homebrewers have quietly conducted a transformation within the beer industry, reclaiming traditions as old as human society itself by taking beer and brewing back from corporations and putting them where they rightly belong—in the kitchen and the local brewpub. Led by beer activist Chris O’Brien, we gain hands-on basic knowledge of brewing, including how to select equipment and ingredients, prepare the yeast, boil the brew, and add the hops. We brew our own beer while learning the global cultural history of beer and brewing, including the central roles women, spirituality, and health and medicine have played. We also explore how the modern microbrewing movement has transformed brewing from industrial and exploitative to community centered and sustainable. $25 materials fee; include when you register. You must be at least 21 years old to attend. Tuition: $290 (does not include accommodations or commuter fee) Member Tuition: $265 Course: SM08-4702-973, Limited enrollment, register early 800.944.1001. Omega Rhinebeck Campus, Rhinebeck, NY (US) ~ September 19, 2008 - September 21, 2008
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