Women's Environmental Institute 2020 Catalog Course Listings CSA Farm-Share Details Weddings & Retreat Rentals Volunteer Opportunities women’s environmental institute w-e-i.org GET INVOLVED IN ENVIRONMENTAL, FARMING, & FOOD JUSTICE ECO-RETREAT & FARM STAYOVER CENTER FRIENDS OF WEI - MEMBERSHIP ORGANIC WEDDINGS NEW IN 2020 the Eco-Retreat and Farm Become a FRIENDS OF WEI member and help Do you hear wedding bells? Select a wedding Stayover Center reopens with a newly support WEI’s mission of environmental, venue to fit your values - a beautiful, remodeled rental facility focused on providing farming, and food justice. With your annual sustainable organic farm and community an Eco-Friendly space for relaxing getaways in gathering space where all are welcome. the country. Seek out quiet personal time at membership fee of $50 you will receive: WEI with friends or family. Enjoy the farm setting with beautiful woodlands and many § Tax Deduction: all individual WEI rural amenities nearby – small town festivals, memberships are tax deductible. art tours, wineries, antique shops, state parks, § WEI Annual Newsletter hiking, fishing, snowshoeing and more. Just a § Rentals at the WEI Eco-Retreat Farm few miles from the St. Croix River and Taylors Stayover Center: only WEI members are Falls – an easy one-hour drive from the Twin entitled to rent space in the WEI facility for Cities. Environmental and Climate Justice organizers will find this an ideal place for personal or group meetings. meetings and retreats to inspire and mobilize § Special WEI member rates: receive select your efforts. Become a Friends of WEI member discounts on CSA shares and Down- to- Wedding rentals include full use the WEI and your membership fee goes towards your Earth classes. facilities along with expansive vistas of farm first Farm Stayover. § Special WEI member-only focus groups to fields, rolling apple orchards, and lush forests. Open September – May, reserve your FARM help WEI staff and board with ideas for We can easily accommodate over 100 guests in STAYOVER online today at w-e-i.org. WEI an option for you might want to enjoy. an open field surrounded by orchards, suitable § Quarterly E-mail Updates for Friends of WEI for a reception tent. The WEI Eco-Retreat § Partner Organizational Memberships: for Center offers several overnight rooms for group membership details please visit our special family and friends and a wedding-suite website or contact [email protected]. complete with a wooded overlook and jacuzzi. Of course, we offer the option of fresh seasonal organic produce for your caterer. Call us to schedule a tour, 651-583-0705. women’s environmental institute w-e-i.org Community Supported Agriculture Order your CSA at CSA - Community Supported Agriculture - amadorhillfarm.org Shareholders pay an annual subscription fee or call 651-583-0705 to pay by check and receive a weekly box of organically We make it easy to use EBT/SNAP benefits certified fruits, vegetables, and herbs grown for your CSA, call to set up a plan! on WEI’s Amador Hill Farm and Orchard in North Branch Minnesota. CSA shares are SPRING GREENS CSA……………………..$250 North Circle Online Farmers Market delivered to drop-site partners located 6 weeks – delivered every Friday throughout the Twin Cities Metro area and May 1 – June 5 In Chisago and Isanti Counties, residents can North Branch area. As shareholders, ¾ bushel box take advantage of the North Circle Online 7-10 produce varieties per box subscribers share with us the harvest, Joys, Farmers Market by ordering from a group of rewards and inherent risks that are all a part PEAK-SUMMER GOURMET….…….…$300 East Central farmers committed to of farming. Visit amadorhillfarm.org for more 8 weeks – delivered every Friday sustainable and organic growing. WEI details including a list of our partner drop- July 10 – August 28 manages this program to help create a new ¾ bushel box sites. 7-10 produce varieties per box regional food system where local customers Workshare options available! can conveniently buy from local organic AUTUMN BOUNTY……………………….$250 farmers. Drop-sites for North Circle produce 6 weeks – delivered every Friday can be found in North Branch, Cambridge, September 18 – October 23 ¾ bushel box Isanti, Center City, Stark, Taylors Falls, 7-10 produce varieties per box Wyoming, and Almelund, MN. The food hub runs from the beginning of June to the end of October. Market Share………….……………..…….