[Community_garden] Milwaukee's Will Allen's “Growing Your Community Food System” Workshop 4/19

[James Godsil]

Milwaukee's Growing Power City Farm Will Be the Site of This Workshop

Here's the official Growing Power site, which has more information.

"Growing Your Community Food System: From the Ground Up" Workshop April 19 &
20

*There are still openings available for those wishing to participate in this
successful program* (Scholarships are also available)

Growing Power, Inc in conjunction with

The USDA Risk Management Agency

SARE: Sustainable Ag. Research and Education

*"Growing Your Community Food System"* is an intensive, hands on training
workshop 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.

These workshops put organizations, projects, and food producers in touch
with each other to help build collaborations and long-term sustainable
partnerships.

*COST: $300 (cost includes 5 meals) for the Saturday and Sunday workshop.*

*Limited scholarships are available.*

Workshop Sessions include:

   - Aquaculture/Aquaponics
   - Bee Keeping
   - Community Project Design
   - Living Biological Worm Systems
   - Ethnic Marketing & Distribution
   - Animal Health

For more Growing Power news, this informal webplatform organized by a
Growing Power Board Member(that's me), is helpful...

*http://www.milwaukeerenaissance.com/GrowingPower/HomePage

On this page…*

   1. "Growing Your Community Food System: From the Ground Up" Workshop
   April 19 & 20<http://www.milwaukeerenaissance.com/GrowingPower/HomePage#toc1>
   2. "Human Urine As A Safe, Inexpensive Fertilizer For Food Crops"
   ScienceDaily (Oct. 8,
2007)<http://www.milwaukeerenaissance.com/GrowingPower/HomePage#toc2>
   3. Young Intellectuals and Activists Becoming Organic
Farmers<http://www.milwaukeerenaissance.com/GrowingPower/HomePage#toc3>
   4. Ideas for S. African Horticulturist Seeking Help/Ideas Setting Up
   Community Garden<http://www.milwaukeerenaissance.com/GrowingPower/HomePage#toc4>
      1. 4.1  Response<http://www.milwaukeerenaissance.com/GrowingPower/HomePage#toc5>
   5. "Growing Power 2008
Highlights"<http://www.milwaukeerenaissance.com/GrowingPower/HomePage#toc6>
   6. GROWING POWER: 2007 Basic and Inspiring
Facts<http://www.milwaukeerenaissance.com/GrowingPower/HomePage#toc7>
   7. Some Green Roof News From Our London Farming
Friends<http://www.milwaukeerenaissance.com/GrowingPower/HomePage#toc8>
   8. Report From Macedonia Farmers' Visit to Growing
Power<http://www.milwaukeerenaissance.com/GrowingPower/HomePage#toc9>
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