Tag Archives: Longmont

Front Range Bioneers Sessions: Modern Family Farming in Colorado, 11/9/14

Read on for notes from our local food growers:   Front Range Bioneers, November 7-9, 2014 Modern Family Farming in Colorado, Sunday, 11/9, 1:30-2:45pm Facilitator: Boulder County Farmers’ Markets Representative Panelists: Heather Morton (Morton’s Organic Orchards), Amanda Scott (63rd St Farm), Mark Guttridge (Ollin Farms), Tim Quinn (Bonavida Growers)   Question to Panel: What would… Read More »

Workshop on Chicken Butchery: Mindful Harvesting, Nov. 1, 2014

From The Living Arts School: Participate in the process of chicken butchery, from a live chicken to a ready-to-roast bird.  We will guide each participant through the entire process, step-by-step, in a mindful and intentional way.  Students will not only learn the practical details of how to slaughter a chicken for food, but they will… Read More »

Aquaponics Festival, 8/9 & 8/10, Longmont

From Avery Ellis of Integrated Aquaponics and Colorado Greywater: The first ever Aquaponics Festival will be August 9 & 10 in Longmont (http://theaquaponicsource.com/aquaponics-fest-2014/) and I will be presenting about “A Permaculture Approach to Aquaponics”.  I will have a table at the festival as well and will be advertising for the Denver PDC and some other… Read More »

Ecological Farming Workshop & Keyline Design with Owen Hablutzel, 8/16-8/17/2014

From Jason Gerhardt of Real Earth Design: Boulder Keyline Design Course – August 16th &17th Learn the water-saving and soil-building process of keyline design from the leading practitioner of the subject in the US, Owen Hablutzel. This course is most applicable to land owners and farmers/ranchers, but will be of interest to all permaculture thinkers… Read More »

Stream Restoration & Debris Removal Grant Applications Due 7/1/2014

From Colorado Department of Natural Resources: Stream Restoration & Debris Removal Grant Program Guidance Now Available Funding has been made available through Senate Bill 14-179 to the Stream Restoration Grant Account within the Flood and Drought Response Fund for watershed cleanup and stream restoration in areas affected by the September 2013 flood.  Both private and… Read More »