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Urban Sustainability

Downtown Arlington Farmers Market

The Downtown Arlington Farmer’s Market is a community-oriented market focusing on Texas provided foods, arts, crafts, services and wares. It is open every Friday and Saturday.
The goal of the market is to provide a venue for local vendors to offer Arlington, Texas residents an opportunity to buy the freshest meat, produce, breads and other great foods, crafts and products available. Visit their website to learn more about vendors.

Learn about compost - Keller

This event is hosted by Tarrant County Greenweavers. Join us for some composting down on the farm.
Jon Reinke will be instructing (hands on) in the correct method of traditional composting and also Vermicomposting.

For the truly intrepid, Rebecca Hurst will be giving a primer on Black Soldier Fly ...
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Learn to Make a Solar Food Dehydrator - Rockwall

Event is hosted by DFW Greenweavers. We will cover the construction and use of a full sized solar dehydrator.

You will receive:

* Materials list
* Hands on training on how to build a solar dehydrator
* A full understanding of how convection draw can dry food better than electrical food dehydrators.

Price is $80 to cover materials. Minimum of 6 people required.

We’ll be building a BIG one but it can be scaled down to any size to fit your needs.

Class environment is fun and easy going.
All tools will be provided.
Food and lodging are not provided.

http://www.biotechturetraining.com/training.html

Urban Sustainable Ecosystem Workshop -Dallas

Transform your property into a sustainable, food producing, eco-friendly habitat. Our workshops feature some of the best and brightest eco-minded enthusiasts in the DFW area. The USE workshops are designed for beginning and advanced gardeners and/or eco-friendly homeowners who are seeking solutions to move their homestead to the next level of sustainability. Cost: $100 each or $80 per workshop when you register for both USE workshops (First workshop held Sept. 15). To register, go to the Texas Worm Ranch website and click on the "U.S.E." tab where you can pay via PayPal or by check (with a deadline of 14 days prior to each workshop.) See website for itinerary. Email builduse@gmail.com.