Ever dreamed of making your very own cheese & dairy products?
Here’s your chance to learn!
Rural Vermont presents:
Feta, Soft Cheese, Yogurt, & Kefir
with the Metta Earth Institute team
Sunday, March 25th
1-4 pm at Metta Earth
$20-$40 sliding scale
advance registration required
All proceeds benefit Rural Vermont.
To sign up for the class or get more info,
call (802) 223-7222 or email shelby@ruralvermont.org.
Organic Beekeeping Workshop:
Intermediate and Advanced
Sunday - February 5, 2012
10:00am - 5:00pm
Fee: $40
For more information or to register call: 802-349-42793
Topics covered will include working with swarms, making splits and nucleus colonies, apitherapy, developing a deeper more personal relationship with your hives.
Presenter:
Ross Conrad is a former president of the
Vermont Beekeepers
Association, a regular contributor to Bee Culture - The Magazine
of American Beekeeping, and author of Natural Beekeeping: Organic
Approaches To Modern Apiculture. Ross has given bee related
presentations and taught organic beekeeping workshops and classes
throughout North America for several years now. His small 13-year-old
beekeeping business, Dancing Bee Gardens, supplies friends,
neighbors, and local stores with honey and candles among other
bee related products, and provides bees for Vermont apple
pollination in spring.
more about Ross...
Location
Metta Earth Institute -Center For Contemplative Ecology, 334 Geary
Road South, Lincoln, Vermont. 802-453-8111
For directions...
Cancellation policy:
Sorry, there are no refunds for cancellations less than one week
in advance of a workshop. Credit may be applied to a future MEI Beekeeping course
or workshop however.
Bee Well,
Ross Conrad
PO Box 443
Middlebury, VT 05753
802-388-2314
www.dancingbeegardens.com
Wildcrafting with the Seasons:
WINTER MEDICINE
Saturdays - February 11, 2012
10:00am - 5:00pm
Sliding Fee: $50-70
Please register in advance- space is limited
For more information or to register call: 802-349-42793
- Chinese medical understanding of Winter, and how to live a life more in balance with the season and Nature. Will include a discussion of the Five Elements and Yin and Yang.
- Plant walk and harvest of pine or hemlock needles and discussion of tea and decoction preparation from the harvest
- Nature observation: looking more closely at what is happening and not happening now
- Winter Qi Gong: practices to strengthen the Kidney and Bladder, the organs associated with Winter
- Introduction to Chinese tongue diagnosis: a way of understanding what is happening internally to promote healthy living
- Tincture making: discussion of preparing fresh and dried plant preparations and preparing a tincture of yarrow to take home.
Take home plant medicine prepartion ($50 value).
Bring an organic, vegetarian POTLUCK dish to share.
Presenter:
Brendan Kelly: Accupuncturist, Herbalist, Teacher, Writer. Brandan is an herbalist of 19 years with a Masters degree in acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine from the Academy for Five Element Acupuncture in Gainesville, Florida and a B.A. from Swarthmore College. more about Brendan...
Location
Metta Earth Institute -Center For Contemplative Ecology, 334 Geary
Road South, Lincoln, Vermont. 802-453-8111
Beginning Organic Beekeeping:
Principals and Practices
March 31st - April 1st, 2012
or
June 2nd - 3rd, 2012
9:00am - 5:00pm
Fee: $65
For more information or to register call: 802-349-42793
This workshop provides an introduction for folks interested in small scale and part-time(hobby) beekeeping. The workshop will present a balanced view of natural and organic beekeeping topics and practices including:location and equipment requirements; basic honey bee biology; swarming as an expression of the bees vitality; overwintering; presence and mindfulness in the beeyard; non-toxic pest and disease control; an appreciation for the role that pollinators and beekeepers play within the Earth's ecosystem, and more.
Meals and accommodations may be pre-arranged separately with the Metta Earth Institute (please
call for more information) 802) 453-8111 and ask for Gillian.
Presenter:
Ross Conrad is a former president of the
Vermont Beekeepers
Association, a regular contributor to Bee Culture - The Magazine
of American Beekeeping, and author of Natural Beekeeping: Organic
Approaches To Modern Apiculture. Ross has given bee related
presentations and taught organic beekeeping workshops and classes
throughout North America for several years now. His small 13-year-old
beekeeping business, Dancing Bee Gardens, supplies friends,
neighbors, and local stores with honey and candles among other
bee related products, and provides bees for Vermont apple
pollination in spring.
more about Ross...
Location
Metta Earth Institute -Center For Contemplative Ecology, 334 Geary
Road South, Lincoln, Vermont. 802-453-8111
For directions...
Cancellation policy:
Sorry, there are no refunds for cancellations less than one week
in advance of a workshop. Credit may be applied to a future MEI Beekeeping course
or workshop however.
Bee Well,
Ross Conrad
PO Box 443
Middlebury, VT 05753
802-388-2314
www.dancingbeegardens.com |
