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Community Garden Summit

By jason | Published: March 4, 2010

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The Purdue University Extension of Elkhart County is hosting a Community Garden Summit on March 9th, 2010 from 7 – 8:30pm in the Elkhart County Extension office congerence room on the 4-H Fairgrounds.

All community garden enthusiasts are invited to attend. The focus of the Summit will be on sharing ideas and gaining knowledge about community gardens.

The stated goal for the summit is to encourage the sharing of experiences and the exchange of ideas.

The coordinators of the event do ask that those planning to attend fill out the Community Gardens Form and take that with you to the meeting, as they would would like to create packets for each community garden representative.

For more details feel free to Community Garden Form, or contact Ericka Soumare at 574-533-0554 or esoumare@purdue.edu.

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Organic Beekeeping Workshop

By jason | Published: March 3, 2010

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A two-day intensive workshop focused on natural/organic approaches to beekeeping, apiculture, and apitherapy will be held on May 22-23, 2010 at Rise Up Farm in Elkhart.

A beginner’s session will take place from 9am-12pm on Saturday morning to prepare those with little or no experience for the rest of the workshop.

The workshop will be hosted at RISE UP FARM– a permaculture garden and diversified organic vegetable farm in Elkhart, IN.

The workshop will be led by Ross Conrad, author of “Natural Beekeeping” and natural beekeeper of over 20 years.

For more details and a complete schedule of events, Organic Beekeeping Flyer.

For more information on Rise Up Farm and Community Supported Agriculture, you can get the Rise Up Farm flyer here.

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Ten things you can do to help Elkhart County*

By jason | Published: November 25, 2009

10. Volunteer at a local agency.

9. Tell someone who lives outside of ELkhart County about something good you see happening here.

8. Listen to someone until you cry together.

7. Listen to someone until you laugh together.

6. Call your friends in Elkhart County and ask them how they’re doing.

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