ALL ORGANIC FARM SCHOOL CLASSES ARE HELD AT THE LOFT (at OPEN BOOK, 1101 Washington Ave South, Mihnneapolis 55415) MONDAY EVENING 6:00-8:00. Workshops and Field Trips are scheduled at different locations and on different days.
Monday, June 9
Racism and the Food System
Will Allen, CEO Growing PoweR
Monday, June 16
How Do You Know it’s Organic?
Meg Moynihan, Minnesota Department of Agriculture
Monday, June 23
Finding Food in Farm Country
Ken Meter, Crossroads Resource Center
Saturday, June 28
Field Trip: Dream of Wild Health
Donna LaChappelle (Dream of Wild Health Farm Manager)
Peta Wakan Tipi
459 Wheeler St. N
St. Paul, MN 55104
Monday, June 30
Soil Health and Biodiversity in Practice – Harnessing Biology, Ecology, and Resiliency on the Farm
Atina Diffley, Gardens of Eagan
4th of July Week – No Class
Monday, July 14
Linking Sustainable Farming and Health
Mary Jo Forbord, MS RD
Executive Director, Sustainable Farming Association
Monday, July 21
The Urban Livestock Movement
Jennifer Blecha, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, San Francisco State University
Saturday, July 26
Salsa Saturday: Food Storage and Preservation
at the Women's Environmental Institute
Monday, July 28
Fighting Frankenfoods: How Social Activists are Changing the Trajectory of Agricultural Biotechnology Around the World
Rachel Schurman, University of Minnesota Sociology Department
Monday, August 4
Food and Democracy
Mark Ritchie, MN Secretary of State and former President of the Insititute for Agriculture and Trade Poli
Monday, August 11
The New Urban Farm: From Community Gardens to Edible Schoolyards
Kirsten Saylor, GardenWorks Program Manager
Monday, August 18
Discussion on assigned book. TBD.