Celebrate “culture” in agriculture & share skills like growing, cooking, canning

Green Zones: From the War Garden to Your Garden

Event Details

Time: May 5, 2009 from 5:30pm to 7pm
Location: Firehouse 13
Street: 41 Central St.
City/Town: Providence
Website or Map: http://www.firehouse13.org
Phone: 401-273-1080
Event Type: panel, discussion
Organized By: Sarah Zurier/Green Zone
Latest Activity: Mar 20, 2009

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Event Description

Green Zones: From the War Garden to Your Garden is a presentation on Victory Gardens, the Women’s Land Army of America, and how gardeners are growing their own food today. The event takes place at Firehouse 13, 41 Central Street in Providence.

Panelists include: Judy Barrett Litoff, Professor of History at Bryant University; Rich Pederson, City Farm Manager at Southside Community Trust; and Sarah Zurier, creator of Green Zone.

Green Zones: From the War Garden to Your Garden is made possible through major funding support from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, an independent state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.