Permaculture Food Forestry & Herbalism
Imagine a city where lawns are replaced with fruit and nut trees and other edible crops, where porches and windowsills overflow with culinary and medicinal herbs. Let’s make this a reality in our own yards and porches! Come hear about food forests and permaculture, medicinal herbs that everyone should be familiar with, and herbs that grow well in Bay Area climates. We’ll also have the opportunity to engage with interactive boards throughout the space to share ideas, connect with others, and get inspired. With: John Valenzuela, Cornucopia Food Forest Gardens and Santa Cruz Permaculture; Cameron Salomon, Kindred Herbs. Hosted by: Melissa Fant and David Shaw from Santa Cruz Permaculture.
World Cafe
October 19th | 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Panelists
John Valenzuela
Cornucopia Food Forest Garden
John Valenzuela, a horticulturist, consultant and educator who focuses on a diversity of productive trees, shrubs, vines and other perennials, growing an “ecosystem of abundance” with his Cornucopia Food Forest Gardens, has taught permaculture for 30 years, from Hawai’i to California, Washington state and Central America. He is actively engaged with the non-profit California Rare Fruit Growers organization.Cameron Salomon
Founder
Kindred Herbs
Cameron (Cami) Salomon, a plant caretaker and conservationist who, in 2018, founded Kindred Herbs, a specialty nursery dedicated to growing a diversity of medicinal herbs from around the world, is dedicated to defending biodiversity and combating plant overharvesting and habitat loss.Melissa Ott Fant
Founder
Green Gal
Melissa Ott Fant is a writer, organic gardener, baker, and consultant based in Reno, NV. After working in higher education sustainability for years, she apprenticed at the UCSC Farm and received her Permaculture Design Certificate in 2017. Her business, Green Gal, provides marketing services to socially/environmentally conscious businesses, and depending upon the season also offers organic sourdough bread, vegetables, and flowers to the local community.David Shaw
Founder
Santa Cruz Permaculture
David Shaw, a permaculture and whole systems designer, facilitator, and educator, founded Santa Cruz Permaculture and the Right Livelihood College at UC Santa Cruz, a partnership with the “Alternative Nobel Prize.” He supports communities locally and globally to transform their shared future through strategic dialogue and collective action.
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