Growing Gardens Workshops

Cooking Demo with DCCK Culinary Graduates

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM —Register!

Heritage Foods & Spring Green:Fusing Diasporas with the Year's First Crops

Heritage Foods~ Part of NativSol Kitchen’s “Know Your Roots, Know Your Food” initiative, this cultural foods workshop will empower you how to eat, shop and cook your way back to Africa. By adopting traditional foods you’re your diet, you can improve your health and include new food traditions to pass on to family. You will learn about the nutritional benefits of African heritage foods and where to find them in the DMV area. This interactive session will include a cooking demonstration, tasting, useful resources and hands-on activities.

Teacher: Featured in the Washington Post, Tambra Raye Stevenson is the founder of NativSol Kitchen empowering families to reclaim their African heritage foods to improve their health. She serves on the African Heritage and Health Advisory Committee for Oldways Preservation Trust, the Mission Committee for American Heart Association and the DC Mayor’s Office on African Affairs’ Health Education Planning Committee. She holds a B.S. in Human Nutrition with a Spanish minor from Oklahoma State University and a M.S. in Health Communication from Tufts University School of Medicine. Connect with her at http://about.me/tambraraye.

Spring Green:Fusing Diasporas with the Year's First Crops~ Join food blogger Michael W. Twitty for a discussion and cooking class using spring's first vegetables to prepare trans-ethnic dishes that help bridge spring to summer. Learn about each plant’s history and cultigen diversity, nutritive qualities, local significance and flavor pairings. Drawing on a background in historical foods and foodways and contemporary creative trends, you will create a dish or two that connects past to present, people to planet.

Teacher: Michael W. Twitty is a culinary historian, living history interpreter and food writer from the Washington D.C. area. He recently appeared on Bizarre Foods America with Andrew Zimmern demoing his unique culinary blend known as kosher/soul at Common Good City Farm. He is the head blogger at www.afroculinaria.com and www.thecookinggene.com. You can follow him on Twitter @koshersoul and @antebellumchef. His Facebook fan page is Michael W. Twitty.
He is a recognized culinary historian, community scholar, and living history interpreter focusing on historic African American food and folk culture. He is webmaster of www.afroculinaria.com, the first website/blog devoted to the preservation of historic African American foods and foodways. He has conducted classes and workshops, written curricula and educational programs, giving lectures and performed cooking demonstrations for over 100 groups including the Smithsonian Institution, Colonial Williamsburg, Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, Library of Congress, and Oxford University's Symposium on Food and Cookery. He has been profiled in the Washington Post and interviewed multiple times on NPR including, acclaimed food program The Spendid Table. He is well known for his expertise in the history and heritage of enslaved African Americans and their foodways and his knowledge of growing African American heirloom crops, open hearth cooking, heritage breed livestock, and wild flora and fauna utilized by enslaved Africans and their descendants.
Saturday, May 18th, 2013 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM —Register!

Clean and Odorless Indoor Composting

Come learn how the right containers and a little symbiosis will turn the compost that used to plague your garbage can into a nutrient rich soil that can be used on house plants, in the community garden or under bushes, trees and shrubs. We will cover the basics of food waste, red wiggler worm care, discuss commercially available habitats and DIY option and wrap up with how to harvest and what to do with your growing squirm. You already recycle...take the next easy step!

Teachers: Stefano and Heidi Briguglio moved out of the city and ditched their corporate jobs to become self taught farmers. They run a zero food waste organic food delivery service that is fueled by their home brewed biodiesel and provide honeybees, equipment, education and support for beekeepers. Heidi became a little obsessed with the problem of food waste that plagues cities, so she decided to invent a compact composting system that they hand make on their farm in Southern Maryland. For more information about them and their farm, check out their website at www.azurebllc.com or find them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/azurebllc
Saturday, May 25th, 2013 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM —Register!

Indigenous Plants, with DC Parks & Recreation

Teacher: Damien Ossi
Saturday, June 8th, 2013 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM —Register!

Cooking Demo with DCCK Culinary Graduates

Saturday, June 15th, 2013 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM —Register!

