Growing Your Community Food System “From the Ground Up” Workshops

From the Ground Up! Workshops are intensive, hands-on trainings offering diverse groups the opportunity to learn, plan, develop, operate, and sustain community food projects.  Project participants leave the workshop with improved skills that they can take back into their communities and pass on to others.  These workshops are for both rural and urban projects.

2012 Two-day Weekend Workshop :
January 7th-8th
February 18th-19th
March 17th-18th
April 21st-22nd
May 19th-20th
June 9th-10th

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Cost for the weekend workshop: $375.00

CANCELLATION POLICY: No Refund Policy

You can change your registration date or transfer your registration to another person the weekend of registration. We have a no refund policy. No exceptions.

Hotels and Accomodation

Scholarship Application- for the weekend workshop only.

Growing Power - Growing Farmers Series

Commercial Urban Agriculture 2012 Program / Learn More Here

If you are ready to start your own urban farm or you work for an organization farming in an urban environment, the Commercial Urban Agriculture Program is program for you.  The course is a series of five, three–day weekend seminars, January through May (participants are expected to attend and participate in all five, three-day sessions).   The program begins on Friday and continues on Saturday mornings with small class meetings.  Participants then move into hands-on learning on Saturday afternoon and Sunday.  During this time, attendees concentrate on skill building focused on the participant’s individual farming business. 

2012 Training Dates (participants are expected to attend all trainings): 

January 6-8th, February 17-19th, March 16-18th, April 19-21,May 18-20th

Cost: $2750 for entire course

Pay for Commericial Urban Ag

CANCELLATION POLICY: No Refund Policy

The Growing Power workshop is an intensive, hands-on, training workshop at the Milwaukee facility. This workshop offers diverse groups the opportunity to learn, plan, develop, operate, and sustain community food projects. Project participants leave the workshop with improved skills that they can take to their communities and pass on to others. This workshop is appropriate for both rural and urban projects.

Download and apply for Commercial Urban Ag Application form

Milwaukee Headquarters:  5500 W. Silver Spring Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53218

Tel. 414.527.1546 / Fax 414.527.1908

Chicago Projects Office:  3333 S. Iron Street, Chicago, IL 60608

Tel. 773.376.8882