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PA Sustainable Agriculture Brings Sustainability Schools To Pennsylvania
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The PA Association for Sustainable Agriculture Friday launched a new effort aimed at providing courses for consumers interested in living more sustainably. Through its Good Food Neighborhood program, PASA is partnering with organizations, groups and individuals to provide “Sustainability Schools” throughout the Commonwealth.
“Living more sustainably is something we can all do to contribute not only to the viability of our own families, but increasingly of our local communities,” says Hannah Smith who heads up PASA’s community outreach efforts.
Smith designed the program which parallels PASA’s very popular peer-to-peer farmer education program.
“PASA is well-known for its farm-based education programs which highlight the skills and experience of our farmers to farm sustainably. Likewise, our local communities are gaining strength by the networking of folks who have much to offer in the way of living sustainably. Our Sustainability Schools draw on these community resources.”
Smith points to a wide range of courses available from composting to backyard poultry and beekeeping, from home energy efficiency to food preservation, and even home brewing and fermentation.
She also notes that a taste of Sustainability School subject matter will be available during the Good Food Neighborhood workshops at PASA's 21st Annual Farming for the Future Conference in State College, February 1-4.
PASA is currently partnering with Dickinson College Farm in Carlisle, Greener Partners in Collegeville and the Spring Creek Homesteading Fund in State College and is in negotiations with other potential partners to bring Sustainability Schools to every region of the Commonwealth and surrounding states
Contact Hannah Smith if you or your organization might be a good fit for the program.
Katherine Watt, an organizer with Spring Creek Homesteading, offers, "These courses are about learning how to do more things for ourselves. In this time when families are feeling so stretched from a contracting economy, rising energy prices and the impacts of extreme weather conditions, building a safety net using local resources of time, skill and land can make all the difference."
For more information, visit the Sustainability Schools Program webpage. To become a Sustainable School partner, contact Hannah Smith by calling 717-250-0725 or send email to: hannah@pasafarming.org.
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