Discovery Day and Dairy Open House This Weekend

Here’s a reminder about Discovery Day tomorrow, and also remember the
Goat Lady Dairy open house is on Sunday.

See the events page at http://www,slowfoodpiedmont.org/events.html.

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Please join us for these upcoming coming events at the KCEF Library:
Discovery Day (if raining, it will still be held ” lots of activities
indoors) Saturday, October 8th, 10 ” 2 p.m. KCEF Library

*Birding Basics ” 10:30 ” Noon

How to identify birds, where to look for birds, when to go birding, and
how to attract birds to your back yard. Great for adults and children

Wetlands/ Water Program 12:30 – Noon

Join the Haw River Program as they show you the tiny animals
(macroinvertebrates) that live in our creeks and are important for
water quality. Fun program for kids and adults.

Plus face painting, nature crafts, how-to use binoculars and field
guides to search for birds, interactive forestry and water activities,
and live animals.

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Thursday, October 13th Want to learn more about butterflies. Join us
for Senior Strollers 1:30 ” 2:30 as Dennis Burnette, past president of
the Carolina Butterfly Society shares information about types of
butterflies and how to attract butterflies.

Interested in seeing some beautiful nature photography. Come to the
Audubon program on Thursday Oct 13th 7 p.m. and see the beautiful
photos taken by Melissa Whitemire. She will explain how she uses the
digital camera and scope to take photographs and show how to use
general and digital editing to improve the composition and appearance
of photos.

Astronomy Night at the Library Monday, October 17th 7:30 ” 8:30 p.m.
Night sky viewing by Stan Rosenburg, Greensboro Astronomy Club.

Need some gardening tips for the fall Monday, October 24th 7 ” 8 p.m.
Karen Neill, Urban Horticulture Extension Agent will offer tips on
preparing your garden for winter, information about cover crops and
composting. Come with your gardening questions. Enter a drawing for
gardening prizes.

Want to learn about owls and other nocturnal animals Thursday, October
27th 12 ” 1:00 Bring your lunch, see and learn about owls and nocturnal
animals from the Schindler Wildlife Rehab Center from the NC Zoo.
Register to attend this program Melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov.

Need CEUs or credit towards the EE Certification or would like to learn
about land ethics, natural journaling and observation. Leopold
Education Project Friday, October 29th 10 ” 4 p.m. Come to this
environmental education workshop about the famous conservationist, Aldo
Leopold and learn more about his book A Sand County Almanac and
activities related to natural journaling and observation, land ethics
and more. $30 for workshop materials. Register to attend this program
Melanie.buckingham@greensboro-nc.gov.

CFSA Sustainable Ag Conference Coming in November

November 4-6, 2005
“From Field to Fork, Creating a Blueprint for a Sustainable Food System
in the Carolinas”
20th Annual Sustainable Ag Conference
Durham, NC

From the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association announcement:

“Every year we choose a theme intended to provide a focus for the
conference and define where we are in our journey of creating a
sustainable agriculture system for the Carolinas. This year’s theme,
“From Field to Fork, Creating a Blueprint for a Sustainable Food ystem
in the Carolinas,” will focus our attention on the mechanics of the
food system and what it will take to restructure it to be good for our
families, our farmers, and our environment. Agriculture’s impact on the
environment, human health, and local economy are often underappreciated
by our local and State governments. The current conventional system of
agriculture promotes global markets, genetic engineering, and
confinement livestock management. We need to learn to make the strong
case for a local and organic food system .

This year’s conference will delve into every component of a healthy food
and farming system, from soil to markets, from insects to herbs, from
flowers to fruits, from field to fork. Together, as farmers,
gardeners, researchers, consumers, teachers, and advocates, we will
create a sustainable food system that takes care of the environment and
all of the members of our communities.”

Please go to CFSA’s website at http://www.carolinafarmstewards.org/ for
details and registration.

Slow Food Research Triangle will host an event there Friday night.

Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska

Please save the date for this event at the KCEF Library:

Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska
Saturday, December 3rd 10:30 – noon

Wanda Urbanska host and co-producer of the Simple Living TV series on public television stations nationwide, now in its second season will share excerpts from the series about simple and sustainable living along with interviews with people about simple living in a program at the Kathleen Clay Edwards Library on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 10:30 to noon. Wanda is coauthor with Frank Levering of Nothing’s Too Small To Make a Difference, Simple Living, and Moving to a Small Town and other books. Wanda will share her experience of simple living in Mount Airy where she is co-owner/operator of Levering Orchard. Her presentation will also offer ways for you to simplify your life around the holiday season. The Simple Living Program airs on UNC-TV (channel 4) at 6 p.m. on Sunday nights.

Slow Food Class Banquet

Our class, Slow Food in a Fast Food Nation, had a slow food banquet with each student preparing and presenting a dish. We ate for three hours and had a wonderful and informative time. The cuisines reflected many student’s past, Greek, Italian, Caribbean. Wow!

Here’s the article.

Charlie Headington