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Free Screening of FRESH: The Movie

Posted in farm, food, people, tagged , on August 20, 2009|

Free Screening of FRESH: The Movie

Saturday August 22, 2009 at 1:00 pm

Hollywood Branch Library
2600 Hollywood Blvd.Hollywood, FL 33020

A brief Q&A to follow movie. Taste local flavors from farmers in SFLA, and Pat of Yummy Yard will discuss ways to transform your yard into an edible garden.

For more information please contact Alexandra at 305-297-2000 or alexandra(at)nestpartners.com

FRESH celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system. Each has witnessed the rapid
transformation of our agriculture into an industrial model, and confronted the consequences: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources, and morbid obesity. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for a future of our food and our planet.

Among several main characters, FRESH features urban farmer and activist, Will Allen, the recipient of MacArthur 2008 Genius Award; sustainable farmer and entrepreneur Joel Salatin, made famous by Michael Pollan’s book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma; and supermarket owner, David Ball, challenging our Wal-Mart dominated economy.

Thanks to Melissa Contreras of the Urban Oasis Project for passing this along.

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Urban Oasis Project

Posted in agritourism, farmer/grower, food, location, locavore, people, tagged , , on July 31, 2009| 2 Comments »

The Urban Oasis Project is an all-volunteer organization dedicated to building food gardens in the city. Think fruits and vegetables growing in a garden in your backyard. Bananas, okra, melons, herbs, mmmm. Urban Oasis Project is the brainchild of CSA member Melissa Contreras, who together with Art Friedrich, host monthly meetings and potlucks. The next one is right around the corner, this Saturday August 1 at 4 pm in North Dade.

Art emailed details: Yvrose Valdez, has offered to host the next garden potluck at her house!  She is a Master Gardener, and I think she’s growing more than all of the community gardens combined on her modest house-lot! You don’t want to miss it!

We will begin to gather around 4PM on Aug 1st, with garden tours at 4:30 and 5PM.

At 5:30 we’ll have a quick more formal meeting to talk about the future of Urban Oasis Project, formalize some by-laws, vote in officers, and sign papers for incorporation, and officially birth the Urban Oasis Project (in the eyes of the state).

Around 6:15 we’ll kick off the potluck and feast upon the delicious wonders. Please bring a dish of some sort, or a dessert. If it’s homegrown, that’s great, but it doesn’t have to be – we know many of you are beginners and that this is a more sparse time in the harvest season for all of us.

Everyone is welcome to bring seeds and plants to trade or share with each as well!

Yvrose lives near 108th St. and NE 2nd Ave., so this will be more convenient for all of you living north of Miami.  You must RSVP for the actual address!

Send your RSVP to Art theedibleyardmiami(at)gmail.com or Melissa admin(at)urbanoasisproject.org .

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