Showing posts with label urban farms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label urban farms. Show all posts
2/28/2012
4/01/2011
Backyard Chicken Care, April 9, Sanford
BACKYARD CHICKEN SCHEMES
Instructor: Judy Hogan, Hoganvillaea Farm, Moncure
April 9, Saturday, 9 AM-4 PM. CCCC, Sanford, Civic Center and Hoganvillaea Farm. Cost $29.00 for the day.
Farmer Hogan will introduce students to backyard or urban chicken care: appropriate facilities, chick care, nutrition, litter management, laying, egg sales, and killing as needed. We begin in Sanford and then move to Judy’s Moncure farm in the afternoon to see her flock.
With limited space and experience, plus a sense of humor, raise a small flock of happy chickens. Hogan shares her learning curve on basics, chicks to healthy eggs and meat. Topics include: Everything wants to eat chickens, Spoiling your chickens and why, Outwitting your not so dumb chickens.
Students will gain confidence in starting and maintaining their own small backyard chicken flock, have a handle on potential problems, solutions, and additional resources.
Judy Hogan of Hoganvillaea Farm is a sustainable farmer whose main goal is self-sufficiency and growing her own food. She began raising White Rock chickens in 2003, and she sells extra eggs, vegetables, fruit, herbs to restaurants and individuals. She’s a member of Carolina Farm Stewardship Association. A published poet, free-lance writer, and creative writing teacher, she lives in Moncure near Jordan Dam.
For more information: Judy Hogan, (919) 545-9932
To enroll: Lee County Continuing Education, CCCC. (919)775-2122, x7793
Instructor: Judy Hogan, Hoganvillaea Farm, Moncure
April 9, Saturday, 9 AM-4 PM. CCCC, Sanford, Civic Center and Hoganvillaea Farm. Cost $29.00 for the day.
Farmer Hogan will introduce students to backyard or urban chicken care: appropriate facilities, chick care, nutrition, litter management, laying, egg sales, and killing as needed. We begin in Sanford and then move to Judy’s Moncure farm in the afternoon to see her flock.
With limited space and experience, plus a sense of humor, raise a small flock of happy chickens. Hogan shares her learning curve on basics, chicks to healthy eggs and meat. Topics include: Everything wants to eat chickens, Spoiling your chickens and why, Outwitting your not so dumb chickens.
Students will gain confidence in starting and maintaining their own small backyard chicken flock, have a handle on potential problems, solutions, and additional resources.
Judy Hogan of Hoganvillaea Farm is a sustainable farmer whose main goal is self-sufficiency and growing her own food. She began raising White Rock chickens in 2003, and she sells extra eggs, vegetables, fruit, herbs to restaurants and individuals. She’s a member of Carolina Farm Stewardship Association. A published poet, free-lance writer, and creative writing teacher, she lives in Moncure near Jordan Dam.
For more information: Judy Hogan, (919) 545-9932
To enroll: Lee County Continuing Education, CCCC. (919)775-2122, x7793
6/25/2010
2/25/2010
Urban Farm Tour Coming April 10
Save the Date for the 2010 Urban Farm Tour!!!
On Saturday, April 10th urban farmers across Cumberland and Moore Counties will open their homes and gardens in order to show us how they weave elements of rural life into their town and suburban lifestyles.
Visitors will see urban homeowners, much like themselves, demonstrating a passion for a wide variety of farm-life practices adapted to their back, side, and front yards! You’ll see demonstrations of bee‐keeping, native plantings and edible landscapes, rainwater harvesting, raising chickens as laying hens, vermi‐composting (worms), shade gardens, certified wildlife habitat, growing fresh‐cut flowers, and more. And you’ll also learn firsthand how practices such as tilling‐in cover crops, composting and building raised beds can improve soil quality and increase garden yields.
The Urban Farm Tour is self‐guided and participants will be able to pick up a Tour program at one of two Headquarters locations; the Cape Fear Botanical Gardens in Cumberland County and Aberdeen Elementary School in Moore County. Sites on the Tour will be open from 10am to 3pm and you can purchase a Tour button for only $5 per person. Buttons will be on sale soon at a number of convenient locations. Young Urban Farmers (children 12 and under) are admitted free!
So mark your calendars now for the 2010 Urban Farm Tour on Saturday, April 10!
For more information about sponsorship and volunteer opportunities, or to include your urban (or suburban) farm as a site on the 2010 Urban Farm Tour, contact Heather Brown at brownh@ctc.com or 910-639-7024.
On Saturday, April 10th urban farmers across Cumberland and Moore Counties will open their homes and gardens in order to show us how they weave elements of rural life into their town and suburban lifestyles.
Visitors will see urban homeowners, much like themselves, demonstrating a passion for a wide variety of farm-life practices adapted to their back, side, and front yards! You’ll see demonstrations of bee‐keeping, native plantings and edible landscapes, rainwater harvesting, raising chickens as laying hens, vermi‐composting (worms), shade gardens, certified wildlife habitat, growing fresh‐cut flowers, and more. And you’ll also learn firsthand how practices such as tilling‐in cover crops, composting and building raised beds can improve soil quality and increase garden yields.
