2nd annual Traditional Food Weekend (events » other) Friday, March 20, 2009 - 10:00 AM 2nd Annual Traditional Food Weekend-Sheboygan, WI
The Culture of Food
March 20, 21 and 22nd 2009 (10am-4pm each day)

Join us for one, two or all three of these offerings!

March 20, 2009 Fermented Beverages: Beer, Wine, Soda Making and more! Join Linda and John for this fun and inspiring day. Learn how easy it is to make beer, wine, meade and soda in your own kitchen.

March 21, 2009 You are What you Eat! Soup Broths and Fermentation for Health. Learn to promote health through these time honored food preservation practices.

March 22, 2009 Home Cheese Making: Mozzarella, Feta and more!! Making cheese at home is easy and fun! Join us as we explore the lost art of home cheese making.

For more information see: moonwiseherbs.com/tradition...eekend.htm

Sheboygan, WI Women's Film Series presents: A Sense of Wonder (events » community) Monday, May 18, 2009 - 7:00 PM The Paradigm Café and Moonwise Herbs Women’s Film Series presents

A Sense of Wonder : A Documentary Style Film based On The Life of Pioneering Environmentalist Rachel Carson

When? Monday May 18, 2009 7pm (Doors will open at 6pm for refreshments and early seating)

Where? Paradigm Café 1022 Michigan Ave Sheboygan, WI 53081

To view the trailer for this film see: www.asenseofwonderfilm.com/

"If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life." Rachel Carson

National Women’s History Project honored Rachel Carson as part of women’s history month in March. She was honored as one of the women who took the lead to save our planet. Parallel to her recognition a documentary style film depicting her life long journey, A Sense of Wonder was released. This film will be shown as part of a 100 city tour in Sheboygan, WI at the Paradigm Café 1022 Michigan Ave Sheboygan, WI 53081 on May 18, 2009 at 7pm. The café will be open at 6pm for refreshments and food prior to the screening.

In This film A Sense of Wonder, using many of Miss Carson's own words, Kaiulani Lee embodies this extraordinary woman in a documentary style film, which depicts Carson in the final year of her life. Struggling with cancer, Carson recounts with both humor and anger the attacks by the chemical industry, the government, and the press as she focuses her limited energy to get her message to Congress and the American people. The film is an intimate and poignant reflection of Carson's life as she emerges as America's most successful advocate for the natural world. A Sense of Wonder was shot in HD by Oscar-winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler at Carson's cottage on the coast of Maine.

An important figure in our modern history: Who was Rachel Carson

Rachel Carson has been called the "patron saint" of the modern environmental movement. The Atlantic has listed her as one of the 40 most influential figures in American history. Praising Carson and her work, Al Gore wrote that, “without [Silent Spring by Rachel Carson], the environmental movement might have been long delayed or never developed at all.” As a scientist, a writer, and a woman, Rachel Carson has inspired generations. As an activist she fought governmental negligence and unbridled corporate interest. Through her scientific integrity and elegant prose she became one of the 20th centuries most prescient scientific authors. And as an individual she battled economic adversity, family tragedy, and gender stereotyping. Carson reminds us that we each have not only the ability to make a creative difference in this world—we have the responsibility to do so.

When pioneering environmentalist Rachel Carson published Silent Spring in 1962, the backlash from her critics thrust her into the center of a political maelstrom. Despite her love of privacy, Carson’s convictions and her foresight regarding the risks posed by chemical pesticides forced her into a very public and controversial role.

To learn more about Rachel Carson see www.rachelcarson.org/

Tradtional Food Weekend on Vashon Island, WA (events » other) Friday, June 5, 2009 - 10:00 AM Traditional Food Weekend: The Culture of Food
June 5, 6,and 7, 2009
(10am-4pm each day)
Join us for one, two or all three of these offerings!

June 5, 2009 Fermented Beverages: Beer, Wine, Soda Making and more!
Join us for this fun and inspiring day. Learn how easy it is to make beer, wine, meade and soda in your own kitchen.

June 6, 2009 You are What you Eat!Wild Food and Fermentation for Health.
In the morning we will be inspired by an overview of the wild plants available throughout the seasons. We have put together a delightful slide show that will inspire you to bring wild plants into the kitchen. In the latter part of the day we will learn to promote health through time honored food preservation practices. Fermented food is made by a technique that relies on the breakdown of carbohydrates and proteins. The results are delicious food that is beneficial to overall health. In addition we will bring wild plants into our fermentation process, adding seaweed to sauerkraut, roseships to soda, wild berries to a fruit treat and more!

