Workshops – Saturday, May 5 from 9 am – 3 pm
All workshops are at King-Chavez Academies
[415 31st St, just south of Market]. Child care will be available.
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The City of San Diego's New Urban Agriculture Ordinance: What does it say and how did it get that way?
Time: 9:30 - 10:30 am
Description: This session will discuss how the City of San Diego recently passed a series of ordinances that legalized bees, chickens and miniature goats, creates two new commercial local food uses in the zoning and made it easier to start farmers markets.
Parke Troutman and Priya Reddy, Presenters
Food Sovereignity / La Soberanía de Los Alimentos
Time: 9:30 - 10:30 am
Description: Discuss food sovereignty / "free trade" as experienced and analyzed by movements of farmers, peasants and indigenous people in many countries around the world. At the same time they will discuss how these lessons are being learned about and experienced in neighborhoods here in San Diego. The presentation will explore the relationship between food creation and democracy creation. There will be slides and the discussion will be predominantly in Spanish. / Habrá una presentación (con fotos) y discusión. La presentación se trata de la soberanía de los alimentos y de los tratados de comercio libre (como NAFTA) y como han sido analizado por movimientos de campesin@s, indigenas, y granjeros en muchos paises del mundo. En la discusión hablaremos de como las lecciones de estos movimientos pueden ser aplicadas en nuestros proprios barrios. Discutiremos la conexión entre la creación de comida y la creación de la democracia. El taller será en español.
Nic Paget-Clarke and Gerardo Alvarez, Presenters
It's Soil, Not Dirt
Time: 9:30 - 10:30 am
Description: Do you want to start a vegetable garden? It's important to know about your soil before you begin! Michelle will teach us easy ways to test your soil to make sure your garden is set up for success! Workshop will include lesson on how do a soil test, discuss soil test results and Q&A about your gardens!
Michelle Cox, Presenter
Who Gives a Cluck About Backyard Chickens
Time: 9:30 - 10:30 am
Description: Jill Richardson, mama to seven lovely hens, will provide the basics on keeping backyard chickens in San Diego. The talk will cover where to get chickens locally, what kinds to get, chicken feed, chicken coops, and using chicken manure in your garden with plenty of time for questions.
Jill Richardson, Presenter
Child & Parent Activity Stations
Time: 9 am - noon, and again from 1:30 - 2:30.
Free Make & Take Planting Stations: make your own soil; 4" biodegradable jiffy pot; 3" vial filled with sunflower seeds for local birds; brown paper bag to carry items; membership card badge inserted into lanyard.
Observation & Touch Tables: worm farm observation table; the look and feel of a healthy compost and composting critters (sow bugs, ear wigs, Jerusalem crickets and snails).
Aiding the Endangered Monarch Butterfly and Checker Spotted Butterfly: Native Plantago plant for the endangered Chercker Spotted Butterfly; ladybug kit; worm farm start kit (children will dig their own worms).
Jeanne Waterford and Jeanne's Garden Program for Children, Presenters
Bees and Beekeeping
Time: 9:30 - 10:30 am
Description: Discover the world of bees and their amazing behaviors and role as a pollinators. Review new regulations and the new support around our city for those interested in trying to learn the fulfilling craft of beekeeping. You'll even learn about urban bee rescue options! This talk will be focused on natural beekeeping methods.
Paul Maschka, Presenter
Bread Making Class – Take Home Dough to Bake at Home!
Time: 9:30 - 10:30 am; again at 10:45 - 1:45
Description: A demo/class on an affordable and easy no-knead bread recipe that allows people to make their own fresh bread from wholesome ingredients with a limited budget and busy schedule. Techniques are based on the "Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day" books.
Hillary Noyes, Presenter
The Federal Farm Bill: The best use of energy?
Time: 10:45 - 11:45 am
Description: This session is a discussion of to what extant San Diegans should engage in the reauthorization of the Farm Bill and to what extent we can get more wins by focusing at the state or local level.
Parke Troutman, Kenzie McDonald, and Jill Richardson, Presenters
Shopping at the Farmers Market on a Budget
Time: 10:45 - 11:45 am
Description: Many Californians are currently living on a tight budget but it's important to remember that eating healthy doesn't have to cost a lot. Farmers Markets are supplying local residents with a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables in season, which keeps the prices low during these tough economic times. This gives the community an opportunity to make purchases with their EBT cards and add fresh, local produce to their tables and bring millions of dollars to our local economy. CalFresh benefits combined with the Network for a Healthy California's educational tools and resources help empower families with the purchasing power to buy and prepare healthy meals and snacks at their neighborhood Farmers Market. Join us for a discussion of price comparison, environmental and economic impact, and how to get a Farmers Market in your community.
