Bob St Peter, activist and farmer in northern Maine, is working on developing a syllabus for an agroecology course. Miguel Altieri sends these two sources to help. What else can Bob look at to develop his own curriculum? Please share your ideas in the comments and if you want to join the school, more details are below, and you can contact Bob at Agroecologymaine@gmail.com
Food School at Micmac Farms Every Friday 3pm-5pm, November 11, 2016 – April 28, 2017
Free & Open to all
The Food School Program
Food School is for beginning or experienced gardeners, small farmers, home cooks, and all lovers of tasty food! Each week’s class will include:
- Group learning activities
- Workshops on how to plant, grow, harvest, and preserve healthy, delicious food
- Cooking demonstrations using seasonal ingredients and easy-to-prepare recipes. Includes samples ofeach of the recipes prepared that day.
Introduction: Reclaiming Our Food Ways & Decolonizing Our Diet
November 11, 2016
3pm Micmac Farms (on Route 1 near the Caribou/Presque Isle line)
Block 1: Nutrient Management (November) Block 2: Plant Care (December) Block 3: Harvesting, Processing & Storing Your Food (January) Block 4: Pests & Disease (February & March) Block 5: Back Yard Gardens & Small Farm Management (April) |
Food School Instructor: Bob St.Peter has been a gardener and small-scale farmer for 15 years. Originally from Caribou, Bob now operates New Road Farm in Sedgwick and has been sharing his knowledge and love of food through workshops and farmer-to-farmer trainings since 2005. He has visited numerous farms and urban gardens throughout the U.S., Mexico, and Central America learning from indigenous, peasant, and small farm communities along the way. |
Any ideas about what belongs on a good agroecology syllabus? Folk in Maine looking for inspiration: https://t.co/4Gc9GCPcA5
RT @_RajPatel: Any ideas about what belongs on a good agroecology syllabus? Folk in Maine looking for inspiration: https://t.co/4Gc9GCPcA5
RT @_RajPatel: Any ideas about what belongs on a good agroecology syllabus? Folk in Maine looking for inspiration: https://t.co/4Gc9GCPcA5
RT @_RajPatel: Any ideas about what belongs on a good agroecology syllabus? Folk in Maine looking for inspiration: https://t.co/4Gc9GCPcA5
Compost and “food waste management” 🙂
Massachusetts’ Department of Conservation and Recreation offers a Master Urban Gardener class one or two times per year. I’m sure they’d be happy to advise. Happy to help connect you to them.
I am sure you are covering seed management but was not sure where it is being done so guidance on seed selection, preservation, storage, germination tests and creating seed exchange groups might be useful in the course.