Greetings
all,
Below
is an amazing collection of upcoming
permaculture and sustainability events in the central Virginia bioregion,
including great upcoming workshops this weekend.
Time to go
hands-on -- we are not planning a full Permaculture Design Course for winter /
spring 2013, but we are planning
hands-on workshops and skill shares.
Stay tuned for more information. Apologies
for a pause in BRPN e-newsletters – we have shifted to a new newsletter format
and email address, which we gladly bring to you with this BRPN newsletter. If you know
anyone else that would like to sign up for this newsletter, or if you have an
announcement, email us at blueridgepermaculture@gmail.com for the next update, which are sent
monthly.
View
this as a webpage: http://www.blueridgepermaculturenetwork.blogspot.com/
Best,
Christine
and the BRPN team
www.blueridgepermaculture.net
www.blueridgepermaculture.net
1.
Forrest
Green Farm Winter Classes
WILD GAME PROCESSING – November 11, 2012 - $65 Time: 12 to 5pm
General
discussion of processing various game
Overview of
processing tools and equipment
Actually see
a deer hanging and aging
Process and
package deer venison
BUILDING
A DEBRIS HUT –
December 2,2012 - $65 Time: 12 to 4pm
The
debris hut has been used for survival since our ancestors were
hunter-gatherers. This shelter is constructed very much in the same way a
forest animal constructs its home or nest, and allows you to stay warm and safe
even without a fire or proper clothing. In this very hands-on class, we will
hike into the forest and discuss what is needed for a strong and safe debris
hut and then build one.
GARDEN
EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS
– January 13, 2013 - $65 Time: 12 to 4pm
Why
pay for costly repairs – learn how to implement a preventative maintenance plan
Sharpening
and maintenance of various cutting tools and pruners
Change oil
and tune up (check plugs, air filter, etc.) a riding mower, rototiller, &
tractor
COMPASS
AND ORIENTEERING
– February 10, 2013 - $65 Time: 12 to 4pm
Orienteering
is using navigation with maps and a compass to find various points in
unfamiliar terrain. In this course, you will learn the basics of topographical
maps and how to read a compass. We will have hands on activities/games to
reinforce these skills.
MUSHROOM
LOGS – February
24, 2013 - $65 Time: 12 to 4pm
Shiitake
and Oyster Mushroom logs (hands-on to inoculate and take one home)
SEED
STARING INTENSIVE – March 10, 2013 - $65 Time: 12 to
5pm
This
class will teach you the basics of growing your own herb and vegetable plants
by seed starting. You will take home a sown flat of your choice of herbs
and/or vegetable seed to tend in your setting. This is a very hands-on
class and you will get a chance to make and formulate various potting soils and
have practice sowing seeds.There will be handouts and tip and tricks of seed
sowing culinary & medicinal herbs and vegetable plants.
Forrest Green Farm
Rob
and Krista Rahm
(540)
967-1165
(434)
882-2648 cell
2.
Forest
Garden Training Day
Come
see, touch and taste a new working forest garden and get training that will set
you up to succeed in growing your own productive ecosystem. The day will
include ecology, design and hands-on exercises. Upcoming dates: November 10. For more
information, go to www.Forested.us
3.
Mason Sustainability Institute (MSI) –
Permaculture Design Course
George Mason University
March 9th –
16th, 2013 - MSI will be hosting a 72-Hour Permaculture Design Certificate
Course, taught by Wayne Weiseman of the Permaculture Project LLC.
The course
will cover such topics as Plant Propagation, Grafting, and Seed Saving; Healthy
Use of Animals in Permaculture Systems; Aquaculture and Aquaponics; Renewable
Energy; the Waste Stream; and many more.
This intensive course will take
place from 8:30 am to 6:00 pm with breaks for lunch and dinner, with some
additional evening activities. Catered lunch and dinners from Everlasting Life
Café will be provided. The total cost for this course is $1,000, and there are
some partial and full scholarships available from the Office of
Sustainability.
