Archive for July, 2008

Healthy Sprouts Awards

The National Gardening Association administers the Healthy Sprouts Awards, sponsored by Gardener’s Supply Company. These awards support school and youth garden programs that teach about nutrition and the issue of hunger in the United States. To be eligible for the 2008 Healthy Sprouts Awards, your school or organization must plan to garden in [...]

Oklahoma’s Fifth Annual Statewide Women in Agriculture & Small Business Conference will be held on September 18 & 19, 2008 at the Moore Norman Technology Center located at SW 134th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue in Oklahoma City. It is presented by the Great Plains Resource Conservation and Development Association along with the USDA Risk Management [...]

Newsome Community Farms and North Tulsa EATS (Empowering Access Teaching Sustainability) are proud to present a 3-part series of videos about their farm and their many projects. Check it out!

There will be a “Meet, Greet, and Eat” event sponsored by the Oklahoma Food Coop for folks in NE Oklahoma–Saturday, August 2nd, from 4 to 7 PM, at the Jenks Church, 2101 West 118th in Jenks.      
The church’s website has directions at http://www.jenkschurch.org/JCCHome.aspx?Item=23   Our Coop Producers will have tables set up and will be offering samples.  This is a great [...]

Join Slow Food Nation in San Francisco this Labor Day Weekend for an unprecedented event!
Taste delicious food, meet farmers, wander urban gardens, and discover the recipe for a fair and sustainable food system.

Taste
A monument to fresh delicious food, the Taste Pavilions showcase an amazing array of products from across the country. Eaters welcome!

Marketplace
Community and cuisine [...]

The 2008 Buy Fresh Buy Local – Green Country Farmers’ Market Guide is now available for download!

Green Country Farmers’ Market Guide

The Green Country Farmers’ Market Guide lists farmers’ markets in the 18 counties that make up northeastern Oklahoma. Markets in the cities of Tulsa, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Collinsville, Owasso, Bartlesville, Sperry, Wagoner, Jenks, Stilwell, Tahlequah, Haskell and Claremore are represented. Each listing includes market start dates, times, and contacts. Get your Green Country Farmers’ Market Guide now!

Scott Smith serves it up fresh on the outskirts of downtown with his recently opened grocery, BlueJackalope, in Crosbie Heights (corner of Charles Page and Phoenix Ave). Smith hopes to pursue several goals near and dear to SGC’s collective heart. Social justice prompted the idea of putting a neighborhood supermarket in an area bereft of [...]

Ride to Work Day – July 16
Your morning commute might seem different on July 16. Instead of being surrounded by big gas-guzzling SUVs, you might see a few more vehicles of the two-wheeled sort.
Mayor Kathy Taylor has officially proclaimed July 16 [...]

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Eastern Oklahoma Chapter announces “Hiding in Between: The Architecture of Middle America”, a lecture series featuring three Architects practicing in America’s heartland, who have developed innovative design solutions in their own communities.

At 5:30 pm on Thursday evening, July 24, 2008, AIA Eastern Oklahoma hosts Randy Brown, FAIA, LEED-AP at the Central Center in Centennial Park Auditorium located at 1028 E. Sixth St. in Tulsa, OK. Mr. Brown’s lecture begins at 6:00 pm, following a reception at 5:30 pm. The lecture series is open to the public. Tickets may be purchased at the AIA Eastern Oklahoma website at www.aiaeok.org using the link located on the home page. Ticket price is $10 for AIA members and students, $18 for non-members. [....]