[Central Coast CA Permaculture] great opportunities to get involved

[Teresa Lees]

Hello Community!

 

Here is a quick run-down on the great opportunities to get involved with
permaculture and community efforts..

 

March 12 - SLO Preparedness Expo at Madonna Expo Center 10am - 4pm.
http://sloexpo.com/  The SLO Permaculture Guild will have a booth and talk
to people about soil restoration, water catchment systems and laundry to
landscape greywater installations, village building, the Grange Hall, City
Farm, etc. Come by and hang out with us. Members of our Permaculture Team
will be there - Gary Foresman, Amanda Smith, Teresa Lees, Reo Cordes, maybe
more!

 

March 13 - Cal Poly fraternity Sigma Pi is coming out to Our Global Family
Garden at 11am to install a canopy overhead our Epicenter. You are invited
to come out to see the project. We could use a videographer to video tape
the install. We will install eight triangle canopies. This is made possible
from a grant from Whole Foods as part of their Whole Kids Foundation.

 

We really need help pulling weeds too. The trick is getting there. Now that
LOVR exit is complete, you will have to take Calle Joaquin Road (north) and
park by Alfano Motors and walk in. There is a map on the website:
http://cityfarmslo.org/ 

(By the way, volunteer work days at Our Global Family Garden are regularly
scheduled on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 1pm - 4pm. Please come and
be involved in the creation of the community farm project we have out at
City Farm. This urban farm has great potential to become a place for people
of all ages to come learn about the full range of farming practices and to
reconnect with the land. If you can't make those two time slots, then
contact Teresa "Tree" Lees to arrange for another time slot.)

 

March 16 - FREE talk and presentation on Rainwater and Greywater Systems at
Atascadero Mutual Water Company, 7pm at their offices on 5005 El Camino
Real. Their website is: http://www.amwc.us/ Go to the calendar link to
register for the workshop. Flyer is attached.

 

March 17 - Visioning Session for SLO Grange Hall at 2pm - 6pm with potluck
to follow

This collaborative event will help us define the future vision of our SLO
Grange so that we stay relevant to our Grangers and to the community,
working together to achieve common goals.

 

We kindly ask you to prepare for this workshop by completing one or both of
the two Pre-Workshop Assignments listed below. If you are unable to attend,
you may still complete these assignments and submit them to the Grange prior
to the workshop. We love to get everyone's ideas! You may also email your
Vision Paper and Collage, if it's digital. 

 

Please RSVP via phone or email-and please let us know if you are able to
share a dish for our Post-Visioning Potluck. Thank you!

 

Pre-Workshop Assignments

 

Collage: Create a collage of clippings, magazine pictures, photos, drawings,
sketches, words, etc. representing Your Vision of the SLO Grange.
Specifically:

.                    Why is the Grange important to our community right now?

.                    Who are our members or who should they be?

.                    What do they want?

.                    What types of events do our members want?

.                    What is the Grange's role within our SLO community?

.                    What should the future Grange look and feel like?

 

Vision Paper: If you could imagine the Grange to be anything, and if
resources were unlimited, what could the Grange be?

RSVP (805) 543-0639

1sun at sbcglobal.net 

 

March 19 - Love SLO volunteer day - 9am - 12noon We have folks from Whole
Foods and SLO Wellness coming to help pull weeds. You are welcome to come
lend a helping hand too. No need to sign up on their website as it is
already "closed" because of the two work crews coming from Whole Foods and
SLO Wellness. Take LOVR and then go north on Calle Joaquin and park by
Alfano Motors and walk onto the City Farm. Here is a list of all the
projects. Some still need volunteers to sign up:
http://loveourcitiesprojects.com/projects/san-luis-obispo 

 

March 19 - Earth Day Prep & Potluck Community Work Day 9am - 3pm at Branch
Mill Organic Farm 

Hey friends! Branch Mill Organic Farm would love your presence on March 19th
to help us work on the land in preparation for our Second Annual Earth Day
Festival. Please come with family and friends, water, sun protection,
attitude to get work done, have fun and bring a yummy dish for the potluck
after we finish work. Looking forward to seeing you!

Branch Mill Organic Farm: http://branchmillorganics.com/ 

Facebook invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/238171496521140/ 

 

March 26 - Worm Tea Application 9am - 12noon at Our Global Family Village at
City Farm

$5 - $10 per family to help cover the cost of the worm tea application 

City Farm is at 1221 Calle Joaquin at the end of the cul-de-sac

This special work day includes bringing the SLO County Worm Farm folks with
their Black Diamond Vermicompost Tea to be applied to the crops and soil. We
will be planting Asian vegetables too. Come enjoy the process and learn from
the best! Cristy Christie and her crew will be on hand to educate us about
worm tea. What is worm tea you may ask?

What is "worm tea"? http://www.slocountyworms.com/tea/ 

Aerated Compost Tea is made from Vermicompost and water which goes through a
thorough and highly active aerating process. Quality compost Tea will
increase species diversity of leaf, stem, flower, seed-surface and soil
microorganisms. These microorganisms will select, eat and destroy the
disease-causing pests and organisms in the soil and on the plant. Benefits
of using Tea for foliar or root applications:

*	Boosts plant's natural immune system, suppresses foliar diseases and
interferes with pathogens trying to infect the plant tissue.

*	Soil structure is improved. Water retention and oxygen reach the
root system and increase root depth.

*	Nutritional quality of the plant is enhanced.

 

March 29 - Bringing Food Home film and discussion at 6pm at SLO Grange Hall
- Farmer's Market Soup is being served!!! $10 donation goes towards
educational projects out at City Farm. Flyer is attached.

BRINGING FOOD HOME is a film focusing on sustainable solutions for local
food in Northern New Mexico. The documentary features several farms and
gardens in the region practicing regenerative agriculture. Produced over the
last two years, the documentary hopes to provoke constructive dialogue,
inspiring Santa Fe and other cities to embrace urban agriculture as
essential to a resilient community.

The flurry of reactions around the creation of Gaia Gardens, a one-acre farm
within a residential zoning area in Santa Fe, provided the impetus for this
documentary. The controversy has raised a larger question for the community:
how will this high-desert city sustain itself in the future?

The film goes beyond the specifics of Gaia Gardens' circumstances to explore
the need for visionary policy change, as well as a radical shift in our
relationship to food. Local farmers, land-use professionals, educators and
policy makers present insights into fostering a sustainable future.

 

Panel discussion of our local food system here in San Luis Obispo to follow
the film.

Movie trailer: https://vimeo.com/133098783 

Facebook invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/686591681482527/ 

 

 

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