"Genetic Roulette" Film, Friday 10/19/12 @7:30pm

Hello Cousins Field Community Gardeners,

Below is another event we are invited to by the ConcordCAN folks for the "Focus on Food" film series. Hope you all may consider attending!

Kitty

CONCORDCAN!  PRESENTS

Friday Night Focus on Food Film Series

Genetic Roulette: The Gamble of our Lives

Friday, October 19, 7:30 pm

Trinitarian Congregational Church

54 Walden Street, Concord Center

Doors open at 7 PM (Hubbard Street Entrance)

Are you and your family on the wrong side of a bet about the safety of the food you and your children eat?  When the US government allowed untested genetically engineered groups into our food supply, it was a gamble of unprecedented proportions.

Twenty years later, scientists report a growing body of evidence that connects GMO's with health problems, environmental damage and violation of consumer rights.  

Transparency is a fundamental principle to support a democratic society. Dr. Henry Vaillant, Former Chief of the Department of Medicine and Trustee, Emerson Hospital, says:  "You are what you eat and you are entitled to know if your food has been genetically modified."

Genetic Roulette provides compelling evidence to explain the deteriorating health of Americans, especially among children, and offers a recipe for protecting ourselves and our future...including food labeling. Learn more about the GMO labeling referendum in California!

93% of Americans believe GMO's should be labeled.

We thank Debra Stark of West Concord’s “Natural Gourmet” who highly recommended the film for our Focus on Food series, and is an advocate for non-GMO foods.

Sustainable Coffee TOMORROW, Tuesday Oct 16 at 7:30 AM

Hello Cousins Field Community Gardeners,

Our Gardens for Life friends have invited us to another interesting discussion happening TOMORROW morning at 7:30 - 9am at Harvey Wheeler. See below for more details.

Kitty

What do you think defines a healthy community? Maybe non-GMO, organic and local food is high on your list! Perhaps it could be enough community and neighborhood gardens for all who want to grow our own food?

In any case....here is our chance to learn about the Healthy Concord project, and why your voice is so important! Come to ConcordCAN's Sustainable Coffee TOMORROW, Tuesday Oct 16 at 7:30 AM. See details below. Questions? email deb01742@comcast.net.

Debbie Barr

Sustainable Concord Coffee

Tuesday, October 16, 7:30 to 9AM

Harvey Wheeler Community Center, Clock Tower Room,

Main Street, West Concord

"Public Health and Sustainability in Concord"

Special Guests: Susan Rask and Jill Block

Susan Rask, Concord’s Public Health Director, will discuss the topic of public health and sustainability. She will then introduce Jill Block, who is a staff consultant hired by the Division of Public Health to implement a “Healthy Communities” grant. Our conversation will begin with a very broad definition of what it means to have a healthy community, encompassing mental, emotional, spiritual and environmental health. 

Given this context, we will talk about what Concord needs to be a truly healthy and sustainable community.

We'll have strong coffee, deviled eggs, and more.

Bring your cup, co-workers and friends!

ConcordCAN! hosts monthly Sustainable Concord Coffees the third Tuesday of every month.

We hope that through regular dialogues on sustainability, learning from local experts, and getting to know each other,

Concord will progress more efficiently and effectively toward greater community self-reliance.

Putting Gardens to Rest and Winter Composting Talk, 10/2/12 @7:30p @Harvey Wheeler

Hello Cousins Field Gardeners,

Please join our Gardening for Life friends to hear Mark Hanson discuss how we may put our gardens to rest and what we can do over the winter to compost our beds. Hope to see you there!

Kitty
 

SAVE THE DATE

Gardening for Life

Tuesday, October 2, 7:30 PM at HWCC

Guest speaker: Mark Hanson, Putting gardens to rest and winter composting 

PLEASE NOT THIS IS ON TUESDAY NOT THURSDAY

Mark is an experienced gardener and composting guru. He comes with photos, handouts...and is ready for your questions about prepping gardens now so they are ready to go in the spring. 

Learn about soil improvement using a rotation plan that has simplified soil maintenance. How can we avoid harboring disease/pests in compost??  What about cover crops to improve soil in the spring: either clover or rye?? And when is it ready to be harvested? 

Last year, Mark spoke to a full house at Harvey Wheeler Community Center!  Please RSVP to deb01742@comcast.net to ensure seating!

