[Los Angeles, CA Permaculture] Two events - this Weekend!

[Owen Hablutzel]

CONCERNED ABOUT COMMUNITY CITRUS SPRAYING?

Come and learn how to do something about it within a Community Rights
framework.

Saturday, April 23.

Morning - Earth Day at Oak Grove School - several short briefings with Javan
Briggs and see the talk by Vananda Shiva!

Afternoon - 2pm at the Ojai Valley Grange: 2 hour Community Rights training
session with Javan Briggs.  Consider the options for Community action
against involuntary poisoning by agrichemicals.

 

Bottom line: local people need to organize to put pressure on local
officials to do their jobs and adequately protect the interests of the
public. 

 

Learn more at:

www.opendemocracy.org <http://www.opendemocracy.org/> 

www.thegreenhorns.net

 

 

FRUIT GRAFTING WORKSHOP

 

John Valenzuela is a beloved fruit explorer, evangelist and wizard. He hails
from the North Bay, where he runs Cornucopia project,  a regular on the "
scion exchange" circuit, moving plant biodiversity into the hands of
orchardists around California. His practical, hands on workshop will help
beginning orchardists, as well as the more experienced, gain the knowledge
and skills to " top work" backyard and commercial citrus trees over to new
varieties. Yes, its true, you can change the variety of the fruit in your
yard! 

 

Changing varieties is a way to re-diversify a mostly monoculture citrus
landscape. Changing varieties is handy-busy work, a good time for
philosophical discussion about the future of farming. Changing varieties
makes trees bloom and fruit in different colors. Changing varieties can help
us visualize the many changes our landscape will have to undertake during
climate-change. 

 

Both events are sponsored by Greenhorns, in partnership with other groups in
the Ojai Valley including:

Ojai Valley Grange, Ojai Permaculture, Regenerative Agriculture and Poco
Farm

 

Greenhorns is a grassroots organization working to promote, recruit and
support the incoming generation of agrarians. Greenhorns produce media and
events in many formats to celebrate, investigate and motivate learning about
agro-ecology.  We believe in a long future, and are willing to work!

 

www.thegreenhorns.net <http://www.thegreenhorns.net/> 

 

RSVP for these events at:

www.ojaivalleygrange.org <http://www.ojaivalleygrange.org/> 

and check out their spring series of events. 

 

Contact for comment

severine at thegreenhorns.net

 

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