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Foraged Wild Food Wednesday
May 21, 2008, Copper Hill,
Floyd County VA. Green
Local Food Frank Cook is a thrivalist who has spent the past fifteen years as a Gaian repository of plant knowledge. He makes a wide range of foods & medicines to share with his family, friends & community. (see plantsandhealers.com) Frank trained as a clinical herbalist at the Northeast School of Botanical Medicine in Ithaca, NY & holds a BS degree in zoology & computer science from Duke University. He's currently a Master of Science candidate in Holistic Science at Schumacher College in Devonshire, England. Frank has taught at the Appalachian School of Herbalism in Asheville, NC for the last six years. Sponsored
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co-sponsored by: Association for Regenerative Culture and Greenfire Earth Regeneration Center. Contact Mary Hogan 740-664-4028 • Athens8(at)ARCulture.org Located near New Marshfield, west of Athens, Ohio, Greenfire Farm embodies a vision of Appalachian renewal amidst the new ancient forests of the Hocking River valley. The 75 acres under stewardship encompass organic gardens, pastures for a small herd of goats, a large pond with ducks, examples of natural building, and a variety of traditional and modern structures for human use. A permaculture settlement is being designed here as home for a dozen households. We start Friday at 6 p.m. and meet til Saturday noon the next week. Students not lodging on site should stay within 30 minutes. Some indoor space is available at an extra fee. Local, organic food lovingly prepared with vegetarian options. Tuition of $695 includes instruction, materials, on-site camping, and all meals. A Certificate of Apprenticeship in Permaculture Design is awarded to those who complete both Fundamentals and Practicum. Register and pay for this course. Instructors:
Rhonda Baird has been a labor organizer and a student of religion. A working mother and fiber artist, she took teacher training at the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute, and is now writing curriculum as she teaches permaculture to young children. In 2006 she launched the Bloomington-area Permaculture Guild. Her current projects include designing a food landscape and living roof for Middleway House—a women’s shelter, raising rabbits, and home-schooling her seven-year old daughter. Josh Beniston is a Columbus-based landscaper and passionate student of agroforestry. A native of Youngstown, he earned a B.S. in ecology at Ohio University, and is now doing graduate work on carbon sequestration at OSU. His work has taken him to California and the humid Neotropics, where for a number of years he has worked as a guide and program leader at the Belize Agroforestry Research Center. Habitats Landscaping is an ecological landscaping company. They create gardens that nurture the people and ecosystems around them. Their gardens feature native and edible plants. They use organic practices and non-toxic materials. Habitats owner, Josh Beniston, is an ISA certified arborist, and has extensive experience in the fields of horticulture, ecological design, natural building and ecological restoration. Services include: landscape design, installation, maintenance, high quality tree care, patios, decks, garden ponds, water features, and ecological restoration of native plant communities. Habitats also conducts workshops on Natural History and Ecology, Edible and Medicinal Plants and Permaculture Design. Contact Info: Habitats Landscaping, Josh Beniston, P.O. Box 885, Athens, OH 45701 740-818-8422 Download PDF Brochure (3.20MB) / Flyer (231K) Register and pay for this course. Weekend
Series Full Design Course
near Indianapolis, IN.
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Two
classes with Permaculture
Designer and Green Man Frank
Cook.
Permaculture
Fundamentals July 11-19,
2008 near Athens, Ohio
Peter
Bane for the past 18 years
has published Permaculture
Activist, now the world’s
longest running permaculture
journal. Since 1992 he has
taught permaculture to over
1000 students in locales
from Canada to Patagonia.
Additionally, Peter consults
with landowners and communities
about the design and development
of homes, farms, and productive
landscapes. In 2005, Peter’s
efforts in community development,
teaching, media & communications,
and site development were
recognized by the British
Permaculture Academy when
he was awarded the Diploma
of Permaculture Design.