Thursday, July 30 2009

Rooted in Community Conference, Portland, Maine

Mark your calendars!  Cultivating Community, Lots to Gardens and the Food Project have joined together with Local Sprouts Cooking Cooperative and the Winter Cache Project to start planning the 11th annual RIC conference.  For updates and registration visit www.rootedincommunity.org for updates.

July 30-August 3
Farm Culinary 101: Sustainable Table for Culinary Professionals Rice, WA
http://quillisascut.com/farm-school/farm-culinary-101
Quillisascut Farm, 2409 Pleasant Valley Rd. Professional development program for cooks in restaurants and cafeteria cooks. Milk goats, make cheese, care for farm animals, transplant vegetables, and harvest and cook produce from the gardens. For more information contact Lora Lea Misterly at 509-738-2011; or email: loralea1@centurytel.net.

For the sixth year, Tilth Producers of Washington and Washington State University's Small Farms Team are offering a series of educational Farm Walks for growers. Farm Walks bring growers and agricultural specialists together to learn on working farms across Washington.