Tag Archives: Gretchen Quarterman

Basics for integrating vegetable and fish production in aquaponics –Pat Duncan @ SOGALO15 2015-01-24

Dr. Pat Duncan, director of the Georgia Center for Aquaculture Development, Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, GA, will explain aquaculture.

300x377 Dr. Pat Duncan with tilapia, in Basics for integrating vegetable and fish production in aquaponics, by Pat Duncan, for OkraParadiseFarms.com, 22 December 2014 Safe local food movements are no longer a passing fad as consumers avoid the dangers and fears associated with processed industrialized food. Any number of associated causes drives concerns about GMO plants, pesticides, and other chemicals. With many options and systems designs available for cost effective ways of safe food production, one system with unique opportunities is aquaponics.

As with most food production systems, there are twists and turns on systems and designs to approach the development and management of an aquaponics system. Ranging from small do-it-yourself systems to elaborate automated commercial designs, each of these systems requires Continue reading →

Beekeeping: Backyard Hives or any size! –Raynae Jones @ SOGALO15 2015-01-24

You can sweeten your food experience with honeybees.

Anyone can be a beekeeper! From keeping a single hive in your backyard or 100 hives; learn how to get started. Beekeeping is a fun and important part of growing local. Raynae’ will share resources on how to get started with your own hive. Watch your own hive pollinate your garden and reward you with a sweet treat!

Who should attend: All ages interested in keeping bees!

Come hear Raynae at South Georgia Growing Local 2015, January 24th 2015, Pine Grove Middle School, near Valdosta, in Lowndes County Georgia.

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Spinning… because knitting isn’t weird enough –Lisa Smith @ SOGALO15 2015-01-24

How to make your own yarn.

I’ll be demonstrating how to prepare and spin natural fibers including different breeds of sheeps wool, angora and mohair into yarn using a spinning wheel. I’ll also show items that can be knitted or woven from your own handspun yarns.

Lisa Smith is an avid sock knitter who one day decided to learn to spin her own sock yarn. This adventure eventually led to the purchase of Smokey, her hillbilly French angora rabbit, numerous sheep fleeces and a houseful of fuzz. Her blog is www.lisathemom.com.

Come hear Lisa at South Georgia Growing Local 2015, January 24th 2015, Pine Grove Middle School, near Valdosta, in Lowndes County Georgia.

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Welcome to this Oil House –Clay Oliver @ SOGALO15 2015-01-24

Clay Oliver of Oliver Farm, Pitts, GA:

Discussion on cold pressed oils and their benefits.

Should be attended by: foodies, health nuts, everyday gourmets

Come hear Clay at South Georgia Growing Local 2015, January 24th 2015, Pine Grove Middle School, near Valdosta, in Lowndes County Georgia.

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Cooking with Real Food –Christine and Angela Hagen @ SOGALO15 2015-01-24

Christine and Angela Hagen of Hagen Homestead CSA will talk about

Cooking ideas and menu strategies featuring locally grown, naturally produced and passionately wholesome ingredients.

Who should attend: Anyone who likes to eat.

Come hear Christine and Angela at South Georgia Growing Local 2015, January 24th 2015, Pine Grove Middle School, near Valdosta, in Lowndes County Georgia.

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Minor food crops to consider for the hobby gardener or small scale farmer –Bret Wagenhorst @ SOGALO15

300x224 Starfruit pile, in Minor food crops to consider for the hobby gardener or small scale farmer, by Bret Wagenhorst, for OkraParadiseFarms.org, 14 December 2014 Chayote squash, feijoas, bananas, Jerusalem artichokes, roselle, chestnuts and black walnuts, kiwano melons, star fruit, grapefruit, Seminole pumpkins, papayas, Japanese persimmons, and rice: all these can be grown in south Georgia, says Bret Wagenhorst of Brighton Farms. He will talk about those crops at South Georgia Growing Local 2015, January 24, 2015, at Pine Grove Middle School in Lowndes County north of Valdosta. You can register now.

There are many food crops that aren’t typically grown commercially in south Georgia/north Florida that can do well on a small scale. This talk will Continue reading →

Registration is open for South Georgia Growing Local 2015

Saturday, January 24th at Pine Grove Middle School! You can register online or mail in the form. Follow the link for seed saving, oils, herbs, corn, rainwater, fish, beekeeping, goats, chickens, hams, and more.

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The new colonialists and local agriculture to shape our own local economy

This sums up both Bill Gates’ sudden surge of agricultural land purchases and the fossil fuel industry’s sudden surge of fracked methane pipelines: “on a global scale, that the global problem, from the perspective of European colonialists and European entrepreneurs, is really how to transform the countryside.” In both cases, we here in the southeast are just peasants or backwards natives from the perspectives of the the new colonialists as they try to transform our countryside. So what if such transformation results in dust storms or leaks, explosions, or higher domestic natural gas prices? The new colonialists would profit!

Jonathan Shaw wrote for Harvard Magazine November-December 2014, The New Histories: Scholars pursue sweeping new interpretations of the human past. Continue reading →

Elsie was more than a biology professor and ecologist –Jonathan Ertelt, Community

Saying what many students think: “Students of all ages are thankful that her appreciation of the plant kingdom and the world around her touched them and made their lives.”

Jonathan Ertelt, Vanderbilt Magazine, Summer 2014 issue, Quarterman Was More Than a Biology Professor and Ecologist, Continue reading →

The whole ecosystem –Elsie Quarterman on Wild Side TV

300x184 People as well as plants and animals. Not just dogs youve got on a leash, but animals that live out there, are part of the whole ecosystem., in A Crusader for Conservation, by Wild Side TV, for OkraParadiseFarms.org, 19 September 2014 Here’s a video about Elsie, A Crusader for Conservation, 19 September 2014, by Tennessee’s Wild Side, “The Emmy Award winning show produced through the generosity of the Jackson Foundation, Tennessee State Parks, and the Tennessee Wildlife Federation.” Lots of good pictures, some video snippets of Elsie, and some narration by her nephew Patrick and by Biologist Tom Hemmerly, who reminds us of Elsie’s work at Radner Lake, in addition to her cedar glades work. Ranger Buddy Ingram explains her biggest contribution may have been in getting numerous different segments of society to cooperate in saving whole ecologies. Botanist Kim Sadler and others explain how inspiring all that is to generations of students.

As Elsie said in 2006:

300x168 The general public needs to know whats around them., in A Crusader for Conservation, by Wild Side TV, for OkraParadiseFarms.org, 19 September 2014 The general public needs to know what’s around them. They need to be learning that there’s a world that is not paved. There are lots of things that have life and function in the whole scheme, people as well as plants and animals. Not just dogs you’ve got on a leash, but animals that live out there, are part of the whole ecosystem.
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