The Magic of Composting: SATURDAY, APRIL 5th 2014 11:00am-2:00pm
Turn your food scraps at home into to Black Gold for your garden. Delve Into Types of Composting & Techniques for creating a healthy compost. This workshop will help clear the mystique of composting & give a clear process for doing it yourself. Know what to look for to have rich juicy soil.
SkillBuild: Interface w/ tools past peak oil/coal. Learn to skillfully use non-electric hand tools to build out the compost system. Build a Worm Bin & a three-part Compost Pile.

Sign in- liability & payment
General Overview of day & Compost 101
Discuss Plans For 3-Part Compost Bin
Compost Build
Potluck Lunch
Learning Worm Bins & How To Put Them Together
Overview + Q & A & Closing

~~Nick Bellizzi, Avid Permaculture Garden-Farmer, whose focus is in carbon sequestration/mineralization in soil for the health of the planet, & working w/ alternative methods for food production. He works in native plant landscaping, & has consulted & worked on various organic farms.

MmmmMycology: SUNDAY, APRIL 6th 2014
11:00am-2:00pm
Mushrooms as Edibles & BioFilters, make & take home personal kits to share delicious edibles w/ your family, friends, & neighbors. Learn which materials & conditions Oysters, Shiitakes, & Lion’s Mane thrive on. Explore some of their many culinary uses & medicinal properties, plus learn how important fungus is to our ecology & techniques to minimize human impact. 
SkillBuild: Make personal mushroom kits. Learn how to inoculate logs (plugging w/ culinary varieties), to create edible landscaping at Oakland Roots & build large Community Edible Bags (w/ descriptions) to hang on the fence, for passers-by to harvest their own. 

Sign in- liability & payment
General overview of day & Myco 101
Community Bags and Signs on Fence (Oysters & Poss. Garden Giant)
Plugging Logs (Shiitake, Lions Mane) (Discussing Medicinal properties here)
Mushroom Cookoff & Potluck
Build Personal Mushroom Kits (Oyster)
Cap things off (punny)
~~ Allison Shiozaki, Has been exploring & studying the world of mycology & herbalism for the benefits of health & well being to create balance in human ecological interactions. To lessen human impact using a whole systems or Gaian approach, she brings this understudied field to light. She is an active farmer/food forester, food justice & land reclamation advocate.

Fees to Cover Workshop Costs:
-One workshop- $15; Both Days- $25
-Bring a Dish That Serves at least 10 ppl or bring/donate tools or materials- $10/single day $20/both days (or better)
*Neighbors within a 5 Block radius get their first class FREE
-4 work trade positions per workshop are available, for those w/ lack of funds. Please contact us In Advance, if you are interested in one of these positions. serious inquires only. Oaklandrootsinfo@gmail.com 

Bring Your Lovely Self + Friends, & if you can, Some Food to Share. Wear weather appropriate clothing & sturdy shoes. It might rain, we will be there rain or shine. & remember to bring your own food & drink utensils.