Hello SLO Permaculture Guild,
This newsletter is a list of two dozen organization promoting the ethics and design practices of Permaculture. You are invited to get involved.
We have several places for Permaculture Projects and Permaculture Education here in SLO County as well as places north and south of us:
1. City Farm – Our Global Family Village (https://www.ourglobalfamilyfarm.com/) and also Carmichael Environmental (http://www.carmichaelenvironmental.com/ )have Food Forests edible landscapes and educational programs to promote regenerative agriculture. We have work parties on the second Saturday of every month. You are invited to come! Potluck at 12noon.
The next work party is this coming Saturday, July 14th 9am to 12noon. Please join our team to participate in the summer harvest and get some urgent work done.
We'll be cultivating and mulching the food forest to protect our growing orchard from the attack of bristly ox tongue and cheese weed.
We'll be adding string to the posts supporting growing tomatoes and peas.
We'll be planting a new crop of lettuce and spinach.
We'll be moving forward on the permanent installation of our pergola roof.
For the whole story in pictures, check out our Flickr site and our Instagram feed: https://instagram.com/cityfarmslo
We just hosted the FARMGIRLS Summer Camp Movie link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/4kaK7UZywpPQvUTs6
Photos link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/8jx8cPrAbicd5fK97
We will host Junior Rangers Day Camps in August and this next school year we will be gearing up for school field trips to City Farm.
2. Branch Mill Organic Farm - http://branchmillorganics.com/farmstand/
Upcoming events:
July 13 Farm Ecology Tour: Introduction to Organic, Biodynamics & Permaculture by Donation
July 14 Kids Workshop: Organic Farm Investigation $15
July 28 Kids Workshop: Organic Farm Investigation $15
August 10
Farm Ecology Tour: Introduction to Organic, Biodynamics & Permaculture by Donation
Robert 'beto Barnett and Angie Schultz
Agroecology Research and Cooperative Economics
3. Chumash Kitchen Summer Flavors and Sacred Places – July 28th at the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden
https://www.slobg.org/calendar-of-events/chumash-kitchen
Taste the wild flavors of the season. Join us this July as we reconnect with the local environment, the season, and your health during the summer Chumash Kitchen offering with Chumash chef and herbalist, Violet Cavanaugh. This offering will leave you nourished, connected, and grateful for the gifts of nature. Join Violet as we learn the practices of collecting, processing and transforming seasonal, local foods into several modern and traditional recipes, all while developing a deeper awareness for the sacred spaces in Central California.
4. SLO Guild Hall – Pancake Breakfast on the first Sunday of the month – Now with live music from the Opera SLO
Attached is a flyer advertising the upcoming pancake breakfasts that will include free entertainment at our hall for all breakfast attendees. All entertainment will start at 10 a.m. on the noted Sundays. If you can help volunteer for any of our breakfasts, please let us know so we can count on you which should also increase our attendances. The September Pancake Breakfast will be a fundraiser for the SLO Guild Hall to
Thank you,
Shirley Hanrion sloguildhall@yahoo.com
SLO Guild Hall
2880 Broad St
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
www.sloguildhall.org
1-805-543-0639
Office Hours M-W-F 10am to 2pm
And also the Atascadero Agriculture Hall – https://www.facebook.com/groups/707548526046895/
The primary mission of the Atascadero Agricultural Hall is to support local small scale and family farms as an essential mainstay of local economies and food security, including support for farmers markets, farmland preservation, community gardens, and gardening & food education and distribution programs.
5. Bob Banner Hope Dance Films- https://www.facebook.com/groups/HDanceFiLMs/
This is primarily a site to reveal transformational videos, trailers and clips like TED talks... issues that are solutionary, uplifting, positive yet revealing and unveiling, typically leaving the viewer a way to feel inspired and a way to DO something.
6. Nature’s Touch in Templeton - http://www.naturestouchnurseryandharvest.com/
Nature's Touch Nursery & Harvest is a specialty plant nursery and local grocery store. We only sell local within California, Certified Organic and Naturally Grown produce. The natural grown produce has to be grown locally and comes to us with a soil analysis to guarantee that they are farmed with sustainable practices. Every-thing that Nature's Touch puts on the shelves has to come with research, quality and the most that we can get from our dollar.
