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SUMMARY:Prepping your Garden/Field for Winter with Leon Stangl
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this Building a Stronger Bitterroot event at Cultivating Connections with guest speaker and Bitterroot Farmer Leon Stangl. \nLeon will share what he has learned about building healthy soils in the Bitterroot Valley to promote moisture retention\, and create greater biodiversity. He also will encourage you to think differently about weeds. In the long haul he wants to save you time\, money and labor while increasing your yields with ecologically responsible methods. \nBring Your Questions! Some of the topics he can address: soil structure\, soil fertility\, composting\, use of redworms\, irrigation solutions\, pest management\, pasture viability\, season extenders\, livestock\, fencing\, growing vegetables\, berries and medicinal herbs. \nSee you there. \n-Bristol\, Cobey\, and Laura- the Building A Stronger Bitterroot Team \nBuilding A Stronger Bitterroot is a way for us to gather as a community\, share knowledge\, build our collective capacity\, and move our valley forward toward a more resilient future \nMore about our Speaker\, Leon Stangl: Leon grew up in northwest Iowa and actively participated on a large farm; helping to raise hogs\, cattle\, chickens\, as well as grow commodity crops. In that time he learned to fix just about anything with a screwdriver and a pair of pliers\, weld\, operate machinery and problem solve. Since living in Montana he has been a forest service firefighter\, fly fishing guide\, landscaping crew manager\, computer systems operator\, horse ranch manager\, and farm manager at a seed company. He started his own farming business in 2005. He has over 45 years of experience growing produce and raising livestock. Since 2016 he has been teaching classes on how to grow a successful garden in the Bitterroot Valley. Leon has been encouraged to use his skills to help others find successful and practical ways to grow food and manage lands. He emphasizes sustainable methods to build soil\, retain moisture and optimize production.
URL:https://bitterrootstar.com/event/prepping-your-garden-field-for-winter-with-leon-stangl/
LOCATION:Homestead Organics Farm\, 175 Skalkaho Hwy\, Hamilton\, 59840
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SUMMARY:Soil Grazing Workshop with Jim Gerrish
DESCRIPTION:Come join our next Building a Stronger Bitterroot event with special guest and soil grazing expert Jim Gerrish followed by a community BBQ! \nIn this three hour workshop\, Jim will teach us about how to understand and manage four key ecosystem processes to regenerate healthy soils and landscapes. \nHe will teach us how to: \n\neffectively manage grazing to capture more solar energy\nimprove water cycle function\ncreate effective mineral cycling\nand nurture biodiversity on your farm or ranch\n\nHe will also explain why managing time rather than just space is critical to effective grazing management. \nWe will begin the workshop with a 1-hour classroom session to explain the basic principles of Management Intensive Grazing. The remainder of the morning (approximately 2 hours) will be spent as a ‘pasture-walk’ format to observe and explore the four ecosystem processes in action. \nPlease dress for being in the elements and taking a walk. \nSuggested Donation for Speaker Fee & BBQ: $25 (no one will be turned away for lack of funds) \nSee you July 3rd! \nThe Building A Stronger Bitterroot initiative is a way for us to gather as community\, share knowledge\, build our collective capacity\, and move our valley forward toward a more resilient future. \n-Bristol\, Cobey\, and Laura- the Building A Stronger Bitterroot Team \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister & Share with friends\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/building-a-stronger-bitterroot-soil-grazing-workshop-with-jim-gerrish-tickets-151745056549
URL:https://bitterrootstar.com/event/soil-grazing-workshop-with-jim-gerrish/
LOCATION:Red Rock Family Farm\, 950 Sleeping Child Road\, Hamilton\, CA\, 59840\, United States
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SUMMARY:Building a Stronger Bitterroot: Spring Skills Building
DESCRIPTION:Please join us Saturday April 24 from 10am – 12:30pm for a Spring Skills Jamboree at Homestead Organics Farm! We are inviting a few of our favorite stewards to hold 30 minute workshops around soil building\, planning for seed saving\, companion planting\, tree propagation\, raising chickens\, and regenerative ways of being.\n\nPlease bring your coat\, hat\, and water bottle.\n\n*Please also mark your calendar for a special Building a Stronger Bitterroot event held at the Doleac Family’s ranch July 3 from 9am-Noon with highly sought after Grazing Expert & Soil Consultant\, Jim Gerrish.
URL:https://bitterrootstar.com/event/building-a-stronger-bitterroot-spring-skills-building/
LOCATION:Homestead Organics Farm\, 175 Skalkaho Hwy\, Hamilton\, 59840
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ORGANIZER;CN="Cultivating Connections":MAILTO:cultivatingconnectionsmontana@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Reimagining School Lunch Innovation Lab
DESCRIPTION:What would it be like if we served all Montana grown food to our Bitterroot Valley kids?! Reimagining School Lunch is a four-part innovation lab focused on this idea.  Part One will be held Saturday\, November 2nd at the Bitterroot River Inn in Hamilton from 9-4:30.  In Part One we invite you to participate in helping discover\, see\, and understand our current school lunch and local food system.   Part Two will be March 20 and 21 at Sleeping Child Hot Springs\, and will help us to crystalize the learning and begin prototyping  how to make our school lunch trays full with Montana grown foods. \nStakeholders and interested and invested community members are all invited and encouraged to participate in this positive innovation lab.  Together we can strengthen our community ties\, nourish our children\, and grow a more resilient Bitterroot Valley.  Childcare available & Lunch included. Please RSVP at www.CultivatingConnectionsMT.org
URL:https://bitterrootstar.com/event/reimagining-school-lunch-innovation-lab/
LOCATION:Bitterroot River Inn\, 139 Bitterroot Plaza\, Hamilton\, 59840
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