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SUCCESSFUL 2016 WORKSHOPS:
Labyrinth Building Nov 19, 9 am – 12 pm at Sparkroot Farm, Moncure, NC
Become Your Own Stone Mason Nov 12-13, 9 am – 1 pm at the Plant
Self Sufficiency & Solar May 21, 10 am – 4 pm (off site)
Backyard Poultry May 14, 1pm-4pm at Crawford Dairy, 4056 Crawford Dairy Road, Chapel Hill, NC
Social Permaculture April 24, 10am-1pm at SEEDS, 706 Gilbert St, Durham
A Primer on Permaculture March 27, 10 am – 1 pm at SEEDS, 706 Gilbert St, Durham
Mead Making with Starlight Mead March 20, 2 – 4 pm at the Plant
SUCCESSFUL 2015 WORKSHOPS:

- Spin to Unwind: Yarn Spinning
with Julie Moore
Saturday, March 7, 1-4pm at the Plant, Pittsboro - All About Aquaponics Workshop
with Rachel Tinker-Kulberg and Mike Yablonski
Saturday, March 21, 10am – 3pm at the Plant, Pittsboro - Social Permaculture
with Laurel Shulman and Liane Salgado
Saturday, April 11, 1 – 4 PM in Carrboro - Brew Your Own! The History, Healthfulness & Production of Kombucha
with Grant Ruhlman
Saturday, May 2, 9 pm – 12 pm - Advanced Aquaponics Part One: How to Build and Maintain a System Profitably
with Rachel Tinker-Kuhlberg
Saturday, May 2, 10 am – 5 pm - Backyard Poultry
with Amy Crawford & Audrey Williams
Saturday, May 9th, 1am – 5 PM at Crawford Dairy, Chapel Hill, NC - Drink n Thinks: Session One -The Apothecary’s Lab
with Gary Phillips and Dr Colbey Reid, PhD
Sunday, Mother’s Day, May 10, 6 – 8 PM at the Plant in Pittsboro, NC. - Drink n Thinks: Session Two – Tiki Picnic
with Gary Phillips and Dr. Colbey Reid, PhD
Sunday, Father’s Day, June 21, 6 – 8:30 PM at the Plant in Pittsboro, NC. - Seed Saving and Advanced Plant Breeding
with Farmer Doug Jones
Saturday September 19, from 9AM – 3 PM at The Plant, Pittsboro, NC - Root to Restaurant
with Chef Geoff
Saturday October 3, from 9AM – 3PM at The Plant, Pittsboro, NC - Labyrinth Making and Meditation
with Karen Birbeck
Saturday October 17, from 9AM – 12PM at The Plant, Pittsboro, NC - Wild Herb Walk
with Will Endres
Sunday October 18, from 9AM – 4:30 PM in Hillsborough, NC REGISTER
SUCCESSFUL 2014 WORKSHOPS:
- Intro to Aquaponics
with Rachel Tinker-Kulberg and Mike Yablonski
Saturday, October 18, 10am-3pm at the Plant, Pittsboro - Drink & Thinks: Cocktail Alchemy
with Gary Phillips and Dr. Colbey Reid
Sunday, October 19, 4:00pm-7:00pm at The Plant, Pittsboro - Raising Rabbits for Meat
with Mary DeMare and Dan Shields
Saturday, October 25, 10am-3pm at Fatty Owl Farm, Pittsboro - Drink & Thinks: End of Prohibition
with Gary Phillips and Dr. Colbey Reid
Sunday, December 7, 4:00pm-7:00pm at The Plant, Pittsboro - Keyhole Garden Build & Feast with Deb Tolman
- Mini-Workshops held at the Learning Tent at Pepper Festival
- 4pm – Raising Chatham Rabbits for Meat by Fatty Owl Farm
5pm – Lacto-Fermenting Peppers for Good Gut Health by Donna Bauman
6pm – Intro to Aquaponics by Mike Yablonski and Rachel Tinker-Kulberg
October 5, 2014, 4pm-7pm @ Briar Chapel, Chapel Hill
- 4pm – Raising Chatham Rabbits for Meat by Fatty Owl Farm
- Manifest Abundance with Lisa Dion
- Small-Scale Biochar: Making it Good for the Earth & Climate
with John Bonitz - Drink & Thinks: Global-Local Mixology
with Gary Phillips and Dr. Colbey Reid - Brew your own! The history, healthfulness & production of kombucha
with Grant Ruhlman - Cold Process Soap Making with Shaun Hundley
- Intro to Aquaponics with Dr. Mike Yablonski and Dr. Rachel Kulberg
- Mozzarella 101: A Case Study with Cashews and Whole Milk, with Laurel Shulman
- Intermediate Beer Brewing: Let’s Mash It Up! with Ethan
- Super Hero Bike Repair & Ride with Jason Merrill
- Yes, You Can Can! with Rachel Hoff
- Fermentation for Summer Cookout Season with Natural Chef Donna Bauman
- Summer Pickling & Canning with Rachel Hoff
- Garden Wines: Drink the Harvest with Nan Chase and DeNeice Guest
- Basic Seed Saving & Advanced Plant Breeding with Farmer Doug Jones
- Backyard Poultry Intensive with Jim Adkins
- Wild Fermentation with Liane Salgado
- Seed Saving and Advanced Plant Breeding with Farmer Doug
- Wild Edible Wonder Walk: Making Pesto with “Weeds” in your Yarden! with Kim Calhoun
- Whole Foods Approach to Weight Loss with Jenni Grover
- Fungi 101 and Mushroom Log Cultivation – Grow your own mushrooms! with Tim Keim
- The Transformative Life with Ron Veitel and Jaime Powell
- Valentines’ Day Wine and Cheese Soiree, for couples, with Laurel Shulman
- Beginning Cheese Making with Laurel Shulman
SUCCESSFUL 2013 WORKSHOPS:

