Home Grown Colorado: NPR Interview with Michael Pollan on his New Book: In Defense of Food

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"Don't eat anything that your great-grandmother wouldn't recognize as food...."

Check out this NPR interview with Michael Pollan on his new book, In Defense of Food. In six minutes, he covers a number of the scariest things about our current food system -- and gives us all plenty to chew on.

Here's a link to the interview:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17725932

Colorado Events

Community Roots, Healthy Food for All: A Panel Discussion on Food Justice
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
7 pm to 9 pm
Mercury Cafe
2199 California Street
Denver Co
$5 donation suggested

Food brings us together. The lack of food destroy the fabric of families and communities. How do we grow healthy food and community that reflects our cultural and family roots? How do we create a community-led sustainable movement toward local food and local economy? Join a discussion on how to create healthy, affordable food for all in the Denver Community. Transition Denver is sponsoring this event.

Garden Design and Planning - a la Permaculture, with Sandy Cruz and Jason Gerhardt
March 14, 2009 from 10am to 4:30pm
Locations to be announced (Boulder)
It’s time to begin creating this year’s garden! Learn to imitate Nature by establishing garden polycultures that produce a diverse mix of vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers.We’ll take a virtual tour of Sandy’s garden, consider springtime gardening priorities, and look at strategies for working with our local Rocky Mountain climate. Using Permaculture design principles, we’ll consider where to place the garden, how to build it, what to plant in it, and where to obtain seeds, bedding plants, shrubs and trees. Participants will plant seeds to take home, and will learn how to care for young bedding plants. Please contact Transition Boulder County to register.

Intro to Neighborhood Supported Agriculture - Kipp Nash, Community Roots
Monday, March 16, 2009
6 pm to 9 pm
$25.00 Fee
Denver Botanic Gardens, Classroom B
1005 York Street, Denver, CO

Transition Denver is sponsoring this event, designed to present an innovative approach to neighborhood farming that involves the neighbors in the process. Kipp Nash has devoted three years to developing a unique way of bringing the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model to his South Boulder, Colorado neighborhood. Kipp utilizes the available land (often his neighbors' front and back yards) in Martin Acres to raise organically-grown produce, which is then sold to his neighbors in Martin Acres and in Farmer's Markets. Interest in this model of local food production and community development is growing (pun intended) like crazy and Kipp is one of the first to start sharing his project, dreams and ideas with others. To register, please email or call: David Greenwald at degreenwald @gmail.com 303-926-0503

National Ag Week, March 15-20
Colorado Celebrates National Ag Week March 18
1:00 p.m. Press Conference on the west steps of the Capitol in Denver

This month, Americans will celebrate National Ag Day on March 20. National Ag Day is about recognizing the contribution of agriculture in our everyday lives and the important role our local ranchers and growers play in the lives of those in our communities and around the globe.

Permaculture through the Seasons - An 8 Month Design Certification Course
March 21, 2009 at 9am
Location to be announced.
How can humans live on Earth in harmony, abundance, grace and ease for eons into the future?Permaculture is the art of creating living ecosystems that imitate nature to provide food, fuel and shelter. Using innovative and indigenous agricultural techniques as well as appropriate technologies, course participants will learn to move towards living sustainably. Through multifaceted learning techniques — hands-on projects, tours, slide shows, exercises, lectures and readings — students will acquire knowledge of Permaculture Design for our Rocky Mountain bioregion and beyond. Course meets the third weekend of each month through October 18th.Program Cost is $950.00 if registered by 1/21/09, $1050.00 if registered by 2/21/09, and $1200.00 after 2/21. Work/study scholarships available based on financial need and skills. To register, contact Sandy Cruz at 303-459-3494. More info at http://hialtpc.org/

An Educational Evening with Slow Food Denver and the Mujeres de Maiz (Women of the Corn) Project
Monday March 23
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Home of Elayne Gallagher2001 Lincoln Street (triangle at Welton, 20th and Broadway - 2 1/2 blocks walking from 16th Street Mall)
No charge (Slow Food members and non-members invited!)

Slow Food Denver is sponsoring an open house given by two of its members, Jan Webster and Elayne Gallager, to learn about an exciting project they are working on in Chiapas, Mexico. Elayne is a board member of Starfish, a Colorado organization working with indigenous women in Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico. The project is called Mujeres de Maiz (Women of the Corn) and the goals are to raise the production and the consumption of native organic corn and to improve the standard of living, dignity and nutrition standards of these indigenous women, their families and communities. Please RSVP to rsvp@slowfooddenver.org by Wednesday March 18.

3rd Annual Rocky Mountain Compost School
April 14-17, 2009
CSU
Cost: $495
The school is hosted by Colorado State University's Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, and includes four days of classroom and field instruction for large-scale composters highlighting issues of local and national interest. Certified Crop Adviser continuing education units have been designated for participation in Compost School. For specific questions or more information, please contact: Adriane Elliott, (970) 491-6984, adriane.elliott@colostate.edu

About Home Grown Colorado

For years, I have been an avid organic gardener, turning our yard into a mini-urban homestead -- growing raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, apples and a meaningful kitchen garden, with lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, onions, radishes, herbs, carrots, asparagus, eggplant, broccoli, cabbage and more. A few years ago, we expanded into a neighborhood community garden, which allowed us to add corn, pumpkins, squashes, beans, artichokes, and potatoes. I became a passionate supporter of Denver Urban Gardens and an advocate for community gardens and urban agriculture. In mid-2007, I left a 30+ year career in Corporate America to follow my growing interests and long-held beliefs in growing food organically, promoting sustainability and supporting our local Colorado economy. That's how Home Grown Colorado was born. I hope it will build awareness and generate discussion on these important issues. I enthusiastically invite your comments and participation. There's so much to learn and to do!

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