Seed to Table: Full Schedule

9:30am MDT

Opening Session

Hear a video opening address from Congressman Jared Polis and get all the details and info from the Seed to Table team you need to make today an awesome day at Seed to Table.

Speakers

Jared Polis

Jared Schutz Polis is an American politician, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. A Democrat, Polis is the member of the United States House of Representatives for Colorado's 2nd congressional district, serving since 2009.

Sunday March 19, 2017 9:30am - 9:50am MDT
Levin Hall

10:00am MDT

Designing Jewish Gardens and Landscapes

Open up new possibilities of Jewish landscapes: discuss garden design, see examples of Jewish landscapes around the world. Then, begin to design your own garden or take your current garden to the next level by add Jewish design elements.

Speakers

Zachary Goldberg

Zachary Goldberg, Ramah in the Rockies and Congregation Bonai Shalom, Zach is a farmer, educator, and community organizer, who recently worked at Eden Village Camp, where he designed innovative and regenerative garden spaces. He has worked on food system projects around the world... Read More →

Rhea Kennedy

Rhea Kennedy, Gallaudet University. Rhea is a Washington, D.C.-based writer, teacher, and urban gardener. She has published work in The Washington Post, Grist.org, Tablet Magazine, and The Jewish Daily Forward. As a lecturer at Gallaudet, Rhea teaches several courses related to local... Read More →

Deborah Skovron

Circle Talk

Deborah Skovron, Circle Talk, Deborah, Deb Skovron has had over 25 years of experience as a non-profit consultant, strategic planner and trainer. She spends her spare time digging in the dirt and marveling at the miracle of combining seeds with water and soil.

Sunday March 19, 2017 10:00am - 11:00am MDT
Board Room

10:00am MDT

Dirt, Dig, Dirt: The joy of Gardening with Kids

How do you get your child excited about food and gardening? Join Aaron Ney and Tricia Bebber to talk about ways you can get your child outside. We will share our ideas on how to tap your child’s interests and to create an outside space that will keep your child engaged. We will also explore where our food comes from and why this will entice your child outside. During our time together you will plant, explore different outside environments, taste, and leave with resources and tools to create your own fun outdoor space.

Speakers

Tricia Bebber

Tricia Bebber, Kindergarten Teacher and Farm Educator at the Jay and Rose Phillips Early Childhood Center at the Boulder JCC has a passion to teach children about food, plants, animals and the outdoors. Just recently, Tricia became a member of the Milk and Honey Farm chicken co-op... Read More →

Aaron Ney

Ekar Farm Executive Director, Aaron Ney is leading the way in sustainable agriculture practices, food justice, as well as believes all should know where we get our food. EKAR is Denver's first urban Jewish communal farm and garden. Their mission: Grow. Learn. Sustain. Enjoy. Repe... Read More →

Sunday March 19, 2017 10:00am - 11:00am MDT
ECC gathering space

10:00am MDT

From Sermon to Seed: How Inspiration Leads to Action

Ten years of commitment to local food has deeply shaped Congregation Bonai Shalom of Boulder. Explore with Rabbi Marc Soloway all the ups and downs involved in dreaming of and having a synagogue garden and local food program. Learn from insightful stories of the impact of a single phone call, a single sermon, and of a single raccoon. Leave with an enhanced perspective and deepened inspiration around your own gardening efforts. Open to all and may be of particular interest to those involved with a garden at a Jewish organization.

Speakers

Marc Soloway

Rabbi, Congregation Bonai Shalom

Marc Soloway is the rabbi of Congregation Bonai Shalom in Boulder. He was recognized by the Forward as one of America’s most inspiring rabbis and honored by the White House as one of 12 faith leaders who are “Champions of Change” for their environmental leadership. He is a member... Read More →

Sunday March 19, 2017 10:00am - 11:00am MDT
204

10:00am MDT

Growing Produce and Medicinal Herbs In Small Spaces

Meet with experts from Urban Farm Colorado learn about square foot gardening, apothecary gardens, hydroponics and container gardens and how you can bring these gardens to fruition in your own home. Hannah of Space and Thyme Gardens will also be on hand to teach you how to successfully grow, harvest and integrate culinary and medicinal herbs into your garden and cooking. Simple garden design and indoor planting ideas will be shared with participants.

