Wood Street and Honore Street Urban Farms Open House - This Saturday!
Sonya Marie Harper
Published: August 24, 2012
Growing Home’s Wood Street Urban Farm
Open House & Back-to-School Celebration
11am until 3pm
FREE EVENT
You and your entire family or organization will experience…
*An Organic Farm Stand: featuring seasonal items
Accepting Cash, Credit/Debit, SNAP, WIC and Senior’s Farmers Market Coupons
* SNAP/Link “Double Up” Program : double your order, free ! ($10 limit)
Special available for Link card customers only
*Free Farm Tours
Did you know Englewood has a farm ? Come see how we’re growing job skills and quality foods for those who need them most.
*Garden Workshop for Children: Composting
Have fun with dirt and worms, as kids learn the basics of composting.
*Garden Workshop : Seed Saving
Learn how to take seeds from your favorite fruits and vegetables, so that you can plant and grow them next year.
*Healthy Cooking Demonstrations/ Tastings 11:30 and 1:30
Chef Josephine McEntee of Emma’s Kitchen will teach us some Hip and Healthy Back to School meals and snacks. Chef James Medley will teach us how to properly cook our veggies and new ways to make them melt in your mouth !
* Community Forum and Volunteer Fair, Let’s Get Organized : A Call to Action, 12pm
Meet and network with other residents, leaders and organizations who are organizing Englewood for peace. Learn about the many ways people are improving conditions in Englewood, and how your help is needed too. It takes a village to raise a child, and our village is broken. Come see how we are working together to fix it. Attendees receive a free gift.
*Wellness Workshop: Canning 101, 1pm
Our gardening and wellness expert Breanne Heath will teach you, step by step, the proper way to preserve your foods at home. Learn how to eat healthy and save on grocery bills all year long.
*Wellness Workshop: Natural Hair Care and Autumn Beauty, 2pm
Learn the basics of natural hair care techniques and products. We’ll even teach you some new beauty recipes and tips that are perfect for this coming season.
*Nutrition Workshop : Hip and Healthy Back to School Eating
Attendees receive a coupon for free organic produce.
*Information and Resources *Bounce House
*Music, Free Refreshments, and Fun !
*****This event is free and open to all*****
This is the final Open House of the year ! The only Saturday we'll ever be open for you to come experience all that Wood Street Urban Farm has to offer.
About Growing Home:
Growing Home, Inc. is a non-profit organization whose mission is to operate, promote, and demonstrate the use of organic agriculture as a vehicle for job training, employment, and community development.
http://growinghomeinc.org/
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