Free Program on Growing Food Locally

GROWING IN COMMUNITY
Gardening to Nourish Self and Neighbor
Saturday 2/28/09
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

12:30 - 1:45 Opening Address: "Why Garden/ Why Now?"

Bryan Building, Room 128
Key Note: Mr. Michael Schut, Environmental Program Manager, Seattle Tilth, Economic and Environmental Affairs Officer, Episcopal Church, USA, and author of Food and Faith: Justice, Joy, and Daily Bread

1:45-2:00 Refreshments Break

2:00-3:15 "Making Your Garden Grow: A Step by Step Overview”

Bryan Building, Room 128
Presenter: Dr. Charlie Headington, Lecturer, UNCG Department of Religious Studies, Permaculture Designer and Head of Greensboro Montessori Gardening Program

3:30--4:45 Break Out Round Table Discussions and Brainstorming

"Starting an Edible School Yard"
“Starting a Neighborhood Community Garden”
"Starting a Faith Community Garden"
"Growing Your Own Food at Home"
"Growing Food at Your University"
"Knowing Your Farmers and Understanding Their Needs"

Open and free to the public


Sponsored by the Warren Ashby Dialogue Program, College of Arts and Sciences, UNCG,

For more information, contact John R. Sopper, Grogan College Program, UNCG 334-5898, jrsopper@uncg.edu