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EVENT: Harvesting and Marketing Medicinal Herbs with HAALo / May 5, 2012

Thu, 04/26/2012 - 10:23 — PlacerSustain

Harvesting and Marketing Medicinal Herbs with HAALo

Instructor: Leslie Gardner from the Sonoma County Herb Exchange and the California School of Herbal Studies

Date and Time: May 5th from 12:00-4:00 pm

Location: TBD

In this class we will review the cultivation requirements for a number of best-selling medicinal herbs. We will address harvesting for peak medicinal potency and explore potential for marketing outreach.

Community Gardens Grand Opening Festival-PROUD TO ANNOUNCE

Wed, 04/04/2012 - 13:00 — amyliz67
ANNOUNCING:
The Grand Opening Festival for the Community Gardens on Saturday April 14th. Held at Sierra Christian Church, this festival is celebrating the ground breaking of the new garden beds and the coming together of those who support community gardening efforts.


Community Gardens Grand Opening Loomis-VOLUNTEERS/INSTRUCTORS NEEDED

Tue, 03/20/2012 - 16:34 — amyliz67

My name is Amy Allen and this blog is an appeal to avid gardeners and members of Placer County for help in leading gardening/sustainability workshops at the new Community Gardens at Sierra Christian Church in Loomis. On April 14th, there will be a grand opening event bringing together local vendors, live music and non-profit organizations such as the Gathering Inn, Placer food bank and the local chapter of Heifer International.

Eliot Coleman is Coming to Reno : February 11-12, 2012

Mon, 01/02/2012 - 17:08 — PlacerSustain

THIS IS A COPY OF AN EMAIL NOTICE FROM WNC SPECIALTY CROP INSTITUTE TO DAN MACON OF FLYING MULE FARM THAT CAME TO US FROM KATHRYN MACROBERTS [THUS THE NETWORK WORKS!]:

Merry Christmas! Yes, THE Eliot Coleman is coming to Reno.Advance information is being sent to our WNC subscribers as seating is limited, and we anticipate these workshops will sell out. Please register early if you plan to attend.

WNC Specialty Crop Institute presents:

Permaculture with Sepp Holzer: YouTube Video

Wed, 12/21/2011 - 20:13 — PlacerSustain

THIS IS A YOU TUBE VIDEO ON PERMACULTURE THAT HAS BEEN VIEWED OVER 100,000 TIMES:

 

Peter Block and John McKnight on Community Role in Wellness

Wed, 11/30/2011 - 21:07 — Jeffrey Bordelon

This is an excerpt from the Abundant Community Newsletter on an upcoming free online conversation by John McKnight and Peter Block on what we can do collectively at the neighborhood and community level to support Wellness and whether the current national health care reform efforts will really make a difference.

Join in . . .

This month's free conversation with John and Peter on December 6th

EVENT: November 15, 2011 Monthly PlacerSustain Meeting -- The Nevada County Local Food Movement Experience

Thu, 11/03/2011 - 17:32 — PlacerSustain

PLACERSUSTAIN

Monthly Discussion Forum

Local Food Movement / Wellness

Presentations from Nevada County

November 15, 2011

5:30-8:00pm

Botanical Medicine Convergence in Nevada City -- November 4-6, 2011

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 20:29 — PlacerSustain

This is a link to website information on the Nevada City Botanical Medicine Convergence this coming weekend, and an excerpt from the material:

Botanical Medicine Convergence

Nevada City Botanical Convergence : November 4– 6.

EVENT: Roseville Maidu Museum -- "Living Wild: Gardening, Cooking & Healing with Native Plants"

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 20:23 — PlacerSustain

This is a link to information about the above Event, and an excerpt from the material:

EVENT: State Theater -- Talk on Food Safety and Sustainable Agriculture

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 10:02 — PlacerSustain

This is an excerpt from an email notice provided by Julie Guagliardo:

Food Safety & Sustainable Agriculture. It takes place on Friday, Nov. 4 at

the State Theater in Auburn,

7:30 PM. You could get CE hours for attending.

