Sunday, January 30, 2011

TALKING ABOUT DIRT AND SOIL

Dirt and Soil
Wednesday, February 16th, 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.


Prospect Farm and Sustainable Flatbush will present the first talk in their series "Brooklyn Dirt: Monthly Talks on Urban Farming and Gardening" on Wednesday, February 16th, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Sycamore Bar + Flowershop, 1118 Cortelyou Road, between E. 11th Street and Argyle Road.

The speakers for the first talk, "Dirt and Soil," will be Jay Smith and Chris Kreussling ( also known as Flatbush Gardener).

The event is open to people ages 21 and up.
The suggested donation is $5. Proceeds will be used to benefit Prospect Farm and the Urban Gardens and Farms Initiative of Sustainable Flatbush.

About Jay Smith
Jay Smith is a lifelong environmentalist, a member of several environmental organizations, and a member of the Park Slope Food Coop. He's completing a Certificate of Horticulture from Brooklyn Botanic Garden and is deeply interested in Urban Agriculture and re-localization of food production in anticipation of food issues in the wake of the peak oil crisis.

About Chris Kreussling
Chris Kreussling is a garden coach with more than thirty years of gardening experience in New York City. Chris is also the Director of the Urban Gardens and Farms initiative of Sustainable Flatbush and a community member of the Healthy Soils, Healthy Communities advisory board, a project of the Cornell Waste Management Institute. He earned a Brooklyn Botanic Garden Certificate in Horticulture in 2009.

About Sustainable Flatbush
Sustainable Flatbush brings neighbors together to mobilize, educate, and advocate for sustainable living in their Brooklyn neighborhood and beyond.

About Prospect Farm
Prospect Farm is a community group in Windsor Terrace that is working together to grow food in a formerly vacant lot, with the mission toward creating a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Farm that can serve our community. Prospect Farm is the community leader for the Kensington/Windsor Terrace neighborhood group for the Brooklyn Food Coalition.