[Facnet-l] Free tours of Turlock Community Gardens for all CSUS +free conference on school/community gardens

[Julia Sankey]

Hi all:

Free, 1 hour tours of the Turlock Community Gardens (TCG) during spring semester for all CSUS students, faculty, staff, and alumns. Consider bringing your class out to the comm garden so they can learn about community gardens, organic gardening, composting, drip irrigation, and sustainable urban agriculture. Registration is required here: https://www.turlockcommunitygardens.org/csustours

Free conference on community and school gardens, Sat March 5 at the Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock. Topics: community and school gardens, food waste and composting, organic gardening, urban green space, biodiversity, and urban agriculture as part of the solution to the climate crisis. All welcome! Conference is limited to 100 people. Registration is required: https://www.turlockcommunitygardens.org/conference

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM, Welcome & Introduction, Dr. Julia Sankey (CSUS)
9:15 AM - 9:45 AM, Honorary Guest Speaker, Dr. Tyler Schafer (CSUS)
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM, Guest Speaker, Dr. Rebeca Ryals (UC Merced)
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM, Anne Schellman, UCCE Stanislaus County Master Gardener Program: Protecting Pollinators
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM, Break for Refreshments
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM, Guest Speaker, TBA
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM, Mapping Community Gardens in Turlock, Jordan Hoffman (CSUS)
11:15 AM-11:30AM, Importance of School Gardens, Alex Tagge (CSUS)
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM, Importance of Urban Agriculture, Dr. Julia Sankey (CSUS)
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM, Break for Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, Small Group Discussion & Brainstorming Session
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM, Field Trip to Local School & Community Gardens: Julien Elementary, Turlock Unified School District Farm, and Turlock Community Gardens

If you have any questions or want to help out, please email co-host, Alex Tagge: atagge at csustan.edu<mailto:atagge at csustan.edu>.


Thanks!

Julia


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Julia T. Sankey, Ph.D.
Professor, Paleobiology/Geology
Sustainability Faculty Fellow, Council for Sustainable Futures
California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, CA
209-667-3090; JSankey at csustan.edu<mailto:JSankey at csustan.edu>
https://www.csustan.edu/geology/sankey

Turlock Community Gardens:
https://www.turlockcommunitygardens.org/

https://www.facebook.com/TurlockCommunityGardens




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