Community Food SkillShare

Open invite to all community members and interested parties. All-day event designed to educate and bring awareness to various aspects of the food environment. About a dozen diverse workshops will highlight a wide spectrum of interests, ranging from the individual to community.

Breakfast and lunch are provided.  This event is open to the public and free, donations accepted.

To RSVP click here.  To get additional info, contact Todd Alexander at OSU-Extension at (216) 429-8242 or c [dot] todd [dot] alexander [at] gmail [dot] com

2010 Skill Share Itinerary
Thank you in advance for your interest in attending Skill Share 2010. This is the first year we have
put on this format of workshop(s) for Cleveland residents, and we thank you for your patience as
time slots were set, and all the odds and ends were tied up.

There will be four different time slots full of workshops. During each of these time slots there will
be three workshops going on simultaneously. Attendees will choose the one that most interests them
during that given time slot.

Here is the breakdown of events for Saturday, September 18th 2010:

9:00 – 9:35 Registration / Breakfast

9:45 – 9:50 Welcome Remarks and Event Intro

9:50 – 10:00 People have 10 minutes to get to the workshop classroom

10:00 – 10:50 Workshop Series 1

Farmers’ Markets; Jody Lathwell - Tremont Farmers’ Market
Video Documentation; Tom Kondilas - LESS Productions
Vermicompost; Mark DiDonato - Vermicomposting Expert

10:50 – 11:00 Ten minute transition from one workshop to another

11:00 – 11:50 Workshop Series 2

Healthy Corner Stores; Erika Abrams – Case Western Reserve U.
Healthy Soul Food Cooking; Vel Scott – Community Educator
Keeping Chickens; Mark DiDonato – Chicken Expert

11:50 – 1:00 LUNCH

1:00 – 1:50 Workshop Series 3

Growing Mushrooms; Hank Habermann – Permaculture Expert
Lacto Fermentation; Maria Smith – Fermentation Expert
Bee Keeping; Karin Wishner – Karin’s Apiary

1:50 – 2:00 Ten minute transition from one workshop to another

2:00 – 2:50 Workshop Series 4

School Gardens; Michele Brickner – St. Martin de Porres
Fresh Stops; Josh Klein – City Fresh and Gordon Square Market
SPIN Farming; Virginia Houston and Peter McDermott – Urban Growth Farms

3:00 – 3:30 Site Tour of Central Roots

If people are still interested, there will be a walking tour of the future garden,
Central Roots; Thackeray Avenue Orchard. It is located directly behind
Vocational Guidance Services. The garden tour will be casual, and will touch
on soil issues and barriers that make accessing land in urban communities
difficult.