Brian Beevers and Chelsea Fiss, Presenters
Gardening at Schools: Activites for during the day, before or after school with students and families / Jardines en las escuelas: Actividades en el jardin para estudientes y familias
Time: 10:45 - 11:45 am
Description: Participants will learn about gardening on school land, some resources for creating and sustaining a successful garden at a school site and some fun hands on activities for working with kids and families. Workshop will be led by Dig Down Deep Garden Educators and their friends. / Aprende como empezar y cultivar un jardin en un escuela. Trata actividades para ninos y familias. Tayer esta ofrecido por las maestros de Dig Down Deep y sus amigos.
Dig Down Deep Garden Educators, Mindy Swanson and Mickey McQuerry - with Pablo Acevedo, Presenters
Crazy Healthy Veggies!
Time: 10:45 - 11:45 am
Description: Learn to cook with uncommon veggies! Have no fear of ye mighty stinging nettle, relish in the bitterness of a dandelion green, be inspired to use the carrot and beet tops. This workshop will teach recipes as well as the specific health benefits regarding each these uncommon veggies. Let's get adventurous eating and playing in the kitchen!
Jenna Barnes, Presenter
Goats: Things to Know BEFORE You Make the Commitment
Time: 10:45 - 11:45 am
Description: Now that goat husbandry is legal in San Diego, become informed before you enter this hugely rewarding but serious commitment. Learn basics of goat care, milking and goat health.
Beth Townsend, Presenter
It Takes a Village to Feed Us All!
Food Distribution and Nutrition Banking
Time: 1:30 - 2:30 pm
Description: This workshop will discuss how to create community supported and relevant healthy food distribution programs ( Meals4Hunger Adopt a Community Model). Then learn about the efforts by local nonprofits in "Nutrition Banking" at local food banks, teaching people how to eat healthy and smart on a budget!
Tisha Tyler and Ruthi Solari, Presenters
Growing Strong in Western Kenya:
How San Diegans are Helping Rural Kenyans
Time: 1:30 - 2:30 pm
Description: A San Diego family has set out to bolster food sovereignty in a poor, AIDS-stricken part of Western Kenya. Find out what they are doing, how San Diego has already helped, and what you can do going forward.
Jill Richardson, Presenter
Composting Basics
Time: 1:30-2:30 pm
Description: Learn how to turn your waste into soil nutrients. Composting is fun and easy as well as a great way of diverting over 30% of your "waste" from a landfill. Learn how to start and troubleshoot your piles with quick and simple guidelines offered to you by an experienced composter.
Yael Zaidman, Presenter
Why do we still eat Big Macs? How to make real, seasonal food easier and more desirable than industrial food.
Time: 1:30 - 2:30 pm
Description: While farmers markets have seen a nearly four-fold increase since 1994, the number of people who eat locally and seasonally is still a relatively small number and is often divided along socio-economic lines. This workshop discusses the reasons why this is the case and how supporters of real food can find ways outside-the-box to encourage others (and themselves) to happily make better food choices.
Vince Brown, Presenter
Gleaning – Harvesting Your Neighborhood
Time: 1:30 - 2:30 pm
Description: This is an introduction of the future of harvesting and food collection in San Diego county through county-wide collaboration: the Harvesting Opportunities Collaborative We will be training you on how to coordinate a gleaning group in your neighborhood by sharing solutions to logistical problems, organization, volunteering, and liability issues. Gleaned fruit will be served!
Vino Pajanor, Dan Heilbrun, Myrna Pascual, Paul Hammans, Presenters
Bulk Buying Workshop
Time: 1:30 - 2:30 pm
Description: Get in on the ground floor of a newly forming bulk buying club in San Diego. Find out what it is and if it might work for you. We hope to establish a system to purchase staples and other goods collectively to reduce packaging waste and make items less costly while building equity to eventually open a storefront that would provide underserved communities access to these same healthy and sustainable products.
Andrea Carter and Heather Weightman, Presenters