June 7, 2009 Home Cheese Making: Mozzarella, Feta and more!!
Making cheese at home is easy and fun! Join us as we explore the lost art of home cheese making.

For more information and to register see: www.kjofarm.com/blog/1988

3rd Annual Women's Herbal Apprenticeship Program (events » other) Wednesday, July 8, 2009 - 1:00 PM 3rd Annual Women's Herbal
Earthways Residential Apprenticeship Program
Coon Valley, WI
July 8-29, 2009

Join us for this remembering- as we are invited to discover the meaning of the term Be-Wilder as it is defined by feminist author Mary Daly. She defines this term as to "lead the self and others on pixie-paths that wind deeper into the unknown; to hear and follow the call of the wild"

This residential apprenticeship is a unique opportunity for women to hear the call of the wild. We will connect deeply with ourselves and develop a connection with herbal green allies. Participants will have the opportunity to experience living close to the earth while incorporating herbs and wild foods into their daily life. We will create a community of women that encourage, inspire and challenge each other to look to the mother earth and plant sisters for deep healing and wisdom. This program is an authentic apprenticeship where participants are offered support on their own personal journey and encouraged, supported and challenged to journey to their depths.

We will connect with the wise woman within while hiking, kayaking, dancing, harvesting, creating community, crafting traditional foods and medicines, practicing compassionate communication, sitting in talking stick ceremony, exploring nature awareness and learning a wide variety of skills including but not limited to cordage making, basket weaving, attunement etc.

For more information:
moonwiseherbs.com/herbalapp...ential.htm

Summer Herbal Wisdom Program (events » other) Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 10:00 AM Two days of Hands on Herbal Wisdom
in Sheboygan, WI
August 22nd and 23rd, 2009
________________________________
August 22, 2009 (10am-4pm)

Preserving Herbs and Food: Jams, Jellies, Vinegars, Syrups and more!!

Learn to preserve herbs and food for use during the winter months. It is such a delight to open a jar of herbal Syrup in the middle of the winter: with it's rich flavor and reminders of lazy summer days. Join us for this fun, informative and inspiring class. We will learn various ways to prepare herbs and food and store them for winter use including canning, pickling, using honey for syrups, dehydrating, jellies, jams and much more!!

August 23rd (10am-4pm)

Topical Application of Herbs

Join herbalist Linda Conroy for this fun and informative day. Learn to create your own herbal oils, salves, ointments, creams, lotions and more from fresh natural ingredients. Whether you collect herbs from your garden or the farmers market you will be inspired to bring these delightful allies into your body care rituals. Combining hands on experience with discussion we will learn this time honored way of using herbs for nourishing as well as healing. You will take home some of our creations.

For information/registration see: moonwiseherbs.com/two_days_...wisdom.htm

Herbal Wisdom in Sheboygan, WI (events » other) Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 10:00 AM Two days of Hands on Herbal Wisdom in Sheboygan, WI
August 22nd and 23rd, 2009

Join us for one or both days:

August 22, 2009 (10am-4pm)
Preserving Herbs and Food: Jams, Jellies, Vinegars, Syrups and more!!

August 23rd (10am-4pm)
Topical Application of Herbs

For information and registration moonwiseherbs.com/two_days_...wisdom.htm

Herbalist and Author Susun Weed in Sheboygan WI (events » other) Friday, October 9, 2009 - 7:00 PM 24 RSVPs We are thrilled to announce that Susun Weed will be our guest speaker in the fall of 2009. Join us for these three riveting days of learning with the spokeswoman of the wise woman tradition.

Wise Woman Ways
Oct. 9-11, 2009
Maywood Environmental Center, Sheboygan, WI

Menopause Can Change Your Life
Oct . 9 Friday (7-9pm) $35.00
Menopause is metamorphosis. Wise Woman Ways help you feel better, sleep deeply, build strong bones, keep your heart healthy, and stay juicy.

Nourish Wholeness the Wise Woman Way
Oct. 10 Saturday (10am-4pm) $100.00
This mind-altering workshop gives you simple strategies for eating well without spending a lot. Yes! Herbs build vitality.

For Women Who Love Their Breasts and Wombs
Oct. 11 Sunday (10am-4pm) $100.00
Whether your concerns are on your “chest” or “down there” simple Wise Woman Ways can help you prevent, reverse and treat a variety of problems including cancer

________________________________________
Save $25.00 on the entire weekend! For registrations received by 8/15/09 pay only $210.00
_________________________________________
For Registration Information see: www.moonwiseherbs.com