Link to School Garden Grants Information from Ed Armstrong

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 21:03 — PlacerSustain

This is a link to a website that has information about grants for school gardens.  Here is an excerpt from the website material:

School Garden Grants

Help their gardens grow. Grant a school's garden wish.

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Wed, 10/19/2011 - 20:56
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Update on Local Food Group Doings

The Local Food Movement group met briefly on October 18, 2011 at 5:00pm before the regular October PlacerSustain monthly meeting.  We took a look at the Mission/Purpose and Principles statement that is being developed for the Placer County Economic Development Collaborative as an example of the type of material that we may develop for the Local Food (including Wellness) Movement effort. [The ED Collaborative material will be published shortly]

Jeffrey F. Bordelon

PlacerSustain

jfb@placersustain.org

530.305.4607

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Joel Salatin on Why Food, Farms, and Eating Local Matter

Mon, 08/22/2011 - 10:23 — Jlooney

Joel Salatin of Polyface Farm in Virginia was mentioned at the Placer Sustain "Local Food" meeting on August 16th. Salatin is a self-described "environmental capitalist lunatic farmer" and was profiled by Michael Pollan in The Omnivore's Dilemma. He also spoke earlier this year at a Nevada County Grown event. Here is a link to his talk at the Woodstock Farm Festival on "Why Food, Farms, and Eating Local Matter":

Update on Health Services Input to County Transportation Funding

Thu, 02/24/2011 - 10:53 — PlacerSustain

[THIS IS EMAIL UPDATE MATERIAL FROM THE PLACER COLLABORATIVE NETWORK (PCN) ON THEIR FOLLOW-UP WITH THE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ON FUNDING FOR UNMET NEEDS RELATED TO GETTING HEALTH SERVICE CLIENTS TO NEEDED SERVICES]

Placer Collaborative Network (PCN) Transportation Work Group and Interested Parties,[EMAIL DATED FEBRUARY 22, 2011]

Dancing Dog Farm Potluck -- Upcoming Season, Buyer's Coop, Food-Health-Lifestyle Group, Fellowship

Thu, 02/10/2011 - 18:19 — Jeffrey Bordelon

On February 19, 2011 we are hosting a lunch potluck and meeting at our little Dancing Dog Farm garden from 12:00pm to 2:00pm.  All those interested in talking about the upcoming season’s planting and getting vegetables are welcome.  The garden conversation will include exploring a formal or informal Buyer’s Coop where the group could create cooperative arrangements with multiple local growers and live

Living Lands Agrarian Network -- Nevada County

Thu, 02/10/2011 - 11:19 — PlacerSustain

THIS IS A LINK TO THE "LIVING LANDS AGRARIAN NETWORK" LOCATED IN NEVADA COUNTY.  THIS NON-PROFIT IS WORKING WITH APPLE TO HOST A GARDENING SITE PLANNING WORKSHOP--VERY HANDS ON!  ALSO, AN EXCERPT FROM THEIR "ABOUT" MATERIALS:

"iGrow Sonoma" -- A Garden, Food, and Health Initiative

Thu, 02/10/2011 - 10:08 — PlacerSustain

iGrow is a Sonoma County collaborative that includes a registry for active gardens, gardening information, links to its counterpart health initiative (iWalk), a connection to a Food System Alliance, and so on.  Check it out.  Here is an excerpt from their "About Us" material:

"The Food Project"--A Massachusetts Gardening Initiative

Mon, 01/31/2011 - 11:39 — PlacerSustain

The Food Project is a community initiative in Massachusetts that includes youth programs, and urban and rural gardening.  THE SITE [Here is the link] contains research papers, videos, and links to detailed downloadable Manuals. Here is an excerpt from their "About Us" page:

BALLE and Community Food Enterprises Report

Tue, 01/25/2011 - 13:03 — PlacerSustain

THIS IS AN EXCERPT FROM THE COMMUNITY FOOD ENTERPRISE WEBSITE INFORMATION, WHICH INCLUDES LINKS TO A REPORT CONTAINING 24 CASE STUDIES OF LOCALLY OWNED FOOD ENTERPRISES:

About CFE

 

In the spring of 2008, we put out the call for innovative examples of “community food

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