Permaculture

This workshop will teach practical skills for meeting our basic needs for survival – food, water, shelter and energy – locally. By acquiring an indigenous understanding of our immediate environment, we can redesign our life-style to grow our own food organically, harvest rain water while recharging the water table, retrofit our houses for passive heating and cooling, and recycle wastes as fertilizer. In so doing we reduce fossil fuel consumption, repair the health of all life forms, and improve our local economies.
Teacher: Patty Ceglia is a professional architect, ecological site planner, and life-long organic gardener. She consults for private clients, and the Gunpowder Valley Conservancy in Baltimore, and teaches Permaculture Design at Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA, and at Goucher College, and Heathcote Education Program in Baltimore.
Saturday, June 22nd, 2013 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM —Register!

Faith-Based Gardening

What would Jesus grow? By the end of this workshop you will know! In times of famine and hunger, churches have land that further their mission of meeting the needs of the community: Food is a critical need. Through faith-based community gardening offers service-learning and health educational opportunities for youth to become stewards of the Earth and provide a green space in the neighborhood while healing the Earth. In the workshop learn Biblically-based crops, resources and walk away with a garden plan in hand.

Teacher: Featured in the Washington Post, Tambra Raye Stevenson is the founder of NativSol Kitchen empowering families to recreate new traditions that heal themselves. She serves as the Culinary Ministry Director at Saint Teresa of Avila Roman Catholic Church which has hosted her cooking classes. This year she was invited to the White House and recognized for her work with other faith and community leaders across the nation. She holds a B.S. in Human Nutrition with a Spanish minor from Oklahoma State University and a M.S. in Health Communication from Tufts University School of Medicine. Connect with her at http://about.me/tambraraye.
Saturday, August 10th, 2013 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM —Register!

Canning

This workshop is a hands-on introduction to safe, simple, and inexpensive canning methods. Together we will review (and taste!) a variety of foods that one might preserve, as well as discuss the steps and equipment involved. Using the farm kitchen, we will prepare our own recipes and hot-water bath can a food item. In addition to leaving the workshop with a canned item that they created, each participant will receive a "How To Packet" with guidelines, recipes, and additional resources.

Teacher: Bradley Kennedy first learned to can 8 years ago from a friend's mother. She was hooked instantly, and every year since she has put up enough tomatoes and jam to last through the winter.
Saturday, May 11th, 2013 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM —Completed!

Eating on a Budget

Are you interested in improving your health, but concerned about the cost of nutritious foods? Are you worried that you can’t afford to eat healthy items? Do you feel forced to eat unhealthy foods because you don’t have enough money for healthier foods? If so, stop stressing and come to the Healthy Eating on a Budget workshop where we will discuss how eating healthy foods fits into every budget. We will discuss the importance of locally grown produce, shopping “in-season”, the true cost of unhealthy eating, and how to stretch your SNAP and WIC benefits to better serve your family nutritious meals. We will also review healthy recipes that can be created using foods available to you through SNAP and WIC. This is an interactive workshop, so come with questions or your favorite recipe and we will discuss ways to make it even healthier.

Teacher: Erin Kennedy is a Registered Dietitian who encourages realistic lifestyle changes that improve people’s health. She believes everyone should have access to healthy foods and she encourages communities to take mini steps that result in major change.
Saturday, May 4th, 2013 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM Completed!

Container Vegetable Gardening

You don’t need to have a big plot of land to grow your own food. If you are a city dweller, have little to no yard, or have only small amounts of sunlight in your yard, this workshop is for you. Container gardening saves money on groceries, takes up very little space and lets you use what you've got. In this workshop, we will learn the various methods and things we can use to grow delicious organic food. Bring a decent size container (think plastic milk jug) of your own; seeds and soil will be provided.

Teacher: Hillary Banachowski , founder of Sacred Roots, has taught and facilitated women's circles, nature-based workshops, and seasonal rituals for the past 10 years. Contact her by e-mail at: sacredroots@ymail.com
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM —Register!

