Learn new ways to catch, store or distribute water for food production, in this round table discussion. Farmer panelists and attendees will share about their: irrigation and water conservation systems such as drip irrigation, and overhead irrigation hardscaping and permaculture earthworks including berms and swales, and more We’ll cover not only creating these systems, but [...]
Join the Central Alabama CRAFT Network for a workshop on permaculture, farm tour, and potluck! $5 per person. To register and for more information visit asanonline.org/craft. CRAFT (Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training) is a model that blends on-farm, farmer-led training with community-building for farmers, farm employees, interns, and apprentices. Each event will consist of [...]
From the organizers: Alan Booker with The Eldenbridge Institute will start the PDC Certification class the last weekend of August and run on seven alternating weekends through the middle of November. Permaculture is a holistic design science that is based in the observation of natural systems. Its goal is to create regenerative systems that support [...]
Central Alabama CRAFT Network What is CRAFT? CRAFT stands for Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training. The original CRAFT network formed in upstate New York as a way to provide diverse on-farm training and a shared social network for farm interns, apprentices, and employees. The model has been replicated in many other places, and adapted [...]
From the organizers: The Eldenbridge Institute is teaming up with Wheaton Labs again this summer to present a 2-week intensive Permaculture Design Certification course aimed at homesteaders. The class will be held at the Wheaton Labs location in Montana, with our head instructor, Alan Booker, acting as the lead instructor for the course. This will [...]
From the organizers: Bessemer Food Connection is a symposium for food consumers, food producers, and those who make food and government policy. Consumers will learn about local food benefits and nutrition, producers will learn about permaculture, grants, GAP, value added products and other resources, and city and county officials will learn about the economic and [...]
Tracy Britnell will discuss basic principles for developing an Edible Forest garden with a focus on creating plant guilds. Plant guilds are similar to “companion planting”. A guild consists of many different species that serve different functions and purposes. These species work together to create a mutually beneficial environment. The workshop will look at a [...]
Hosted by the Eldenbridge Institute: Permaculture is a holistic design science that is based in the observation of natural systems, with a goal to create regenerative systems that support human communities sustainably. This fall, the Eldenbridge Institute is hosting a Permaculture Design Certification (PDC) class starting the last weekend of August and running on six [...]
Join to hear Scott Church (Human Factors Engineer/Veteran), Brian Humphrey (Organizer for Plant Strong Living), Ryan Hoskins (Food Security Promoter for EAT South), Jayme Oates (of Farm Scape Solutions) and Chris Gore (Organizer for Path to Permaculture) talk about their paths towards permaculture and growing a community network. Learn how five uniquely different individuals became [...]
Blount County in Alabama is the state’s Solar Home Capital. There are, at minimum, 11 solar homes in the county and that number is growing. See 5 of these solar homes (a standard home retrofitted for solar, an underground home, a straw bale home, a dodeca-yurt home, and a clerestory home), a variety of garden [...]