- Backyard Poultry Intensive with Jim Adkins
- Intro to Aquaponics with Mike Yablonski and Rachel Kulberg
- Wild Fermentation with Liane Salgado
- Seed Saving and Advanced Plant Breeding with Farmer Doug Jones
- Wild Edible Wonder Walk: Making Pesto with “weeds” in your Yarden! with Kim Calhoun
- Whole Foods Approach to Weight Loss with Jenni Grover
- Wild Edible Wonder Walk: Making Pesto with “weeds” in your Yarden! with Kim Calhoun
- Fungi 101 and Mushroom Log Cultivation (held at Burlington’s Co-op) with Tim Keim
- Intro to Aquaponics with Mike Yablonski and Rachel Kulberg
- Fungi 101 and Mushroom Log Cultivation with Tim Keim
- Intro to Aquaponics with Mike Yablonski and Rachel Kulberg
- The Transformative Life with Ron Veitel and Jaime Powell
- Valentine’s Day Wine and Cheese Soiree for couples with Laurel Shulman
- Beginning Cheese Making with Laurel Shulman
- Backyard Poultry Intensive with Jim Adkins
SUCCESSFUL 2012 WORKSHOPS:

- Backyard Poultry Intensive with Jim Adkins
- Canning 101, with Ali and Ben from This & That Jam
- Meadmaking with Ben and Becky Starr, of Starrlight Mead
- Soapmaking with Alan Russo
- Intro to Aquaponics with Mike Yablonski and Gregory Louie
- Meadmaking with Ben and Becky Starr, of Starrlight Mead
- Intro to Fermentation with Adam Fisher
- Water into Wine at Pickards Mountain Eco-Institute
- Sustainable Beekeeping with Catherine Adamson of Chapel Hill Bees, LLC
- Homemade and Homegrown Food (and stuff) SWAP!
- Elderberries, the super fruit! with Rodger Lenhardt
- Planning a Fall & Winter Garden! with Bob Armantrout
- Permaculture Principles with Terri Gardner
- Worm Bin Composting with Terri Gardner
- Soap Making Demonstration with Alan Russo
- Introduction to off-grid and grid-tied PV systems – Rebekah Hren
- Advanced Cheese Making with Laurel Shulman
- Fungi 101 and Mushroom Log Cultivation with Bob Armantrout
- Do-it-yourself Cheese Making with Laurel Shulman
- Effective Communication Using Video – David Hughens
- Manifesting Abundance with Lisa Dion
- Elderberries, the super fruit with Rodger Lenhardt
- Sustainable Beekeeping with Catherine Adamson of Chapel Hill Bees, LLC
- Intro to Aquaponics with Mike Yablonski and Nancy Wisniewski
- Do-it-yourself Cheese Making with Laurel Shulman
- Perfect Biscuits and Scones, Simple Muffins and Quick Breads with Karen Birbeck
SUCCESSFUL 2011 WORKSHOPS:

