Events

Field Trips

Friday, August 27th, 2010

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. Paul MN

WEST
Slide Ranch at 40
Sep 30
Muir Beach CA

Symphony of Soil: Screening & Talk
Sep 31
San Francisco CA

Installing Washing Machine Greywater System Workshop
Sep 19
Berkeley CA

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Field Trips

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

WEST
Gravenstein Apple Fair
Sebastopol, CA (Sonoma Co.)
Aug. 14-15

Preparing the Fall Garden Class
Santa Cruz, CA
Aug. 28

Old-Fashioned Threshing Bee
Templeton, CA (San Luis Obispo Co.)
Sept. 4

CENTRAL
Summer Canning Basics Class
Kalamazoo, MI
Aug. 17 & 19

Indiana Honey Bee Awareness Day
Terre Haute, IN
Aug. 21

Heirloom Tomato Weekend
heirloom tomatoes Chicago Botanic Garden
Aug. 21 & 22

EAST
National Honey Bee Awareness Day
Various locations
Aug. 21.

Guided Nature Hike
Hilltop Hanover Farm
Yorktown Heights, NY
Aug. 21

Tomato Tasting
Park Slope Farmers Market
Brooklyn, NY
Aug. 22

Read & Pick Pears
Terhune Orchards
Princeton, NJ
Aug. 24

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Field Trips

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

hayes valley farm EVENTS

WEST
Tomato Tasting
Aug 14
Woodland, CA

Tour d’Organics – bike ride
Aug 15
Sebastopol, CA

Permaculture Boot Camp – Hayes Valley Farm
Aug 15
San Francisco, CA

CENTRAL
Fermentation Workshop
cowlunga bike tour Aug 25
Chicago, IL

CowaLUNGA Bike Tour
Aug 7-8
Gurnee, IL

Earth Oven Building
Aug 7
Chicago, IL

heirloom tomato festival

EAST
Heirloom Tomato Festival
Aug 28
West Overton, PA

B ike Ride to Peach Festival
Aug 7
Cumberland County, PA

Edible Forest Gardens
Aug 13-29
Freeland, MD

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Field Trips

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

CENTRAL
International Tree Climbing Championship
July 24-25
Lisle, IL

Going to Seed: BioRegional Conference
Aug 19-21
Branson, MO

Pitchfork Music Festival
July 16-18
Chicago, IL

EAST
Kids Climb It – Open House ACAC
July 14-16
West Chester, PA

Brooklyn Kitchen: Making Natural Soda
July 19
kids climb it Brooklyn, NY

3rd Ward Open Call
July 28
Brooklyn, NY

WEST
Bike Donation Drive: Cycles of Change
July 31
Berkeley, CA

Edible Landscaping Tour
July 24
Palo Alto, CA

Public Meeting: Candlestick Point Future
July 14, 6pm
1800 Oakdale Avenue, San Francisco

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Field Trips

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

WEST
SF Bicycle Coalition: Lots of Abundance
July 18
San Francisco, CA

iGrow Garden Camps
July-Aug
Sonoma, CA

Ferry Building Berry Festival
July 17
San Francisco, CA

EAST
Garlic Weekend Stone Barn Center
July 4
Tarrytown, NY

C&O Canal Bike Tour
July 10-13
Washington DC/ Cumberland OH

Cooking with Herbs
July 15
Abington Township, PA

CENTRAL
42nd Annual Sheffield Garden Walk
July 17
Chicago, IL

Working Bikes at Folk & Roots Festival
July 10/11
Chicago, IL

Andersonville Greenweek
July 12-18
Edgewater, IL

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Bike Freedom Valley 2010 – Philadelphia

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

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. and Lemon Hill Dr.

What: A fully supported non-competitive bike ride. You can choose trail rides or ride on shared roads. After 30 years, Bike Freedom Valley returns to its roots – to celebrate the progress of the Schuylkill River Trail as it is becoming the premier transportation and recreation greenway connecting neighborhoods across the Delaware Valley and to illuminate the attractions that just beyond the trailway. What has traditionally been a beautiful scenic ride extending from central Philadelphia to Valley Forge National Park will now be this and so much more!

Register here: Receive $5 off of your adult entry fee for Bike Freedom Valley. Coupon Code: FRUITGUYS.

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Field Trips

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

National Pollinator Week
June 21-27

EAST
Pollinators in American Indian Art
Jun 16-27
Washington, DC

Green Belt Plant Nursery at Freshkills special Pollinator Tour
Jun 25
Elizabeth, NJ

New Amsterdam Market opens
Jun 27
New York, NY

WEST
Cooking Class with Kitchen On Fire
Jun 19
Berkeley, CA

Bee Social
Jun 20
Watsonville, CA

Organic Container Gardening
Jun 26
San Francico, CA

CENTRAL
Chicago Honey Coop & Slow Food Solstice Potluck
Jun 18
trees Chicago, IL

Sleep Under the Skyscrapers
Aug 6-7
Chicago, IL

Tune in with Trees Family Concerts Morton Arboretum
Jun 19
Lisle, IL

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Field Trips

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

WEST
Yoga for Gardeners
Jun 5
Palo Alto, CA

URBAN EATS homegrown/made at Giant Country Fair
Jun 19-20
San Francisco, CA

Permaculture – Open House
Jun 16
Bolinas, CA

EAST
Food 2.0: Feeding a Hungry World
feeding the world Jun 4
New York, NY

Mermaid Parade
Jun 19
Coney Island, NY

Rain Garden Workshop
Jun 9
Media, PA

CENTRAL
Permaculture Design Course
Jun 22- Jul 3
Stelle, IL

Feeding your Plants
Jun 19
Chicago, IL

Eco-Trekkers Camp
June dates
Bollingbrook, IL

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Moth Spray Controversy Update: Business, Farmers and Consumers in Partnership

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

moth spray We hope you can join us at this event. Founder/CEO Chris Mittelstaedt will participate in a panel discussion of the Light Brown Apple Moth and other issues at the the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on June 14th.

Moth Spray Controversy Update: Business, Farmers and Consumers in Partnership
The Commonwealth Club

Caroline Cox, Research Director, Center for Environmental Health
Preston Maring, M.D., Associate Physician in Chief, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center
Chris Mittelstaedt, Founder and CEO, The FruitGuys; Founder, Farm Steward Program
Roy Upton, General Manager, Planetary Formulas; Author, LBAM Reclassification Petition
Christie Dames, CEO TechTalk / Studio – Moderator

The light brown apple moth has created public controversy as families, farmers and businesses work to keep our food safe – both from a potential threat and the toxic solutions being evaluated. Exploring health, food safety, environmental damage and farming issues, see how diverse communities are coming together to take leadership in issues affecting Northern California – and the new and compelling partnerships springing up around these issues.

MLF: Business & Leadership
Location: SF Club Office
Time: 5:30 p.m. networking reception, 6 p.m. program
Cost: MEMBERS FREE, $20 non-members, $7 students (with valid ID)
Program Organizer: Kevin O’Malley

For more information, and to get tickets, please visit www.commonwealthclub.org.

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