AUA Spring Gathering: Sharing the Harvest

Wednesday, May 15

5-8PM

Garfield Park Conservatory – Jensen Room

300 N Central Park Ave

FREE

Join us for another great opportunity to connect with and learn from urban agriculture practitioners and supporters from across the Chicago area.  There will be a potluck, mix & mingle, community slideshow, discussion panel and more!

5-5:40PM: Sign-ins, mix & mingle, and POTLUCK
Please bring a tasty (and labeled!) dish to share, along with your own plate/bowl/cutlery.

5:40-5:45: Welcome & Intro

5:45-6PM: Community Slideshow
Showcase your urban garden or farm project! Send 1-2 photos to coordinator@auachicago.org by 8AM on May 14.

6-7PM: Panel discussion – “Sharing the Harvest”
Farmers, gardeners, food pantry coordinators and recipients from across the city will discuss donation programs, garden “gleaning” projects, and other ways that local gardens and farms can ensure that what they grow goes to good use.
Moderated by Ben Helphand, Executive Director of NeighborSpace.
Panelists include: Laura Erickson (Green Youth Farm), Erin Fuller (Merchant Park Community Garden), Breanne Heath (Growing Home), Todd Jones (Every Last Morsel), Robert Nevel (KAMII, White Rock Gleaning Program), Al Simmons (Ginkgo Organic Giving Garden), and Angela Taylor (Garfield Park Garden Network).

7-7:45PM: Breakout discussion sessions

7:45-8PM: Mix & mingle

Pass it along!

Thanks to Jennifer Kehrer for the lovely poster design!

 

The local urban agriculture and sustainability community in Chicago mourns the death of one of its most knowledgeable, passionate and dedicated leaders.  Kevin Pierce was a long-time architect and sustainability designer, retiring from Shaw Environmental in July 2011 to become the Chief Operating Officer of the Resource Center Chicago, on which he served as a board member for a number of years. He was also a past member of the Advocates for Urban Agriculture (AUA) Steering Committee.  Kevin died May 2, 2013 from brain cancer. He will be sorely missed.
 
A private ceremony is being scheduled for later in the month. Donations in Kevin’s memory are requested to be made to Resource Center Chicago, 222 East 135th Pl., Chicago, Illinois 60827 (http://www.resourcecenterchicago.org/).

AUA Spring Gathering: Sharing the Harvest

Wednesday, May 15

5-8PM

Garfield Park Conservatory – Jensen Room

300 N Central Park Ave

FREE

Join us for another great opportunity to connect with and learn from urban agriculture practitioners and supporters from across the Chicago area.  There will be a potluck, mix & mingle, community slideshow, discussion panel and more!

5-5:40PM: Sign-ins, mix & mingle, and POTLUCK
Please bring a tasty (and labeled!) dish to share, along with your own plate/bowl/cutlery.

5:40-5:45: Welcome & Intro

5:45-6PM: Community Slideshow
Showcase your urban garden or farm project! Send 1-2 photos to coordinator@auachicago.org by 8AM on May 14.

6-7PM: Panel discussion – “Sharing the Harvest”
Farmers, gardeners, food pantry coordinators and recipients from across the city will discuss donation programs, garden “gleaning” projects, and other ways that local gardens and farms can ensure that what they grow goes to good use.
Moderated by Ben Helphand, Executive Director of NeighborSpace.
Panelists include: Laura Erickson (Green Youth Farm), Erin Fuller (Merchant Park Community Garden), Breanne Heath (Growing Home), Todd Jones (Every Last Morsel), Robert Nevel (KAMII, White Rock Gleaning Program), Al Simmons (Ginkgo Organic Giving Garden), and Angela Taylor (Garfield Park Garden Network).

7-7:45PM: Breakout discussion sessions

7:45-8PM: Mix & mingle

Pass it along!

 

 

Our End-of-Winter Newsletter is here!  Inside you’ll find information about upcoming events (including this Saturday’s big party–see flier below!), updates on current projects and recent successes, an in-depth interview with SEEDS about their Mini Farm at Dunne Tech Elementary, and more!  To view the newsletter, just click HERE.

We’re also excited about this Saturday’s “Celebrating City Growing” party & AUA fundraiser, which will cap the first day of the Midwest Urban Farmers Summit (March 9-10) and feature an exclusive pre-release screening of a new documentary, Q&A with the filmmaker, live music, local beer and more – we hope to see you there!

AUA and the Midwest Urban Farmers Summit present:

CELEBRATING CITY GROWING

an Urban Farming Celebration featuring:

Exclusive Test Screening of Growing Cities, Live Music, Local Beer and More!

It’s shaping up to be a full weekend ahead of us with the Midwest Urban Farmers Summit, the Farm Dreams workshop, Beekeeping Classes and more, but whatever your daytime plans on Saturday, plan on meeting up with us at the ECO Collective in Pilsen that evening to let loose!  AUA and the folks from the Midwest Urban Farmers Summit are hosting a party to kick off the growing season with an exclusive pre-release screening of Growing Cities (featuring Chicago farms like The Plant, Growing Home, City Farm and Growing Power!), a Q&A with the filmmakers, high-energy live music from the Kodiak Farm Boys (co-led by City Farm’s own Dave Henderson!), delicious local beer from Revolution Brewery, and popcorn!

All proceeds from the night will help to fund AUA’s outreach, educational and advocacy projects.  More details will be up on AUA’s website soon, so keep your eyes peeled!

Saturday, March 9
@ ECO Collective, 2042 W 21st Street (not Place!)

Doors open at 7:30PM
Film starts at 8PM
Music starts at 9:45PM

ALL AGES (21+ ID required for service of alcohol)
$7 admission (free for Midwest Urban Farmers Summit attendees, but donations encouraged!)

Watch the trailer for Growing Cities here:

<p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/42288661″>Growing Cities Trailer</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/growingcities”>Growing Cities Movie</a> on <a href=”http://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a&gt;.</p>