Workshops for Urban and Suburban Ag Project Startups

Posted by on February 15, 2010

Doing It in The City – 2010
Workshops for Urban and Suburban Ag Project Startups

URBAN AG WORKSHOPS
Saturday, February 20, 2010, 8:30 am to 4:00 pm
Community College of Philadelphia
Center of Business and Industry
18th and Callowhill Streets
Philadelphia PA 19130

For the application form, speakers, schedules, and other details about the workshops, visit
http://philadelphia.extension.psu.edu
Click on link FEB 20 URBAN AG WORKSHOPS

WORKSHOPS ON:
• PERMACULTURE – preparing your soil and growing crops in tune with nature’s rhythms.
• TERRA PRETA or BIOCHAR – producing and using charcoal to increase yields based on pre-Columbian farming techniques.
• VERMICULTURE – raising worms to recycle plant material and produce a valuable soil supplement.
• FOUR HENS, NO ROOSTERS – raising poultry for eggs and meat without waking the neighbors.
• NEIGHBORHOOD COMPOSTING – locating and running a composting site in your neighborhood for use in urban gardening and farming.
• SEASON EXTENSION – constructing and using high tunnels to extend spring and fall season crops and facilitate cultivation during warmer months. After the workshop there will be a field trip to high tunnels in the area.

Who should attend:
• Back yard farmers and small commercial startups.
• People ready to start this season to test production.
• People who want to know what they need to get started.

What to expect:
• Presentations on a variety of urban ag topics by experts in their fields & local practitioners
of the production arts.
• Advice and sources of matertials, supplies, and biological inputs needed to get started, from local and regional people with experience.
• Opportunities to connect with others interested in the same topics as you are.

Sponsored by:

Penn State Extension – Philadelphia County
Community College of Philadelphia
Chester County Economic Development Council
Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture
City Parks Association
Growing the Grange