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Grass-Fed Beef and the Paleo Diet
Price (per a person): Family Fun on the Farm and Adventures in the Wild
Price (per person): Register for Family Fun on the Farm and Adventures in the Wild Marin Organic Summer Day Camp—For Ages 10–14
Price (per camper) Restoring our Relationship to Place
Picnic under the apple trees of Paradise Valley Farm with owners, Sandy and Dennis Dierks. You will tour this gorgeous place and learn from Dennis about his organic growing techniques using beneficial indigenous microbes from the forest. Price ( per person) |
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What Can the Farmer Teach the Doctor?
Price (per person): $15 Marin Agricultural Institute for Teachers
Visit beautiful Marin County farms and ranches and meet local producers. Discover multidisciplinary lessons related to health, language arts, social studies, science and math that correlate to State Standards. Connect with organizations and programs that provide access to bringing your classroom out on a farm or nearbly farmers' market. Deepen your understanding of your landscape and the people and the processes that protect it. Two evenings and two all day field trips, 24 contact hours for 1.5 CEUs. Dates: May 28, June 20 all day TBD: Weekend day in September, Field trip visiting local farms and ranches, TBD: October, evening 4:30 - 8:30p.m. final presentations and graduation. Register online at http://ucanr.edu/aginstituteforteachers Call 415 663 9667 for more information or visit http://ucanr.edu/growninmarin.org/ait $50 to register - $50 stipend for completion - 1.5 Dominican University credits offered Institute Partners are Agricultural Institute of Marin, Marin Agricultural Land Trust, Marin County Farm Bureau, Marin County Office of Education, Slide Ranch and University of California Cooperative Extension. Family Day at Toluma Farms
Toluma Farms is located outside the town of Tomales, nestled above Marshall and the Tomales Bay estuary. Owners Tamara Hicks and David Jablons have spent significant time restoring the creeks and watersheds located on the property. Price (per person): **$5 for children that have attended Farm Field Studies McEvoy Ranch Tour
Price (per person): Japanese Farm Food Book Event and Dinner
Windrush Family Farm Day
Windrush Farm is a 25-acre mixed-use farm lovingly shared by goats, chickens, flocks of Shetland and Corriedale cross sheep, llamas, alpacas, and of course, owner Mimi Luebberman. Wool from Mimi's sheep, along with fleece from the llamas and alpacas, provide fine wool for local fiber artists. Each guest will take home their own hand-spun bracelet! Bring a picnic to complement bread spread with your handmade butter and local jams. Price (per person) **$5 for children that have attended Farm Field Studies On-Farm Volunteer Training for Adult Tour Leaders
On-Farm Volunteer Training for Farm Field Studies
-At Indian Valley, we'll learn the fun games, hands-on activities and discussion points that we use on farm field trips! Please consider staying for the Gleaning Training and pot luck from 4pm to 6pm. -At Windrush Farm, you will learn how to host a farm visit and how to run the different hands on activities such as butter making, goat milking and pond explorations! Bring your lunch and we will picnic together at the farm and later celebrate your completion of the training. -Both training days are required for volunteers interested in working with the Farm Field Studies Program. On-Farm Volunteer Training for Farm Field Studies
-At Indian Valley, we'll learn the fun games, hands-on activities and discussion points that we use on farm field trips! Please consider staying for the Gleaning Training and pot luck from 4pm to 6pm. -At Windrush Farm, you will learn how to host a farm visit and how to run the different hands on activities such as butter making, goat milking and pond explorations! Bring your lunch and we will picnic together at the farm and later celebrate your completion of the training. -Both training days are required for volunteers interested in working with the Farm Field Studies Program. On-Farm Volunteer Training for Glean Team Leaders
Igniting the Green Fire: Finding Hope in Aldo Leopold's Land Ethic
Point Reyes Books and the Geography of Hope present the first West Coast gathering of the world's foremost Aldo Leopold experts and the only opportunity to meet and hear from the creators and stars of Green Fire, the first film about Leopold's life and legacy. The author of Sand County Almanac, Leopold is regarded by many as the most influential conservation thinker of the twentieth century. His legacy continues to inform and inspire in West Marin where the conference is held and where his themes of community-based conservation and a land ethic are evident in preserved parklands, working landscapes, and protected farmland. The weekend also features spirited conversations and presentations by prominent authors, naturalists, and conservation leaders, including Aldo Leopold biographer Curt Meine, Aldo Leopold Foundation director Buddy Huffaker, Leopold scholars Susan Flader and J. Baird Callicott, poet Robert Hass, authors Gary Nabhan and John Francis, and Center for Whole Communities founder Peter Forbes (partial list). Details at www.ptreyesbooks.com. Finding Hope in Aldo Leopold’s Land Ethic is presented by Point Reyes Books and co-sponsored by the Aldo Leopold Foundation, the Center for Humans and Nature, and the U.S. Forest Service. Become a Marin Organic Volunteer!
Attend an orientation and learn about Marin Organic's new strategic plans and programs. Become a trained volunteer with our farm educators and farmers so you help us connect school groups and adults to local organic food and farms. You will also learn to lead the Marin Organic Glean team which harvests extras food for local schools and food banks. If on farm educating is not for you, there are many ways to help with projects in the office, at farmer dinners and out in the community. Become the solution ~ Register for trainings below! Marin Organic Volunteer Orientation
Volunteer Orientation is required. If you are interested in volunteering but unable to attend the Orientation, please contact Constance@MarinOrganic.org. Art Works Downtown Presents: A holiday exhibit and fundraiser for Marin Organic's Farm Field Studies, Nov. 30 - Jan. 17
On-farm Innovation Workshop
Please join us for a workshop dedicated to farming innovations, from the soil to product sales. the afternoon will include a presentation by host mickey murch, farm tour, and discussion of innovative on-farm tool making, farm resource recovery, sales strategies, and more. this workshop will inspire creative problem solving, create time for discussion with fellow growers, and give you the opportunity to strategize for your own operation.
"Symphony of the Soil” Film Screening and Director Q&A
A multi-film project by director Deborah Koons Garcia, Symphony of the Soil delves into the complexity and mystery of soil. Filmed on four continents and sharing the voices of some of the world’s most esteemed soil scientists, farmers and activists, the film portrays soil as a protagonist of our planetary story. Using a captivating mix of art and science, the film shows that soil is a complex living organism, the foundation of life on earth. There will be a Q&A immediately following the screening.
About the Director Location: Dominican University of California Price (per person): **Marin Organic Friend Memberships start at just $40 per family. Register for the November 16th “Symphony of the Soil”Film Screening and Director Q & A. 2012 Food for Thought Sponsors:
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