2012 Phase I Workshops/Lectures/Lessons
- Bread and Cheese Making
- First Aid/CPR with Cathy Halterman
- Tool Sharpening with David Collins
- Tools/Construction with Josh Simmons
- Grafting Fruit Trees with Kirk Billingsley
- Shiitake Mushroom Cultivation with Paul Goland
- Weed Eater, Chainsaw, Tiller, Shredder/Chipper, Car Maintenance
- Stone Masonry with Zach Foster
- Beekeeping with Nicole Balenger
- Soil and Water Conservation with Bobby Whitescarver
- Meadmaking with Bernice Eubank
- Garden Walks
- Birdwatching with John Rowlett
- Chinese Medicine with Noah Goldstein
- Mushroom Foraging with Skip Talaiferro
- Public Health and Nutrition with Helen Brown
- Seed Saving with Ira Wallace
- Fermentation with Dawn Story
- Succession Gardening Workshop
- Food Preservation (Drying, Freezing and Canning)
- Chicken Butchering with Sarah Ricketts
- Non-Profit Management with Betty Mitchell
- Permaculture and Nutrition with Dr. Ted Butchart
- Leadership and Communication Skills
2012 Phase I Field Trips
- Marsha and Richard Laska’s Farm
- Radical Roots
- Edible Landscaping
2012 Phase I Activities
- Gardening!
- Goat husbandry
- Chicken care
- Beekeeping
- Fencing
- Hikes with Pen Goodall
- Camp Hidden Meadows
- Farmer’s Market demos
- Heritage Harvest Festival Presentations
- Fruit Picking/Cider making
- Taste of Highland
- Sheep shearing
- Allegheny Neighbor’s Dinner
- Entering AMS produce in Highland County Fair
- Highway Cleanup
- Churchville Fall Festival
- Focus/Research Project
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