InFARMation at Roots Brewing
tonight – Wed June 9
Posted by: Kate Bryant on Jun 09, 2010 at 09:23AM
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Interested in the many facets of urban farming? Tonight, June 9, at 6:30, Naomi Montacre from Naomi’s Organic Farm Supply, moderates a panel titled Urban Farming in Portland at Roots Organic Brewing in Southeast Portland. This event, sponsored by Friends of Family Farmers, is free and open to the public, of course.
Show up at 5:30, mill about, have some delicious beer and talk with fellow farming enthusiasts.
These InFARMation events (full schedule here) are fun, fascinating and generate some great discussion on the featured topics. I’ve attended a few and learned a lot. It’s like a swarming beehive in there, with organic beer flowing and passionate people sharing information about what they love most. If you are a frequenter of farmers’ markets, you will surely see some familiar faces.
Since it takes place at Roots, perhaps a seminar on growing hops—organic of course—would be in order. Just a thought.
Well, if they don’t do it, I will! Honestly, I think the InFARMation events mostly revolve around political and social issues connected with food and farms. Check out their schedule of events (there’s a link on my post) to see past and future topics. But I love hops and will write about growing ‘em soon. They are easy garden plants – commercially, there are way many more factors to take into account. This website – http://oregonhops.org/ – is the best I’ve found for commercial hops info. See what you think.