From the Bay Area to Haiti: Creating Local Food Sovereignty Benefit Series

Sponsored by: Ecology Center, People’s Grocery, Haiti Action Committee, Food First, Planting Justice, Phat Beets Produce & KPFA (Hard Knock Radio)

All events benefit the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund (HERF) sustainable agriculture programs

Come learn about Haiti, about urban farming or food fermenting, or just watch an outdoor movie and take part in this event series to support reconstruction, sustainable agriculture, and food sovereignty in Haiti.

Haiti Relief PosterThu, Sept 16th Wild Fermentation--Sourdough

Learn the basics behind keeping a sourdough culture and take home your own. We will have two presenters on sourdough and will finish by eating some samples and learn to bake peasant bread! At 5300 Genoa St, Oakland. Time: 7-8:30pm. Sliding scale $10-$30, no one turned away for lack of funds. RSVP to max@peoplesgrocery.org.

Sun, Sep 19th Worm Composting with People's Grocery

Learn all about worms, their lifecycle, making compost tea, and how to apply it. Includes a tour of the Cal Hotel micro-farm in West Oakland, with a focus on food justice. Presented by Max Cadji of People's Grocery, Phat Beets Produce, and Gavin Raders of Planting Justice. From 11am-1pm @ Cal Hotel, 3501 San Pablo Ave, Oakland. Sliding scale $10-$30, no one turned away for lack of funds. Free for West Oakland residents. Contact max@peoplesgrocery.com.

Fri, Oct 1st Film Screening, “Lafanmi Selavi”

Begin with a tour of the California Hotel Microfarm with People’s Grocery at 6:30pm (light snacks and Numi Tea served) or arrive at 7pm for the film. The California Hotel is a historic building in West Oakland that now serves as SRO housing, and is home to Just Cause Oakland and the People’s Grocery Greenhouse and Microfarm. The film Lafanmi Selavi is an illuminating documentary by Bay Area filmmakers that tells the story of a group home founded by Jean-Bertrand Aristide for the homeless and abandoned children who live in the streets of Port-Au Prince. Many come from the countryside where the farming life is too harsh and barren to make a go of it in the current situation. Lafanmi Selavi provided not only shelter from the life on the streets but an education, Montessori style, that would provide a glimmer of hope for Haiti’s uncertain future. Time: 7-8:30. Location: California Hotel: Enter 3501 San Pablo Ave, Oakland. Sliding scale donation of $5-$500, no one turned away for lack of funds. RSVP with max@peoplesgrocery.org.

Sun, Oct 3rd Fall Seed and Guerilla Plant Propagation

Learn the basics of saving your own seed, how to make your own seed mix, root your own cuttings, fertilize, and how to save and sift seeds from tomatoes and brassicsa. Leave with a 54 pack of mix and match kales (over 5 types, collards, and assorted greens). Presented by Planting Justice, Peoples Grocery, and Phat Beets Produce. From 11am-1pm @ Cal Hotel, 3501 San Pablo Ave, Oakland. Free to West Oakland residents. Sliding Scale $10-$30, no one turned away for lack of funds. RSVP to max@peoplesgrocery.org.

Thu, Oct 7th Wild Fermentation - Making Kombucha

Learn how to make Kombucha, Ginger Beer, Bug, Mead and Vinegar. Leave with some bugz and mothers as well as plenty of handouts. Time: 7-9pm. Location: 5300 Genoa St, Oakland. Sliding scale $10-$30, no one turned away for lack of funds. RSVP to max@peoplesgrocery.org.

Thu, Oct 14 From the Bay Area to Port-au-Prince: Creating Food Sovereignty in Haiti

Keynote speaker Pierre Labossiere, Haitian activist with the Haiti Action Committee, will frame the evening, followed by discussions focused on how Food Justice & Food Sovereignty are working out on the ground in Haiti and locally. Host Weyland Southon of KPFA's Hard Knock Radio, speakers Eric Holt-Giménez, executive director of Food First, and Nikki Henderson, executive director of People’s Grocery, with more speakers to be announced. Musician Tacuma King & Bay Area Youth Arts will perform, plus local, sustainably sourced refreshments. Time: 7pm. Location: Humanist Hall, 390 27th St, Oakland. Cost: $10-$10,000 sliding scale. For more information contact: beck@ecologycenter.org, 510.548.2220 x233. Purchase tickets for this event here.

Proceeds from the series benefit the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund (HERF) sustainable agriculture programs.
For more details call 510-548-2220 x233 or visit ecologycenter.org