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“From
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Growing Power in
conjunction with the USDA’s Risk Management Agency and the
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program 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.
Participants can take two of the following breakout sessions during one weekend: Compost & Vermicompost, Hoop House Construction, Year-round Greenhouse Production, Mycoscaping and Renewable Energy.
3-Day
Aquaponic Workshops 2013 Two-day
Weekend Workshops :
2013 Aquaponic Workshops:
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.
Cost:
Two-Day Workshop - $375.00 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 $125.00.
Workshops Break-out Sessions (NOTE: as of 2013 the Aquaponics Session is a stand-alone Workshop) :
*Breakout sessions are subject to change based on availability
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:
5500
West Silver Spring Drive Milwaukee,
Wisconsin 53218 Tel:
414.527.1546 Fax: 414.527.1908
Email: staff@growingpower.org
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.
Two-Day
Workshop Daily Schedule:
Friday
8:00am
– 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 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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Store &Market Basket Hotline: 414.527.1930 Office Tel. 414.527.1546 l Fax 414.527.1908 Milwaukee
Warehouse/Admin: 13111 W. Silver Spring Drive, Butler, WI 53007 Tel.
262.439.6140 / Fax 262.439.6141 Chicago Projects Office: 1741 N. Western Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647 Tel. 773.486.6005 |