Sustainable Home Gardening Meeting, Sept. 13th @7:30 @HWCC

Hello Cousins Field Community Gardeners,

Would you like to hear more about how to expand our network fo food gardeners? Come to the Gardening for Life September Meeting next Thurs., 9/13 at 7:30pm @Harvey Wheeler CC to learn more. See below for details.

Thanks,

Kitty

 

Gardening for Life September Meeting

Thursday, September 13, 7:30 PM,

at the Harvey Wheeler Community Center in West Concord

Featuring Sustainable Home Gardening

Gardening for Life’s September meeting for aspiring and practicing home and community gardeners will feature a “TED” talk by Roger Doiron, Kitchen Gardens International, entitled “My Subversive Garden Plot", followed by discussion of local actions we can take. In the future, Doiron notes that we will need to use less fossil fuel, less water, and have less land for growing food. Home gardens are sustainable and essential to a healthy, humane food system.

This kick-off meeting will focus on how we can increase visibility, expand our network of food gardeners and build connections with food fans, home gardeners and garden groups as set out in the Concord Food Assessment Report.  There is a LOT going on in Concord about our food system, and if we put our head's together, we will have quite a calendar of films, speakers, books to read, seeds to save and knowledge to share.  

What else can we do?? What would it take to partner with others to  demonstrate edible landscapes around town, season extension infrastructure, support seed-starting and sharing, gleaning, school gardens, organize random acts of gardening etc. etc??? Our meeting in June with representatives from garden clubs, Gaining Ground, Ag Committee, and community gardeners found lots of interests in common. 

Come join us for the next step! The meeting is free and open to the public. Contact Deb01742@comcast.net. For details, go to http://www.concordfood.ning.com.

Garden Swap and Talk (TODAY 8/9/12!)

Please join our Garden for Life friends for a swap and a talk at Harvey Wheeler tonight at 7.

Kitty

Gardening for Life

GARDEN SWAP AND TALK TODAY Thursday, August 9, 7 pm

Save the date for our annual Gardeners Swap and Talk at Harvey Wheeler Community Center parking lot followed by a discussion and review of this year's growing season. Bring your surplus greens, veggies, flowers, jams...or a favorite recipe!  How did you cope with bright skies...and so little rain? What did you plant that seems to thrive...or die? Are you new to gardening...or a veteran grower??

 All are welcomed to share what you know, enjoy great tasting food and good company. Seeconcordfood.ning.com for more information. Questions? Email deb01742@comcast.net.

Food System Assessment Report, Thur. June 14th @7:30 @Harvey Wheeler CC

Hello Cousins Field Community Gardeners,

Another invite from our friends at Garden for Life on an important topic: The Food System Assessment Report. Hope you can make it to hear about the results. See below for how to reply.

Thanks,

Kitty

Gardening for Life members and friends

NEXT UP

Thursday, June 14, 7:30 PM, Harvey Wheeler Community Center 

Concord Food System Assessment Report: Building Local Food Connections.

Promote a town wide gardening movement is one of six recommendations!

Community Gardeners and Garden/Life members will gather to review the Concord Food System Assessment Report with Debbie Barr, Debbie Bier and Enid Boasberg, all members of the Concord Community Food Project Steering and Advisory Committee.  Please RSVP by June 12 to deb01742@comcast.net so we can be plan accordingly for handouts etc. 

Packed cover to cover with informative and colorful charts, pictures, graphics and information about our unique and vibrant local food system, the report starts with our agricultural history then quickly moves to current assets and challenges of all facets of the food system in Concord: land use, food production, distribution, processing, storage, manufacturing and waste recovery. 

Will you be part of the conversation? Come on your own, or bring a friend.  Go to: www.concordfood.ning.com for details.

CSA Farm Tour this Sat. June 9th, 9-11am

Hi Cousins Field Community Gardeners,

Here's an invite to a CSA Farm Tour by our friends at Gardens for Life. RSVP below if you'd like to join them!

Thanks,
Kitty

Hello Garden/Life members and friends

Looks like Saturday will be a beautiful day for a CSA Farm Tour and Talk Sat June 9, 9-11 AM!  There is room for 4 more...so for those who leave things to the last minute...here is your chance! Both farms have gorgeous greens and unique stories of how they started PLUS why CSA's are good for them...and for us.

Come on your own, or bring a friend. Please RSVP to deb01742@comcast.net so we can plan accordingly.

See you there!

Debbie Barr