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  • Class: How to Grow Food in Iowa with Alice McGary

    Join vegetable farmer Alice for this beginner’s class, which will touch on what, when and how to plant a home food garden with tips on how to manage weeds and pests organically. Learn the basics of soil, how to read a seed packet, look at Extension publications to figure out when to plant and when [...]

  • Kids Culinary Class: Lumpia! Filipino Egg Rolls with Kim Baishnab

    Get your kiddo in the kitchen with this very unique introduction to the Filipino snack, lumpia, which is similar to an eggroll! Learning to cook is an important skill for any child to develop and an important part of developing a good relationship with food – and making fun cultural foods is a great place [...]

  • CLASS: How to Grow Food in Iowa with Alice McGary

    Join vegetable farmer Alice for this beginner’s class, which will touch on what, when and how to plant a home food garden with tips on how to manage weeds and pests organically. Learn the basics of soil, how to read a seed packet, look at Extension publications to figure out when to plant and when [...]

  • Class: Natural Solutions for Chronic Low Back Pain

    Have you ever suffered from low back pain? Are you tired of being in chronic pain? Low back pain is common and can range from annoying to debilitating, short-term and chronic. Join us for an enlightening conversation about the causes and common treatments for low back pain. I would like to invite you to join [...]

  • Class: DIY Herbal Scrubs with Ann Staudt

    This hands-on, interactive workshop will have you formulating two custom herbal scrubs—a lip scrub and a body scrub, made 100% from scratch. Exfoliation is the name of the game when it comes to scrubs: exfoliating agents like sea salts, sugar, and finely-ground pumice help slough off dead skin cells, while plant-based oils and butters provide [...]

  • Class: Beginner Bike Repair with Skunk River Cycles

    Want to learn how to fix a flat or to oil your chain? Some simple preventative maintenance can keep your bike working well and help you avoid costly future repairs. Join iconic Skunk River Cycles owner, Ronn Ritz, as he talks you through some of the basics of bike repair. Ronn will not have time [...]

  • Class – Starting Solids: Purees and Baby-Led Weaning with Kim Baishnab

    Preparing your baby to start solid foods, or in the midst of it and struggling with baby eating enough or eating the right things? Not sure if you want to try traditional weaning or baby-led weaning? Register for this intro to starting solids class with a registered dietitian to learn about your baby’s nutrition needs, [...]

  • Class: Beginner Bike Repair with Skunk River Cycles

    Want to learn how to fix a flat or to oil your chain? Some simple preventative maintenance can keep your bike working well and help you avoid costly future repairs. Join iconic Skunk River Cycles owner, Ronn Ritz, as he talks you through some of the basics of bike repair. Ronn will not have time [...]

  • Class: Indoor Composting with Worms

    Vermiculture is a process of composting which holds a particular appeal to homeowners and apartment dwellers alike since you can utilize worms, in a bin, to compost food waste year-round. The worms do all the work! You’ll leave this class with specific instructions on what you need to get started with this efficient method of [...]

  • Class: Backyard Hot Composting with Steve Libbey

    Composting educator, Steve Libbey, has been cleaning up the yard to provide the feedstock for a hot pile. A hot pile requires enough high-nitrogen materials to get the pile to heat up. A hot pile takes more effort but will produce compost more quickly—in several weeks to several months. However, hot compost is an outdoor [...]