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•  LESSON Receives Renewed Funding From Town Creek Foundation - In November of 2007, LESSON received renewed funding from the Town Creek Foundation to continue its program feveloping a network of farmers on the Eastern Shore to meet a growing market for organically grown and sustainably raised products ... a responsibility that cannot be ignored.  more ...

• Medora Harvest Fund - Community members contribute funds to provide organically grown produce to our neighbors experiencing a financial need due to health or job related crises.  This fund is a project of LESSON, but the tax-deductible contributions to the Medora Harvest Fund are maintained in a separate account.
  

• Book Club -- Are you interested in learning more about how the food you eat affects your health, the environment, your community and local economy?  Want to debate the merits of eating locally grown versus organically grown food?  Looking for ways that you can reduce your “foodprint”? more ...
  
  
• "Expert in Sustainable Agriculture Speaks to Eager Audience" -- LESSON is extremely proud to have been a co-sponsor of expert organic farmer Michael Ableman's visit to Delmarva on March 5, 2008.  More than 100 people, including almost two dozen farmers, heard Mr. Ableman's challenges and triumphs as a forerunner in the conservation and sustainable agriculture movement.  His experiences as a farmer, non-profit organizer, educator, and consultant were inspiring to all who attended.
  
  
  

• 3rd Annual 'Mater Mania'
  

  Mater Mania has become our most popular event.  It is held at Cedar Hill Park which adjoins the farm in beautiful downtown Bivalve.  Mater Mania is celebrated in late July or early August when the tomato crop is in it's full glory.  Invite your friends and neighbors!  more ...
  
  
• Local Ladle -- LESSON paired local restaurants with local suppliers of produce and seafood at the 5th annual Autumn Wine Festival held at Pemberton Park in Salisbury on October 20-21st, 2007.  With the generous support of six regional restaurants, we provided a mouthwatering variety of soups made with ingredients from within 100 miles of Salisbury, Maryland.  more ...

• Audio Library -- Hear, Hear! And get educated through LESSON Audio Library!  DVDs from the 2008 workshop sessions of Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) conference are available to borrow by contacting Jay Martin.  more ...

• 2007 Chesapeake Watershed Forum – "Sharing Strategies to Manage Growth and Protect Our Waters"
  October 12-14 Shepherdstown, WV.
  
  

• Outreach to local family farmers interested in making the transition from conventional farming to natural, healthy, sustainable farming practices.
  

• Education of children and adults about our local food sources, and how they can become part of a sustainable community.

 

Informational Meetings 

 

Sustainable Farming Workshops
April 4-5, 2008
Greenbranch Farm
4973 Nutters Cross Road, Salisbury

Come join experienced small acreage, sustainable and organic farmers share their knowledge about successful farming and farm planning techniques.

Equipment for Small Acreage Growers
Friday, April 4, 2008
1-5 pm

Basics of Drip Irrigation
Saturday, April 5, 2008
10 am- 12 noon 

 

 

Attention Delmarva Farmers

 

We are Seeking Farmers or Market Gardeners

On Delmarva Interested In Supplying A Growing

Community of Families with Organically Grown Or Sustainable Raised Products.  

 

Please Contact Us:
 

Jay Martin
410-873-2942
ubuubok@comcast.net

Jay Martin is a local farmer working with the local non-profit organization LESSON (Lower Eastern Shore Sustainable Organic Network) on a project to increase the number of farms and acreage on the shore dedicated to sustainable/organic practices.

Laura Hunsberger
410-632-1972
lhuns@umd.edu

 

LESSON has received support for this project from the Town Creek Foundation and the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore.