Hello SLO Permaculture Guild,
Here are some upcoming local permaculture related events. Sorry for the late notice, but one of them is tomorrow, June 13th and another on Friday, June 14th. The good news is that institutions like Cal Poly and RCD (both Coast San Luis RCD and Upper Salinas Las Tablas RCD) and Morro Bay National Estuary Project are promoting permaculture practices. And, another piece of good news is that we will have a local PDC this fall.
Local PDC - Definitely consider getting your PDC with local permaculture folks at Sunburst Sanctuary this Fall. Scroll down to see more!
Permaculture Demo Garden at City Farm – Our Global Family Village is our place to create a thriving food forest to demonstrate to the public. Your creativity, your hands and your heart are needed on the land. The more a land is loved by people, the more the land gives back its love to us. It is up to us to give our love to the land. Come get involved in our local project this summer. The corn just got planted and the grape vines are lush this year. Tree Lees is out there on Tuesday and Thursday mornings (except I am going to the Healthy Soils Seminar tomorrow, June 13th) and work parties are on the second Saturday of each month at 9am to 12noon. Come get reconnected with the land. We are locate at 1221 Calle Joaquin Road, the frontage road along Highway 101 & LOVR.
School Field Trips to Our Global Family Farm at City Farm https://www.cityfarmslo.org/
This spring the land was loved by children who came for school field trips to City Farm. They loved the Global Garden and the cob house! Come show some love to the land by visiting it, tending it, connecting with it, and nurturing it. Flyer of field trip offerings is attached.
Please spread the word about FARMGIRLS Summer Camp. We have room for another six girls to come learn about regenerative farming. We have an anonymous donor is willing to give scholarships to ten girls to attend. She is networking with local charity organizations to find families in need of the scholarships.
(Pictured here is Jonas, son of Jacki Lavender, who helped plant the sweet corn on June 11th)
June 13 – Healthy Soils Seminar at Tablas Creek Vineyard
Cal Poly Healthy Soils Project
No-till and Cover Crop Management with Grazing
Thursday, June 13, 2019
Tablas Creek Vineyard
9339 Adelaida Rd, Paso Robles
9 am - 12 pm , Free to attend
Registration is encouraged, but not required. To register, please CLICK HERE
No-till is increasingly being recognized as a useful form of management that can result in multiple benefits, and a practice that can be part of an integrated approach to soil health. Tablas Creek Vineyard is unique among North County vineyards for their use of grazing animals as part of their organic and biodynamic program. As a participating vineyard in the Cal Poly Healthy Soils Project, Tablas Creek is serving as a demonstration site to investigate the links between soil building practices such as no-till and grazing of cover crops, and measures of soil carbon, water holding capacity, and greenhouse gas emissions.
During this demonstration field day, Tablas Creek vineyard managers will discuss their unique soil management strategy, Cal Poly researchers will discuss the preliminary findings of their field trials, and additional guest speakers will discuss approaches to soil management, as well as its implications for grape quality.
Confirmed speakers:
Cristina Lazcano, Soil Ecology, Cal Poly SLO
Bwalya Malama, Soil Biophysics & Groundwater Hydrology, Cal Poly SLO
Jordan Lomberg, Viticulturist, Tablas Creek Vineyard
Steve Vierra, Vineyard Manager & Certified Soil Scientist, Derby Wine Estates
Jenna Merrilees and Connie Wong, Masters Student Researchers, Cal Poly SLO
About the CDFA Healthy Soils Program (HSP):
Funded through California Climate Investments, the Healthy Soils Program (HSP) has funded the implementation of soil health practices on 8,610 acres of farm and ranchland throughout California. These projects are estimated to collectively sequester 18,683 metric tons of CO2e annually, or the equivalent of removing 4,000 cars from the road each year. Learn more at: https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/oefi/healthysoils/
For questions, please contact us at cfs@calpoly.edu or call 805-756-5086.
June 14 – Keyline Plow Demonstration
June 25-28 – FARMGIRLS Summer Camp
FARMGIRLS Summer Camp is Girl Power for our Future Food System! FARMGIRLS Summer Camp is held at Our Global Family Farm, a permaculture demonstration site located at City Farm SLO. It features food crops and indigenous food cropping systems from the four corners of the globe. FARMGIRLS Summer Camp will include farming, cooking, eating, making crafts, singing and nature hikes. The FARMGILRS summer camp is a place where women and girls of all ages can learn about how to grow food in an ecological approach that follows the ethics of permaculture: care for the earth, care for one another, and share the abundance. Together we can create a food system that is Regenerative, Healthy, Local, and Resilient.
Registration is open until June 21st
(Parents can come any day for FREE.)Registration link: http://www.permaculture.us.com/farmgirls/farmgirls-summer-camp
September 16-29, 2019 – Permaculture Design Course (PDC) at Sunburst Sanctuary
The course offers an in-depth introduction into permaculture with a diversity of applications:
– Abundant water
– Living soils
– Renewable energy
– Healthy plants
– Water-harvesting earthworks
– Natural building
The head instructor for this course is Loren Luyendyk of Permaculture Design International with additional specialists and professionals. The 14-day course focuses on land based systems with as much practical, outdoor hands-on work as possible. Class time consists of traditional lectures, guest presentations, group discussions, games, exercises, photo shows, movies, and practical design work.
Sunburst Sanctuary is a majestic, 4000-acre ranch 30 miles north of Santa Barbara in the rolling hills of California’s Central Coast region. The site is a rich setting for studying a broad range of regenerative systems, as it includes vegetable production and emerging fruit production systems; rangeland and livestock; small- and large-scale compost production; thriving wilderness and wildlife; extensive creek systems; a meditation retreat center; and a cooperative residential community.
Care of the earth and growing organic food have been perennial themes of Sunburst Community’s 50-year history of living together, working together, and raising consciousness on the planet. Sunburst was an early pioneer of large-scale production and distribution of organic foods, and remains committed to seeking ways that humanity can have a beneficial rather than harmful impact on the planet and each other.
Here’s the link which provides course content, curriculum, and pricing information along with instructor bios: https://sunburst.org/pdc/
Let us love the land!
Teresa Tree Lees
SLO Permaculture Guild
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