Forwarding pl. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: urban leaves <[email protected]> Date: 2010/1/11 Subject: City Farming Workshop on sunday 7th Feb at MNP 9 - 4 pm To:
*Dear Friends*
Want to reduce global warming and climate change?
Want to be healthy?
Want to build relationships between
neighbours?
Want to do something creative?
Want to bypass rising vegetable prices?
Want to learn a new skill?
*IF YES, THEN JOIN US AND LEARN TO GROW YOUR OWN FOOD!*
You are what you eat. Come learn how we at Urban Leaves nourish our bodies
and souls through the practice of city farming. Natueco Farming and building
Amrut Mitti gives us a holistic perspective about how the food we eat is
related to all these issues. We hope the workshop will give you both the
motivation to start growing your own food and the tools and the network to
help you do so.
URBAN LEAVES (an Initiative of Vidya Varidhi Trust) is hosting a workshop on
“How to initiate your own Natueco City Farm" on *Sunday 7th Feb*, at
Maharashtra Nature Park from *9.00 am to 4.00 pm.* The session will be
conducted by Preeti Patil who manages one of the most successful city farms
in Mumbai. Preeti has been in charge of this award winning terrace farm
since its inception 8 years ago and today with full grown trees, herbs,
vegetables and a variety of fruit trees, it stands testimony to the fact
that urban farms are very doable.
Schedule
9.00 – 9.45 - Registration & light breakfast
9.45- 10.30 Introduction & a short film
10.45 - 11.45 - Demonstration & talk on Amrit Mitti
11.45 – 12.45 - Hands-on group activity – preparing Amrit Mitti
12.45 - 1.30 - Lunch
1.30 – 2.00 Demonstration on how to use Amrit Mitti and plant a
sapling
Info on companion planting and bio diversity
2.00 - 2.30 How to maintain your farm
2.30 - 3.15 Q&A and feedback
Fee for the workshop is Rs.400/- per head -inclusive of resource materials,
breakfast & lunch.
All are requested to carry their own drinking water to avoid plastic and
buying water. Please register your name with
Jyoti [email protected] Contact No: 9819444905 or Devi
[email protected] contact no: 9967712384 below at the earliest.
Please pay
fees in cash or cheque. Cash may be directly paid to Jyoti at Chembur or
Devi at Lower parel
Cheques favoring ‘Vidya Vaaridhi Trust’ may be couriered to Uday Acharya
at Vidya Varidhi Trust, A-101 Mani Bhavan, 11th Road, Chembur Mumbai
400071. Contact No: 9833663108
We have kept the workshop fees as low as possible. Further subsidization is
available to those who need it and anyone who can contribute more is invited
to support others' participation or future work. Please contact Uday
Acharya on 9833663108 for further assistance.
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Warm Regards
Urban Leaves
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