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Vumani still has a few limited places for late registrations.
They are facilitating a free, two-day workshops on how to grow vegetables organically. Members of interested organizations or groups are invited to participate and share their experiences. The Theme for these Workshops is “Learn with Us”.
Vumani's intention is to support local networking and to develop a shared strategy to build working relationships that will support each other further to improve individual practices based on shared learning and experiences.
They request that those attending go out and share the knowledge and skills gained with others from their organizations and groups, initiating a process of enhancing urban food security across many fronts – at schools, at community gardens and at a household level.
Vumani are willing to act as a resource group, tol help with problems and difficulties that may be encountered when participants start to grow their own vegetables, especially in regards to how we can all work together to shift urban farming towards economic enablement.
The first workshop is on Thursday 12th and Friday 13th March, 9 for 9.30a.m. to 16.00.
Venue: eThembeni Methodist Church C 215 Inanda Township.
The Facilitators are Lawrence Mkhaliphi from Biowatch and Neville Meyer and Coral Vinsen from Vumani Urban Renewal Programme.
Topics that will be addressed during this Introductory Workshop:
- What is Sustainable Ecological Agriculture
- Improving Soil Fertility naturally
- Composting and the role of Earthworms
- Water Harvesting Practices
- Biodiversity and GMO’s
- Nutrition Gardens
- Micro Farming Methods and Practical Garden Design options
Please RSVP your attendance, forwarding the attached application to Coral Vinsen on fax 031 564 7239 or email vinsen@saol.com.
Introduction
to Sustainable Ecological Farming
12TH
AND 13TH MARCH 2009
Day One
| TIME |
TOPIC |
LEAD FACILITATOR
|
| 9h00 to 9h30 |
Registration and Tea |
Vumani Gardeners |
| 9h30 to 10h00
|
Welcome and Introductions
History and Aims of eThembeni
Garden
Filming and Video of Workshop
|
Coral Vinsen
Neville Meyer
|
| 10h00 to 11h00 |
What is Sustainable Ecological
Farming
Organic Checklist
|
Neville Meyer |
| 11h00 to 12h00 |
Garden Planning and Design Options |
Lawrence Mkhaliphi |
| 12h00 to 13h00 |
Living Soils
Fertility – Structure and Mulching
|
Neville Meyer |
| 13h00 to 13h45 |
Poetry
LUNCH
|
Berthwell |
| 14h00 to 15h00 |
Composting and Liquid Feeding
Worms the gardeners partner
|
Coral Vinsen
Zamu
|
| 15h00 to 16h00 |
Garden Design Options |
Lawrence Mkhaliphi |
Day Two
| TIME |
TOPIC |
LEAD FACILITATOR
|
| 9h00
to 9h30 |
Tea |
Vumani Gardeners |
| 9h30
to 10h00 |
Reflection and Feedback |
Jeremiah |
| 10h00
to 11h00 |
Water Harvesting and Treatment |
Neville Meyer and Lawrence Mkhaliphi |
| 11h00
to 12h00 |
Planting – Climate, Seasons,
seed, seedling, succession – seed to harvest |
Lawrence Mkhaliphi |
| 12h00
to 13h00 |
Nutritional advantages of eating
fresh organically grown food.
Vegetarian lunch dish
Traditional Foods – for township
kitchens
|
Rowena Curr
Coral Lunch dish
Zamu
|
| 13h00
to 13h45 |
LUNCH |
|
| 14h00
to 15h00 |
Micro Farming Practices |
Neville Meyer |
| 15h00
to 16h00 |
Garden Design Options |
Lawrence Mkhaliphi |
| 16h00
to 16h15 |
Evaluation Question and Answer
session |
Thami and team |
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