“From the Ground Up” Workshops - USA

Saturday, 17 March 2012 00:00

 Growing Your Community Food System "From the Ground Up" Workshops

From the Ground Up! Workshops are intensive, hands-on trainings offering diverse groups the opportunity to learn, plan, develop, operate, and sustain community food projects. Project participants leave the workshop with improved skills that they can take back into their communities and pass on to others. These workshops are for both rural and urban projects. 

Walk Like a Farmer: 

Please come prepared to get your hands dirty! Leave your dress shoes at home and wear your farmer duds – this is not a dressy training event. Bring work shoes and warm layers of clothing – the greenhouses are very warm and it can be very cold outside, especially during the winter months. Workshops often take place in both settings

Participants can take two of the following breakout sessions during one weekend: Compost & Vermicompost, Aquaponics, Hoop House Construction, Year-round Greenhouse Production, Mycoscaping and Renewable Energy.

Dates:   March 17th- 18th, 2012