Ecofest 2012
Conference and Festival
Our Changing Environment:
Increasing Sustainability, Empowering People
March 29 – 31, 2012
More here: http://www.tulsacc.edu/ecofest

What: Farmers Market Food Safety Workshop
Who should attend: Market managers, staff, volunteers, vendors
Where: Tulsa County OSU Extension, 4116 E. 15th Street, Tulsa, OK
When: Saturday March 3
Time: 1:30-2:30
Presenters:
Barbara Tricinella, Nutrition Educator Coordinator
Kendra Wise, County Health Department , Inspection Division
Rita Scott, Ok Farm and Food Alliance, Community Outreach
RSVP: 918.640.5408 or rita@okfarmandfood.org
Free, but limited seating–please register.
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The Oklahoma Farm and Food Alliance, the Tahlequah Food Policy Council and Sustainable Green Country – with the generous support of the Cherokee Nation – are hosting a “Local Foods Conference: Policies and Projects that Build a Regional Food System“ in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
This free conference will be held at the Tahlequah Armory Municipal [...]

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January 6 & 7, 2012
Tulsa Community College, NE Campus
Tulsa, OK
It’s time to register for the 2012 Conference.  December 20 is the pre-registration deadline for the conference.
 
Details and registration form available at the website: http://www.hortla.okstate.edu/his/.

• Learn which cool-season leafy crops grow best in a high tunnel/hoophouse
• Learn growing techniques
• Visit with actual growers and OSU Horticulturists to learn how to produce the following crops for harvest and sales through wintertime:
>  Kale
>  Turnip Greens
>  Mustard
>  Swiss Chard
>  Lettuce
>  Etc.
Friday, November 18, 2011
2 to 4 p.m.
Our Farm (Owners: Rex & Marie [...]

Dr. Heidi Cullen, author of the 2010 book “The Weather of the Future” and Director of Communications at Climate Central will explore the difficulties of communicating the science of climate change and look at the current state of public perception of global warming in the United States. She will provide current information on Oklahoma.
October 25, [...]

Northeast Oklahoma and surrounding regions are in for a treat when Mark Shepard conducts an Agroforestry/Permaculture “weekend intensive” in the Tahlequah area on November 4 through 7 (or longer if more farms want walking/talking tours).
Mark is the CEO of Forest Agriculture Enterprises and runs New Forest Farm, the 106 acre perennial agricultural forest considered by [...]

Tornadoes, gale force winds, flooding rains, record heat and drought – the crazy weather has made gardening in Oklahoma this year especially challenging.
Nowhere is this truer than at the Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture. After a tornado mangled a newly erected hoop house in April and torrential rain washed seed out of the ground, Kerr [...]