For the first in the Living Arts Series of workshops, Earthwise Company is partnering with Lee’s Healthy Cooking Classes and Peaceful River Farm as well as Interfaith-Food Shuttle to offer a fall workshop series that focuses on planning, planting, cultivating, harvesting, preparing, and eating a fall organic garden.  This series is targeted at the beginning home gardener or small market farmer as well as the eater in all of us.  Workshop topics include understanding organic practices and season extension, planning and garden layout, soil preparation and planting, irrigation and cultivation, weed, insect, disease and critter management, harvesting and post harvest handling, and food preparation for delicious nutrition.

Peaceful River Farm, Orange County

Southern Orange County based workshops are hands on with both classroom and field time at Peaceful River Farm. A workshop resource notebook and CD will be provided along with local and organic refreshments.  The final class will focus on harvest and preparation of a light meal featuring local and organic food produced in conjunction with the workshops.

Workshops                                                           Date                         Time                 Location

Planning an Organic Fall Garden             August 13          3 to 7                Peaceful River Farm

Planting an Organic Fall Garden              August 27          3 to 7                Peaceful River Farm

Cultivating an Organic Fall Garden        September 24   3 to 7                Peaceful River Farm

Eating an Organic Fall Garden                 October 29          3 to 7                Peaceful River Farm

Orange County Workshops – $25 per person per workshop

Workshop Instructors:

• Tony Kleese – Earthwise Company
• Lee Newlin – Lee’s Healthy Cooking Classes/Peaceful River Farm
• Larry Newlin – Peaceful River Farm

Inter-Faith Food Shuttle Farm, Raleigh, NC

The Inter-Faith Food Shuttle (IFFS) Farm workshops are hands on with both classroom and field time at the IFFS Farm. A workshop resource notebook and CD will be provided along with a post-workshop lunch from the IFFS Catering with a Cause program. The final class will focus on why fresh produce is so good for you and include harvest and preparation of a meal featuring local and organic food produced in conjunction with the workshops.

Workshops                                                           Date                         Time                 Location

Planning an Organic Fall Garden           August 13          8 to 12              IFFS Farm

Planting an Organic Fall Garden            August 27          8 to 12              IFFS Farm

Cultivating an Organic Fall Garden     September 24    8 to 12              IFFS Farm

Eating an Organic Fall Garden                October 29         8 to 12              IFFS Farm/Kitchen

Raleigh Workshops – $30 per person per workshop (includes lunch)

Workshop Instructors:

• Tony Kleese – Earthwise Company
• Sun Butler – IFFS Farm Manager/Educator
• Katherine Andrew – IFFS Nutrition, Farms and Gardens
• Mitra Sticklen – IFFS Young Farmer Training Program Coordinator

To register contact: Tony Kleese at 919 622 5897 or tkleese (at) earthwiselife (dot) com

Download flyers for the workshop:   IFFS and Peaceful River Farm

]]> http://www.earthwiselife.com/the-living-arts-series-fall-organic-garden-workshops/feed/ 0 http://www.earthwiselife.com/sustainable-agriculture-and-organic-farming-workshop/ http://www.earthwiselife.com/sustainable-agriculture-and-organic-farming-workshop/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:12:54 +0000 evelyn http://www.earthwiselife.com/?p=331 Tony is scheduled to teach an eight week sustainable agriculture and organic farming workshop at Edgecombe Community College starting March 17. For more information or to sign up for the course, contact George Anderson, JobsNOW/sustainability coordinator at the college at (252) 823-5166, ext. 197, to learn more.

Local farms provide a number of economic, environmental, and cultural benefits to Wake County. They play a major role in protecting water quality in the area. New opportunities are emerging for farms to sell food and services in the local marketplace, yet agricultural operations require a stable land base to innovate and make new investments. As an awardee of an Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund (ADFPTF) grant, Wake County is now positioned to be proactive in its support of farming, forestry, and land conservation by developing a plan to coordinate future efforts to sustain local agriculture. The completion of this plan will also increase the ranking score and lower cost-share requirements for future applications to the ADFPTF.

The steps of an effective planning process that will be used to develop the Wake County Farmland Protection and Local Food Enhancement Plan are:

• Gather data and solicit community input to create a unique and specific farmland protection and local food enhancement plan;
• Advise Wake County political and business leaders on land use planning an economic development policy initiatives that can help support the success of local farms and the enhancement of the local food system;
• Develop specific milestones and target dates for implementing the plan’s recommendations, thus assuring accountability and successful outcomes.

This plan will be developed by a collaboration of four professionals with a diversity of experience in North Carolina land use and famring issues. Mike Ortosky, of Soil and Environmental Consultants, is a Registered Landscape Architect and Licensed Soil Scientist. Tony Kleese, of Earthwise Company, has twenty years of experience in developing a sustianable food system for the Carolinas.  Andres Branan, JD, is the Executive Directorof the North Carolina Farm Transition Network, helping families keep their farms in agriculture as they pass to the next generation. Gerry Cohn, former Southeast Director for American Farmland Trust, has helped Durham, Alamance, and Buncombe Counties create and implement local agricultural development and farmland protection plans.

YOUR INPUT:

The most important piece of the creation of this plan will be interviews with key stakeholders and feedback from the public. We are interested in hearing your ideas of what Wake County could do to strengthen connections between farmers and local marketing opportunities. If you are a farmer, we’d like to know what you need to be successful on your farm and barriers you face as you seek to develop new enterprises. Please contact us with your idas, thoughts, and feedback. Contact Tony Kleese at 919-622-5897 or email wakefarmplan (at) gmail (dot) com.

Insects can play a critical role in a healthy, productive farm. If you are interested in learning about cost share opportunities for establishing a habitat on your farm, click on the ‘Contact Us’ link and fill out the form and we’ll be happy to contact you with more information.

Presentation: Designing, Developing and Living in Cohousing
Friday, November 6, 2009
5:30 – 6:30 pm – Reception and Book Signing
7:00 – 9:00 pm – Presentation by Charles & Kathryn
$15 in advance/$20 at the door (scroll down to use paypal to register)

Unity Church of the Triangle (directions)
118 S Person St ~ Raleigh, NC 27601

2-Day Intensive Workshop: Getting it Built
Saturday, November 7 & Sunday, November 8
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. both days
$300 per person/$450 per couple (includes Friday Night Presentation)
(scroll down to use paypal to register)  

McKimmon Center for Extension & Continuing Education
1101 Gorman St ~ Raleigh, NC 27695

Creating a Path from Dream to Reality. 
Join us for the 2-day intensive workshop to learn about: 

Members:
- organizing your group
-working together efficiently
-Effectively making decisions
-Building and growing your community
-Defining your role, the groups role, the role of professionals  

Development: 
-Finding a building site (if necessary)
-Designing a community
-Working through the city approval process
-Hiring and managing construction professionals
 -Incorporating maximum sustainability practices

Technical:
-Financial realities
-Financing options
-Ownership structures
-Your project. Keep it on track and on budget 

It’s time to register! Simply use the Paypal form below to register for the Friday Night Presentation ($15 per person) or the 2-Day Intensive Workshop which includes the Friday night presentation ($300 per person/$450 per couple). If you have questions about registration or would like more information, please call 919.270.6528.

    

Registration

Friday Night Presentation $15.00 2 Day Workshop (Individual) $300.00 2 Day Workshop (Couple) $450.00