$300 Buy a $300 Market Share CSA and receive $350 worth of WEI produce at WEI’s booth at Mill City Farmers Market year- northcirclefoodhub.com round. open for business June 1, 2020 women’s environmental institute w-e-i.org Down to Earth: Sustainability & Justice Education A Program of the Women’s Environmental Institute Down to Earth provides curriculum to broadly encompass WEI’s mission of environmental, farming and food justice. It provides an affordable and accessible interdisciplinary education taught by qualified teachers from different walks of life: farmers, herbalists, artists, writers, therapists, folk school artisans, cooks, activists, thinkers, and professors representing diverse social and ethnic communities. To register for classes or to read full course descriptions, instructor bios, & scholarship opportunities, visit EVENTS & CLASSES at w-e-i.org/event/. A Full Weekend of Herbalism A Mother’s Day Weekend Special Friday, April 3 – Sunday, April 5 Friday, May 8 – Sunday, May 10 Overnight accommodations available at Overnight accommodations available at WEI’s Eco-Retreat Farm Stayover Center. WEI’s Eco-Retreat Farm Stayover Center. -All classes listed are eligible for FRIENDS OF WEI Natural Approaches to Lyme Disease Botanical Medicine for Environmental Health member discount except for Organic Farming 101. Friday, April 3, 3:30 – 6:00 p.m. Illnesses -All classes listed are held at WEI's Amador Hill Farm, Instructor: Gigi Stafne MH, ND, Green Wisdom Friday, May 8, 3:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. 15715 River Road, North Branch, MN. School of Natural & Botanical Medicine Instructor: Gigi Stafne MH, ND, Green Wisdom Herb Farming A to Z Registration Fee: $40 School of Natural & Botanical Medicine Registration Fee: $40 Saturday, February 15, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Are you a nature lover who spends much time Instructor: Nancy Graden, Red Clover Herbal outside? Tick bites bothering you? Concerned about Apothecary Farm Lyme Disease and Co-infections? Learn how to Pesticides, Insecticides, Preservatives, Poisons. Toxins are irritating, intense and injurious to the Registration Fee: $75 support your body naturally from prevention to This is an in-depth class on growing your own medicinal herbs for short- and long-term care if you're worried human body and earth. What are some of these herbs that will follow the whole process through from about Lyme Disease or have been impacted by this common exposures? What can you do to minimize their impacts? There are at least one dozen herbs germination to harvest, storing and using for your own condition. well-being. Sample herbal teas and take home seeds and foods to help cleanse and support yourself you will stratify in class to get a heads up on the Environmental Health & Herbalism Program - Level I naturally. Boost your health with Herbalism! planting season. A weekend intensive course Saturday, April 4 – Sunday, April 5, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Women's Health Naturally Pruning and Grafting Apple Trees Instructor: Gigi Stafne MH, ND, Green Wisdom Saturday, May 9, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Saturday, February 22, 10:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Instructor: Gigi Stafne MH, ND, Green Wisdom School of Natural & Botanical Medicine Instructors: Eric Gustafson, Branch Landscape Nursery Registration Fee: $295 School of Natural & Botanical Medicine & Jim Birkholz, Pleasant Valley Orchard Registration Fee: $40 Registration Fee: $65 Are you seeking a relevant, progressive educational This class will provide an overview of fruit tree growing experience that provides a strong basis in Herbalism, What are the top herbs and natural remedies for habits and the reasons why we prune, along with an Holistic Medicine and Environmental Health? women for health, happiness, and wellness? introduction to pruning techniques and principles, From stress to cardiovascular health, there are Botanical medicine basics, naturopathic principles, followed by an actual demonstration of pruning on the and ecological health are at the core of this botanicals to help boost you optimally in life. WEI Amador Hill Orchard. In the afternoon, you will foundational level certificate course. Deepen Women in all stages of life will benefit from this fun, learn how to create your own orchard through the inspiring Mother's Day weekend workshop. wisdom, sharpen skills and improve upon personal techniques of grafting. Women and Chainsaws healtH and wellness, as well as offering Herbal Help for Humanity: Adaptogens and Saturday, February 29, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. compassionate care to family and friends. Alteratives Instructor: Louise Levy & Emily Ford from Levy Tree Care Participants learn to apply Herbalism to real-life Saturday, May 9, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Registration Fee: $75 scenarios from basic HealtH ailments to everyday Instructor: Gigi Stafne MH, ND, Green Wisdom If you don’t already love your cHainsaw, you will after environmental toxins and exposures. Examine ScHool of Natural & Botanical Medicine this class about CHAINSAW LOVE! Students gain diverse philosophies and practices witHin Herbalism, Registration Fee: $40 confidence in using a chainsaw with tHeir new skills in ranging from tHe radical Herbalism of Street Medic chainsaw safety, maintenance, and operation. Students It is essential to engage in self-care wHetHer tHat is work to clinical Herbalism witHin CAM Integrative will Have a Hands-on lesson in cHainsaw maintenance, yoga, mindfulness or even activities sucH as Medicine Centers from rural to urban centers.