Date sent: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 06:07:11 -0100 From: "colleen r." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: food for life! hey y'all--I'm away from my computer, but here's a message about a great conference happening at Moonshadow! john johnson > FOOD FOR LIFE > in the New Millennium > A CONFERENCE ABOUT GROWING AND STORING FOOD, HEALTH AND NUTRITION > >From the Practical to the Political > > JULY 28-30 (Friday-Sunday) - emphasis on the practical > AUGUST 4-6 (Friday-Sunday) - emphasis on the political > > at Moonshadow near Dunlap, Tennessee > Route One Box 304 > Whitwell, TN 37397 > (423) 949-5922 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hosted by the Sequatchie Valley Institute > > OVER THE COURSE OF A WEEK LAST SUMMER, BETWEEN 65-80 FOLKS PER DAY > VISITED THE SEQUATCHIE VALLEY INSTITUTE AT MOONSHADOW IN SOUTHEAST > TENNESSEE, TO LEARN AND SHARE SKILLS IN ORDER TO RECLAIM THE FUTURE FROM > UNSUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS. WE GENERATED SO MUCH INSPIRATION AND > DEDICATION THAT WE DECIDED TO DO IT AGAIN, USING OUR EXPERIENCE LAST YEAR > TO BUILD ON THE MODEL. THIS SECOND ANNUAL GATHERING IS SPLIT INTO TWO > SEPARATE WEEKENDS, WHERE THE POLITICAL OR THE PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF FOOD > PRODUCTION ARE EMPHASIZED, STILL INTEGRATING BOTH. > > JULY 28-30 - EMPHASIS ON THE PRACTICAL > The first weekend will emphasize skills building around permaculture, > organic gardening, food preservation, saving seed, biodynamics, different > methods of cooking and diet choices, medicines, nutrition and energy > efficient cooking. This weekend will also include workshops on farm > labor and industrial agriculture. > > AUGUST 4-6 - EMPHASIS ON THE POLITICAL > The second weekend will focus on theoretical and political explorations > of the social and ecological implications of industrial agriculture. We > will discuss strategies for mobilizing against agribusiness and ag > biotech, and promoting sustainable community-based food systems in the > face of global monopolies. Workshops will be lead by representatives of > groups working on such issues as: farm labor, factory farms, organic > standards and biotechnology. Workshops on food preservation and storage, > nutrition and permaculture will be interspersed to keep our visions > tangible. > > To wrap up the weekend, on August 7th, we will create a public > demonstration of our ideas > > FOOD FOR LIFE SCHEDULE > (subject to change) > > FRIDAY, JULY 28TH: > 7:00-8:00 Breakfast > 8:00-8:30 Welcome > 8:30-11:30 Workshop: > *EDIBLE LANDSCAPING/PRINCIPLES OF PERMACULTURE (Patrick and Ashley > Ironwood) - We will tour through Moonshadow¹s edible landscape while > learning the basic ideas and terminology of Permaculture, a > fully-integrated, place-oriented systems relationship between all things. > 12:00-1:30 Lunch > 1:30-3:00 Workshops - choice of two: > * CANNING, PRESERVATION AND STORAGE - Day One - The Philosophy and > Science of Food Preservation (Carol Kimmons) - What to preserve. We will > discuss the best techniques for each - canning, drying, freezing, > pickling and salting. Maintaining nutritional value, taste, color and > safety. We will cover harvesting, preparation and the causes and > prevention of spoilage. > * MAKING SALVES FOR HEALING (Erin Shaw) - Using medicinals grown at > Moonshadow, we will make a salve for cuts, burns and scrapes. > 3:30-5:00 Workshops - choice of two: > * PRINCIPLES OF BASIC TOOL USE OR HOW SMALL, SKINNY FOLKS CAN HAVE FUN > DOING PHYSICAL WORK!! - (Sandy Hepler) - Just a few, simple techniques > can enable you to use almost any tool! We'll start with a mattock, > shovel, and a surprise tool. The use of a hammer and axe will also be > demonstrated. > * VEGAN RECIPE SWAP AND COOKING (gillian hodler and Ashley Ironwood) - We > will discuss why folks choose a vegan lifestyle, share recipes for dishes > free of