Local Food
Jun 28 2011 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Jun 30 2011 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Permaculture is a completely solutions-oriented approach to addressing environmental, social and energy-supply problems. Discover your untapped potential for creating immense positive change starting at your back door. We've designed this six hour intensive to provide you with the tools to turn your home into the greenest home on the block - all the while saving money and making a super healthy, beautiful and inspiring environment for family, friends and community.
Cost: $75.00
The AREA
1119 10 Avenue SE
Calgary,
AB
May 18 2011 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
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Enterprise Square, Room 2-957
10230 Jasper Avenue NW
Edmonton,
AB
A Lecture Presented by Jessie Radies & Nettie Wiebe
The cry "Go Local!" is increasingly heard today, with proponents pointing to numerous benefits to a thriving local food system, including access to nutritious foods, support for local farmers, closer connections between producers and consumers, lower carbon footprint, and reduced dependency on volatile global agricultural markets. But great ideas are not always easily put into practice, and creating a local food system faces multiple challenges, as well as rewards. Hear from two leaders in the Canadian Local Foods Movement about their own experiences working to create sustainable local production and retailing industries here in our own backyard, and join us in discussions about how to deepen our relationships to the food we eat, and the farmers who produce it. Read more »
Room 1 430, Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies
University of Alberta (Saskatchewan Drive adjacent to Bio Sci Building)
Edmonton,
AB
An evening presentation by Bill Swan – Greenman Sustainable Solutions
In response to the growing interest in local food security, healthy food in schools, and the overall sustainability of our agriculture systems, 300 community volunteers in Invermere BC teamed up to build a 300 sq. ft. greenhouse. It is now producing both food and sustainability programs for school and community audiences. Bill Swan, Community Greenhouse Project lead, will discuss how the project was developed including the many social, technical and logistical challenges and successes the project team encountered during the design, construction and operation of this successful initiative. This is part of a three seminar series on solar greenhouses sponsored by Alberta Agriculture. Read more »
CN Theatre – Room 5-142
Grant MacEwan University — City Centre Campus
Edmonton,
AB
Mar 27 2011 - 11:00am - 5:00pm
Red Deer Seedy Sunday is part of the worldwide Seedy Saturday/Sunday events that celebrate open-pollinated seeds. In Red Deer, the event is citizen-driven; coordinated with the support of Seeds of Diversity Canada, Spruce Lane Organic Farm, Kerry Wood Nature Centre, the Red Deer Garden Club, and The Root Cellar: ecoStore & Apothecary (a project of ReThink Red Deer's Centre for Urban Agriculture). Read more »
Kerry Wood Nature Centre
Red Deer,
AB
Mar 19 2011 - 10:00am - 3:00pm
Calgary Seedy Saturday is part of the worldwide Seedy Saturday/Sunday events that celebrate open-pollinated seeds. In Calgary, the event is coordinated with the support of the Community Garden Resource Network.
Cost: $2 Admission, we accept Calgary Dollars
This family event will have displays by:
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local seed savers,
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prairie seed companies,
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native plant collectors,
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conservation groups,
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community gardeners,
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organic growers; as well as,
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a seed exchange table,
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refreshments,
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presenters, and
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a kids corner!
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Hillhurst-Sunnyside Community Centre
1320 5 Avenue NW
Calgary,
AB
Jan 29 2011 - 10:00am - Jan 30 2011 - 6:00pm
Location: Pure Earth Organics - #12 - 5579 47th St., Red Deer
Saturday January 29th & 30th, 2011
10:00 am - 6:00 pm (both days)
Apiaries and Bees for Communities (A.B.C.) is pleased to offer a Level One Beekeeping Certificate for hobbiest beekeepers in an urban and rural setting. This 16-hour intensive program will offer everything you need to know to begin beekeeping. Read more »
Jan 8 2011 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Eliese Watson, Founder of A.B.C- Apiaries and Bees for Communities, an educational organization focusing on the development of urban beekeeping and native-bee habitats, will be presenting on the life cycle of bees and understanding the role of pollinators in nature. Read more »
Kerry Wood Nature Centre
6300 45 Avenue
Red Deer,
AB
Uprisings for the Earth
Calgary’s Local Food, Bike Culture, and a Conversation on “Environmental and Cultural Sustenance in Times of Peril and Promise” with Author, Osprey Orielle Lake, author of "Uprisings for the Earth". Participate in a state-of-the-union on social movements reshaping Calgary.
Presenters will be Jackie Mann, Two Wheel View/Good Life Bike Shop and Jackie Puff, Calgary community garden participant and researcher.
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2nd Floor Lounge
Wyckham House, Mount Royal University
Calgary,
AB
Aug 21 2010 - 9:00am - 5:00pm
See the bounty that is growing at 7 community gardens.
In an effort to share knowledge, skills and experience among community gardens, participants will be given an introductory tour to each garden and learn the basics of how each one operates. Each garden will have a tour host to share garden details, such as: Read more »
Oliver Community's Peace Garden Park
10231 120 Street
Edmonton,
AB
