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Flyer for Raíces Eco-Culture Event Stop Fracking with our Water!

Gasland screening and panel discussion.

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A NIGHT ABOUT FRACKING

Gasland Film Screening, Musical Performance and Panel Discussion

October 15, 2011
7-10…

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Flyer for Raíces Eco-Culture Sustainability Discussion Group October 2011 meeting.

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TOPIC: Alternative and Local Economies

There are many alternatives to the traditional money system that more people are rediscovering and…

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Flyer for series of Raíces Eco-Culture Sustainability Discussion Group meetings

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Raíces Eco-Culture: Growing sustainable roots for a sustainable future

Sustainability is the capacity to endure. Join Raices Cultural Center to…

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Flyer for series of Raíces Eco-Culture Sustainability Discussion Group meetings

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Raíces Eco-Culture: Growing sustainable roots for a sustainable future

Sustainability is the capacity to endure. Join Raices Cultural Center to…

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Flyer for Raíces Eco-Culture Sustainability Discussion Group August 2012 meeting.

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TOPIC: Climate Change and Agriculture

Presentation and discussion led by group member Peter Schweinsberg. Peter will focus on how agriculture…

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Flyer for Raíces Eco-Culture Sustainability Discussion Group October 2012 meeting.

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TOPC: Will Allen-Visionary Farmer
Will Allen grew up with whose parents who fled the South in the Great Migration to escape a life of…

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Flyer for Raíces Eco-Culture Sustainability Discussion Group November 2012 meeting.

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TOPIC: Going Green but Getting Nowhere: Making a Difference in Climate Change

Global warming is an issue that affects us all, no matter what…

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Flyer for Raíces Eco-Culture Sustainability Discussion Group December 2012 meeting.

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TOPIC: Skillshare - 1-burner food and herbal healing preparation.

Join us for four short presentations on DIY food and herbal remedy…

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Flyer for series of Raíces Eco-Culture Sustainability Discussion Group meetings.

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February 4 TOPIC: BEES & BEEKEEPING
Film Screening and Discussion

YOU CHOOSE THE FILM!
"Vanishing of the Bees" or "Queen of the…

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Flyer for Raícitas Youth Program “Little Roots” Family Gardening Workshop.

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Join us to learn about Companion Planting, and cultivate some seeds for plants that are friends.

In the Children's Garden at the Reformed Church of…

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Flyer for Raíces Eco-Culture Sustainability Discussion Group June 2013 meeting.

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TOPIC: Introduction to Food As Medicine
Guest Presentation and Discussion by Silvia Morrison

About the Presentation
The best form of health…

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Flyer for Raíces Eco-Culture Sustainability Discussion Group July 2013 meeting.

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TOPIC: Film Screening of the Documentary
"Fixing the Future"

About the Film

“By featuring communities using sustainable and innovative…

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On August 8, 2014, the Raíces Apiculture Initiative took a field trip to S & F Honey Farm in Hillsborough, NJ for a tour, presentation and questions and answer session with beekeeper Stan Wasitowski. Here, Raíces Co-Director Francisco G. Gómez is…

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This is one of Stan’s bee boxes, he explains the entrance reducer he devised for his bees.

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Stan explains the inner workings of a bee box to participants in his Apiculture presentation and honey farm tour.

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Nucleus Hive: This is a starter Nuc that is already populated with a queen and bees. The population is later transitioned or split into a bee box/s.

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Raíces Co-Director Francisco is transitioning a nucleus hive into a friend’s new bee box. He has to smoke the nuc before moving the bees to their new home.

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Susan Winkler, one of the first community members to contact Raíces regarding our Apiculture Initiative and to find out where to get her first bee colony and beekeeping equipment, preparing a new bee box for her bees.

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As part of the Raíces Apiculture Initiative, Raíces Co-Directors helped our friend and supporter Susan Winkler obtain and set up her first bee hive. Here, Francisco and Sue are moving nuc bee frames into new bee box.

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Bees moved over to their new home for Raíces Apiculture Initiative participant and supporter Susan Winkler.

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On a visit to a local beekeeper, John Yarnell. Here is Sue and John looking at an old bee box frame

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Fred Yarnell, beekeeper, looking at an old bee frame on a visit from Raíces Apiculture Initiative participants.

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Beekeeper Fred Yarnell standing in the greenhouse attached to his home. Mr. Yarnell welcomed the Raíces Apiculture Initiative for a visit to his home and apiary and talked to us about his beekeeping experiences and equipment.
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