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Seeds | Plant it – Grow it – Eat it
November 16, 2017 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
How to Eat Your Lawn: Growing for Family & Community
Whether growing for families, communities or for profit, converting yards and vacant lots into food forests and growing enterprises can re-connect kids to nature, feed communities, save money on food bills, drive innovation, and create sustainable jobs.
So how can you start growing at home? How can you turn sandy Florida soils into bountiful gardens? We’ll show you how! Step by step.
Grow Station Presenters:
Bill Bilodeau – President, Sustainable Urban Agriculture Coalition (SUAC), Co-Founder St. Pete Eco-Village Garden
Nicole Brand – Program Coordinator, Food Systems Center, Pinellas Technical College, Board Member, Sustainable Urban Agriculture Coalition (SUAC)
Angela Brown – Social Change Agent & Radio Show Host
Trey Conner – Assoc. Professor, USF St. Petersburg & Permaculturist
Laterian Latimer – New Urban Farmer, Big Yield
Brian Pullen – Sustainability Manager, USF St. Petersburg
Sheena Quales – CEO, @Kidsonomics
Albert Risemberg – Sustainable Nursery Manager, @Moon Landing Garden & Apiary
Emmanuel Roux – Founder, Urban Food Park, Co-Founder, St. Pete Eco-Village Garden
Adrian Taylor – Manager; Bartlett Park Community Garden, Board Member, Sustainable Urban Agriculture Coalition (SUAC)
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This OPEN Interactive Session is part of an entire day of programming around the Seeds theme, sparking conversation and learning around sustainable healthy food, urban agriculture and community resilience during Et Cultura St Pete 2017.
To see the full line-up of Seeds themed programming scheduled for Thursday, November 16th 2017, please go to http://www.etcultura.com.
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Here is how ticketing works:
• Priority entrance and seating for these sessions first goes to paid Et Cultura Ticket holders.
• Any remaining seats at the OPEN Interactive Sessions can then be filled by the general public, at no cost.
• All seating is first come, first serve.
Buy your week-long all-access tickets to Et Cultura now! Go to http://www.etcultura.com/tickets
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