Springtime Herbs

Springtime brings a resurgence of many great herbal allies, well known "weeds" like dandelion, nettles, chickweed, cleavers and more. Join us in this informative, inspiring workshop learning how to identify, harvest and use some of these springtime medicines--a great way to get off on a healthy foot this season. We will also be sharing ways of incorporating these herbs into our food, so come ready to taste some herbal goodies!

Teacher: Courtney Fischer is an herbalist curious about plants, humans, and the relationship between the two. She also loves to experiment in the kitchen making herbal concoctions as well as satisfying, healthy meals.
Saturday, April 27th, 2013 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM Completed!

Fruit Tree Pruning

Come learn about fruit trees!
We will be hosting a fruit tree pruning workshop on the farm. Josh Singer, urban forester at Casey Trees and a certified arborist, will be on hand to answer questions, speak about the importance of fruit tree maintenance and walk us all through spring pruning techniques. Our orchard hosts a variety of fruit trees that range from 4 years old to ones that are newly planted. Among them are are peach trees, beech plums, pawpaws, apples, asian pears and fig trees. Please RSVP if you plan on attending. This workshop is free and open to the public. Teacher: Josh Singer, urban forester at Casey Trees and certified arborist
Sunday, February 17 at 2:00 pm — Completed!

Beekeeping — First Hive Inspection

Just three days after the bees arrive at CGCF, we will conduct the first beehive inspection. Participants will be allowed to watch as Jon makes sure the bees have settled into the apiary correctly. Beekeeping is a natural next step in understanding how important knowing where our food comes from and sustaining it safely. Bees also serve as a great indicator of environmental health. If the bees are healthy, we should be too! He will continue to work with anyone interested in apiaries. Also, there is a contest for the person who can come up with the greatest name for our Queen bee. Stop by the farm and if you see Jon, say hello and suggest one! Teacher: Jon Lever,"The Bee Guy", is a special education teacher and part-time beekeeper. He is from Baltimore but lives with his wife Monesha and bulldog Euphie in Adams Morgan. He has always been a garden enthusiast while incorprating plants and animals into his teaching.

May 1st, 2012 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM — Completed!

Drip ... Drip — Drip Irrigation for the Patio and Small Garden

A hands-on workshop for your own drip irrigation system guaranteed to stop your "water worries" on those long weekends or vacation in August. Participants will learn how to assemble a low cost drip system. Participants will evaluate a variety of dripper and mini-sprinklers suitable for patios and small gardens. Participants should be able to go home, order, and install a small custom system for less than $125. Participants will tour Common Good City Farm's drip system which was installed by the instructor. Principles learned will be adaptable to larger gardens and orchards. Teacher: Murray Schmechel is a retired lifelong gardener who has been "dripping" for the last 15 years. He has helped numerous neighbors become "drip" enthusiasts. He is currently a volunteer at Common Good City Farm.

May 5th, 2012 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM — Completed!

Get the Most from Your Food—Fruits, Vegetables, and Herbs

This workshop will cover the importance of eating “real,” nutrient-dense foods such as whole fruits, vegetables, and herbs. Through interactive demonstrations, we will discover why it’s better to eat real foods over processed foods. Tips will also be provided on quick, time-saving ways to use and prepare the fresh produce picked from Common Good City Farm. Teacher: Alison Brown is a passionate health and wellness educator on a mission to empower individuals to become more proactive about their health through sustainable diet and lifestyle changes. She emphasizes the importance of making small changes toward better health and in line with this created the website and blog http://www.gaingreathealth.com/. Feel free to contact her at alison.g.m.brown@gmail.com.

May 12th, 2012 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM — Completed!

Herbalism 101

What does it mean to use herbs to support health? Learn to harness the power of your garden! This workshop covers the basics of harvesting and drying herbs and making teas, poultices, compresses. We'll also explore the history of herbal medicine around the world. Bring a mug for sampling teas, paper bags for harvesting, scissors or clippers if you have them, and paper & pen if you’d like to take notes. Teacher: Tricia McCauley is an herbalist and health coach specializing in digestive issues, food sensitivities, and stress management. She works with individual clients at Healing Arts of Capitol Hill, teaches workshops around the DC area, makes lotions and lip balms, and is the resident herbalist at Common Good City Farm. She’s also a yoga teacher and actor. Sign up for her newsletter, read her blog, and find out more at http://www.nutriciaconsulting.com or http://www.leafyhead.com.

