11.10.10 Meeting Notice

Please note the location change for the November 10th VSTF Meeting.

Please join us to learn more about the Duluth SEEDS of SUCCESS Program. A model for locally sustainable urban agriculture employing youth from low-income households.  Brainstorm with us about possibilities of creating a similar program or other local sustainable food initiatives in the quad-cities. Stay for the monthly Virginia Sustainability Task Force meeting after the presentation. 

Seeds of Success - Growing Vegetables...Growing Prosperity

Who?      Anyone interested in creating or supporting local sustainable food initiatives.

Cost?       FREE and open to the public.

Where?  Mesabi Range Community and Technical College / Room C-158. 1001 West Chestnut Street, Virginia, MN   55792. Enter at door #4E.

When?    Wednesday, November 10, 2010. Presentation from      5:00 – 6:00 p.m.   Followed by a 30-45 minute brainstorming session – Can we bring this model to the Iron Range?

The Virginia Sustainability Task Force meeting will immediately follow the brainstorming session.

More Information? Visit the Community Action website at  http://www.communityactionduluth.org/program_seeds.html for more information on the Seeds of Success Program.

This speaker event is Co-Sponsored by Mesabi Range Community College Continuing Education & Sustainability Team; Friends of the Greenhouse; and the Virginia Sustainability Task Force.