From the Ground Up!
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From the Ground Up! |
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National
Training Growing
Power in conjunction with the USDA’s Risk Management Agency, and Farm Aid present:
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.
2012 Two-day Weekend Workshop :
Special Friday Workshops:
Friday’s in April and May are special training days
for Multicultural Alliance Building through Dismantling Racism.
If you are interested in learning more, please check out the Growing
Food and Justice for All Initiative. There
is an additional fee for this training. Workshops Break-out Sessions:
Other workshops: We
encourage you to bring several members of your group or operation to the
workshop if you are interested in multiple topics; this is especially helpful if
you are a member of a training or outreach organization.
Our workshops put organizations, projects, and food producers in touch
with each other to help build collaborations and long-term, sustainable
partnerships.
Workshop Location: Growing
Power Community Food Center 5500
West Silver Spring Drive Milwaukee,
Wisconsin 53218 Tel:
414.527.1546 Fax:
414.527.1908 Email: staff@growingpower.org Registration: To attend a workshop, please register online. Cost: $350.00 per person. Cost
includes five meals for the Saturday and Sunday workshop.
The
cost for Friday’s Multicultural Alliance Building through Dismantling Racism
workshop offered in April and May is an additional $100.00.
Meals
are a very important aspect of the workshop. It is the place where we come
together to share the bounty. The
food served is produced by sustainable, small family farmers and all of the
greens are grown on-site. Vegetarian,
vegan, or special dietary needs can be accommodated.
Please let us know if you have special dietary requirements. 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. Hotel Information: Growing
Power workshop participants receive a discount at the LaQuinta Inn, which is
located just 10 minutes away from the Growing Power Community Food Center. Please mention that you are attending the
workshop and you should receive the Growing Power rate. Please reserve your room directly with La Quinta Inn. Growing Power will not make hotel reservations for your group. All registrants are responsible for making room arrangements.
LaQuinta
Inn Airport Information: The
Growing Power Community Food Center is located 20 minutes from Milwaukee’s
General Mitchell Field Airport. For
transportation information, please click here. Daily Schedule:
Friday 9:00am
- 5:00pm
Dismantling Racism Training
(April and May workshops only)
Saturday
8:30am
– 9:30am Continental
breakfast and registration
9:30am
– 10:30am Introductions of Growing Power
staff and participants
10:30am
– 12:30pm Educational Tour of Growing Power
12:30pm
– 1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm
– 6:00pm Workshop
break-out session
6:00pm
– 8:00pm Dinner,
speaker, and social time SUNDAY 9:00am
– 10:00am Breakfast
10:00am
– 3:30pm Workshop
break-out session
1:30pm – 3:30pm Lunch and workshop wrap-up
Please note that we are quite flexible with the schedule to allow for questions, networking, etc.
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Milwaukee Headquarters: 5500 W. Silver Spring Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53218 Tel. 414.527.1546 l Fax 414.527.1908 Chicago Projects Office: 2215 W. North Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647 Tel. 773.486.6005 |
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