May 19th, 2012 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM — Completed!

Let's Compost! Standard and Worm Composting 101

Learn to use your garden, yard and kitchen waste to create rich soil. We will focus on methods easy and suitable for small yards and apartments and include bin composting and vermiculture methods. Teacher: Niko Welch has a background in microbiology and experience with various types of compost systems and brings his knowledge to Common Good City Farm.

May 26th, 2012 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM — Completed!

Decoding Nutrition Labels

Calories? Saturated fat? Cholesterol? 20% DV? Are you confused about nutrition labels and what all of the information means? You are certainly not alone! Come and participate in this engaging workshop and you and the other participants will learn more about what’s in food and get rid of some of the misconceptions about nutrition labels. Bring one of your favorite packaged food items to be used in an interactive activity. Teacher: Alison Brown is a passionate health and wellness educator on a mission to empower individuals to become more proactive about their health through sustainable diet and lifestyle changes. She emphasizes the importance of making small changes toward better health and in line with this created the website and blog http://www.gaingreathealth.com. Feel free to contact her at alison.g.m.brown@gmail.com.

June 9th, 2012 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM — Completed!

Drip ... Drip — Drip Irrigation for the Patio and Small Garden

A hands-on workshop for your own drip irrigation system guaranteed to stop your "water worries" on those long weekends or vacation in August. Participants will learn how to assemble a low cost drip system. Participants will evaluate a variety of dripper and mini-sprinklers suitable for patios and small gardens. Participants should be able to go home, order, and install a small custom system for less than $125. Participants will tour Common Good City Farm's drip system which was installed by the instructor. Principles learned will be adaptable to larger gardens and orchards. Teacher: Murray Schmechel is a retired lifelong gardener who has been "dripping" for the last 15 years. He has helped numerous neighbors become "drip" enthusiasts. He is currently a volunteer at Common Good City Farm.

June 2nd, 2012 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM — Completed!

Herbalism 101

What does it mean to use herbs to support health? Learn to harness the power of your garden! This workshop covers the basics of harvesting and drying herbs and making teas, poultices, compresses. We'll also explore the history of herbal medicine around the world. Bring a mug for sampling teas, paper bags for harvesting, scissors or clippers if you have them, and paper & pen if you’d like to take notes. Teacher: Tricia McCauley is an herbalist and health coach specializing in digestive issues, food sensitivities, and stress management. She works with individual clients at Healing Arts of Capitol Hill, teaches workshops around the DC area, makes lotions and lip balms, and is the resident herbalist at Common Good City Farm. She’s also a yoga teacher and actor. Sign up for her newsletter, read her blog, and find out more at http://www.nutriciaconsulting.com or http://www.leafyhead.com.

June 16th, 2012 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM — Completed!

Preserving Summer's Bounty — Canning

How to preserve tomatoes, pickles, jams and jellies. There's nothing better than opening up a jar of home-preserved tomatoes or jam on a dark winter night, and remembering the tastes of summer! This class will cover basic canning for the beginner, using simple, inexpensive equipment. You will get to participate in making some strawberry jam, and we'll also discuss how to preserve tomatoes and pickles. Class size limited to 10 people. Teacher: Bradley Kennedy first learned to can 8 years ago from a friend's mother. She was hooked instantly, and every year since she has put up enough tomatoes and jam to last through the winter.

June 20th, 2012 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM — Completed!
June 23rd, 2012 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM — Completed!

Summer Herb Walk

Are you curious about the herbs growing on the farm? An “herb walk” is the traditional way to learn about herbs: bring your questions and we’ll walk and talk, focusing on what’s in season. Teacher: Tricia McCauley is an herbalist and health coach specializing in digestive issues, food sensitivities, and stress management. She works with individual clients at Healing Arts of Capitol Hill, teaches workshops around the DC area, makes lotions and lip balms, and is the resident herbalist at Common Good City Farm. She’s also a yoga teacher and actor. Sign up for her newsletter, read her blog, and find out more at www.nutriciaconsulting.com or www.leafyhead.com.