This course
is ideal for anyone who would like to learn more about how they can be more
sustainable, particularly individuals who have access to a garden. In addition
to earning the certificate in Permaculture Design, participants will earn 7.2
Continuing Education Credits through the Office of Continuing Professional
Education (http://ocpe.gmu.edu/).
This course
is also available for 3 undergraduate art credits as an independent
study for an additional fee (totaling $1777.50 to cover tuition).
Wayne
Weiseman is certified by The Permaculture
Institute of Australia and the Worldwide
Permaculture Network as an instructor of the Permaculture Design
Certificate Course. He is also certified by the American Institute of
Architecture (AIA) and the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) to
teach continuing education in Permaculture to licensed architects and landscape
architects.
More information on Wayne Weiseman can be found here: http://www.permacultureproject.com/
You can register for the workshop here: http://www.tinyurl.com/PDCC-GMU/
4.
2012 Virginia Farm-to-Table
Conference and Buy Fresh Buy Local Mixer
Wednesday,
December 5, and Thursday, December 6, 2012
Blue
Ridge Community College
Plecker
Workforce Center
One
College Lane, Weyers Cave, VA 24486
Virginia Farm-to-Table is an
initiative and program to promote and develop healthy farms and healthy food
for the common wealth and common good of all Virginians. The theme of the
two-day conference is ‘Food and Farming at a Profitable and Sustainable Scale.’
A specific focus of the conference will be to encourage collaboration,
conservation and community. Day 1 will focus on food and farming in the 21st
century and the second day will focus on community supported investment,
capital needs of emerging and beginning farmers and entrepreneurs,
cooperatives, community food enterprises, and scale.
More conference and
registration information is available at www.conference.virginiafarmtotable.org and
Flier with agenda and
registration form: http://conference.virginiafarmtotable.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Paper_Registration_VirginiaFarmtoTableConference.pdf
5.
Cider Week Virginia
NOVEMBER 9-18, 2012
Many great events around
Virginia
6.
“The
Courage to Be” clowning workshop - Saturday 11/10
Transitioner
Jenny Benson of Cville Circus Arts invites you to “come find that free, fun,
spontaneous part of you that copes with life without being concerned about
getting it right or being clever all the time. Through play, games and short
improvisations, we will learn to let go of our control over things and be
surprised by what reveals itself to us.”
When:
Sat. 11/10, 10am-5pm
Where:
Charlottesville Waldorf School, 120 Waldorf School Road (across from Pen Park)
Cost:
$70 ($60 if register by October 27)
7.
Transition
Skill Share: Assembling Your Winter Pantry - Monday 11/12
Transitioner
Lorrie Delehanty will help us calculate how much to can and save, find sources
for bulk storage items, and more.
Want
to help plan a skill share workshop? Contact Melissa Wender at (434) 327-8805.
When:
Monday 11/12, 7-8:30pm
Where:
The Bridge PAI, 209 Monticello Rd.
8.
Appalachian
Community Economic Series
…Better
known as ACES, is a series of workshops to share information about
sustainable economic opportunities, and cultivate ongoing discussions about
economic issues facing Wise County and Southwest Virginia.
WHEN? Every
other Saturday from October 20th to December 1st, 2012 1-8 pm.
NOVEMBER
17TH, 2012
1-2
pm. “Making Medicine from our mountain’s plants” by Carol Judy,
Root Digger from East TN. Learn how to make a medicinal salve to take
home!
2-3
pm. “Making Good Forestry
Pay” by
Carrie Ray of MACED. At the Appalachia Senior Center in downtown Appalachia,
VA.
3-4
pm. “Asset Based Community Development:
Making Conservation an Opportunity in the southwest Virginia Coalfields” by
Chris Clark of The Clinch Coalition. At the Appalachia Senior Center in
downtown, Appalachia, VA.
