{"id":1646,"date":"2011-03-05T13:54:02","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T18:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/farm\/?p=1646"},"modified":"2012-03-14T14:58:30","modified_gmt":"2012-03-14T18:58:30","slug":"sustainability-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/farm\/sustainability-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dickinson.edu\/news-and-events\/news\/2011-12\/Sustainability-Schools\/\">Sustainability Schools<\/a><br \/>\nDickinson Website<br \/>\nJanuary 4, 2012<\/p>\n<p>The Dickinson College Farm is ringing in the new year with some Summer Dreamin\u2019 \u2013 the title of the first in a series of educational workshops, which will be held monthly throughout 2012 as part of the Sustainability Schools program.<\/p>\n<p>A project of the Pennsylvania Association of Sustainable Agriculture (PASA), the Sustainability Schools program focuses on homesteading, homemaking and backyard conservation workshops for consumers interested in living more sustainably.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe 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,\u201d says Jenn Halpin, Dickinson College Farm director. \u201cFarm-based educational programs provide hands-on learning and a means to exchange information that will benefit gardeners and food lovers alike,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>Select locations<\/p>\n<p>The Dickinson College Farm is one of three Pennsylvania locations hosting the workshops. Other Sustainability Schools programs are scheduled in central and southeastern Pa., with intentions to expand the program across the Commonwealth and surrounding states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiving more sustainably is something we can all do to contribute not only to the viability of our own families, but increasingly of our local communities,\u201d says Hannah Smith, who heads up PASA\u2019s community outreach efforts. \u201cOur local communities are gaining strength by the networking of folks who have much to offer in the way of living sustainably and our Sustainability Schools draw on these community resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Monthly workshops<\/p>\n<p>The Summer Dreamin\u2019 workshop will be held at the College Farm on Saturday, Jan. 28 from 2\u20134 p.m. Presenters will discuss how to start a backyard garden\u2014from designing garden beds and soil preparation to starting seeds and planning for continual harvests throughout the growing season\u2014and will share strategies for healthy crop rotations, disease prevention and lessons learned from last year\u2019s growing season.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequent workshops will cover composting, insect and pest management, renewable energy for homeowners and much more. For more information about the workshops or to register, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/go.dickinson.edu\/SustainabilitySeries\">http:\/\/go.dickinson.edu\/SustainabilitySeries<\/a> or call 717-245-1969.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sustainability Schools Dickinson Website January 4, 2012 The Dickinson College Farm is ringing in the new year with some Summer Dreamin\u2019 \u2013 the title of the first in a series of educational workshops, which will be held monthly throughout 2012&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/farm\/sustainability-schools\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1256,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44383,1],"tags":[44404,22061,22064],"class_list":["post-1646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press","category-uncategorized","tag-center-for-sustainability-education","tag-dickinson-college-farm","tag-sustainable-agriculture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/farm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/farm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/farm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/farm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1256"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/farm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/farm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1646\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/farm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/farm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/farm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}