2012 Winter Workshop Series
PRI is currently offering THREE Winter Workshop Series - our Intro to Urban Farming Series, Designing a Living Landscape Series, and our Pre-Season Production Series. Interested? Sign up now!
Want to prepare for spring? These series will help you optimize your growing space and explore new options in food production! From integral skills like understanding your soil, seed starting, record keeping, and managing pests to more indepth ideas such as turning your food production into a business or greenhouse growing and aquaponics, these series have something for everyone.
Workshops run Tuesdays and Saturdays through the end of March.
Sign up for whole series and save, or enroll in any of the workshops individually. Members - make sure to log in at the top of the website to receive your member discount on all pricing.
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2012 Design Exhibition and Celebration
The 2012 Cycling Re-Sources Design Competition challenges entrants to create a self-sustaining system for growing annual or perennial food crops. Individual designers and design teams have spent the past two months creating designs, and NOW is the time to view and celebrate their efforts!
JOIN US March 10th, from 4-7 at ArtsUS, where we will showcase this year's designs and name a winner! We will also launch PRI's latest venture - Nature's Edge Designs, and have great food and good music.
Space is limited - register HERE now!
EVERYONE IS WELCOME - RSVP TODAY!
Anyone is welcome to submit a design for this competition, including individually or in teams. A cross-disciplinary approach is encouraged and PRI will assist individuals in finding others with complementary skills and experiences if you are interested in team participation.
Those interested in submitting a design are encouraged to attend an Info Session on January 5, 2010. In this meeting we will discuss design criteria, model construction and other resources available to registrants. If you cannot attend, send in questions prior to the meeting and we will follow up.
The deadline for submission is Friday, February 26th at 4:00 p.m. No designs will be accepted after that date and time.
Submissions can be dropped off at Vesper College on Thursday Feb 25th or Friday Feb 26th from 9AM - 4pm.
Mailed submissions must be postmarked February 26th and should be sent to:
Vesper College
201 6th Street Southeast
Minneapolis, MN 55414-1164
Attention: Adam Jonas
All Submissions must include:
Presentation Board including title, story, and annotated drawing of the model. (refer to sections I, II, and III for more information) The story of your submission should explain how your design evolved, what problems you are trying to solve, and which permaculture principles and climate moderating mechanisms are being demonstrated.
Model built with 3”=1’ scale.
Application Materials - Please include a materials list, construction budget, and a short biography or resume of the team member(s).
Submissions will be evaluated by a panel of 5 judges who are well-versed in permaculture principles and sustainable agriculture.
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