May 2008

·         May 9th: Commercial Urban Agriculture Training Program.

Location: Growing Power, 5500 W. Silver Spring Drive in Milwaukee.  Time: 9:00am-6:00pm.  Pre-registration required.

·         May 10th: From the Ground Up! Monthly Training at Growing Power.

Location: Growing Power, 5500 W. Silver Spring Drive in Milwaukee.  Time: 8:30am-6:30pm.  Pre-registration required.

·         May 11th: From the Ground Up! Monthly Training at Growing Power.

Location: Growing Power, 5500 W. Silver Spring Drive in Milwaukee.  Time: 8:30am-4:30pm.  Pre-registration required.

·         May 13th: Growing Power Community Food Center Tour.

Location: Growing Power, 5500 W. Silver Spring Drive in Milwaukee.  Time: 3:00pm. 

·         May 14th: Green City Farmers' Market Opens!

Location: Intersection of Clark and LaSalle in Chicago.  Time: 7:00am-1:00pm. 

·         May 20th: Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council Meeting and Farm Bill Listening Session

For details, please see the Chicago Food Policy web site.

Save the Date!  Upcoming Workshops and Conferences:

·         September 19th-21st: Growing Food and Justice for All, First Annual Gathering.

Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Pre-registration required.

Farmers' Markets

• Visit our farm's store at 5500 W. Silver Spring Drive in Milwaukee.  Our store hours are Monday through Thursday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., and closed Sunday.
• Green City Market in Chicago opens May 14th.

Volunteer Hours

Milwaukee

• Volunteer Orientation, most Saturdays, 10:00 am at  5500 W. Silver Spring Drive.  Please call to reserve space or email katie@growingpower.org. 

Chicago

• Please email Laurell Sims at laurell@growingpower.org for volunteer times.