June 27th, 2012 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM — Completed!

Navigating the Grocery Store

Do you know you need to eat healthier but are overwhelmed by the number of choices in today's average supermarket? With over 10,000 food products at your typical grocery store, join the club! This hands-on, interactive tour will certainly come in handy at your next grocery store visit, showing you which aisles to steer away from and which ones to spend more time in. Hint: It's best to spend the most time in the perimeter of the store! This workshop goes hand-in-hand with the Decoding Nutrition Labels workshop on June 9, so we hope you can make this workshop too. Teacher: Alison Brown is a passionate health and wellness educator on a mission to empower individuals to become more proactive about their health through sustainable diet and lifestyle changes. She emphasizes the importance of making small changes toward better health and in line with this created the website and blog http://www.gaingreathealth.com. Feel free to contact her at alison.g.m.brown@gmail.com.

June 30th, 2012 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM— Completed!

Beekeeping — Second Hive Inspection

Come see how the bees are faring in the Washington D.C. summer. Jon will conduct the second hive inspection of the summer, looking to see that the bees are healthy and that they are producing honey. Beekeeping is a natural next step in understanding how important knowing where our food comes from and sustaining it safely. Bees also serve as a great indicator of environmental health. If the bees are healthy, we should be too! He will continue to work with anyone interested in apiaries. Also, there is a contest for the person who can come up with the greatest name for our Queen bee. Stop by the farm and if you see Jon, say hello and suggest one! Teacher: Jon Lever,"The Bee Guy", is a special education teacher and part-time beekeeper. He is from Baltimore but lives with his wife Monesha and bulldog Euphie in Adams Morgan. He has always been a garden enthusiast while incorprating plants and animals into his teaching.

July 11th, 2012 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM— Completed!

Stress Management with Food & Herbs

Feeling stressed out? Participants will gain a holistic view of the nervous system, and learn simple, clear practices to balance the stressors in their lives. Bring a mug! Teacher: Tricia McCauley is an herbalist and health coach specializing in digestive issues, food sensitivities, and stress management. She works with individual clients at Healing Arts of Capitol Hill, teaches workshops around the DC area, makes lotions and lip balms, and is the resident herbalist at Common Good City Farm. She’s also a yoga teacher and actor. Sign up for her newsletter, read her blog, and find out more at http://www.nutriciaconsulting.com or http://www.leafyhead.com.

July 14th, 2012 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM— Completed!

Let's Compost! Standard and Worm Composting 101

Learn to use your garden, yard and kitchen waste to create rich soil. We will focus on methods easy and suitable for small yards and apartments and include bin composting and vermiculture methods. Teacher: Niko Welch has a background in microbiology and experience with various types of compost systems and brings his knowledge to Common Good City Farm.

July 21st, 2012 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM — Completed!

Sugar 101 — All Sugars Are Not Created Equal

Come out and learn more about sugars and carbohydrates, their important roles in the body, and why all sugars are not created equal. Whether or not you or someone close to you has been diagnosed with diabetes or you’re just plain confused about all the recent hoopla about sugar and carbohydrates, this workshop will be an interactive way to learn more. Be prepared to get your hands “fruity” as we will prepare a fruit salad at the conclusion of the workshop. Teacher: Alison Brown is a passionate health and wellness educator on a mission to empower individuals to become more proactive about their health through sustainable diet and lifestyle changes. She emphasizes the importance of making small changes toward better health and in line with this created the website and blog http://www.gaingreathealth.com/. Feel free to contact her at alison.g.m.brown@gmail.com.

July 28th, 2012 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM — Completed!

Cooking with Leafy Greens

Kale, collards, chard, lettuce, purslane, and beyond -- learn the health benefits of these amazing, easy-to-grow superfoods, and sample tasty recipes. Teacher: Tricia McCauley is an herbalist and health coach specializing in digestive issues, food sensitivities, and stress management. She works with individual clients at Healing Arts of Capitol Hill, teaches workshops around the DC area, makes lotions and lip balms, and is the resident herbalist at Common Good City Farm. She’s also a yoga teacher and actor. Sign up for her newsletter, read her blog, and find out more at http://www.nutriciaconsulting.com or http://www.leafyhead.com.