The Urban Farm Tour is self‐guided and participants will be able to pick up a Tour program at one of two Headquarters locations; the Cape Fear Botanical Gardens in Cumberland County and Aberdeen Elementary School in Moore County. Sites on the Tour will be open from 10am to 3pm and you can purchase a Tour button for only $5 per person. Buttons will be on sale soon at a number of convenient locations. Young Urban Farmers (children 12 and under) are admitted free!
So mark your calendars now for the 2010 Urban Farm Tour on Saturday, April 10!
For more information about sponsorship and volunteer opportunities, or to include your urban (or suburban) farm as a site on the 2010 Urban Farm Tour, contact Heather Brown at brownh@ctc.com or 910-639-7024.
2/17/2010
More on Urban Farm Tour, April 10
http://www.sustainablesandhills.org/docs/2010UrbanFarmTourApril10.pdf
2/09/2010
SCC, Feb 16, SS Community Action Team to Discuss Urban Farm Tour
MOORE COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION TEAM MEETING REMINDER!
Sandhills Community College, Clement Dining Room, Dempsey Student Center
Tuesday, February 16th, 6:30-8:00
Please join us for our first 2010 CAT meeting! This month we'll learn about urban farming and prepare for the upcoming Urban Farm Tour, April 10. Attendees will form break-out groups to discuss potential tour sites, fundraising ideas, and volunteer opportunities.
Urban agriculture is the method of cultivating food in or around a town or city. Eating locally-grown food is less energy intensive--supermarket produce can travel over 1,000 miles!--and often safer, not to mention tastier! Get inspired by the story of an urban farm in California: The Dervaes Family Garden
We will include updates on community events and projects, including a Cultural Resources Inventory of the area. Invite your friends and help spread the word! Together we are making a difference!
Save these dates!
March 11th – Sustainable Film Series screening of “Addicted to Plastic”
March 25-28th – Palustris Festival – Celebrating visual, literary, and performing arts in Moore County
April 10th – Urban Farm Tour in Moore and Cumberland Counties
Contact Brenda Johnson for more info
brendaj@sustainablesandhills.org
910-484-9098
Sandhills Community College, Clement Dining Room, Dempsey Student Center
Tuesday, February 16th, 6:30-8:00
Please join us for our first 2010 CAT meeting! This month we'll learn about urban farming and prepare for the upcoming Urban Farm Tour, April 10. Attendees will form break-out groups to discuss potential tour sites, fundraising ideas, and volunteer opportunities.
Urban agriculture is the method of cultivating food in or around a town or city. Eating locally-grown food is less energy intensive--supermarket produce can travel over 1,000 miles!--and often safer, not to mention tastier! Get inspired by the story of an urban farm in California: The Dervaes Family Garden
We will include updates on community events and projects, including a Cultural Resources Inventory of the area. Invite your friends and help spread the word! Together we are making a difference!
Save these dates!
March 11th – Sustainable Film Series screening of “Addicted to Plastic”
March 25-28th – Palustris Festival – Celebrating visual, literary, and performing arts in Moore County
April 10th – Urban Farm Tour in Moore and Cumberland Counties
Contact Brenda Johnson for more info
brendaj@sustainablesandhills.org
910-484-9098
1/03/2010
11/29/2009
11/27/2009
10/03/2009
Events at Raven's Wing Healing Center, Sou. Pines
http://www.rwnaturalhealing.com/events.html
Raven's Wing Healing Center, Page St. Sou. Pines offers:
vegetarian dinners, sustainability documentaries, massage therapies, Alexander Technique, holistic nutrition counseling, and various workshops:
mushroom cultivation; chemical-free, kitchen beauty recipes; vermiculture; sheet-mulch techniques for building garden soil; creating a food forest; basic sewing skills; raw food; and nutrition
Also offering:
A Halloween Social
A vegetarian Thanksgiving Dinner with our family
Check us out at http://www.rwnaturalhealing.com
Raven's Wing Healing Center, Page St. Sou. Pines offers:
vegetarian dinners, sustainability documentaries, massage therapies, Alexander Technique, holistic nutrition counseling, and various workshops:
mushroom cultivation; chemical-free, kitchen beauty recipes; vermiculture; sheet-mulch techniques for building garden soil; creating a food forest; basic sewing skills; raw food; and nutrition
Also offering:
A Halloween Social
A vegetarian Thanksgiving Dinner with our family
Check us out at http://www.rwnaturalhealing.com
9/18/2009
What Goes Around Comes Around
The importance of the city-farming agitation cannot be overestimated. Gardening this year is not a fad; it means family and national preparedness.
Popular Mechanics
Magazine, May 1917
Popular Mechanics
Magazine, May 1917
9/14/2009
9/02/2009
8/31/2009
8/18/2009
8/17/2009
Front Yard Vending for Locavores
http://allalongtheedge.blogspot.com/2009/08/sell-from-your-front-yard.html
7/20/2009
7/14/2009
6/22/2009
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