[Sviannouncements] food for life - second weekend

[ashley ironwood]

hi there!
we have made some changes to the second weekend's schedule.  please  
see below

our first weekend was incredibly successful - check out these pictures  
on our facebook page (they'll be up on www.svionline.org soon, too):
http://www.facebook.com/photo_search.php?oid=43379214048&view=all#/ 
group.php?gid=43379214048

we hope you can join us for this weekend's workshops - it's going to  
be amazing!

- asha and the moonshadow crew


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THURSDAY, MAY 28

10:00  *  SEQUATCHIE COVE FARM TOUR - This day will start with a trip  
to the “Sequatchie Cove Farm,” a diversified family-run biodynamic  
farm working with available resources, focusing on grass-based animal  
protein (eggs, meat).  They also raise bees and native plants, operate  
a pick-your-own berry patch and have made their own biodiesel.

12:00-2:15    ARRIVALS AT MOONSHADOW, TENT SET-UP and LUNCH

2:30-3:30  *  PERMACULTURE (Patrick Ironwood) - The moonshadow  
homestead is a great example of permaculture.. we will explore and  
disscuss the key ideas behind these concepts.

3:45-5:45  *  BASIC BREADMAKING BY HAND (John Sweet from Niedlov’s  
Breadworks in Chattanooga) - There will be discussion, demonstration  
and participation in easy and reliable hand-mixing techniques, basic  
bread shaping, and baking of our handmade bread.

4:45-5:45  * ARTISTS/ACTIVISTS PARTICIPATORY THEATER - PART ONE -  
(Cerulean, Aurelia Crumb, Trish Woolbright and Patrick Ironwood) -  
Group games, improv, automatic play writing and exploring fearless  
narratives!  All ages invited to play.  We will create a play to be  
performed on Saturday night.

6:00     DINNER

7:30    “LIFE AND DEBT” (facilitator, Jeff Rodgers) “Life and Debt”  
explores the effect of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF)  
policies on developing countries through Jamaica’s experience with the  
organization. Jamaica, having gained its independence from Britain in  
1962, found itself struggling as a result of the oil embargo the  
following year. In order to receive loans from the IMF, the country  
entered into a tricky agreement with its lenders. The terms of the  
loan stipulated that Jamaica had to agree to reduce trade barriers by  
withdrawing its local import restrictions, and thus enter the world  
market. The local economy became flooded with foreign goods, which  
were cheaper than those produced locally, resulting in a loss of jobs  
and economic self-reliance.  A powerful example of the cycle of  
dependence is seen through the method of milk production.   Jeff will  
lead a discussion after the movie.


FRIDAY, MAY 29

8:00-9:00     BREAKFAST

9:15    MORNING CIRCLE

9:30-10:30  *  SLOW FOOD, FARM TO SCHOOL, PRESERVING FARMLAND (Trish  
King) - Discussion on the philosophy of Slow Food USA: promoting good,  
clean, and fair food.  How will a good, clean, and fair food system  
benefit communities?  What are the implications for institutional food  
systems such as school lunches?  What will happen to our local food  
economy as land use changes and farmland is threatened by sprawl?   
 From a global movement to the local food scene, we’ll discuss what it  
means to live Slow.

9:30-10:30 (During Slow Food) PLANT A SPAGHETTI GARDEN (Tricia Baehr)   
- Kids will have fun starting seeds for their very own spaghetti  
garden. Plan for the kids to get dirty and their spaghetti garden will  
get a great start with a rich composted soil. Then we’ll plant the  
seeds for tomatoes, zucchini, oregano and basil for the children to  
take home and watch grow! Please bring 4 recycled tin cans or other  
recycled containers that they can decorate and punch holes in for  
drainage.

10:45-11:45  CHOICE OF TWO WORKSHOPS:

* BEER BREWING, BOTTLING AND KEGGING (Andrew Armstrong) - We’ll keg an  
ale brewed the prior weekend, learn a bit about brewing, and  
participants will each fill a bottle to take home and savor when the  
time is right.

*  ARTISTS/ACTIVISTS PARTICIPATORY THEATER - PART TWO (Cerulean,  
Aurelia Crumb, Trish Woolbright and Patrick Ironwood) - We look for  
the play. Characters start appearing…

12:00-1:15     LUNCH

1:30-3:30  * HANDS-ON TEMPEH AND VEGETABLE FERMENTATION WORKSHOP  
(Sandor Katz): More fermentation demystification. In this multi- 
tasking workshop we’ll ferment tempeh and sauerkraut/kimchi.

3:45-5:45 CHEESE-MAKING FOR BEGINNERS (Spiky) - What more needs to be  
said?

