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2012 Sustainability Workshop Series

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Visit our new farm website for information and dates for all of our Sustainability Workshops!

A Partnership between PASA’s Good Food Neighborhood Program and Dickinson College Farm.

Due to an enthusiastic response to the workshop series, we will be requiring RSVP’s for ALL workshops and we will open registration for each workshop immediately following the preceding workshop. This will ensure that all gardeners have a fair chance to sign up for future workshops!

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Dickinson College Media
January 4, 2012

Dickinson College Farm, Lower Barn and red lawn chairs.The Dickinson College Farm is one of four Pennsylvania locations hosting the workshops through PASA’s Sustainability Schools program, which centers on homesteading, homemaking and backyard conservation workshops for consumers interested in living more sustainably. The other locations are Greener Partners (Collegeville, PA), the Spring Creek Homesteading Fund (State College, PA), and The Home Grown Institute (Philadelphia, PA).

“We are excited for this partnership and look forward to empowering and inspiring others to grow food and help build a foundation for community-based education,” says Jenn Halpin, Dickinson College Farm director. “Farm-based educational programs provide hands-on learning and a means to exchange information that will benefit gardeners and food lovers alike,” she says.

A class at Dickinson Farm, 2011Each Sustainability Series Workshop will start at 2:00pm at the Dickinson College Farm, located at 553 Park Drive, Boiling Springs, PA 17007. Held on the last Saturday of each month, the two-hour workshops offer gardeners of all skill levels tips and strategies to maximize production and enjoyment from home and community gardening.

Please be sure to dress for the weather! Workshops will be held outdoors and in rustic indoor facilities.