Grow Food Amherst Open Steering Committee Meeting - Wednesday at Noon

[John M. Gerber]

TO:        All Grow Food Amherst Members
FROM:  John Gerber

Thanks to everyone's support this spring.   We have had several successful events and our membership is almost at 300 (on our way to 350!).  Grow Food Amherst is run by a community of volunteers who want to help our town become more food self-sufficient.  If you would like to get involved, you are invited to our monthly Open Steering Committee meeting:

Wednesday, May 8

12:00noon -  1:30pm

Amherst Town Hall – Second Floor Town Room

Please join us!

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Tentative Agenda

1. Welcome – Stephanie Ciccarello
2. Recap of our three spring events (workshop, festival, outdoor classroom)
3. Reports from the Subcommittees & Projects
4. June 8 “wild edibles” workshop at 10:30am at Simple Gifts (volunteer needed)
5. Volunteers needed for Asparagus Festival, Sunday June 2 (10am-4pm)
6. Do we want to have a workshop or display at the Kendrick Park market?
7. Genevieve Lawler inquiry
8. Initial thinking on workshops for winter market
9. Suggestions for future projects New Business (send your suggestions to John Gerber)

For the list of future meetings, go to: Future Meetings
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And if you can't make this meeting time, you can help by encouraging your gardening friends and neighbors to join us!  Just send them this link:
http://www.growfoodamherst.org/members/join/