2012 Spring Resource Fair Schedule

Saturday, March 31st, 9:00am-4:30pm
Neighborhood House (aka the Wellstone Center), 179 Robie St East, St. Paul

Please pre-register online to help us get everyone through the doors faster! The keynote will start promptly at 9:30am, doors open at 9:00am. Double check workshop times on website for possible schedule changes.
Bring a healthy, non-perishable food item for the Neighborhood House Food Shelf!

9:00-9:30am: Registration and Free Breakfast

9:30am: Opening and Welcome
Emcee: Melvin Giles, Peacemaker and urban farmer
Spoken Word: Louis Alemayehu, Environmental Justice Advocates of MN

9:45-10:30am Keynote: Community Gardens- Nourishing Neighborhoods, Connecting Communities                  
Karen Washington, New York City Community Garden Coalition

10:30-11:30am Panel: What’s Growin’ in the Twin Cities!
Panelists discuss how community gardens have helped create solidarity in their communities as a local response to Karen Washington’s keynote. Discussion, with audience participation, included!

Mustafa Sundiata, Northpoint Health and Wellness, and Local Food Resource Hubs
Youth from Gordon Parks High School Gardens
Lydia Nobello, West Side Citizens Organization
Gardeners from the International Outreach Church, Burnsville
Collie Graddick, Community Table

Traditional Aztec Dance- 11:40am-Noon                   
Kalpulli Yaocenoxtli Dancers

Lunch and Networking: Noon-1:00pm
Lunch available for purchase from El Burrito Mercado

Workshop Session #1: 1:00-2:30pm                                                 
Food + Justice = Democracy                                                   
SWAP and CO-OPS: Organizing in your neighborhood                    
Urban Soil Contamination: Don’t Eat the Dirt!
Engaging Youth in the Garden                                                   
Planning to Eat: Food Policy in the Twin Cities                                                    
Beyond Canning: Freezing, Dehydrating, Fermenting, Root Cellaring 

Workshop Session #2 : 3:00-4:30pm                                                
Strategies for Long-Term Land Access                                       
Growing Gardens in Small Spaces                                             
Planting Seeds for Our Collective Future (En Espanol!)
Growing Hunger, Growing Answers                                            
Composting: Creating Black Gold                                               
Getting Started with Bees or Chickens                                         

 5:00-6:30pm Informal Happy Hour at Boca Chica Restaurant
(11 Cesar Chavez St., St. Paul, just around the corner from Neighborhood House.)