6:00  DINNER

7:30  “MAN AND FUNGI: A JOURNEY INTO THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF  
MUSHROOMS ON EARTH (Tradd Cotter)


SATURDAY, MAY 30

8:00-9:00     BREAKFAST

9:15    MORNING CIRCLE

9:30-11:30  *  MUSHROOMS: CULTIVATION, COMPOSTING AND BIOLOGICAL  
FILTERS (Tradd Cotter) - Participants will learn the basics of log and  
straw cultivation of most edible mushrooms.  Included will be  
techniques for enhancing yields of garden crops by creating hybrid  
systems to optimize water conservation, filtering livestock runoff  
using mushroom compost filters, and converting agricultural and  
household waste streams into edible protein.  Creating perpetual and  
circular systems will also be discussed.

9:30-11:30 (same time as Mushroom Cultivation) THE MAD HATTER TEA  
PARTY (Tricia & Birke Baehr) - Kids can wear their favorite hat as we  
explore herbs and teas, tasting, smelling and touching different  
things from the garden and woods while learning about the healing  
properties and health benefits of drinking tea. Bring a small recycled  
container for your child to make their own tea blend to enjoy at home  
after the workshop.

11:45-1:00     LUNCH

1:15-3:00  *  FARM ACTIVIST NETWORKING PANEL - (Padgett from  
Sequatchie Cove Farm, Sandorkraut from Little Short Mountain Farm,  
Bradley from Ulinawi, Trish King from Slow Food and Land Trust for TN,  
a representative from Crabtree Farms and a representative from  
Williams Island.  Asha Ironwood, facilitator)

3:15-5:15   *  ARTISTS/ACTIVISTS PARTICIPATORY THEATER - PART THREE  
(Cerulean, Aurelia Crumb, Trish Woolbright and Patrick Ironwood) - One  
last rehearsal…

5:30  DINNER

7:00 PERFORMANCE BY THE FOOD FOR LIFE IMPROV THEATER TROUPE – After  
dinner theatre. Please bring instruments. Dress: festive.

A long-form improvisational narrative will be presented. Be prepared  
for fun!


SUNDAY, MAY 31

8:00-9:00     BREAKFAST

9:15    MORNING CIRCLE

9:30-11:00 *  ORGANIC MEATS, BUTCHERY AND SAUSAGE MAKING (Trae Moore)  
- We will talk a bit about butchery, sausage making and cured/ 
fermented meats.  We may even make a bit of sausage too!

9:30-11:00 (Same time as Sausage Making) SPROUTING WITH SPROUTS!  
(Tricia Baehr) What’s more fun than watching food grow in your own  
kitchen and eating it in just a few days? Kids will learn all about  
sprouting, how it works, what you can sprout, recipes and ideas as  
well as a sprout tasting. Bring a quart jar and your child will go  
home with a grow it and eat it project! They’ll learn responsibility  
with rinsing and draining and about a healthy new food for life!

11:15-12:15  *  RAINBARRELS: A HOW-TO AND WHY (Jon Cable) - This  
workshop will be an overview of the purpose and use of rainbarrels  
followed with a demonstration of how to construct one with simple  
tools. There will be a hand-out for folks to take home to reference  
with helpful sources.

12:30-1:45     LUNCH

CLOSING CIRCLE


Throughout the second weekend Food for Life participants will have the  
opportunity to be involved in the following bioregional art project:

Voices for Appalachia, Written and Narrated by Hundreds — A Portrait- 
Story Project (Casey and Cesco) - Being our own media. Be your own  
ethnographer and historian. A positive self-fulfilling paradigm of  
expression…

If you’d like to participate, you can write your anecdotal, Appalachia  
bioregional, narrative (with a clear sense of TIME, PLACE, and ACTION)  
in advance or on site. When Cesco is finished sketching your face  
(using a combination of wet and dry media), you will copy your  
narrative in your own handwriting onto the page around our portrait of  
your face. This series of hundreds of stories and portraits travels as  
a show, and the images also go online to make perspectives widely  
available.

     * for more info about this project see: voicesforappalachia.org  
and portraitstoryproject.org



please note my new email address

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ashley "asha" ironwood
sequatchie valley institute
1233 cartwright loop
whitwell, tn  37397
423-949-5922
ashley at svionline.org
www.svionline.org

"some changes may look negative on the surface, but you will soon  
realize that space is being created in your life for something new to  
emerge.  there may be a period of insecurity and uncertainty.  what  
should i do?  as the ego is no longer running your life, the  
psychological need for external security, which is illusory anyway,  
lessens.  you're able to live with uncertainty - even enjoy it.  when  
you become comfortable with uncertainty, infinite possibilities open  
up in your life.  it means fear is no longer a dominant factor in what  
you do and no longer prevents you from taking action to initiate  
change.  the roman philosopher, tasitus, rightly observed that 'the  
desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.'   
if uncertainty is unacceptable to you, it turns into fear.  if it's  
perfectly acceptable, it turns into increased aliveness, alertness and  
creativity."
eckhart tolle - chapter 9 of "a new earth"



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