3-6
pm. “Business Basics
Workshop” by
Cindy Green of People, Inc. At the Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards
(SAMS) Office in downtown Appalachia, VA.REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND
THIS WORKSHOP. Contact Lara Mack at lcmack4286@gmail.com to reserve your place!
6
pm. FREE Local Meal at the Appalachia Senior Center in downtown
Appalachia, VA.
7
pm. FREE Live Entertainment with The Railsplitters! At the
Appalachia Senior Center in downtown Appalachia, VA
9.
Sacred Plant
Traditions in Charlottesville, Virginia
Foundations of Herbalism Program
These programs are for those wishing to help their
friends and families maintain health, deepen their plant knowledge or begin the
training as a community herbalist.
The curriculum is dynamic, contemplative and
provides a sense of community as we move through the seasons learning each step
of the process.
First weekend in 2013 is March 16-17 and we meet
once a month until November. For complete dates and more details please visit
our site.
10.
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From
Transition Charlottesville-Albemarle (www.transitioncville.org)
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UVA
Lecture - Our Energy Future: Developing Domestic Resources - Sat. 11/10
By
2050, the global energy demand is expected to double or triple current levels.
Join Professors Brent Gunnoe (University of Virginia) and Harry Gray
(California Institute of Technology) as they discuss approaches to increasing
utilization of natural gas and solar energy, including scientific challenges and
research efforts to address them.
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Public
Transportation Rally Sat. 11/10
Join
the Transit Riders Association of Charlottesville (TRAC) to call for more mass
transit funding from Albemarle County. 2-4pm at the Albemarle County Office
Building on McIntire Rd.
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Cville
Swaps - Fall Swap - Sun. 11/11
Bring
your home made, home grown or foraged items to swap! Noon to 2pm at the
Charlottesville Cooking School. Please register (free). http://www.facebook.com/events/363887733696114/
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Women’s
Bike Night Tues. 11/13
Drop-in
series at Charlottesville Community Bikes. From October 9 through November 13,
Community Bikes will be open each Tuesday evening, 5-7pm, especially for women
to stop by with questions and work on repairs. New location! 405 Avon St. Visit
http://cvillecommunitybikes.blogspot.com/
for a map.
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For
more upcoming events, visit the Transition Charlottesville Albemarle community
calendar at http://www.transitioncville.org/get-involved/community-events/.
See you soon!
11.
Presenting
The Buncombe Fruit and Nut Club's 1st fun(d)raiser:
The Carnival of Nuts
"Truly an event nut to be missed!"
Admission is FREE!
When: Saturday November 10th, 5:30-9:00 PM
Where: West End Bakery, Haywood St. West Asheville
The Carnival of Nuts
"Truly an event nut to be missed!"
Admission is FREE!
When: Saturday November 10th, 5:30-9:00 PM
Where: West End Bakery, Haywood St. West Asheville
Visit
our website at www.fruitandnutclub.com.
12.
Barkslip's
Micro Nursery Fall dig up day
November
17th details and inventory T.B.A.
bill
whipple whipplebill@hotmail.com
13.
Virginia
State University’s Ginger Field Day
November
14, 2012; 9:00 - 11:00 am - Dayspring Farm in Cologne, VA
Are you interested in learning about the many benefits of growing ginger?
Then, we welcome you to come and see high tunnel production of baby and mature
ginger. Learn about marketing, growing, harvesting and cleaning fresh
ginger! For more information, please see attached flyer, or contact
Mollie Klein at 804.524.5960 or email mklein@vsu.edu
Pre-registration is required, and the event is limited to 50 people. Sign
up now to be sure you are in. The cost is only $10 per person.
This
event is hosted by VABF members Charlie and Miriam Maloney of Dayspring Farm in
the Tidewater region of Virginia. Directions to Dayspring Farm:
Take
I-64 East from Richmond towards Virginia Beach
Take
Exit 220 to merge onto Rt. 33 E / Eltham Rd. towards West Point
Continue
14 miles on 33 E, through West Point and across 2 bridges
Turn
right onto VA-14 E/ Buena Vista Rd, toward Mathews
Continue
2.8 miles. Farm will be on left hand side
If
lost, call: 804-785-9401
14.
