Growing 500 jobs and delicious food
Growing 500 jobs and delicious food

Events

Aug
27

Maryland State Fair Opening Day

Date: 
08/27/2010

Aug. 27-Sep. 6

The 2010 Maryland State Fair is right around the corner! Running from August 27-September 6, it will feature thousands of home arts and agricultural exhibits, daily livestock and horse shows, a wide variety of midway rides and games, thoroughbred horse racing and national entertainment.

For more information, visit www.marylandstatefair.com</>.

Sep
2

Agriculture Day at the Fair

Date: 
09/02/2010

The Maryland State Fair will celebrate "Agriculture Day at the Fair" on Thursday, Sept. 2. The day will start off with a luncheon and tour of the fairgrounds with Governor Martin O'Malley and Maryland Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Mary Ellen Setting, by invitation.

During the luncheon, Governor O'Malley will present two Smart, Green and Growing Awards for outstanding agricultural conservation efforts. The tour will include a seed spitting contest led by Mar-Del Watermelon Queen Parris Travers in the Farm and Garden Building.

For more information visit marylandstatefair.com

Sep
8

DEADLINE for YouTube Farm-To-School Video Contest

Date: 
09/08/2010

The Maryland Department of Agriculture has launched a YouTube video contest asking students what local food means to them. In a video lasting no longer than three minutes, students must thoughtfully and creatively answer the question, "What does 'local food' mean to you?" The first place winner(s) will receive an Apple iPod Touch, a Maryland State Park Pass, and a school lunchtime visit from MDA Secretary Buddy Hance.

Both public and private Maryland school students K-12, ages 5-18 are invited to participate. The contest will run until September 8, 2010, ending right before Maryland Homegrown School Lunch Week, which runs September 13-17, 2010. Click here for more details and the contest rules.

Sep
17

Deadline for Ignite Baltimore Grant Application

Date: 
09/17/2010

Do you have a creative idea for making Baltimore a better place to live and work? Would you like $1500 to transform that small idea into an actual project? IGNITE BALTIMORE will be awarding its second IGNITION GRANT this month. Application deadline is September 17. Find more information on the Ignite Baltimore website:

http://ignitebaltimore.com/articles/72-Ignition-Grants

Sep
25

Harvest & Eco Festival

Date: 
09/25/2010

Saturday, September 25 1-5p
at CCBC Catonsville Gourd Palace commons near Art Bldg (Q)
800 S. Rolling Rd, Campus Drive 21228

A very gourd-centric celebration of the harvest season with gourd music ,art and cultural elements as well as a large presence of local environmental and community groups.

Join us at the Gourd Palace for an interesting celebration of grow arts, commumity and resources.

For more info contact Doug :
doug [at] artandeffects [dot] com 410-598-8409

or visit:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/growart/sets

Oct
4

Movie Monday: Blue Vinyl

Date: 
10/04/2010

Sponsored by the US Green Building Council

With humor, chutzpah and a piece of vinyl siding firmly in hand, Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand and co-director and award-winning cinematographer Daniel B. Gold set out in search of the truth about polyvinyl chloride (PVC), America's most popular plastic. From Long Island to Louisiana to Italy, they unearth the facts about PVC and its effects on human health and the environment.

Back at the starter ranch, Helfand coaxes her terribly patient parents into replacing their vinyl siding on the condition that she can find a healthy, affordable alternative (and it has to look good!).

A detective story, an eco-activism doc, and a rollicking comedy, Blue Vinyl puts a human face on the dangers posed by PVC at every stage of its life cycle, from factory to incinerator. Consumer consciousness and the "precautionary principle" have never been this much fun.

Fairfield Inn & Suites
Lombard Room
101 President Street
Baltimore, MD 21201

Register to attend at
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/764370252