Bring your favorite dishes using only locally grown food

for the 2nd Annual 100% LOCAL FOOD COOK OFF AND POTLUCK!!
Optional competition for best savory and sweet dish - contact

Bring Seeds AND Plant Cuttings and Bare Roots (Please Check for Fire Ants)

o        Exchange and give away localized plant material (bringing not required)

o        Hear a panel on Preparing & Preserving the Food We Grow

o        Enter the Local Cook Off!
o        Try new taste delights at the Local Food Potluck!
o        Meet your neighbors, other gardeners&  innovative thinkers.

This event is free

Schedule:
Set up open at 8:30 am
   (bring your own tables and chairs, and
   scrap paper for small packets for seeds)
Opening Circle 9:00
Plant Material Swap: 9:15
Panel Presentation: 10:00
100% Local Food Contest: 11:45
Local Food Potluck: 12:30 (bring your own plates, utensils, etc)

Music????

To enter the local foods cooking competition or to present your favorite

local food please contact  Tracy@permaculture-hawaii.com

Topics to be presented in the panel are:
Fermentation
Medicinals
Milk & Meat Products
Flours
Perennial Greens

Help!
I am also looking for presenters and recipe contributers.  If you have a favorite local recipe, that is 100% local, and you want to share it, please email it to me and I will compile a booklet for folks attending the seed exchange.  I will be asking for financial contributions to cover the cost of the printing and I will happily give you the credit for your contribution by attaching your name to the recipe if you want.  Please contact me, Tracy, for more information.

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Designing For Sustainability and Food Security
Permaculture Design Course at La'akea Community
Two weekends/month: Oct 12-13 & 19-20, Nov 2-3 & 16-17, Dec 7-8 & 14-15, 2013

Acquire skills for local food security and create resilient home systems
Learn underlying whole systems ecological design processes and techniques, tools and methodologies
Immerse yourself in a permaculture based intentional community
Weekend course meeting schedule for working island residents
On island instructors and presenters
Get professional support for your own design projects as part of the course
Develop relationships with island neighbors and established organizations and professionals

Full course fee - $897
$75 early bird registration discount with full deposit by September 1st
$50 discount for two or more registering together with full deposit
discounts are not combinable

Registration and full details: http://permaculture-hawaii.com or contact Tracy@permaculture-hawaii.com for more information.

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Permaculture Design Course at La'akea Community Dates: Jan 9, 2014 - Jan 22, 2014 Description: A unique, exciting, and comprehensive permaculture design course! * Two-week intensive Permaculture Design Course (PDC) format includes complete permaculture core curriculum. * Live and learn in a land-based intentional community. * Acquire skills to achieve food security and create sustainable home systems. * Design for your property or community during the course, with professional support. * Learn underlying whole systems ecological design processes and techniques, tools and methodologies. Cost: Full course fee - $1200 for full residential $850 for commuter See website for early bird discounts Sponsor: La'akea Community

Location : La'akea Community, Ala'ili Rd. Pahoa, Puna Contact : Registration and full details: http://permaculture-hawaii.com or contact Tracy@permaculture-hawaii.com