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Homegrown Minneapolis is a citywide initiative
expanding our community's ability to grow, process,
distribute, eat and compost more healthy, sustainable,
locally grown foods.
Friday, Sept 30th 2016
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October Homegrown Minneapolis Food Council Meeting
Wednesday, October 5th | 5:30-7:30 pm Food Council meeting; 5-5:30 pm Division of Indian Work presentation
Division of Indian Work (Dakota Lodge in lower level of Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches), 1001 E Lake St (map)
Meeting Agenda
2016 Food Council Open House
Thursday, December 1 | 6:30-8:00 pm, registration open at 6:00
Seward Montessori, 2309 28th Avenue South (map)
REGISTER ONLINE (RSVP encouraged, but not required)
Please join the Homegrown Minneapolis Food Council in celebrating another year of growing, processing, distributing, eating and composting healthy, sustainable, locally grown foods. The event will feature a brief program including remarks from local notables, the 2016 Homegrown Heroes awards and a "State of the Plate" and 2016 Homegrown Highlights presentations from the Food Council. The event will begin with an information fair and reception, including opportunities to provide feedback to the Food Council on local food policy priorities. Light refreshments will be served.
Submit a nomination for a "Homegrown Heroes" award (Deadline: November 1st)
As a part of our Annual Open House, the Homegrown Minneapolis Food Council recognizes and honors the accomplishments of community partners who help expand the community’s ability to grow, process, distribute, eat and compost more healthy, sustainable, locally grown foods. Any community member or organization is eligible to receive a Homegrown Heroes Award.
Sign up to table at the information fair (Deadline: November 6th)
We are now accepting registration for the information fair component of our annual open house. This is a great opportunity for local partners to showcase the ways they support our community’s ability to grow, process, distribute, eat and compost healthy, sustainable, locally grown foods.
Learn more about the Annual Open House and obtain printable registration forms on our website here.
Sustainable Cities: Sharing Habitat and Building Resiliency
Sept 30th | 2:20 - 3:20pm
Macalester College Davis Court, Markim Hall (map)
Join Claire Baglien, Paula Westmoreland, and Russ Henry as they discuss Urban Agriculture in the Twin Cities. Learn more here.
 Four Season Farming in a Cold Climate
October 1st and 2nd | 15715 River Road, North Branch, MN 55056 (map)
Women's Environmental Institute is hosting its 7th annual Growing Power Training with Will Allen. Come learn about four season farming through building a hoop house, composting and vermiculture, aquaponics, micro-greens, and organic mushroom growing.
Learn more and register here.
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Twin Cities Urban Agriculture Research Workshop
Wednesday, Oct. 5th | 9am - 3:30pm
Sabathani Community Center - Gymnasium (map)
The purpose of this workshop is to convene people who are interested in sharing knowledge related to various aspects of urban agriculture, and to prioritize steps for using knowledge needed to repair social injustices and create a healthier environment in the Twin Cities.
We hope to engage community members, urban agriculture practitioners, academics, Extension professionals, and others in a participatory action research approach to urban agriculture at the workshop. This will allow us to design, share, and carry out research that is collaboratively owned to answer local questions and connect across communities to ask questions at broader scale in the region.
The event will be facilitated by Mary Rogers, Sam Grant and Valentine Cadieux. This is a no-cost event but registration is required for lunch. Contact Christian Curran (cdcurran@umn.edu) to register. Find more information on the event Facebook page.
Backyard
Chickens - a Permaculture approach
Tuesday, Oct. 18 | 7pm
Powderhorn Recreation Center - LakeSide room, 3400
15th Ave S Minneapolis (map)
Join Rob Czernik and the Powderhorn Feed Company to learn how to integrate permaculture principles and eliminate costs to care for chickens and winter chickens. Learn more by contacting Rob here.
 Backyard Chicken Basics
Class
Presented
by Wayne Martin, University of MN Extension
Thursday, Nov 3rd | 5:30pm Registration;
6:00-8pm program
Gandhi Mahal Restaurant, 3009 27th Ave S (map), Community Room
Do you have backyard chickens or are you considering getting some?
All Minneapolis permit holders for backyard chickens or other allowable
fowl are required to complete an eligible training within a year
of submitting their permit application. These classes provide required and
useful training for successfully keeping backyard chickens. Wayne
Martin, University of Minnesota Extension Educator, will discuss chicken
breeds, purchasing birds, and important regulations at this class. He will
also talk about the daily care of chickens concerning
their diet, housing, bird health, sanitation, manure management, and egg
production.
Class is free but registration is required. To register or for
more information, contact Wayne Martin, Extension Educator, by phone
612-625-6224 or e-mail marti067@umn.edu Interpretration will be provided upon request-
please request by Oct. 26th if needed.
More information on Minneapolis chicken-keeping regulations and
University of MN Extension chicken keeping resources
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 RFP - North Minneapolis Food Systems Funding Opportunity
Greater Twin Cities United Way has launched a new funding opportunity focused on supporting
community-led solutions to healthy, equitable and sustainable food systems in
North Minneapolis. Requests For Propsals will be accepted through October 17th.
To learn more and apply, click here.
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