- Biodiesel Intensive Workshop with Piedmont Biofuels and Central Carolina Community College
- Vermiculture (Composting with Worms) with Ben Reckendorf
- Make your own medicine: Creating an herbal home apothecary with Kim Calhoun
- Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants with Alan Russo
- Fungi 101 – mushroom log innoculation with Bob Armantrout
- Building small scale off-grid solar electric (photovoltaic) systems with Rebekah Hren
- Canning 101 with Rachel Hoff
- Sustainable Beekeeping with Catherine Adamson of Chapel Hill Bees
- Cooking from a CSA Box with Chef Sarig Agasi from Zely and Ritz
- Seed Saving with Doug Jones of Piedmont Biofarm
- Easy Breads with Chef Andrea Williams
- Biomass Gasification Made Simple – an adventure in renewable energy with James Nowack
- Vegetable Stir Fry – from local to delicious in minutes with Karen Birbeck
- Elderberries – Bringing America’s Super Fruit into the Modern Age with Rodger Lenhardt and Terry Durham
- Sustainable Beekeeping with Catherine Adamson of Chapel Hill Bees, LLC
- Do-it-yourself Cheese Making with Laurel Shulman
- Canning 101 with Rachel Hoff
- Compassionate Listening for Sustainable Community: Healing Our World from the Inside Out with Jan Hutton
- Growing and making your own medicine with Kim Calhoun
- Intro to Aquaponics with Mike Yablonski
- Do-it-yourself Cheese Making with Laurel Shulman
SUCCESSFUL 2010 WORKSHOPS:

- French Baguettes with Emily Buehler
- Baking with Sourdough with Emily Buehler
- Women’s Introduction to Solar Technology and Renewable Energy with Rebekah Hren
- Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants with Alan Russo
- OMG! Organic Modular Gardens Workshop with Bob Armantrout
- Vermiculture (Worm Composting) with Brian Rosa and Ben Reckendorf
- Building an Outdoor Bread and Pizza Oven with Joe Kenlan
- Seed Saving Magic with Doug Jones
- Edible Classroom with Catherine Cadden
- Canning 101 with Rachel Hoff
- Photovoltaic Installation with Rebekah Hren
- Cooking from a CSA Box with Chef Sarig Agasi from Zely & Ritz
- Homemade Bread Quick and Slow with Linda Watson of Cook for Good
- Communication for Sustainable Community with Jesse Wiens
- Solar Air Heater with Stephen Hren
- Holiday Cookie Baking with Arlo and Sage
SUCCESSFUL 2009 WORKSHOPS:

- Bread Making with Emily Buehler
- Sweet Potato Tasting & Cooking with April McGregor
- Fungi 101 & Hands-on Mushroom Log Cultivation Workshop with Bob Armantrout
- Bread Making with Emily Buehler
- Vermiculture with Brian Rosa
- Seed Magic with Doug Jones
- Wilderness Survival with Alan Russo
- Chocolate Mousse with John Wasson
- The Hidden World of Nutrition with Ron Veitel
- Sustainable Communities with Catherine Cadden and Jesse Wiens
- Bread Making with Emily Buehler
- Biodiesel Comprehensive with Piedmont Biofuels and Central Carolina Community College
- Small Scale Photovoltaic Installation with Rebekah Hren
- Solar Heater Installation with Stephen Hren
- Vermiculture with Brian Rosa
- Bread Making with Emily Buehler
Amber learns the magic of seed saving with Farmer Doug Jones.