Grow Food Safely in Urban Soils
August 6 @ 5:30 pm
Join us for an evening of learning about urban soils and strategies for safely growing food! There will be hands-on activities to demonstrate urban soil health best practices and resources for testing soils in your farm or garden.
Featuring University of Maine Cooperative Extension, Food and Medicine, Weezy’s Farm and Flowers, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners and American Farmland Trust; hosted at Food and Medicine in Brewer (20 Ivers St, Brewer, ME 04412). For more information about soil health, visit the UMaine Extension Soil Health webpage.
This free event is open to the public and refreshments will be provided. Interpretation services are available upon request. For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, please contact Carrick Gambell at carrick.gambell@maine.edu or 207-691-1238.
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