Food

Fort Earth Party! - Fort Worth

This event is the celebration for Ft. Worth Cowtown Cleanup. For details on this celebration and on the the Cowtown Cleanup visit -

http://www.fortworthgov.org/applications/cowtowncleanup/documents/2012%20CowtownCleanUpFactsSheet.pdf

2012 Earth Day Dallas - April 21-22 - Dallas

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All Day Two Day Festival
APRIL 21-22
FAIR PARK
FREE ADMISSION

Earth Day Dallas features two days of engaging exhibits, compelling speakers, music, entertainment, food and fun for everyone. Join us April 21-22, 2012 in Fair Park to see how you can make a difference.
Mission: Learn. Grow.

Celebrate Earth Day at this fun festival with exhibits, speakers, films, music, food & more focused on making a positive impact on our environment.

The heart of the festival is the Eco Expo, and exhibitors will use their presence to promote their achievements as green leaders, and teach attendees how to take environmentally responsible action by better utilizing available resources, switching to eco-friendly products, or joining their organizations.

In addition to the Eco Expo, attendees will have a number of educational entertainment options, which will include:

Hops For Habitat - Allen

CONNEMARA LAUNCHES ‘HOPS FOR HABITAT” BREWFEST SERIES

• Allen to host first charity fundraiser on April 7
• McKinney, Dallas also scheduled to host events

A popular North Texas brewery and local farmers will take center stage beginning this spring when the Connemara Conservancy launches its first “Hops for Habitat” Brewfest Series on April 7 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Old Farm House at Montgomery Farm.

Rahr & Son Brewing Company of Fort Worth will be this year’s featured brewery for the series of events designed to raise money to support the Connemara mission of working with landowners and communities to protect and conserve critical natural landscapes remaining throughout North Texas.

Food will be provided by a variety of local farmers and producers throughout the series.

Tickets for the Allen event, at $50 each and limited to 100 attendees, go on sale to the public on March 5 at connemaraconservancy.org.

Sponsorships also are available for the entire series.

Growing Fungi in Your Yard - Arlington

Fungi play a vital role in our ecological systems. They are one of the soils teeth and provide essential nutrients, processes and solutions to our economic, ecological and social problems. Come and learn how fungi are being utilized to solve many of the issues we face today in water filtration, pest management, reforestation, farming and more, during this adult workshop at River Legacy Living Science Center.

Best suited for ages 10 and up.

Space is limited, please RSVP to 817.860.6752.

Free, donations accepted

Master Composting: Bokashi - Plano

Tired of scraping dinner scraps down the drain? Wondering if there is a safe way to recycle all of your food waste into a nutritious soil amendment? Let us teach you bokashi - a traditional Japanese fermentation practice that will allow you to compost even meat and dairy leftovers indoors.

Class meets at the Environmental Education Building, 4116 W. Plano Parkway.

Thursday, March 8, 2012 7:00pm-8:30pm

Please visit the website below to register for this class:

http://livegreeninplano.obsres.com/Info.aspx?EventID=3

Food Waste Composting - Plano

Don't let the worms crawl in and the worms crawl out -- put them to work! We'll teach you to use specialized red worms to compost your food waste. These use their waste as a fertile soil amendment to benefit your plants. Learn to set up and maintain a worm bin, and to harvest and use the worm castings.

Class meets at the Environmental Education Center, 4116 W. Plano Parkway. Plano, TX 75093

Thursday, March 1, 2012 7:00pm-9:00pm

Please register for this class by visiting the website below:

http://livegreeninplano.obsres.com/Info.aspx?EventID=3

Prairie Fest - Fort Worth

Fort Worth Prairie Fest is the annual fundraiser for Friends of Tandy Hills Natural Area. Learn more about how funds are plowed back into Tandy Hills HERE.

Prairie Fest grew from a small neighborhood event in 2006 to become the “Best Outdoor Cultural Event in 2010”, according to the Fort Worth Weekly. By 2011, Prairie Fest had attracted hundreds of exhibitors and thousands of visitors to Tandy Hills.

For 2012, Prairie Fest has been re-imagined and re-focused back to discovery and enjoyment of Tandy Hills, itself. Instead of a single event, there will be three festivals throughout the Spring on the last Saturdays of March, April and May. Event hours will be from 4 PM - Dusk.

http://tandyhills.org/fest

Citizen Gardener Class - Promise of Peace - 3/10 & 3/17 - Dallas

Hands-On Organic Vegetable Gardening Class

Don’t have a lot of time, money, patience, or space…but want a
productive vegetable garden?

learn about DFW’s unique growing season(s), climate, soils, plants,
and water resources
raise safe, nutritious food for your family
teach children to know and enjoy gardening
What will I do in the class?

Basics: Gain knowledge needed to turn your bare ground or Bermuda
grass lawn into raised-garden beds – in the right place, with the
right soil, at the right time, with the right plants. Small enough to
manage, big enough to provide real food.
Techniques: Raised beds; soil, mulch, and compost;
bio-intensive/square-foot gardening, organic methods.
plant varieties that work best in the North Central Texas area
water management
plant starts, seeds, and propagation
good and bad bugs
80% hands-on -- Remainder of class is discussion time