Want to learn more about food and farms in the Gorge?
Looking to start a community garden or farm to school project in your neighborhood?
Hope to meet other like-minded folks who care about where their food comes from?
Become a Gorge Grown Community Food Leader!
We have heard from residents all over the Gorge that they want to help rebuild our regional food system – and that they want the knowledge and
skills to be able to take action locally. This is an opportunity to do just that with your peers in Stevenson and Skamania County.
This FREE two-month training program, run by Gorge Grown in partnership with Oregon Food Bank and WSU Horizons and funded in part by the Meyer Memorial Trust, will teach you how to move from talk to action and make positive change in your community. This winter, the training is available for residents of The Dalles, OR and Stevenson, WA. Evening classes will be held at local sites separately and weekend classes will be held jointly at a central location to facilitate regional resource sharing. Topics to be covered include:
* Food Systems 101: Who, What, How, Why
* Moving from Talk to Action
* Making Meetings Work
* How to Plan and Execute a Community Food Project
* Building Community Partnerships
* and more!
The course covers 9 weeks for a total of 36 hours of training – 7 3-hour Tuesday evening sessions and 3 5-hour Saturday sessions. Travel stipends and childcare are available, and snacks and meals will be provided. Participants who complete the entire course of training earn the designation
Community Food Leader!
Course Schedule: March 6 – April 24 – full schedule available online.
Applications are available online and due February 15, 2010.
http://gorgegrown.com/project/CFL.cfm
Please don’t hesitate to contact Gorge Grown with any questions.
