ISLAND is a non-profit arts and ecology center in Bellaire, MI dedicated to connecting people with nature, art and community.
ISLAND helps people become native to place by:
Supporting artists -visionaries, conceptual explorers and compelling communicators- with dedicated time, space and resources to create new work;
Restoring the old and developing the new skills and traditions of community self-reliance;
Creating and sharing a broad collection of tools for ecological living.
The workshop will start with a hands-on hog breakdown from primal cuts of meat into cuts for charcuterie. Then, using simple cooking techniques, you will learn to preserve meat in your own home through salting, smoking and curing.
May 12
CRAFT at Blackbird Gardens
Thursday from 2:00pm to 5:00pm, potluck to follow
Join us at the new Rapid City Community Garden! This spring garden series is held at the Red School House, Clearwater Township Community Center, 5407 River Street Northwest, Rapid City, MI from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. Free for Rapid City Community Garden members, students, teachers, staff and parents. $5-$10 suggested donation for others.
A Mother's Day hike for morels and leeks followed by a workshop about the various methods of preservation for these delicious spring edibles.
Jan 21-22, Grayling High School
MISSION: The NMSFC serves as a vehicle to promote and build a local vibrant agriculture community, to equip the small farm community with the tools to be successful, and to be a forum for the open exchange of ideas within the small farm community. This is accomplished primarily through the annual conference in January, but is also accomplished through the support of other education opportunities throughout the year.
Goals:
Come learn how to can tomatoes; or if you know how, come join in the fun of a community canning party. The workshop is limited to 8 participants.
Join the Institute for Sustainable Living, Art, and Natural Design (ISLAND) and the Martha Wagbo Farm and Education Center as we explore the wide world of fungi and fermentations. Anyone with an interest in local foods; wild-crafting; food preservation; or tasty, healthful meals will greatly benefit from the workshops offered here. Experienced teachers will present an array of topics, including wild mushroom hikes, mushroom dyeing, mushroom paper, cheese making, vegetable fermentations, mead making, and much more! There will also be local vendors selling fungal and fermented goods.
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