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The FruitGuys will be at the Philly Farm & Food Fest. We’re looking forward to meeting with farmers and customers. Come say hello! NATIONWIDE Arbor Day – Plant a Tree April 15th EAST National Cherry Blossom Festival March 2nd – April 14th Washington, DC Philly Farm & Food Fest April 14th Philadelphia, PA Lives of the Trees [...]
NATIONWIDE Food Day Oct 24 Food Day is a nationwide celebration and a movement for healthy, affordable, and sustainable food. WEST Bioneers Conference Oct 19-21 San Rafael, CA Food Lit Club Oct 21 San Francisco, CA Unmasking Halloween: Candy Oct 14 Los Angeles, CA EAST Cider Week NYC Oct 12-21 New York, NY Nutrition Myth [...]
WEST Hoes Down Harvest Festival Oct 6 & 7 Guinda, CA McEvoy Ranch Olive Oil Tour Oct 6 Petaluma, CA California Coastal Cleanup Day Sep 15 California inland and beaches MIDWEST Canning Workshop – Lemon Cucumber Pickles Sep 24 Chicago, IL Green Tie Ball Sep 15 Chicago, IL Evanston Harvest Celebration Sep 27 Evanston, IL EAST [...]
By Heidi Lewis In agriculture, weather is more than a conversation starter—rain, sun, wind, and frost are collectively the Numero Uno topic for farmers. This year for Midwest farmers, weather is more about the Walk than the Talk. The Midwest fruit belt region in general, including southwest Michigan, where The FruitGuys buys a lot of [...]
WEST Great Animal Orchestra – Bernie Krause Aug 18 Point Reyes, CA Culinary Historian’s Used Cookbook Sale Aug 26 Los Angeles, CA Sunday Streets – Chinatown Aug 26 San Francisco, CA EAST Philadelphia Honey Festival Sep 7-9 Philadelphia, PA Decorate a Gourd Aug 25 African Art Museum, Washington, DC Veggie Recipe Contest Sep 10 New York, [...]
EAST Summer Camp at the Farm for Kids 10am-5pm, July and August Terhune Orchards, Princeton, NJ Opening Day Cooperative Farmers Market of Scranton July 13th, noon Scranton, PA Jam Making & Tasting July 15th, 11am Rhinebeck, NY CENTRAL Michigan Lavender Festival July 13-15, 10am-5pm Armada, MI National Cherry Festival Traverse City, MI Thru July 14th Jazzin’ [...]
NATIONWIDE National Pollinator Week June 18-24 WEST Urban Ocean Cruise June 16 Long Beach, CA Concert for GMO Labeling June 22 Oakland, CA Farmer’s Dinner at Nick’s Cove June 22 Marshall, CA CENTRAL Lake Michigan Bike Tours June 15-17 Alpena, MI Father’s Day Overnight on the Farm June 16 Caledonia, IL Green Music Fest June [...]
NATIONAL Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Day May 19th WEST Bike to Work Day After Parties Los Angeles, CA May 17th Food Revolution Day – Ferry Building San Francisco, CA May 19th Make Your Own Greek Yogurt and Kefir San Francisco, CA May 30th EAST Pier 54 Opening for Beginner Cyclists New York, NY May 12th [...]
NATIONAL Earth Day April 22nd CENTRAL 5K for Earth Day April 21st Chicago, IL Going Against The Grain: A DIY Fair April 15th, noon-5pm Chicago, IL Hold a Baby Lamb Enjoy Pioneer Farm Saturdays and Sundays in April, 9am-3pm Hampshire, IL WEST Cherry Blossom Festival April 14th – 22nd San Francisco, CA Capay Valley Olive [...]
By Heidi Lewis The USDA classifies family farms as “any farm organized as a sole proprietorship, partnership, or family corporation.” But a cold definition is never the whole story, is it? Mick Klug grew up on his family’s farm. His parents established their 40-acre farm in the 1930s. The reason you often hear of farms [...]
WEST Science of Wine April 3 San Francisco, CA Economics of Happiness Conference Mar 23-25 Berkeley, CA Life Extension Conference Mar 31 – April 1 San Francisco, CA CENTRAL Designing Your Urban Rain Garden Mar 13 Chicago, IL Beekeeping Class – Chicago Honey Co-op Mar 10 Chicago, IL Sour Flour – Sourdough starter class Mar [...]
