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Friday, April 1st
noon-1:30pm | Wind Turbine Workshop 1
Sam Newman
Learn how to build your own wind turbine from household materials. In the first part of this three-part workshop, Sam will talk about wind turbines, location, and circuitry.
Learn how to build your own wind turbine from household materials. In the first part of this three-part workshop, Sam will talk about wind turbines, location, and circuitry.
2:00pm-3:00pm | Composting and You
Tim Bennett
Join Tim Bennett, owner of Bennett Compost, for an introduction to the principles and processes of turning organic waste into nutrient-rich compost. Good compost is key to urban growing.
Join Tim Bennett, owner of Bennett Compost, for an introduction to the principles and processes of turning organic waste into nutrient-rich compost. Good compost is key to urban growing.
3:00pm-4:30pm | Soil Sampling Workshop
TBA
Learn how to sample your soil and get accurate test results. Perfect practice for getting your soil tested at Soil Kitchen!
Learn how to sample your soil and get accurate test results. Perfect practice for getting your soil tested at Soil Kitchen!
Saturday, April 2nd
11:00am-noon | Soil Sampling Workshop
TBA
Learn how to sample your soil and get accurate test results. Perfect practice for getting your soil tested at Soil Kitchen!
Learn how to sample your soil and get accurate test results. Perfect practice for getting your soil tested at Soil Kitchen!
2:00pm-3:30pm | Community Stock
Patrick Caulfield
Learn how to invest in Community Stock! Chef Patrick Caulfield will provide lessons on investing in the value of communal local food systems. This workshop will invite small communities to join forces to create vegetable stock source from their gardens, tables and neighbors. Bring Table Scraps!
Learn how to invest in Community Stock! Chef Patrick Caulfield will provide lessons on investing in the value of communal local food systems. This workshop will invite small communities to join forces to create vegetable stock source from their gardens, tables and neighbors. Bring Table Scraps!
4:00pm-5:00pm | Soil: A Living Thing
Kyle Sirianno
Join soil scientist Kyle Sirianno in looking at the diversity that exists beneath our feet, and the patchwork of organic material that makes up our urban soil landscape. A multimedia presentation with Q&A to follow.
Join soil scientist Kyle Sirianno in looking at the diversity that exists beneath our feet, and the patchwork of organic material that makes up our urban soil landscape. A multimedia presentation with Q&A to follow.
Sunday, April 3rd
noon-3:00pm | Brownfields Conference Tour: Northern Liberties
noon-1:00pm | Composting and You
Tim Bennett
Join Tim Bennett, owner of Bennett Compost, for an introduction to the principles and processes of turning organic waste into nutrient-rich compost. Good compost is key to urban growing.
Join Tim Bennett, owner of Bennett Compost, for an introduction to the principles and processes of turning organic waste into nutrient-rich compost. Good compost is key to urban growing.
1:00pm-4:00pm | Getting to the Dirt: An Urban Agriculture Meet-Up
The Greenhorns
Join young farmer activist group The Greenhorns and the Philadelphia Urban Farm Network as they introduce young farmers in the area that make the food you eat. The meet and greet will include show and tell and small presentations from our guests.
Join young farmer activist group The Greenhorns and the Philadelphia Urban Farm Network as they introduce young farmers in the area that make the food you eat. The meet and greet will include show and tell and small presentations from our guests.
4:00pm-5:00pm | Reading: Don Quixote
TBA
A reading (from Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel Cervantes) of the meeting of Don Quixote and the Windmill over a bowl of soup. Learn about some of the inspiration behind Soil Kitchen. In both English and Spanish.
A reading (from Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel Cervantes) of the meeting of Don Quixote and the Windmill over a bowl of soup. Learn about some of the inspiration behind Soil Kitchen. In both English and Spanish.
5:00pm-6:00pm | Archive: Soil Test Results
Representative from the Agency for Toxic Substance & Disease Registry
Learn how to read your soil test results; what they mean and what you can do in response to make your environment a healthy and fruitful space for growing food. Add your test results to the first ever Soil Archive and Map.