7. UCCE Master Food Preservers classes - http://cesanluisobispo.ucanr.edu/YouthFamilyCommunities/Master_Food_Preserver_Program/Training/
Holidays in July
Class Fee: $5.00
Date: Saturday, July 28, 2018
Time: 10:00am to 12:00pm
Location: UCCE Auditorium, 2156 Sierra Way, San Luis Obispo
Description: Back by popular demand! Our "Holidays in July" class gets you ready for the holiday season early! Come and learn how to prepare preserved foods for gift giving. We will show you how to pair items for gift baskets and creative ways to label and package your foods for the season or any time of the year.
Fermentation
Class Fee: $10.00
Date: Saturday, August 25, 2018
Time: 10:00am to 12:00pm
Location: UCCE Auditorium, 2156 Sierra Way, San Luis Obispo
Description: One of our most popular classes, fermentation includes so many food items. We will cover the basic techniques of fermentation highlighting our favorite sauerkraut and pickles. The art of making kombucha will also be demonstrated. Join us as we roll out some surprise recipes for you to try at home!
Advanced Canning
Class Fee: $5.00
Date: Saturday, September 22, 2018
Time: 10:00am to 12:00pm
Location: UCCE Auditorium, 2156 Sierra Way, San Luis Obispo
Description: This class is designed for the experienced canner. We will focus on more complex recipes for the boiling water canner and pressue canning. All are invited to attend no matter your canning skill level, but knowledge of basic canning principles will be helpful.
Presented by the UCCE Master Food Preserver Program of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties. Questions? Call our MFP helpline at 805-781-1429, email us at slomfp@ucanr.edu.
8. One Cool Earth - http://www.onecoolearth.org/
We create awesome school garden programs that power healthy, happy and smart youth!
9. Outside Now! - http://www.outsidenow.org/
Nature Connection Education in SLO County - …finding your story, your place, your people, your peace in the heart of nature.
10. SLOW Money SLO - http://slowmoneyslo.org/
OUR VISION
Food and farm products, grown, raised, caught or produced locally help to build a thriving local economy, vibrant soil, healthy population and a quality food system.
OUR MISSION
To support the sustainable growth of small businesses which benefit the local food economy and the health of SLO County.
11. San Luis Obispo County Food System Coalition - http://www.slofoodsystem.org/
Summer Social on Tuesday, July 17th at 5pm – 7pm at the SLO Guild Hall garden
Food Waste Working Group
Contact: Kylie Hensley slofoodsystem@gmail.com
Collaborate across efforts to reduce food waste county-wide.
12. SLO Seed Savers Exchange - https://www.facebook.com/SloSeedExchange/
San Luis Obispo Seed Exchange exists to encourage the practice of cultivating and saving seeds.
13. Cal Poly Center for Sustainability - http://www.cfs.calpoly.edu/announcements_june.html
The Center for Sustainability collaborates with stakeholders from every department within the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences (CAFES) and with many from across the University on an array of initiatives for campus and community members. Currently, most of the programs we offer were developed along four basic Focus Areas – curricula, assessments, compost, and food systems. Additionally, we explore and highlight special topics of general interest, which can be found on the events calendar on our Events & Announcements page.
14. SLO Clean Water Hug’s & Kisses fundraiser for “lawyering up.” https://www.facebook.com/donate/254879975276877/
There are 11 EPA certified illegal wells operating in SLO County. We will do the first ever lawsuit against our elected officials and force them to do the right thing and mandate oil companies get registered and certified BEFORE they dump. This sends the message to all criminal ne’er do well public officials that there are consequence for doing the wrong thing and ignoring us is NOT an option.
Donations to Hugs and Kisses will go directly to pay for court costs and attorney fees. This lawsuit will open the floodgates for other communities to do the same and that is how you do what needs doing and getting it done.
So will you join us and be part of a civilized non-violent revolution to force elected officials to do their job by order of the court? Your donation is tax deductible!!! No donation too small or too BIG. It ALL makes a BIG DIFFERENCE $5 -$25,000 and beyond.
15. The Lavra Intentional Community - http://www.thelavra.org/home/
In Palestine in the 5th century, there arose a unique form of interdependent living. It was called The Lavra, an ancient Greek word for a spot where small paths came together in a sort of intersection of souls. We are attempting to bring this model to the modern world...
The Lavra is an intentional community in Arroyo Grande run by The Lavra Community Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to education. We are grounded in three principles:
1. Service to each other, the broader community, and the world.
2. Continual intellectual, spiritual, creative, and emotional growth that creates a community of inquiry.
3. Conscientious, reflective, responsible, and sustainable living.
16. Ecologistics – https://ecologistics.org
Ecologistics, Inc. is a California non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation.
Our mission: To create a resilient and healthy community for the residents of the California Central Coast that is environmentally and economically sustainable.