WEST Lacto Fermentation class – 3 part series San Francisco, CA Feb 13 Exploratorium: Kid Camp Junk Food San Francisco, CA Feb 17 Re-Imagining Agriculture Los Angeles, CA Mar 7 CENTRAL Soap Making Caldonia, IL Feb 18 Greening Humboldt Park Rooftops Chicago, IL Feb 23 Native Plant Seminar Compton Hills, IL Feb 26 Hustle Up [...]
Nationwide TEDx Changing the Way We Eat Webcast Join or host a viewing party Jan 21 WEST Emerging Land Issues in African Agriculture Palo Alto, CA Jan 12 Stinky Spoke Poker Ride Woodinville, WA Jan 14 High Design, Low Impact – LivingHomes speaker Los Angeles, CA Jan 25 CENTRAL Beekeeping Class Chicago, IL Jan 21 [...]
EAST Farmer’s Ball NYC Brooklyn, NY Dec 15 Intro to Orienteering New York, NY Dec 17 Centerpiece Workshop Reading, PA Dec 18 WEST For Kids: The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming San Francisco, CA Dec 18 Mushroom Cooking Class at Millennium San Francisco, CA Dec 18 Primitive Firemaking Skills Los Angeles, CA Dec 17 CENTRAL [...]
WEST EatReal LA Jul 16-17 Los Angeles, CA Basics of Back Yard Pruning Jul 23 San Francisco, CA Nicasio History Talk & Reservoir Hike Jul 16 Nicasio, CA SOUTHWEST Desert Botanical Garden Flashlight Tours Saturdays thru Sep Phoenix, AZ Dance Day Fundraiser Jul 30 Phoenix, AZ Splash Mob 5K Jul 23 Tempe, AZ CENTRAL Homemade [...]
WEST Watermelon Spitting & Tug of War Ardenwood Farm, Fremont CA July 4th 1900′s style celebration at Ardenwood Historic Farm with fiddle music, and contests and games like nail-driving, bucket brigade and watermelon seed spitting. SOUTHWEST 4th of July Celebration Schnepf Farm, Queen Creek AZ July 4th Celebrate the good old fashioned way! CENTRAL Last Day [...]
NATIONAL Bike to Work Day May 12 WEST Making Food Fun – DooF-a-Palooza May 22 Oakland, CA Tofu Treats and Other Stories May 15 Los Angeles Wildlife Science Seminar May 16 Seattle, WA CENTRAL Green Festival May 14-15 Chicago, IL Night of Ideas May 12 Evanston, IL Pollinator Garden Design May 21 Columbus, OH EAST [...]
EAST Taste of the Lehigh Valley Sep 12 Center Valley, PA Rodale Organic Apple Festival Sep 11 Kutztown, PA 119th Bean Soup Festival Sep 11-18 McClure, PA WEST Apple Pie Workshop Sep 12 Petaluma, CA SF Food Wars – Salsa Champion “Chip” Sep 12 San Francisco, CA Honey Harvest Tasting Sep 14 Berkeley, CA CENTRAL [...]
EAST Monticello Heritage Harvest Festival Sep 11 Charlottesville VA Pollinator Conservation Planning – Short Course Sep 23 Corning NY Mother Earth News Fair Sep 25 Seven Springs PA CENTRAL Veggie Bingo Wednesdays thru Sep 29 Chicago IL Slow Food Tomato Fest Potluck Sep 9 Chicago IL Minnesota Cooks – Local & Sustainable Aug 31 St. [...]
WEST Bicycle Chicken Coop Crawl 5/22 Davis, CA Farm to Feast – Summerfield 5/8 Santa Rosa, CA Freestone Fermentation Festival 5/15 Freestone, CA EAST Woods in Your Backyard 5/12 Millerville, MD and various VA Wellness in the Schools – Conversations 5/21 New York, NY City Merchants – establishing the New Amsterdam Market 5/22 New York, [...]
EAST Love Train Philly Love Murals Feb 14 Philadelphia, PA Celebrate General Washington’s Birthday at HQ Feb 13, 14, 15 Newburg, NY Ignite – Global Week March 2 Boston, MA CENTRAL Clandestino Dinners Feb 14 Chicago, IL Ignite – Global Week March 5 Lansing, MI Birding America VIII March 6 Chicago, IL WEST Stone Soup [...]
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