August 4th, 2012 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM — Completed!

Get Ready for Indian Summer with Native Foods as Medicine

What can prevent today’s diseases such as diabetes, cancer and heart disease while building community? Learn the power of native foods as medicine that’s growing already in the District! This interactive workshop covers the healing benefits for people and the planet of harvesting and eating native foods. We'll also explore the history of native foods as medicine around the world from Africa to the Americas. Get your taste buds ready for a dish of culture, flavor and traditions. Bring a notebook, a pen and an appetite. Teacher: Tambra Raye, 4th generation Oklahoma native, is a nutrition educator and food justice advocate. She empowers people to heal their meals in her engaging culturally-infused nutritious workshops and whole foods cooking demos in the community through University of the District of Columbia’s Center for Nutrition, Diet and Health. She is a public speaker, writer and blogger behind DC FOOD JUSTICE - a platform to inform and engage people to address a broken food, health and cultural system through education and advocacy. Connect with Tambra at http://www.tambraraye.com.

August 8th, 2012 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM — Completed!

Intro to Canning

This workshop is a hands-on introduction to safe, simple, and inexpensive canning methods. Together we will review (and taste!) a variety of foods that one might preserve, as well as discuss the steps and equipment involved. Using the farm kitchen, we will prepare our own recipes and hot-water bath can a food item. In addition to leaving the workshop with a canned item that they created, each participant will receive a "How To Packet" with guidelines, recipes, and additional resources. Teacher: Emily Burrows grew up in the mountains of Northeast Georgia in a family that was passionate about food and gardening. Now living in the DC metro area, Emily gardens wherever she can find space and loves sharing both food and skills with friends and neighbors.

August 16th, 2012 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM — Completed!

Fiber 101 — Diabetes Management and Prevention

Alarmingly, estimates suggest that up to 1/3 of the U.S. population will have diabetes by 2050. But enough about the grim statistics! Join us and learn more about preventing and managing diabetes by including more fiber-rich foods in your diet. Topics that will be discussed include: what is diabetes, the different types of fiber, their roles in the body, and tips to eat more fiber-rich foods. The workshop will end with a hands-on cooking demonstration. Teacher: Alison Brown is a passionate health and wellness educator on a mission to empower individuals to become more proactive about their health through sustainable diet and lifestyle changes. She emphasizes the importance of making small changes toward better health and in line with this created the website and blog http://www.gaingreathealth.com/. Feel free to contact her at alison.g.m.brown@gmail.com.

August 18th, 2012 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM — Completed!

What makes a Rain Garden?

A rain garden is a special type of garden which includes a well-draining soil and preferably native drought tolerant plants that can attract local pollinators. This workshop will help give you an outline of how to design your own garden as an attractive way to prevent water run-off from polluting our watersheds. Teacher: Lili A. Herrera is a landscape architect and horticulturalist with a passion for plants. She worked in NYC at a small landscape design firm and now works in DC for a landscape architecture firm working on all scales of garden design. She’s is also a garden volunteer at Dumbarton Oaks and Common Good City Farm and is always available for garden design or plant consultations, for information contact lalhdesign@gmail.com

August 25th, 2012 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM — Completed!

Preserving Summer Bounty - Naturally Fermented Pickles, Sauerkraut and Kimchi

Learn how to make delicious, healthy, naturally fermented foods in just a few days with simple tools and supplies. You won't believe how easy it is to make delicious crocks of sauerkraut and jars of pickles! No cooking is required - a great way to preserve food during the heat of summer. Teacher: David Pinney learned about the awesome flavor of a naturally preserved tomato in New Orleans summers ago. Now he keeps jars of pickles and kimchi bubbling year round.

September 1st, 2012 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM — Completed!

