Principles, Protocols, and Practices for Growing High Quality Crops

A Two-Day Workshop

For Farmers, Urban Growers, and Community Gardeners

Benefits:

• Improved Pest and Disease Resistance
• Better Tolerance of Extreme Weather Conditions
• Ability to Improve Your Yield by helping Plants at their Critical Points of Influence
• Ability to measure the nutrient value of the crops you are growing using a refractometer

Learn from a lifelong farmer’s understanding and first hand experiences utilizing a Biological Approach to crop production.  Dan Kittredge, Executive Director of the Bionutrient Food Association (BFA) & the Real Food Campaign, will present a 2-session Workshop on High Bionutrient Crop Production.

November 1 & 2, 2014

9:30am – 4:30 pm

Garfield Park Conservatory

300 N. Central Park Avenue – Community Classroom

Chicago, IL 60624

Cost: $150.00, with Scholarship funds available for Farmers.

Register: Two Options – Online or Mail-In Registration found on the Workshops page of the BFA website (http://www.bionutrient.org/workshops)

For Scholarship information, please contact Gary Neves, Course Administrator, Cell:  774-573-6804, gary@bionutrient.org

The High Bionutrient Crop Production workshops are designed to inform and support participants to grasp and apply innovative and reliable principles and practices for producing more nutritious food crops that lead to healthier lives. The learning focus of the series includes soil biology, mineralogy and energy dynamics. At the same time, we intend to establish a relational infrastructure among growers that will provide the basis for increasing collaboration between them, and also with the businesses and organizations that supply their needs and buy their products.

Each session consists of a classroom-style discussion and hands-on demonstration and practice. Those participants who provide their email will also receive periodic e-newsletters to supplement the workshop presentations. Registrants will be expected to procure their own soil tests as desired, and instruction for interpreting those will be covered during the workshop.

For Event Information:  please contact Dr. Shemuel Israel, Co-leader of the Chicago Chapter of the Bionutrient Food Association and President of the North Lawndale Greening Committee – cell: 773-332-7887; or Annamaria Leon, Director, Education & Community Outreach cell: 414-339-5537, or email at nlgreeningcommittee@gmail.com.

Hosted by the Chicago Chapter of the Bionutrient Food Association, the North Lawndale Greening Committee, and the Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance.