Events

Attention farmers: Joel is back!   Our friends at Milkwood are hosting a series of live, in-depth, 90 minute online sessions with Joel Salatin where he’ll dive into the nuts and bolts [...]

Jan 31st – Cabin Fever!   Cabin Fever 2015, is the second annual event to promote awareness of permaculture, build community capacities, attract new members and raise funds to support the [...]

When Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunities Arrive, We Believe in Sharing Them… …And thanks to a surprise visitor, we’ve got the perfect opportunity to share! Presenting Geoff [...]

Hey Folks, There’s not much better motivation to finish up some projects around our site than have Geoff Lawton call and tell us that he is going to stop in to do some filming. So needless [...]

  We had the pleasure of meeting Mark Lakeman from the Portland City Repair Project in 2010 when he was last in Calgary. His presentation on artistic and ecologically-insipired placemaking [...]

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  Michael Pollan, Joel Salatin, Geoff Lawton, Dr. Elaine Ingham, Allan Savory, Paul Wheaton, Toby Hemenway, our very own Rob Avis… and over 30 more world-renowned authors, speakers, and [...]

Note: This offer is no longer available. You’ve heard about SPIN farming, the ultimate urban farm formula that turns lawns into lush food (and money) producing systems! But how do you know [...]

This free teleclass is no longer available.   You’ve Seen the Success Stories of Small Farming Businesses. You’ve Read the Books. But You’re Still Wondering – Could I Make It If I Followed My [...]

Formidable Vegetable Sound System is an uplifting new global experiment in ‘ecological edutainment’. Mashing together speakeasy electroswing-style wonk and live ukulele quirk, this Australian [...]

The livestream dream of broadcasting Joel Salatin's workshops to the world launched us into a new technological frontier - simplifying things on the one hand (our friends in Australia can attend [...]

Joel Salatin to Teach (and Preach) The Virtues of Small-Scale Farming in Alberta This March      Join us, March 20-22, as Joel offers up his highly praised how-to’s for establishing and [...]

When sustainable agriculture superstar Joel Salatin agreed to come teach for us, we knew we had to make it count. Joel’s message of reclaiming farming and food production has been so influential [...]

We are stoked to be heading to Edmonton in February to serve up another Permaculture Design Course with a new set of inspired folks! But before that all happens we will be up in the your fair [...]

Stay tuned for details on his live-stream webinar, banquet and public talk! Can’t make it to Joel’s 3 days of workshops? Don’t fret – we’ve got options for you! Read [...]

Verge is pleased to present Joel Salatin, America's Most Influential Farmer, for 3 days of how-to workshops and a Local Food Banquet co-hosted by Slow Food Southern Alberta. Save the [...]

Join Verge and the Calgary Horticultural Society for an evening with International Soil Expert & Foodweb Advisor, Doug Weatherbee, a.k.a ‘The Soil Doctor’. This is a unique [...]

Today the Mustard Seed Design Group, Prospect PDD Services and members of the Mustard Seed got together in the Mustard Seed art room to build wetpots for the rooftop garden that will be installed [...]

Well this past week-end we kicked off the start of Spring in a big way: Saturday and Sunday were the first two days of our Calgary Permaculture Design Course, Saturday was Seedy Saturday and [...]

I just stumbled across this great podcast interview that was done by Mark Connoley-Mendoza as part of his “Meet Your Farmer’s Market” series back in July 2010. Thought this [...]

Everyone knows that you can’t finish a permaculture design course without a wrap-up party and talent show! Our first Design Course in Calgary was no exception to this rule – and our [...]

Last week-end we hosted our first annual potluck for all of our past (& present) (& some future) permaculture design students. It was a great event and really fun to re-connect with about [...]

Saskatchewan - land of the living skies. Having completed my high school there I still feel strong ties to that place. 

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This past  week-end we made a road trip to Saskatchewan to participate in the Craik Solar Fair. On Saturday June 19th, Rob presented a seminar called: Permaculture 101. We had a great time at [...]