MUM courses:
- Energy Use by Man and Nature
- Hands On Course In Sustainable Technologies
- Permaculture Design Certification
- Sustainability Forest Academy
- Artisan Foods and the Slow Food Movement
- Local Economy
Grinnell College courses:
Resource Center
Local Food Dinner
Conventional agriculture uses fossil fuels for traction and tillage, fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides. Since the average bite of food travels 1500 miles, lots of energy is used for transportation and storage. Foods from far away are rarely fresh, robbing us of flavor and nutrition. When we don't grow foods in our
Where: Lonnie and Valerie's house, 1002 Park Street (corner of 5th and Park)
When: Sunday, March 2nd, 7 pm
What to bring: Each group will make a course, we will have 4 courses or so. Local foods from within Iowa. Contact Lonnie (lonniegamble@yahoo.com) for ideas.