Farm
Manager Position Open
Meadowview,
VA
We
have an opening for a salaried full-time restaurant farmer/grower, starting as
soon as someone is willing to commit. The job includes onsite housing. Attached
is a poster of the position, and there is a more thorough description available
on our website:
15.
Better World Betty Fall Newsletter
Great resource of green events and living ideas in the
Charlottesville area
16.
Sharondale Farm
Urban
and Rural Resiliency Workshops. Spring and Summer 2013.
Charlottesville and Richmond, VA. Stay tuned for more information.
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17.
New
River Valley Ag Expo
Saturday
November 17, 8:00 am - 3:00 pm - New River Valley Fair Grounds in Dublin, VA
Note
- a catered
lunch (barbeque, baked beans, cole slaw, drink) will be offered for $6;
however you need to reserve your lunch today (November 9) by contacting:
Pulaski County Extension Office at 540-980-7761 or email Scott McElfresh, mcelfres@vt.edu
with your name, phone number, and number of people attending.
I
apologize for the short notice on this - I only learned about the event and
received the promotional material this week.
There
will be a number of vendors and exhibitors, including Virginia Beginning
Farmer Coalition, and short presentations on topics related to farm
management during winter. See attached flyer for more information.
18.
2013
Growers' Academy
Roanoke,
VA - Tuesdays January 22 – March 12 at 6-9 pm (no class on February 19)
Registration for the 2013 Growers Academy is underway. Please forward this
email to anyone who may be interested. For more information, see attached
poster, or visit the Growers Academy web site: http://www.cpe.vt.edu/grac/
The
Virginia Tech Catawba Sustainability Center is offering the fourth annual
Growers Academy, a series of courses specifically designed to help new and
transitioning agricultural businesses succeed. An eight week learning series
focused on low input, small scale production and starting your own
agribusiness. Instructors include resource professionals and farm business
owners.
Topics
include:
•
Planning for Success: Setting Goals and Establishing Targets
•
Soils and Composting
•
Marketing
•
Business Plan Development
•
Equipment for Small Farms
•
Preventative Pest and Weed Management
•
Crop Production and Planning
•
Business Plan Review
•
Farm Tour on Saturday, March 9
Classes
will meet at the Virginia Tech Roanoke Center (
http://www.vtrc.vt.edu/index.asp) in the Roanoke Higher Education
Building at 108 North Jefferson Street, Roanoke, VA.
Contact: Josh Nease, Manager, Catawba Sustainability Center, nease@vt.edu,
540) 553-2311
19.
Southeast Regional
Gathering of the Minds, Hearts, and Hands
Location:
Asheville, NC
Date:
Saturday, November 17, 2012 - 10:00am - 3:00pm
Dear fellow Southeast and Western NC Transitioners,
If you are currently involved in a Transition initiating group
or working group, please consider joining us for a day of sharing and
learning!
Transition Asheville would like to invite you to a Gathering of
the Minds, Hearts, and Hands of Transition in Western North Carolina and the
Regional Southeast on Saturday November 17th, from 10am-3pm at the West
Asheville Library Meeting Room, 942 Haywood Road
This gathering aims to inform, inspire, connect, and establish
support systems for regional Transition Initiatives. In other words, to
teach and learn from each other and weave a web of resilience and connection
among ourselves as Transitioners!
We're looking forward to sharing with you!
Sincerely,
Transition Asheville
email:
20.
Southern
Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
January 23-26, 2013 – Little Rock, Arkansas
Watch your mailbox for your conference brochure
We've
put together an outstanding program for you this year. There are more
conference sessions this year than ever before--62 educational sessions, plus
networking sessions! We've got a lot of valuable pre-conference offerings
also (see below)! Don't miss this year's Practical Tools and Solutions for
Sustaining Family Farms conference.
21.
Funding
Opportunities
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