Sustainable Microfarm Forum - Courtney
Sustainable Microfarm Forum
Reducing our community's dependence on off coast food sources
Sunday November 16, 2008
9:30 - approximately 4:00
Filberg Centre, Courtney $95 includes vegetarian lunch and refreshments
Topics include: Water conservation techniques, stretching your harvest season, using microclimates, value-added pros and cons, skill sharing and much more.
Improve your ability to market garden at this all-day intensive workshop. Participants will leave feeling better equipped and supported, with clearer ideas of the challenges that face them, with better tools for moving ahead as food providers.
Facilitated by Robin Wheeler of the Sustainable Living Arts School, Roberts Creek (slas.ca), owner of Edible Landscapes (ediblelandscapes.ca) , founder of the One Straw Society (onestraw.ca) , author of Food Security for the Faint of Heart and Gardening for the Faint of Heart.
To register phone Beth Mowat (250) 337-1958 or email morefoodnow@gmail.com. Please register early. Some subsidies available.