Boosting Your Immune System with Food & Herbs

Perfect for cold and flu season, this interactive workshop provides participants with simple tools and practices to stay healthy all year long. Bring a mug! Teacher: Tricia McCauley is an herbalist and health coach specializing in digestive issues, food sensitivities, and stress management. She works with individual clients at Healing Arts of Capitol Hill, teaches workshops around the DC area, makes lotions and lip balms, and is the resident herbalist at Common Good City Farm. She’s also a yoga teacher and actor. Sign up for her newsletter, read her blog, and find out more at http://www.nutriciaconsulting.com or http://www.leafyhead.com.

September 8th, 2012 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM — Completed!

Native Foods as Medicine

What can prevent today’s diseases such as diabetes, cancer and heart disease while building community? Learn the power of native foods as medicine that’s growing already in the District! This interactive workshop covers the healing benefits for people and the planet of harvesting and eating native foods. We'll also explore the history of native foods as medicine around the world from Africa to the Americas. Get your taste buds ready for a dish of culture, flavor and traditions. Bring a notebook, a pen and an appetite. Teacher: Tambra Raye, 4th generation Oklahoma native, is a nutrition educator and food justice advocate. She empowers people to heal their meals in her engaging culturally-infused nutritious workshops and whole foods cooking demos in the community through University of the District of Columbia’s Center for Nutrition, Diet and Health. She is a public speaker, writer and blogger behind DC FOOD JUSTICE - a platform to inform and engage people to address a broken food, health and cultural system through education and advocacy. Connect with Tambra at http://www.tambraraye.com

September 15th, 2012 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM — Completed!

Intro to Canning

"Intro to Canning" is hands-on introduction to safe, simple, and inexpensive canning methods. Together we will review (and taste!) a variety of foods that one might preserve, as well as discuss the steps and equipment involved. Using the farm kitchen, we will prepare our own recipes and hot-water bath can a food item. In addition to leaving the workshop with a canned item that they created, each participant will receive a "How To Packet" with guidelines, recipes, and additional resources. Teacher: Emily Burrows grew up in the mountains of Northeast Georgia in a family that was passionate about food and gardening. Now living in the DC metro area, Emily gardens wherever she can find space and loves sharing both food and skills with friends and neighbors.

September 19th, 2012 5:30PM to 7:30PM — Completed!

Beekeeping — Winterizing the Bees

The hive and bees must prepare for the winter. This workshop will demonstrate how to best care for the hive and the bees living within before the winter arrives. Remember, Jon will continue to work with anyone interested in apiaries even after the summer is over. Teacher: Jon Lever,"The Bee Guy", is a special education teacher and part-time beekeeper. He is from Baltimore but lives with his wife Monesha and bulldog Euphie in Adams Morgan. He has always been a garden enthusiast while incorprating plants and animals into his teaching.
September 22nd, 2012 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM — Completed!

Supporting Digestion with Food and Herbs

Digestion is central to good health: we have to eat and absorb nutrients to live! Nervous stomach, trouble with digesting fats, (ahem) gas — imbalances can show up in many different ways. Learn simple dietary shifts and easy herbal remedies to "light your digestive fire" and improve your relationship with your meals. Teacher: Tricia McCauley is an herbalist and health coach specializing in digestive issues, food sensitivities, and stress management. She works with individual clients at Healing Arts of Capitol Hill, teaches workshops around the DC area, makes lotions and lip balms, and is the resident herbalist at Common Good City Farm. She’s also a yoga teacher and actor. Sign up for her newsletter, read her blog, and find out more at http://www.nutriciaconsulting.com or http://www.leafyhead.com.

September 29th, 2012 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM — Completed!

Beekeeping — Winterizing the Bees

The hive and bees must prepare for the winter. This workshop will demonstrate how to best care for the hive and the bees living within before the winter arrives. We recommend that you wear long sleeves and long pants to this workshop. Remember, Jon will continue to work with anyone interested in apiaries even after the summer is over. Teacher: Jon Lever,"The Bee Guy", is a special education teacher and part-time beekeeper. He is from Baltimore but lives with his wife Monesha and bulldog Euphie in Adams Morgan. He has always been a garden enthusiast while incorporating plants and animals into his teaching.

October 13th, 2012 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM — Completed!