Speakers

Ethan Page

Ethan Page (ethan@urbanfarmcolorado.com) of Urban Farm Colorado. I have a background in environmental science and agriculture and have been working with Urban Farm CO for 3 years.

Hanna Williams

Hanna Williams of Space and Thyme, LLC Space & Thyme Gardens, a boutique garden design and installation company, focuses on edible, medicinal, and drought tolerant species in the home landscape.

Sunday March 19, 2017 10:00am - 11:00am MDT
L130

11:15am MDT

Extend the Food Growing Season on the Front Range

We have unique weather challenges on the Front Range. Two Colorado farmers share ways to extend the growing season for gardeners and farmers, such as "walls of water," low tunnels, and hoop houses. They will also share with us us ideal times to plant different crops in these growing systems so you can keep growing longer.

Speakers

Yosef Camire

Yosef Camire runs Ahava Farm in Peyton, CO.

Krisan Christensen

Krisan Christensen honed her growing skills at Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, managing the half-acre in ground greenhouse and has recently moved back to Colorado to start her own highly intensified, diversified vegetable farm growing only open pollinated varieties using... Read More →

Sunday March 19, 2017 11:15am - 12:15pm MDT
Dome

11:15am MDT

How to Engaging Volunteers and Help your Garden Blossom

Successful volunteer engagement will help your organization’s growing project blossom, and become sustainable for growing seasons to come. In this workshop, learn volunteer recruitment and management strategies. And best-practices to ensure you recruit volunteers with the skills you need. This workshop will include an in-depth look at one important tool for your “engagement tool kit” – the volunteer position description, a vital tool for developing strategic roles for volunteers, cultivating the right people to fill those roles, and supporting them to success. There will be plenty of time for Q&A to ensure your specific concerns are addressed and you leave with a new tool you can put to work immediately to grow and better run your garden volunteer team. This session is designed for anyone (staff or volunteer) involved with a Jewish organization's garden, and experienced and inexperienced a like will gain a lot.

Speakers

Beth Steinhorn

Beth Steinhorn is a nationally-recognized leader, writer, and innovator in volunteer engagement and nonprofit management. Throughout her 25+ year career with nonprofit organizations, Beth has helped organizations and their leadership achieve their missions through strategic and innovative... Read More →

Sunday March 19, 2017 11:15am - 12:15pm MDT
L130

11:15am MDT

Using Ancient Text to Explore Our Contemporary Relationship with Flora and Fauna

In this text-study session, take a first-hand look at the Torah texts that describe the ethical treatment of animals ( tzaar baalei chayyim), and gardening. We will bring the text to life by seeing how our gardens and animals are reflections of Torah. No text study experience or Hebrew required; all are welcome!

Speakers

Maggid Charna Rosenholtz

Maggid Charna Rosenholtz, MA, holds a degree in comparative Religious Studies from Naropa University. She is a certified facilitator with Matrix Leadership Institute and the Right Use of Power Guild. She has presented on issues of Hebrew wisdom and spirituality to all age groups... Read More →

Sunday March 19, 2017 11:15am - 12:15pm MDT
Board Room

11:15am MDT

Using your garden for Jewish Traditions and Holidays

There are many items you can pull from your garden to prepare dishes to celebrate Jewish holidays, rituals and traditions. This workshop will demonstrate what to plant in your garden to use in your food preparation, whether you are preparing Shabbat dinner or a Passover Seder. You can grow wonderful vegetables and herbs to prepare many of your favorite holiday dishes. We will also cover what to do with all those extra vegetables: cheap & abundant cabbage become sauerkraut, copious cucumbers become pickles, cheap beets become borscht & kvass. This workshop includes a hands-on fermentation demonstration.

