From Green Right Now Reports
Just in time for spring planting season, Urban Harvest of Houston has organized a Food for Thought series of panel discussions set for the third Wednesday of each month at the University of Houston.
The seminars will feature experts speaking about how to grow food and eat locally. The next one, on growing gourmet vegetables, will be Wednesday, March 17, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Oberholtzer Residence Hall.
Urban Harvest, a non-profit formed in 1994, focuses on supporting community gardens, education and the Urban Harvest Farmers Market, which supports a network of gardens, farms and orchards in greater Houston.
The Growing Gourmet panel will feature Ray Sher, an urban farmer with Garden of Eden; Mike Atkinson with Atkinson Farms and Jim Hanka of Hanka Farms.
The seminar is free and open to the public. Urban Harvest is pleased to announce that Chipotle, the chain of burrito restaurants that feature vegetarian options and hormone-free meats, is sponsoring the educational series. Attendees with get a Chipotle coupon and other goodies.
Ongoing sponsors include: The University of Houston, TX AgriLife Extension Service , Grizzaffi Coffee, Fischer Schalles Associates, Katy Bomar Creative, Patterson Murphy Public Relations.
To RSVP to the seminar go to this link at the website.
Urban Harvest is expanding its reach this year by moving into space at Houston’s Discovery Green, a 12-acre park that opened in 2008. The Urban Harvest Farmers Market at Discovery Green will be inaugurated on Saturday, April 3 in conjunction with the Earth Day Houston celebration at the park.
The regular Urban Harvest Farmers Market at Discovery Green will then continue, every Sunday thereafter from noon to 4 p.m. Urban Harvest will continue its popular Urban Harvest Farmers Market at Eastside, which is held on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to Noon, 3000 Richmond at Eastside.