Learn how to read your soil test results; what they mean and what you can do in response to make your environment a healthy and fruitful space for growing food. Add your test results to the first ever Soil Archive and Map.
Monday, April 4th
11:00am-2:00pm | Wind Turbine Workshop 2
Sam Newman
A hands on workshop where participants will construct a number of small wind turbines from readily available materials. Come ready to build!
A hands on workshop where participants will construct a number of small wind turbines from readily available materials. Come ready to build!
3:00pm-5:00pm | Low-tech/Low-cost Remediation of Contaminated Urban Soil
Melissa Miles
Soils in urban areas are contaminated with higher levels of heavy metals than those located in rural areas. Heavy metal contamination brings potential health risk from consumption of home-grown vegetables and fruit in urban backyard environments. This is an environmental problem that needs an environmentally safe and economically feasible solution. This workshop will provide participants with the ability to determine if their soil may be contaminated and provide them with various low-cost, low-tech methods of removing some common contaminants from urban soils.
Soils in urban areas are contaminated with higher levels of heavy metals than those located in rural areas. Heavy metal contamination brings potential health risk from consumption of home-grown vegetables and fruit in urban backyard environments. This is an environmental problem that needs an environmentally safe and economically feasible solution. This workshop will provide participants with the ability to determine if their soil may be contaminated and provide them with various low-cost, low-tech methods of removing some common contaminants from urban soils.
Tuesday, April 5th
11:00am-noon | Archive: Soil Test Results
Representative from the Agency for Toxic Substance & Disease Registry
Learn how to read your soil test results; what they mean and what you can do in response to make your environment a healthy and fruitful space for growing food. Add your test results to the first ever Soil Archive and Map.
Learn how to read your soil test results; what they mean and what you can do in response to make your environment a healthy and fruitful space for growing food. Add your test results to the first ever Soil Archive and Map.
3:00pm-5:00pm | Wind Turbines Workshop 3
Sam Newman
(Weather dependent) Return to mount the turbines and watch them spin!
(Weather dependent) Return to mount the turbines and watch them spin!
5:00pm-6:00pm | Community Stock
Patrick Caulfield
Learn how to invest in Community Stock! Chef Patrick Caulfield will provide lessons on investing in the value of communal local food systems. This workshop will invite small communities to join forces to create vegetable stock source from their gardens, tables and neighbors. Bring Table Scraps!
Learn how to invest in Community Stock! Chef Patrick Caulfield will provide lessons on investing in the value of communal local food systems. This workshop will invite small communities to join forces to create vegetable stock source from their gardens, tables and neighbors. Bring Table Scraps!
Wednesday, April 6th
noon-1:00pm | Reading: Don Quixote
TBA
A reading (from Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel Cervantes) of the meeting of Don Quixote and the Windmill over a bowl of soup. Learn about some of the inspiration behind Soil Kitchen. In both English and Spanish.
A reading (from Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel Cervantes) of the meeting of Don Quixote and the Windmill over a bowl of soup. Learn about some of the inspiration behind Soil Kitchen. In both English and Spanish.
3:00pm-5:00pm | Low-tech/Low-cost Remediation of Contaminated Urban Soil
Melissa Miles
Soils in urban areas are contaminated with higher levels of heavy metals than those located in rural areas. Heavy metal contamination brings potential health risk from consumption of home-grown vegetables and fruit in urban backyard environments. This is an environmental problem that needs an environmentally safe and economically feasible solution. This workshop will provide participants with the ability to determine if their soil may be contaminated and provide them with various low-cost, low-tech methods of removing some common contaminants from urban soils.
Soils in urban areas are contaminated with higher levels of heavy metals than those located in rural areas. Heavy metal contamination brings potential health risk from consumption of home-grown vegetables and fruit in urban backyard environments. This is an environmental problem that needs an environmentally safe and economically feasible solution. This workshop will provide participants with the ability to determine if their soil may be contaminated and provide them with various low-cost, low-tech methods of removing some common contaminants from urban soils.