17. Black Diamond Vermicompost - https://www.blackdiamondvermicompost.com/
Black Diamond VermiCompost supplies one of the most important components for successful crops. Front and center stage are the worm castings, known for eons for their unique plant vitality properties. Stable, mature and biologically active organic matter is the result of our proprietary production process. Humates, nutrient cycling, bacteria, fungi, protozoa and beneficial nematodes are present. When combined with the right balance of pH, minerals, air and quality water, you now have the recipe for nutrient dense food and flower production, with a minimum of disease or pest pressure.
18. Soil Harmonics - https://soilharmonics.com/
Soil Harmonics is about soil restoration and building ecosystems. We teach these processes and assist in their application.
19. Bay Laurel Garden Center - https://www.baylaurelnursery.com/
Browse through the hundreds of varieties of high quality fruit trees, shrubs and vines we sell online. We ship directly to your home or business. Order online the many unusual and hard-to-find bareroot trees, shrubs, bushes and vines we offer. We ship bareroot throughout the USA or your order can be picked up at our retail location in central California.
20. Central Coast Chapter of the Rare Fruit Growers - http://www.crfg-central.org/
Mission statement: The purposes of CRFG shall be to encourage and further public and scientific research, education and preservation of plants worldwide that have edible seeds, fruit, leaves, stems or roots.The Central Coast Chapter is one of 21 chapters in California. We enjoy touring local orchards, exchanging knowledge and plants, learning about grafting and growing, and interacting with the Agriculture Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. We meet in San Luis Obispo County monthly, usually on the second Saturday.
21. Sunburst Sanctuary Earth Stewardship – Upcoming Events: http://sunburst.org/upcoming/
Regenerating Earth & Spirit – Preserving the Harvest
September 14 – 16, 2018
Do you crave a greater sense of connection with the earth? Do you feel too separate from nature, or wonder how you can better align your life with natural rhythms?
This down-to-earth weekend retreat is the perfect opportunity for you to reconnect with yourself and with Mother Nature.
An essential part of Sunburst’s teachings is learning to become true caretakers of our beautiful home planet – living close to Mother Earth, reaping her harvest in ways that replenish and regenerate the miracle of life. As souls awaken to Spirit, often the first step on the path is to seek wholesome foods to nourish the body, recognizing it as a temple for the Divine. For over 40 years, Sunburst has been involved in organic farming and natural foods enterprises. Currently, residents farm organic permaculture gardens, orchards and grains, as well as raise natural livestock, practice beekeeping, and operate a natural marketplace in Solvang, California which serves the local community with fresh and healthy nourishment. At Sunburst Sanctuary, we are building a permaculture learning center, and experimenting with earth-friendly building and developing renewable energy systems. We are located on a 4000 acre ranch where a large portion of the land will remain undeveloped, serving as a wildlife sanctuary for deer, wild turkeys, bobcats, and other native residents.
22. Quail Springs Permaculture - https://www.quailsprings.org/
Quail Springs Permaculture is a gathering of passionate stewards who have dedicated their work to the multi-generational learning journey of seeding and tending the land and the culture. We strive to live for the land–not just with it or from it. We are guided and nurtured by our Board of Directors, Stewardship Council, staff, donors, volunteers, interns, apprentices, course participants, and partner organizations which together provide a strong circle of support.
23. Santa Cruz PDC course – Systems Change and the Next Economy - http://santacruzpermaculture.com/economy/
Join us for a series of four weekend workshops exploring economics for a thriving, just, and regenerative world. The four workshops, which can be taken as individual workshops or as an entire course series, bring together instructors from a variety of backgrounds, each critically examining aspects of our economic, financial, and money systems and offering inspiring alternative models, systems, and examples.
24. Permaculture for Educators Teacher Training Course at Jean’s Farm in Portland, OR with IPEC – Institute for Permaculture Education for Children - http://www.permaculture.us.com/foundations/
This course is a professional and personal development opportunity designed for teachers mentors and educators of children ranging in age from early childhood to high school who desire to explore how education reform intersects with the environmental & social movements. Through learning about permaculture ethics, principles and methods as they relate to school, classroom, community, curriculum and teaching design, this course illuminates ways that permaculture can be applied to all aspects of teaching and weaves best practices of both implicit and explicit methods as essential elements of your teaching design.
Please support these permaculture projects and businesses.
Hope to see you out Our Global Family Village this Saturday, July 14th,
Teresa Lees on behalf of the SLO Permaculture Guild