Speakers

Bryan Goldstein

Bryan leads the sustainable food effort and ritual food interpretation at the Moishe House Boulder, an organization that puts on events for Jews in there 20s and 30s. He also works for a bee company handling honey, herbs, and ferments.

Alan Greenberg

Owner, Restoration Nutrition

Alan works as a nutrition consultant at his business, Restoration Nutrition. He holds a certificate as a Nutrition Consultant from the Bauman College of Holistic Nutrition and Culinary Arts and is Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition® (Cand.).

Sunday March 19, 2017 11:15am - 12:15pm MDT
Art Room

12:15pm MDT

From Grant to Garden - A Networking Lunch

Laugh and learn over a super-charged lunch featuring local produce provided by La Vie catering. Your mind has been nourished all morning, now nourish your body and soul. Connect with like-minded individuals and start your action plan for how you are going to keep your momentum going after today.

Moderators

Amy Atkins

Amy Atkins is on the Advisory Board for Milk & Honey Farm, mentors the Environmental Club and teaches an Outdoor Education/Service Learning class at New Vista High School, and teaches coming of age/Bnai Mitzvah with Judaism Your Way.

Josh Gold

Josh is the manager of MazelTogether. For more info visit mazeltogether.org

Ian Solow-Niederman

Ian is currently serves on Hazon’s Colorado Advisory Board and is the Regional Director for RMR BBYO. Rachael is a founding member of Denver LoKo Chickens, avid gardener, and home chicken wrangler.

Sunday March 19, 2017 12:15pm - 1:30pm MDT
Levin Hall

1:45pm MDT

Cooking from the Garden with Mind, Body and Soul

In this intensive you will get your hands dirty with delicousness. We will spend time preparing a number of recipes including (but not limited to) Tomato Jam, Curried Zucchini Ribbons, Eggplant Babganoush, Rhubarb Strawberry Mousse. We will cook round robin style, taste all that we make and then send you home with the goodies. Prepare to nourish your mind, body and soul in this cooking intensive.

Speakers

Chef Shellie Kark

Chef Shellie Kark is a local acclaimed chef and culinary educator, passionately dedicated to inspiring and educating around food and cooking bringing renewed joy and communion back to the kitchen and the table. She has worked in renowned restaurants, is a culinary professor at Johnson... Read More →

Sunday March 19, 2017 1:45pm - 3:30pm MDT
Kitchen

1:45pm MDT

Plan your first Garden

Interested in planning your first garden but don't know where to start? We will go over what you need to get started, starting with setting garden goals and seeing how design and planning flow from there. Site orientation, garden bed options, water needs, and plant choices are some of the few topics that we will touch on.

Speakers

Kevin Karl

Kevin, of Growing Gardens, received his B.A. in Sustainable Agriculture from Evergreen State College, where he gained a deep understanding of the ecological principles that guide organic agriculture. He has since started two organic vegetable farming business – in Minnesota and... Read More →

Becca Weaver

Becca Weaver, Milk and Honey Farm at the J, is passionate about sustainable agriculture, revitalizing Jewish practice, and building a more empowered, self-reliant, and resilient society. As the Boulder J's Farm and Sustainability Director, she believes that hands-on, experiential... Read More →

Sunday March 19, 2017 1:45pm - 3:30pm MDT
L130

1:45pm MDT

Seed to Classroom: Gardening Education for Your Jewish Community

Having a garden at your Jewish institution is wonderful! It's even better when your entire community is engaged with it through community programs. In this workshop: Experience intergenerational lesson plans that integrate gardening and Jewish content. Share and receive curricula, resources, best practices and tips from experienced educators in our community. Open to all and especially appropriate for individuals and educators who are excited about bringing the garden "in" to the classroom.

Speakers

Tricia Bebber

Sunday March 19, 2017 1:45pm - 3:30pm MDT
ECC gathering space