animal products and then make dinner! > 5:15-6:45 Open Slot - for workshops, discussions or free time > 7:00 Dinner > 8:30-? Evening Activity > > SATURDAY, JULY 29TH: > 7:00-8:00 Breakfast > 8:00-8:30 Announcements > 8:30-11:30 Workshops - choice of two: > * CANNING, PRESERVATION AND STORAGE - Day Two - Hands-on Safe Pressure > Canning (Carol Kimmons) - We will use a pressure cooker for non-acid > foods and a boiling-water bath for acid foods and pickles. > * FERMENTATION I - WINE, BEER AND TEMPEH - (Patrick and Ashley Ironwood) > We plan to illustrate the art of fermentation by making > 10 pounds of tempeh, 30 gallons of beer and > 10 gallons of wine! > 12:00-1:30 Lunch > 1:30-3:00 Workshops - choice of two: > * FERMENTATION II -SAUERKRAUT (Sandorfag)- Learn how to make this > wonderful beneficial food - it¹s so easy and healthy! > * EVERYTHING YOU DIDN¹T WANT TO KNOW ABOUT REFINED FOODS AND WERE AFRAID > TO ASK (gillian hodler) - Learn about why the ³American diet² is so bad > for us. White four, sugar, soda and more! > 3:30-5:30 Workshops - choice of two: > * LEAVES AS FOOD (David Kennedy and Therese Hildebrand ) - During our > first hour we will discuss the advantages, limitations, historical and > cultural perspective, and three approaches to overcoming limitations and > making better > use of leaf crops (home growing of fresh leaf crops including out of > season, making leaf concentrate, and solar drying of leaves). The second > hour would be building a simple solar dryer and questions and answers. > * BIODYNAMIC AGRICULTURE (Jeff Poppen) - This will be a hands-on > learning experience where we will stir a biodynamic preparation of ³horn > manure² to spray in the evening. > 5:45-6:45 Open Slot > 7:00 Dinner > 8:30-? Evening Activity > > SUNDAY, JULY 30TH: > 7:00-8:00 Breakfast > 8:00-8:30 Announcements > 8:30-10:30 Workshops - choice of two: > * FERMENTATION III - MISO (Sandorfag) - Using traditional techniques, we > will make a crock > of miso! > * TOTALITARIAN AGRICULTURE DISCUSSION (john johnson and Patrick Ironwood) > - Can we continue to manipulate wild nature to feed our growing > population and not damage the ecology that allows for abundant and > complex life on > our planet? > 10:45-12:15 Workshops - choice of two: > * BASIC ENERGY-EFFICIENT COOKING TECHNOLOGIES (Sandy Hepler) - Why > bother? Discussion of appropriate technology and problems (social, > political and other) in its > application. Technical specifics and design. > A rocket stove will be built and tested. > * IN A PICKLE: THE BATTLE FOR JUSTICE IN EASTERN NC FIELDS (Matt Emmick) > - Matt will cover the life and conditions of migrant workers, the history > of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, its success in the Midwest and > its current fight in the South. > 12:30-2:00 Lunch > 2:00-5:00 Workshops - choice of two: > * CANNING, PRESERVATION AND STORAGE - > Day Three - Hands-on Freezing and Drying (Carol Kimmons) - This workshop > will include blanching, packaging and storing. > * THE ART OF BREAD MAKING AND BAKING (Patrick Ironwood) - This will be a > hands-on workshop where we will make a variety of traditional and > experimental breads. We will then learn the basics of baking in a > wood-fired cob oven. Our bread will then be included as part of dinner! > 5:15-6:45 Open Slot > 7:00 Dinner > 8:30-? Evening Activity > > Other possible workshops during the first weekend: Solar Oven > Construction, Nutrition, and Wild Mushroom Hunting > > Week In-Between: > Participants are encouraged to spend the week in-between gatherings at > Moonshadow, living and learning informally, as short-term interns. Guests > during this time, like everyone who lives and works at Moonshadow, will > be asked to donate $5/day to the Community Fund for general expenses. > The week in-between will also include a field trip to ³One Cow Farm,² a > diversified family-run farm working with available resources, focusing on > grass-based animal protein (eggs, meat). They also raise honey bees, > native plants and run a pick-your own berry patch. > > FRIDAY, AUGUST 4TH: > 7:00-8:00 Breakfast > 8:00-8:30 Welcome > 8:30-11:30 Workshop: > *EDIBLE LANDSCAPING/PRINCIPLES OF PERMACULTURE (Patrick and Ashley > Ironwood) - We will spend the morning touring through Moonshadow¹s edible > landscape while learning the basic ideas and terminology of Permaculture, > a fully-integrated, place-oriented systems relationship between all > things. > 12:00-1:30 Lunch > 1:30-3:00 Workshops - choice of two: > * CANNING, PRESERVATION AND STORAGE - Day One - The Philosophy and > Science of Food Preservation (Carol Kimmons) - What to preserve. We will > discuss the best techniques for each - canning, drying, freezing, > pickling and salting - maintaining nutritional value, taste, color and > safety. We will cover harvesting, preparation and the causes and > prevention of spoilage. > * GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY (Annie Oakley) - We will explore > and discuss the repercussions of seed ownership consolidation, patenting > and "intellectual property rights". By analyzing the role of the "life > sciences" industry in the global food system, we will be better equipped > to confront it, and to design ecological alternatives for community food > security. > 3:30-5:00 Workshops - choice of two: > * BUILDING AN ALTERNATIVE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SYSTEM FROM THE SOIL UP > (Anthony Flaccavento) - This interactive workshop will draw on > experiences from Central Appalachia where a "field to table" strategy has > been used to promote an economically viable, ecologically sustainable > agriculture system. The workshop will address topics ranging from farmer > outreach and training, to building farmer-consumer relationships and high > value regional markets. Participants will begin to analyze their own > local food and agriculture system and consider ways to create > alternatives. > * THE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF A PLANT-BASED DIET (Randall > and Erika White) - As doctors and environmentalists, Randall and Erika > will offer an evidence-based presentation supporting vegetarianism. > 5:15-6:45 Open Slot > 7:00 Dinner > 8:30-? Evening Activity: > * BANANAS! (Leigh Scherberger) - Leigh will present a slide show and > talk focused on banana production In Costa Rica as it impacts the lives > of the plantation workers and their families, as well as the pristine > rainforests and the earth¹s precious water. We will find out how we can > increase the demand for rainforest-safe, fair-labor banana production. > > SATURDAY, AUGUST 5TH: > 7:00-8:00 Breakfast > 8:00-8:30 Announcements > 8:30-11:30 Workshops - choice of two: > * GARDENING 101 (Alex McGregor) - For many years Alex has been using > ³intensive gardening² techniques to create much food on a small amount of > land. His garden has been the Chattanooga area¹s only C.S.A. (community > supported agriculture). Alex will provide us with general gardening > information and methods. > * CANNING, PRESERVATION AND STORAGE - Day Two - Hands-on Safe Pressure > Canning (Carol Kimmons) - We will use a pressure cooker for non-acid > foods and a boiling-water bath for acid foods and pickles. > 12:00-1:30 Lunch > 1:30-3:00 Workshops - choice of two: > * URBAN COMMUNITY GARDENING (Connie Presson) - The Atlanta Community Food > Bank partners with communities around the metropolitan area to build > gardens growing vegetables and flowers, thus bettering the lives of both > children and adults and providing food at low cost. > * TBA > 3:30-5:30 Workshops - choice of two: > * COOKING WITH SEA VEGETABLES (Steve Cooke) - We will talk about the > health benefits of sea vegetables, share some recipes and then cook > dinner which will include a dulse cocktail with corn and a hijiki salad > with carrots, onions and celery - yum! > * KICK