Food

UNTHSC is converting an unused piece of land into the campus' first community garden. You can help establish the garden on Feb. 15 by building the plots, regardless of whether you plan to get a plot of your own.

Build Day will be a group work-and-fun event. With guidance from experts, we'll build frames, fill them with soil, mulch pathways and share gardening wisdom. Weather permitting, if you've registered for a plot in the garden, you also could start your cold-season crop.

We especially need people with carpentry skills, but all hands will be appreciated.

At the site, a light breakfast will be provided as well as a Garden Ergonomics info session by Mike Richardson, PT, DPT, Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy. You'll also receive a goodie bag with small gifts.

An information/orientation session will be at 12 noon Tuesday, Feb. 11 in Everett 524. All who are interested in the garden - Build Day volunteers, plot registrants and "undecideds" - are urged to attend. You may bring your lunch.

Essential Oils with Bre Taylor of Nourishing The Home. Reserve a seat: classes@urbanacresmarket.com.

Take a plant walk all over the land to gather the specific wild edibles of late winter in North Texas. You will learn about them and be able to taste them as we go.

Wear comfortable walking shoes or boots (the farm may be muddy if it rains). Bring a canvas bag to collect edibles, your own bowl and utensils to enjoy a wild green salad we will create from our bounty and a camera if you'd like to photo the edibles we discover.

$30. Children 8 and under/free. We are also open to partial or full barters (contact us for details). Ask about family pricing.

In this 80-minute DVD, Geoff Lawton takes viewers from the basic concept of a natural forest all the way through year seven of an actual food forest. He teaches the interactions of form, pattern, design and function to grow a do-it-yourself food forest in his best DVD. 

You can have a forest garden, regardless of the size of your land, using minimum efforts to establish and maintain it, which is the hallmark of permaculture.

Free.

The event will feature green vendors, entertainment, raffle and prizes. Learn ways to invest in a sustainable future, improve daily living and save money by going green. K thru 6 graders can bring juice pouches for a chance to win an Apple iPad.

Free. info@texasgreenfest.com

The indoor festival will feature holistic speakers, cooking demonstrations, food sampling, health screenings, health and environmentally-friendly exhibitors, fitness and children’s activities, as well as door prizes. The keynote speaker is Tracye McQuirter of Washington, D.C., author of the bestseller By Any Greens Necessary. She is a vegan trailblazer, a public health nutrition expert and director of the first federally funded vegan nutrition program.  

Info: 214-331-2812 or visit the BVSTX Facebook page. Free.

Fort Worth greenies get together for informal gathering. Info: Cheryl L. Marchand, cherylmarchand@sbcglobal.net or 817-896-6041.

UPDATE: Cancelled due to weather.

Find out what GMOs are and why they are a controversial subject; and learn about the John Bunker Sands Wetland Center, which recycles water, provides habitat for fauna and provides sustainable water. Free. Info:  972-699-1687 or KirkMiller@DallasSierraClub.org. 

Gardeners in this class will build a keyhole garden and learn how to utilize mounds of refuse (such as cardboard, magazines, tree branches and more) to create a “hot bed” of biological activity. Gardeners will learn how to utilize the entire bed in this water-wise technique, resulting in more produce per garden. $50.

Discover the worthwhile benefits of vermicomposting , how to setup and care for worm bins and how to use worm castings as a cheap and easy garden amendment to improve your chances for organic garden and landscaping success. $20