[Scpg] {Path to Freedom}EM Composting Workshop & Knit Together

[Dervaes]

Agriculture: EM Composting and Waste Management

The challenge is to convert organic waste whether kitchen, factory or farm into non toxic nutrient rich compost for addition to the soil in the most efficient way.

Effective Microorganisms (EM) are bespoke collections of specific beneficial bacteria used to inoculate soil, slurry tanks, animal holding yards, compost bins and as additives to animals food or drinking water. The bacteria rapidly break down the organic material into plant food. Using EM the normal composting time can be drastically shorted. Foul odors and toxic wastes are neutralised, fly and disease problems reduced. As an animal food additive EM creates improved digestion and reduction of foul waste.

Part of a well proven established Japanese system of Natural Farming for decades, this technology is now starting to be appreciated in the rest of the developed world. The potential for the EM organisms is enormous, literally cleaning up the toxic waste that is conventional farming.

In inoculating the soil with EM it is intended to create a balance of beneficial organisms to the exclusion of the detrimental. Thus any waste spread on such converted soil or any green manure turned back in will be rapidly and efficiently turned into humus rather than toxic decay. The EM presence will protect against disease and enhance crop health and growth.

EM is safe for the environment, and cost effective, learn how to make your own EM....

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HANDS-ON EM BOKASHI WORKSHOP
Saving the world with microorganisms

Special Guest:   Chip Fieberg
Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center's Garden Manager
Patagonia, Arizona
www.TreeofLife.nu 

WHEN: Sunday, January 23  
TIME:  2:00 - 5:00 pm
WHERE: Path to Freedom
COST:   $10 donation.  
VISIT: http://www.pathtofreedom.com/outreach/workshops/bokashi.htm
This event includes a potluck afterwards, so if you are able, please bring
food and drink to share.

Program, will share a hands-on practicum workshop on Effective Microorganisms
(EM), EM Bokashi (fermented bran) and their role in healing, Nature Farming, 
and planetary spiritual awakening. 

EVENT DESCRIPTION:  While focusing mainly on EM's uses in the home, other
topics discussed will include the history of EM's discovery, how EM is being
used in many different industries to reduce or eliminate pollution, medicinal
use of EM, EM's role in global ecology, and of course EM's many uses in
organic agriculture. The workshop will also include a hands-on demonstration
of making Activated EM and EM bokashi (bokashi = fermented organic matter).

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KNIT-TOGETHER (and crochet too!)
Cast-away with us 

WHEN:  Tuesday, January 18
TIME: 6:00  - 9:00  pm
WHERE: Path to Freedom
FEE: FREE
Please bring some healthful snacks or drink to share.

"Creativity, spirituality and meditation are all linked" ~ Peg Butler ~

Join us for our monthly knitting circle gathering.  It's the perfect way to relax, meet others, practice your technique and skills, share favorite patterns or show off your latest creations. 

SHARE: If you've made an extra hat, scarf, or sweater you don't need, you can leave them to be donated as gifts to the City of Hope for the cancer patients or Union Station for the homeless.  

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Path to Freedom
A Sustainable Living Resource Center
Jules Dervaes (founder)
631 Cypress Ave
Pasadena, CA 91103
626.795.8400
dervaes at pathtofreedom.com
www.PathtoFreedom.com