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Windy City Harvest: Small Farm Season Extension
Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe, IL, United StatesArturo Velasquez Institute Greenhouse Britt Calendo, Windy City Harvest PCC wellness farm coordinator. $39 Learn how to extend your spring or fall growing season to 9-months or even year round production. Explore what crops and varieties perform best in Chicago. Specific techniques will be covered …
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Windy City Harvest: Excel for Small Farm Crop Planning
Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe, IL, United StatesArturo Velasquez Institute Greenhouse Erin Matson, Windy City Harvest apprenticeship instructor $39 This workshop will cover how to utilize Excel to plan out a season of continuous annual vegetable crop production on your small farm or community garden plot. A crop plan excel template typically …
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What’s Happening in the Garden? – Peterson Garden Project
Global Garden 2974 W. Lawrence Ave., Chicago, IL, United StatesJoin us for our free class, What’s Happening in the Garden?, taught in a different Peterson Garden Project community garden every month. For the month of September, we’ll talk about: -adjusting the garden to cooler temperatures -fall pests and diseases and what to do about …
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Windy City Harvest: Home-Scale Aquaponics
Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe, IL, United StatesArturo Velasquez Institute Greenhouse Andy McGhee, Windy City Harvest aquaponics coordinator
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Pilsen Urban Agriculture Field Day
Join us as we tour Pilsen urban agriculture sites. Community members will be on hand to discuss practices that can be applied to your growing site! 11:00AM: Meet at Xochiquetzal Peace Garden - 1901 W. 23rd St. - Learn more about school gardening at this …
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Community Gardens Take Action Against Hunger
Broadway Armory Park 5713 N. Broadway , Chicago, IL, United StatesSymposium on World Food Day What can community gardens do to address fresh produce access in their neighborhoods? Join us to share best practices and resources among community gardens, food pantries and soup kitchens for donating and distributing food. Who should attend? Anyone interested in connecting community …
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Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse – Putting Gardens to Bed
Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse 3501 N. Kilbourn, Chicago, IL, United StatesFRIENDS OF KILBOURN PARK ORGANIC GREENHOUSE EDUCATIONAL EVENTS OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 2015 SAVE THESE DATES FOR THREE EDUCATIONAL EVENTS SPONSORED BY FRIENDS OF KPOGH IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 2015 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24THAT 1 PM NANCY BENJAMIN, MASTER GARDENER WILL GIVE A TALK ON RESTORING FERTILITY …
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2016 CCGA Spring Conference
South Shore Cultural Center 7059 S. South Shore Drive, Chicago, IL, United States -
Project 2746: Grow With Us!
Dill Pickle Co-op 2746 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL, United StatesProject 2746 is a weekly Thursday evening event series building cooperative community in the Dill Pickle’s future home. Come check out the space and stay to soak up some sustainable gardening practices with a few of our favorites: ‘Soil Truthing’ with Nance Klehm of Social …
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“Food Safety, Post-Harvest Handling, and Scheduling Plantings for Community Food Systems”
First United Methodist Church of Oak Lawn - 100th & Central Ave., Oak Lawn Webinar viewing location: 826 S Ada Street, Chicago. 60607 Chicago, IL, United StatesThe University of Illinois Extension is partnering with Grace Seeds Ministry to offer a free Food Safety Training for all participants of Chicagoland community food systems. March 12, 2016 (9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.) Safe and Smart! “Food Safety, Post-Harvest Handling, and Scheduling …
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