URBAN AGRICULTURE TRAINING THIS SATURDAY oct 22nd
Sarah Bellos
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 12:27 PM
Subject: 2011 Urban Garden Training Flyer & Release
A free, vegetarian lunch will be provided by all registrants who register by October 19th.
Thanks,
Sizwe
For Immediate Release
Sizwe Herring, Community Food Advocates
si...@communityfoodadvocates.org
www.communityfoodadvocates.org
Free Urban Agriculture and Community Gardening Training
Training supports Nashville’s growing urban agriculture movement.
Nashville, TN. (9/27/2011). The team at Community Food Advocates invites the public to their 2nd annual Community Gardening Training on Saturday, October 22, 2011, from 9 am – 4 pm. The training will take place at Tennessee State University’s Farrell-Westbrook Agriculture Research Extension Complex (Barn), located on John Merritt Blvd.
This year’s guest presenter and workshop leader is Ms. Zoe Hollomon of the Massachusetts Avenue Project in Buffalo, NY. Ms. Hollomon runs a successful urban agriculture project that unites green jobs and urban agriculture through community gardens, and leads efforts in aquaponics, mobile markets, and youth development outreach. She is a 2010 Fellow with Green for All, a national environmental advocacy organization based in Oakland, CA.
“Our urban agriculture movement here in Nashville is gaining momentum on a daily basis” says Sizwe Herring, Urban Agriculture Specialist at Community Food Advocates and training organizer. “Our community garden numbers have increased in the last few months from 90 to 110 gardens in the city.”
Ms. Hollomon will share her techniques and how she mobilizes, motivates, educates and builds a successful network of engaged community members. “Community has to see the relationship between food security, the local food movement and environmental impact of what we eat…and how we can improve that relationship” says Hollomon.
Interested participants should RSVP with Community Food Advocates by calling (615) 385-2286 ext. 222, or by signing up at www.communityfoodadvocates.org.
About the Community Gardens project
The Community Food Advocates Community Gardens project is funded in full by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
About Community Food Advocates
Community Food Advocates are a movement of farmers, parents, students, persons of faith, community gardeners, and health advocates united by a commitment to the idea that all members of our community should have access to food grown in a way that promotes the health of people, planet, and community.
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