The Earth Café Culinary Program

OFFERED: Fall 2008, one Saturday per month

LOCATION: Commonweal Garden, Bolinas, California

INSTRUCTOR: Carin McKay

As we move into the 21st Century, people around the world are exploring how we can design communities and create regenerative healthy lifestyles that are in harmony with all of the Earth’s living systems.

An important part of integrating with the earth is adopting diets that not only ensure human health and vibrancy but also regenerate the earth’s capacity to provide for our children, grandchildren and future generations.

The Earth Café Culinary Program weaves together hands on culinary skills, nutritional education, personal wellness, and permaculture design principles. During this 3 month program, we will integrate the basic elements of a healthy personalized diet with the art of preserving rich flavors and nutrients while celebrating the beauty of the world we eat.

The program is designed for you to come away with enhanced cooking skills, strengthened personal health and well being, and an awareness of human beings vital role in a creating a healthy environment through the way we eat and grow our food.

The program will take place at the Commonweal Garden in Bolinas, so participants will have the opportunity to harvest and prepare food from a healthy ecological garden. The fundamental principles of permaculture design will be presented and how they may be applied to the growing of your own food. The program is designed for you to come away with enhanced cooking skills, strengthened personal health and well being, and an awareness of human beings vital role in a creating a healthy environment through the way we eat and grow our food.

PROGRAM FEATURES:
Hands on cooking
Food preservation
Natural health remedies
Wild food cooking
Cheese making
Wood fired brick oven cuisine
And more!

SPRING CLASS SCHEDULE:
Fall schedule to be announced soon.

Classes will begin at 9:30 a.m. and end at 5:00 p.m.

COURSE FEES:

$375 Full Tuition
Registration and payment must be received one week prior to the start of class.

Early Payment Discounts:
The following discounts are available when registration and payment is received one month prior:

$325 - Early Bird Special

$300 - RDI Alumni Discount - Offered to participants and/or graduates of any RDI Permaculture Design Courses, EOL Program or RDNA Program

$300 - Full-Time Student Discount - Offered to full time students

REGISTRATION:
Registration details to be posted soon.

Regenerative Design Institute
PO Box 923
Bolinas, CA 94924

REFUND POLICY
Cancellations up to 2 weeks before the workshop will be refunded, excluding a $50 processing fee.