SFU Current Community Events and Happenings - February, 2010

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Community Events listed by Slow Food Utah
February, 2010

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February 6 - Selecting and Starting your Heirloom Seed Varieties

Presented by: Wasatch Community Gardens
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Location: SLC Main Library, 210 East 400 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
$10.00, Scholarships Available. Registration Required. Click here to register now!

With hundreds of heirloom varieties to choose from, and seed catalogs arriving in the mail daily it's time to stop being overwhelmed and start choosing seeds that are not only well suited for our climate, strong producers but delicious too.

Once we have discussed what seeds to choose and why, we will give an overview of seed starting and tell you what to start and when.

February 6 - Chocolate Lover's Fling!
An Annual Fundraiser for the Moab Youth Garden Project

Presented by: Youth Garden Project - Moab
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Location: Moab Arts and Recreation Center
111 East 100 North, Moab, Utah

Come down the rabbit hole into a Wonderland feast of delicious chocolate creations! Cavort with crazy creatures and community members while supporting the Youth Garden Project at the Chocolate Lovers' Fling. Great silent auction items, fun activities for children, and
of course lots and lots of Chocolate!

Buy advance discount tickets at WabiSabi until Friday (2/5/10).
Price at door: Adults $10, Youth under eighteen $5, and children two and under free.
Wonderland characters get $1 off admission.
For more information please call the Youth Garden Project at 435-259-BEAN (2326).

February 11 - Quarterly Slow Food Utah Membership Meeting
SFU sponsored

Slow Food Utah quarterly membership meetings are open to all who are interested in Slow Food in Utah, you do not have to be a member to attend.  It is simply the time for all to come together on a regular basis to discuss and plan.

Please e-mail Slow Food Utah Leader to add your name and email address to our notification list, or to confirm the time and place of the next membership meeting.

All who are interested in learning more about Slow Food Utah and who have an interest in becoming involved are invited to attend the "membership meetings."

February 20 - Beginning Organic Gardening: the basics

Presented by: Wasatch Community Gardens
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Location: SLC Main Library, 210 East 400 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
$10.00, Scholarships Available. Registration Required. Click here to register now!

Always wanted to learn to garden but never had the chance, or are you a long time gardener trying to switch your garden over to organic growing methods? Come learn the basics of organic gardening with Wasatch Community Gardens, we will be covering basic soil health and amending, compost,natural pest control, crop diversity, what to plant when and more. Look for Intermediate and Advanced topics in March and April.

February 22 - Chocolate Tasting at Caputo's Market & Deli
SFU co-sponsored 

Please note that this event sold-out the same day that e-vites were sent out.

Save the date of February 22nd, Slow Food Utah will be having a chocolate event at Tony Caputo's Market & Deli, downtown Salt Lake City.  More informatioin will be posted here and an e-vite will be coming out soon to those on the SFU Email List.

February 27 - Selling Your Produce at Farmer's Markets

Presented by: Wasatch Community Gardens
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Location: SLC Main Library, 210 East 400 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Free Event. Registration Required. Click here to register now!

Learn everything you need to know about making money from the produce you grow by selling at local Farmer’s Markets! Representatives from three different markets will be here to tell you all the nitty gritty details, answer all of your questions, and even give you applications for 2010 booths!

Downtown Farmer’s Market, People’s Market, and The University of Utah Farmer’s Markets will be represented, don’t miss this unique opportunity! Co-sponsored by the Salt Lake City Public Library.

This is the Utah Slow Food Community in action.

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