Our ten week program will cover the following topics:

• JUNE 10: “WHAT IS ‘ORGANIC’?” Meg Moynihan (Minnesota Department of Agriculture)
• JUNE 17: “WEEDS” with Atina Diffley (Organic Farming Works)
• JUNE 24: “THE EDIBLE CITY” Film screening and discussion with Maggie McKenna (Permaculture Research Institute Cold Climate)
• JULY 1: “MEET THE FARMERS PANEL” Discussion with local farmers
• JULY 8: “SEED SAVING WITH THE SEED TECHNICIAN MAGICIAN” Heidi Cook (Seed Savers Exchange, Iowa)
  *Followed by Saturday, July 13, car caravan and farm tour at Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah, Iowa
• JULY 15: “FISH and GREENS: INTRODUCTION TO AQUAPONICS” Annelie Lindberg-Livingston (Women’s Environmental Institute) and Chad Herbert (Urban Farm Project)
  *Class meets at the Urban Farm Project
• JULY 22 “IT ALL COMES DOWN TO ‘HUMUS’” Professor Pat Farrell (UMD – Department of Geography)
• JULY 29 “HERBS, HERBAL HEALING, and WILD MEDICINE” Cynthia Thomas (practicing herbalist, massage therapist, doula, and educator- Sacred Journey Healing Arts)
• AUGUST 5 “BASICS OF URBAN BEEKEEPING WITH BEEZ KNEEZ” Erin Rupp and Kristy Allen (Beez Kneez)
• AUGUST 12 “THE FUTURE OF THE GOOD FOOD REVOLUTION” Will Allen (CEO and Founder of Growing Power Milwaukee)

Parking validation for students enrolled in full lecture series.

What else: Meet and network. Learn more at on-site workshops, field days, and urban farming projects. Join the new farm-for-food synergy.
Cost: $120 for all ten weeks, or $20 per class

Register: Online Click Here, call 651.583.0705, email wei@w-e-i.org, or snail mail: PO Box 128, North Branch, MN 55056