Growing 500 jobs and delicious food
Growing 500 jobs and delicious food

Events

Jul
10

Introductory Workshop on Permaculture Gardens

Date: 
07/10/2010

When: Saturday, July 10, 9:30 am – 11:30 am
Where: Christus Victor Lutheran Church, 9833 Harford Road, Baltimore, MD 21234
Cost: Free

A Permaculture garden is a landscape designed with edible and native plants in beneficial relationships, replicating a natural ecosystem. It can be as orderly or as free-form as you like. Each tree and plant in a Permaculture garden is located where its needs are best met so that it will be productive. Rainwater is collected from sloped yards, rooftops and impervious surfaces in swales and rain gardens to irrigate useful plants and absorb excess stormwater. A Permaculture garden uses polycultures, guilds and forest garden techniques to attract beneficial insects and repel pests, fix nitrogen and draw minerals up from deep in the soil. By installing a permaculture garden you can help protect local streams and the Bay while simultaneously beautifying your yard and growing healthy organic food. Come learn more!

For more information see: http://www.heathcote.org/cms/content/introductory-workshop-permaculture-.... Please RSVP by emailing education [at] heathcote [dot] org or calling 410-357-9523. Sponsored by the Gunpowder Valley Conservancy.

Jul
15

2010 Summer Film Series at the Baltimore Food and Faith Project

Date: 
07/15/2010

7PM - 9PM

The Baltimore Food and Faith Project, a program of the Johns Hopkins University Center for a Livable Future, is proud to present the second film event of its 2010 Summer Film Series.

We will be showing two short documentaries:
-"The Future of Food" offers an in-depth look into the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled grocery store shelves (Excerpts will be shown).
-"The Dying Fields" explores how GE cotton developed in the U.S. and grown in India have caused an economic crisis for thousands of farmers in India, resulting in frequent suicides when they are unable to pay their debts.

Please join us on Thursday, July 15th at 7:00 PM at the Episcopal Cathedral of the Incarnation (4 East University Pkwy, Baltimore 21218) as we watch these two films and enjoy some locally grown popcorn.

WHERE: Episcopal Cathedral of the Incarnation, 4 East University Parkway, Baltimore, MD 21218
WHEN: Thursday, July 15, 2010 from 7 PM to 9 PM

PARKING: The church has its own parking lot directly adjacent to the building. Enter the lot from Charles Street just north of the intersection with E. University Parkway.



For more information, please call (410) 502-5069, or write to us at angsmith [at] jhsph [dot] edu



This event is sponsored by the Baltimore Food and Faith Project, a program of the Johns Hopkins University Center for a Livable Future, www.jhsph.edu/clf/programs/eating/proj_foodnfaith.html


Aug
4

Integrated Agriculture Workshop for Teachers

Date: 
08/04/2010

Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation offering Integrated Agriculture Workshop for Teachers

Tuesday August 4, 2010
Cylburn Arboretum

Workshops, tours, group projects! How to integrate agriculture and nutrition education into the classroom K-12.

Growing Healthy Habits, The Beatrice Theorem, Farm to School, Salad Tables and more!

$35 per person, includes lunch and workshop materials!

Register with peppig [at] maefonline [dot] com