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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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FruitGuys Helps South Philly Refugee Service

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Growing Home By Kim Jordan Photos courtesy of Nationalities Service Center PHILADELPHIA–Every Monday morning Adam Forbes travels to The FruitGuys’ Philadelphia warehouse to load his pick-up truck. Apples? Check. Bananas? Check. Citrus? Pears? Check. Adam brings the fruit, and any other produce that wasn’t used in customers’ crates that week, back to the Growing Home [...]

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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 [...]

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4th of July Weekend Events

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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A Fruitful Partnership Grows Roots to Educate Philly Youth

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The FruitGuys Philadelphia team helped green urban West Philadelphia by sponsoring a fall planting at the Walnut Hill Community Farm through POP (Philadelphia Orchard Project). The farm was reclaimed from the urban landscape this past spring through a partnership between The Enterprise Center Community Development Corporation (TEC-CDC) and Philly Rooted, led by farm managers/directors Nic [...]

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Bike Love: A Commute that’s Good for You

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PHILADELPHIA—My commute: therapeutic, thought provoking, calming, and centering. Is such a commute possible?  You bet!  I am one of the estimated 10,000 Philadelphia residents who bikes to work each day—weather permitting.  My time in the saddle provides me with the fresh air that I need to feel energized for the day.  Biking was not always [...]

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Bike Freedom Valley 2010 – Philadelphia

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Take $5 off of your Freedom Valley adult entry fee! When: Sunday, June 20, 2010. Registration and packet pickup start at 6:30am. Ride starts promptly at 7:45am! Where: 1 Boathouse Row is at the intersections of Sedgely and Kelly Drives behind the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Free street parking is available on on Sedgely Dr. [...]

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