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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.
2009 Workshops Dates: January 10-11, February 21-22, March 7-8, April 18-19, May 16-17
Growing Power - Growing Farmers Commercial Urban Agriculture Program / Learn More Here If you are ready to start your own urban farm or you work for an organization farming in an urban environment, the Commercial Urban Agriculture Program is program for you. The course is a series of five, three–day weekend seminars, January through May (participants are expected to attend and participate in all five, three-day sessions). The program begins on Friday and continues on Saturday mornings with small class meetings. Participants then move into hands-on learning on Saturday afternoon and Sunday. During this time, attendees concentrate on skill building focused on the participant’s individual farming business.
2009 Training Dates (participants are expected to attend all trainings): January 9-11, February 20-22, March 6-8, April 17-19, May 15-17
Chicago Workshops at Jackson Park Urban Farm / Learn More Here Learn how to build a worm farm, plant a salad garden, and create beautiful bouquets. |
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 |
