[Sviannouncements] Food for Life 2012, April 20 — 22 (with schedule of events)

[Sequatchie Valley Institute]

Food for Life 2012, April 20 — 22

at Sequatchie Valley Institute
in beautiful, rural Tennessee

Learn food preservation strategies including canning, fermentation (sauerkraut, kimchi, wine, mead) as well as different methods of cooking, diet choices, health and nutrition. Attend workshops on edible and medicinal plants, permaculture, biodynamic and organic gardening practices. 
We ask $50 per adult, per day, which includes meals and overnight camping. Ala Carte workshops are $15 for those who can’t attend a full day. Children, $10/day (parents are responsible for their own child care). 
More info: http://svionline.org/svi/778/food-for-life-gathering-2012/
Directions: http://svionline.org/about-svi/directions/
Friday,  April 20
Noon – Camping orientation and parking organization, info on sanitation, etc.
3:30 – 4:30 – Jake Watson from USDA – High Tunnels and other organic farming grants from NRDC
4:30 – 6:30 – Alan Powell – Plant walk, with discussion on medicinals afterwards
7:00 – Dinner and Vegetable Circus Show during dinner
Cleanup
9-10 – Group discussion on Slow Food
Saturday, April 21
8:00 Breakfast
9-11 Sandor Katz – Intro to Fermentation
11-12 Patrick Ironwood – Bread Making
1-3 Circus Skills Workshop (for children and adults) with The Vegetable Circus
2-3 Trey Henson – Home Grown Chicken and Eggs
3-4:30 John Kimmons – Shiitake Mushroom Cultivation
4:30-5:30 Carol Kimmons – Food Preservation and Canning
6:00 Wood Fired Pizza Party w/social time
Sunday, April 22
8:00 Breakfast
9:00 Robin Fazio – Organic Grain Farming
9:00 Ashford Rosenburg from TN Aquarium – Sustainable Fisheries (for kids)
10:00 – Slow Food discussion with Trish King and farmers
11:00 – Ashford Rosenburg from TN Aquarium – Sustainable Fisheries (for adults)
12:00 – Lunch
1:00 – 2:30 – Patrick Ironwood – Wine and Mead
Cleanup
Also, please plan to attend Michael Pollan's talks in Chattanooga on Thursday, April 19 (Info: http://wp.me/pDu8u-2gh )

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Sequatchie Valley Institute
1233 Cartwright Loop
Whitwell, TN 37397
(423) 949-5922 tel
svionline.org



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