Hello Sustainable Green Country,

Last week we had such a great response from the community showing their support for our Buy Fresh,Buy Local campaign! We were grateful for Rich Fisher on NPR, to host SGC and Kamyar Enshayan to talk about the local food initiative in green country. We have been in the organizing stage gathering our goals and objectives for the Tulsa metro area, and will be launching our actual campaign in May. Stay tuned and as always feel free to contact us for questions on how to participate as an advocate supporting our local food systems.

Tulsa Community Garden Association and Sustainable Green Country partnered last Saturday offering an ‘Organic Garden ‘Workshop. Over 150 participated! We were delighted with the day. Wonderful, healthy refreshments were provided by Wild Oats, so popular that only crumbs remained! Thank you Valerie! Planning Committee members with TCGA were Nancy Moran, Diane Askins, Donna Vogelpohl,and Justin Pickard. Planning Committee members with SGC were Chad and Noelle Settle, Keeshi Ingram, Alan Moyer, and head organizer, SGC Vice-President, Leslie Moyer. Outstanding job! So many questions were asked all during and at the end of each session, free seeds, and Organic Gardening magazines were given to all the participants, as well as very interesting vendor displays. It is inspiring to see so many new gardeners interested in organically grown food!

We are still progressing with the Pearl Farmers Market, a new market for Thursday evenings from 4:00-8:00p.m. If you grow a garden and would like to participate as a vendor, we will be offering a meeting this Wednesday at 1:30p.m. Call Leah Pickard, market manager, 743-8698 for location, or email me and we will fill you in on the details.

Be sure and check out this month’s issue of Tulsa People, which focuses on green living in our community. One of our SGC founders, Keeshi Ingram, is highlighted there. Working with natural materials, her deep green effort will bring a Cob(earthen building)/ Straw Bale workshop in May. Check out our website www.sustainablegreencountry.org to pre-register.

Mark your calendar for April 20 &21 to attend our Oklahoma Sustainability Network state conference held in Norman.

We hope we will see you at our monthly meeting on Thursday. (Details below)

Sustainably yours,

Rita Scott

President, Sustainable Green Country

918.640.5408

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Sustainable Green Country’s March Events

Thursday, March 8
Sustainable Green Country Monthly Meeting
Topic: Water quality & stewardship presentation by Cheryl Cheadle,
State Blue Thumb Coordinator: “Connection Before Protection”
6:00 – 7:00 SGC Steering Committee Meeting
7:00 – 8:00 Cheryl Cheadle
Free & open to the public
Location: Central Community Center at Centennial Park
1028 E. 6th St, Tulsa, OK

Wednesday, March 21
Green Drinks!
5:30 pm
Lola’s at the Bowery, corner of Brady & Main, Tulsa
[Note: this repeats the third Wednesday of every month.]

Friday, March 23
Coffee Chat
10:00 am
Coffeehouse on Cherry St, 1502 E 15th St, Tulsa
[Note: this repeats the fourth Friday of every month.]

Thursday, March 29
Free Film Screening: “The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil”
http://www.sustainablegreencountry.org/main/?p=86
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Where: University of Tulsa, Business Administration Hall room 219
(see website for directions & a campus map)

Saturday, March 31
Early registration deadline (with discount) for cob workshop in May

Sustainable Green Country Upcoming Events

Watch our website & email list for details!
http://www.SustainableGreenCountry.org

Thursday, April 5
New Pearl Farmer’s Market opens
Centennial Park, 6th & Peoria
4:00 pm

Thursday, April 12
Sustainable Green Country Monthly Meeting
Topic: Kickoff Celebration for Pearl Farmers’ Market
6:00 – 8:00 Kickoff Celebration
Free & open to the public
Location: Centennial Park, 6th & Peoria

Wednesday, April 18
Green Drinks!
5:30 pm
Lola’s at the Bowery, corner of Brady & Main, Tulsa
[Note: this repeats the third Wednesday of every month.]

Friday & Saturday, April 20 – 21
Okahoma Sustainability Network (OSN) State Conference
Norman, OK
Details: http://www.oksustainability.org

Friday, April 27
Coffee Chat
10:00 am
Coffeehouse on Cherry St, 1502 E 15th St, Tulsa
[Note: this repeats the fourth Friday of every month.]

Saturday, April 28
Go Green Forum
Details TBA

Other Groups’ Upcoming Events

For details about these, and other events, check our “Community Calendar”: http://www.sustainablegreencountry.org/main/?page_id=3
And, as always, contact SGC to add your event to the Community Calendar:
Communications@sustainablegreencountry.org

March 6 OR 7: Train to become a volunteer naturalist; Oxley Nature Center
March 7: Resource Management Conference (Tulsa)
March 10: Oklahoma Farmers Market Alliance Mtng (OKC)
March 10: Oklahoma Hunger Summit (OKC)
March 10: Women in Agriculture & Small Business (Stillwater)
March 10: Sustainable Bartlesville Organizing Meeting (Bartlesville)
March 10: “My Own Backyard” Workshop (Jenks/Glenpool)
March 12: North Eastern Oklahoma Beekeepers Assn Mtng (Tulsa)
March 13: Great Garden Soils/Compost class @ OSU Extension (Tulsa)
March 15: “Basic Training” workshop for food business entrepreneurs (Stillwater)
March 16: Farm to Cafeteria & Food Policy Conference (MD)
March 16: OK Horticultural Society presents Ken Druse (Tulsa)
March 17: Little Dixie Poultry Club Show (McAlester)
March 18: Ozark Folk School begins (AR)
March 20: Trees & Shrubs Class @ OSU Extension (Tulsa)
March 20: Tulsa Audubon Society Meeting (Tulsa)
March 22: Women’s Lambing Season Programs begins (AR)
March 24 & 25: M.E.T. Household Pollution Collection Event (Tulsa)
March 24: Growing Your Own Organic Food Workshop (Tulsa)
March 25: NAHB Green Building Conference (St. Louis)
March 27 & 28: Conversations on Community Renewal (Midwest City)
March 27: Growing Black, Blue and Red Berries Class @ OSU Extension (Tulsa)
March 27 & 28: Sustainable Agriculture Training: Pastured Poultry and Organic Vegetable Production (TX)
March 29: Livestock School, Sam Noble Foundation (OK)
March 29 & 30: Drought Management Workshops (Freedom, OK)
March 29: Green Country Sierra Club Annual Auction, Wine & Cheese Party (Tulsa)
March 30 – 31: Big Bee Buzz – NEOBA Conference (Tulsa)