CAPITALISM OUT OF FOOD (Andrea del Moral) - We'll examine the > specific problems of food in a capitalist and market economy, and use > these weaknesses as a point of departure for rebuilding something that > works - a different community relationship to food, and a different > process for deciding and making things happen. Enough policy! We can > provide food for each other without corporations, without The Market, > without subsidies, without bankrupt farmers, without all becoming > gardeners. Come ready to > talk (maybe even into the Open Slot time). > 5:45-6:45 Open Slot > 7:00 Dinner > 8:30-? Evening Activity > > SUNDAY, AUGUST 6TH: > 7:00-8:00 Breakfast > 8:00-8:30 Announcements > 8:30-11:30 Workshops - choice of two: > * CANNING, PRESERVATION AND STORAGE - Day Three - Hands-on Freezing and > Drying (Carol Kimmons) - This workshop will include blanching, packaging > and storing. > * TBA > 12:00-1:30 Lunch > 1:30-3:00 Workshops - choice of two: > * GO VEGAN! (Jack Norris) - Jack does vegan outreach in Atlanta. He will > speak about the importance of removing animal cruelty from our lives and > delicious ways to do so. > * IN A PICKLE: THE BATTLE FOR JUSTICE IN EASTERN NC FIELDS (Nick Wood) - > Nick will cover the life and conditions of migrant workers, the history > of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, its success in the Midwest and > its current fight in the South. > 3:30-5:00 Workshops - choice of two: > * CHANGES WITHIN THE SYSTEM (Archer Christian) - Archer will inform us > about the national effort to make the next National Farm Bill a farm bill > for sustainable agriculture. We will discuss how to have an effective > voice in state and federal ag policy. > * COMMUNITY FOOD SECURITY (Matt Peters) - Buy local. Sell local. We > will cover the fundamentals of creating a bioregional food system. How > do you include everyone? Food stamps? Community gardens? > 5:15-6:45 Open Slot > 7:00 Dinner > 8:30-? Evening Activity > > Other possible workshops during the second weekend: Organic Standards, > Factory Farming and Dairy and Bovine Growth Hormones > > FOOD FOR LIFE > > * The workshops will be held at Moonshadow, a family-based homestead in > rural Tennessee. Folks have been growing, harvesting and preserving food > here since the early 70¹s. > > * We will have at least 23 enthusiastic educators on staff for the > conference. > > * We plan to prepare each meal intentionally as part of the curriculum > (each participant will help cook at least one meal per weekend). > > * Participants will also have the opportunity to lead workshops or > discussions. > > STUFF TO BRING: > > Make sure to bring a tent, bedding, a flashlight, toiletries, a towel, > long-sleeved shirts and pants, a hat, rain gear, indoor and outdoor shoes > (if possible), a journal, instruments, bulk food (especially if you can > get it donated - be sure to let us know...) and lots of energy. > > DIRECTIONS TO MOONSHADOW: > > FROM WHITWELL, TN: > Head North on Hwy 28 from Whitwell about 8 miles. Less than a mile after > crossing into Sequatchie county look to your left for ³Cartwright > Automotive.² Our turn is just past that on the left: ³Cartwright Loop.² > Follow this road for 0.7 mi. Our mailbox is on the right, #304 (there > will also be a sign). Park your car down there unless you have to drive > up. There is a footbridge that will take you across the creek to > Grandmother¹s house (Nona). She can point out the trail or you can walk > up the road. It¹s about 3/4 mi. There will be a shuttle available to > carry your things if you need it. > > FROM DUNLAP, TN: > In Dunlap, take Hwy 28 towards Whitwell about 8 miles (if you get to > Whitwell you¹ve gone too far). Our turn-off is on the right: ³Cartwright > Loop.² (It¹s past Cartwright Grocery). Follow the Whitwell directions > ---------------------------------------- > john johnson > c/o KEF! > P.O. 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