Fall Skill Share at Germantown Community Farm
September 20th and 21st
* more workshop descriptions to come…
SATURDAY
10:00-11:30
Bike Mechanics
with Silas Maddox
Get the basics of bike maintenance and repair from one who knows his bikes.
Field and Woods, Plant & Tree ID Walk
with Charles and Traci
We will identify and discuss useful plants focusing on woodland medicinals. A participatory commie talk for all ages and all levels of experience.
War Tax Resistance
with Mary Loehr
54% of every federal tax dollar you pay goes to war and killing. Come to this workshop to talk about/learn about other options. This workshop will be led by Mary Loehr who has not paid federal taxes in 26 years.
LUNCH
1:00-2:30
Blacksmithing
with Lu Heintz
Overview of a smithy (blacksmith's shop). Lu will show and talk about the tools and forge, getting metal hot, and demonstrate and explain basic forging techniques.
Gentrification
with Travis Klami
Whole Farm Planning Presentation
with Melissa & Garret
3:00-4:30
Hudson Valley Fair Food Alliance
This network doesn’t formally exist yet. To overcome the inequity in our local food system farmworkers, farmers, and consumers need to know each other and work in partnership. Let’s meet each other and talk about what this network could look like and how we can create communities of mutual support within the food production chain. Also, to keep the conversation tangible, there will be a few presentations on work that is already happening in this valley. This workshop will be in English and Spanish. Come find Ashley Loehr if you have any questions about this workshop.
Conversational French
(all levels)
with Anne Koplinka-Loehr
4:30 Drumming and Dancing by/with the Badilas
6:00 Dinner
Music and Contra Dance
DJ Dance
SUNDAY
10-11:30
Anarchy Beekeeping
with Sam Comfort
We will talk about less invasive methods of beekeeping than industry standard methods, local bee genetics and breeding as well as bee education.
Forestry Basics
with the Jolly Lumberjacks
(Squash and Dan)
Natural Paints and Stains
with Dylan
Come mix up and try out some different natural paints and stains using common materials you have right around you.
12:00-1:30
Community Radio info & idea share
with Dharma Dailey, Galen Joseph-Hunter, and Kaya Weidman
The Greene/Columbia community radio project will enable people in the
two upstate New York counties to teach each other skills in radio
production, community journalism, radio art, and other media-making.
It is a space to build a "community of communities" – bringing
together a range of discussions and creativities from across the two
counties. free103point9 will first create an internet radio station,
while developing the organization and partnerships for an FM station
we hope to soon be awarded, to broadcast local content across much of
Greene and Columbia counties. Eventually this project will broadcast
local town meetings, high school sports championships, as well as
local performances, lectures, workshops, and all sorts of radio art.
In this workshop we will brainstorm ideas together and present the project.
Wine and Fermentation
with Amy
Fermentation 101 with a fruit wine focus. Come brew and taste.
Social Detox
with Ryan Clover
Men have a responsibility to challenge sexism. Men often don't know where
to start with these issues. This is a space to identify and discuss men's
role in bringing down patriarchy and working for communities of
cooperation and mutual aid.
LUNCH
2:30-4
Tincture Making
with Traci
Hands on tincture-making workshop. Identify, collect herbs and make and taste tinctures. We will take a walk to the herb garden to harvest and then make tincture inside.
Clogging
with Ryan Clover
Marketing and Sales for Small Producers
with Don Lewis
