Centro Ashé Upcoming Events:

Fall Intro to Medicine Making Workshop
Nov. 10, 2013
Bryans Road, Maryland

Talamanca Herbal and Holistic Wellness Series
January 9, 13, 20, 27 of 2014 from 9-3
Manzanillo, Talamanca, Costa Rica

Costa Rica Grassroots Plant Healers Tour with Mimi Hernandez & Lupo Passero
Participants Earn an Introduction to Community Herbalism Certificate
February 3-10, 2014 (7 nights) 
Manzanillo, Costa Rica

Costa Rica Roots & Culture Tour ~ Sustainability, Local Food and Our Health
February 12-18, 2014 (6 nights) 
Manzanillo, Costa Rica

Grassroots Herbal Program ~ Year 1 
April-September 2014
One Weekend Monthly
Bryans Road, Maryland

Grassroots Herbal Program ~Year 2 
April-September 2014
One Weekend Monthly
Bryans Road, Maryland

Cultivate.
A Journey in Re-Skilling and Re-Connecting
Homesteading and Living with Intention
One Sunday Monthly May-October 2014
Bryans Road, MD


PAST EVENTS:

Wednesday, April 6th
Food Justice: Author Event and Discussion
Featuring Robert Gottlieb, co-author of Food Justice, and D.C. food justice advocate Louise Thundercloud.
Organized by D.C. Farm to School, Bread for the City, Slow Food D.C. and Centro Ashé
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Bread for the City
1525 7th Street Northwest

In today's food system, farm workers face difficult and hazardous conditions, low-income neighborhoods lack supermarkets but abound in fast-food restaurants and liquor stores, food products emphasize convenience rather than wholesomeness, and the international reach of American fast-food franchises has been a major contributor to an epidemic of “globesity.” To combat these inequities and excesses, a movement for food justice has emerged in recent years seeking to transform the food system from seed to table. In Food Justice, Robert Gottlieb and Anupama Joshi tell the story of this emerging movement.

What does food justice mean for D.C. residents? What opportunities and challenges exist in our city? Bread for the City, D.C. Farm to School Network, Slow Food D.C., and Centro Ashé are hosting Robert Gottlieb, Louise Thundercloud, and others involved in food justice advocacy in D.C., for this discussion. Join Bread for the City for a tour of its rooftop garden at 6. Discussion begins at 6:30.

The event is free, but space is limited. Please RSVP to [email protected] or (202) 386-7006.

April 21, 2011 
Centro Ashé Bookclub from 6:30 to 8:30 pm
and Grassroots Seed Exchange!

May 19, 2011 
Centro Ashé Bookclub from 6:30 to 8:30 pm
and Grassroots Seed Exchange

May 30 - June 4, 2011
Roots & Culture Tour : Sustainability, Local Food and Our Health
Talamanca, Costa Rica
Presented by Centro Ashé and TulaVida Integrative Health
This tour will bring you in direct contact with Talamancan producers and naturalists, and will provide you with practical insight into the local food system in this area known for its autonomy, incredible biodiversity, and unique mix of Indigenous and Afro-Caribbean cultures.  You'll see how large scale plantation agriculture, development, and even tourism have threatened food sovereignty and local economies in this area, and how local people are working together to face the challenges of protecting their land, their culture and to create a more sustainable Talamanca. Experience how the incredible abundance of tropical super foods this regions is known for can promote health and well being.  You'll have your chance to cook traditional foods with a local chef, learn about local plant medicine and the nutritional value of locally grown foods such as cacao.  During the tour you will be staying in Manzanillo, a beach town along the Caribbean Coast known for its amazing coral reefs, frequent sloth, monkey and toucan sightings, and entry into the Gandoca/Manzanillo National Reserve.

June 23, 2011 
Centro Ashé Bookclub from 6:30 to 8:30 pm

July 21, 2011 
Centro Ashé Bookclub from 6:30 to 8:30 pm
"What Matters?: Economics for a Renewed Commonwealth"
Wendell Berry

July 29, 2011 6:00 ~ 9:00 pm
Grassroots Seed Exchange Event
Eco City Farms and Centro Ashé present:
Live music ~ Demos ~ potluck
 
~ Bring non-gmo open-pollinated seeds to share
 Please label the type and variety of seed
~ Bring potluck dish to share and byobeverages
 
At ECOCityFarms 4913 Crittenden Street, Edmonston, MD 20781
or [email protected] for info
please rsvp

October 1st, 2011
Seed Saving Demo at Briggs Chaney-Greencastle Farmers Market - Date has been reschedule will announce soon!
Come learn how to do basic seed saving out of your personal garden. Free and open to all.
East County Bldg Parking Lot
3300 Briggs Chaney Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20904

November 12, 2011
Women Innovators in Art & Agriculture Panel 
at Sarah Lawrence College
In conjunction with the art exhibition GODDESShood: Our land is our jewel, on view at the Yonkers Public Library from September 10 – December 4, 2011, the Younity female urban art collective and Sarah Lawrence College present a roundtable discussion on art as a social change agent and its relationship to sustainable agriculture and development. Historically, around the world, cultural groups have organized their societies around humanities relationship to nature, with either antagonism or harmony - fear or respect - as points of departure. This panel will explore and exchange information on past, present, and future ideas and actions that can advance our collective global push towards and integrated, optimal, and healthy co-existence between the creativity of nature/the cosmos and the creativity of humanity. Panelists will contribute and exchange knowledge on current trends in seed exchanges, permaculture, issues in small to medium scale farming, urban agriculture, and artist driven sustainable development projects.

Confirmed panelists include:
Alice Mizrachi, Artist / Co-founder, Younity Arts, Queens, NY
Co-curator GODDESShood: Our land is our jewel
www.theyounity.com
Cory Tixier, Founder, Pure Habitat, New York / Permaculturist, New Mexico
http://www.purehabitatnyc.com/
Elissa Blount Moorhead, Vice Director / Director of Design, Programming and Exhibitions, Weeksville Heritage Center, Brooklyn, New York
www.weeksvillesociety.org
Molly Meehan, CAES Community Outreach and Education Coordinator, Accokeek Foundation and Community Farm, Accokeek, Maryland
Founder, Centro Ashe, Washington DC / Costa Rica
www.accokeek.org
www.centroashe.org

January 2-8, 2012
Roots and Culture Tour: Sustainability Local Food & Our Health
Manzanillo, Talamanca, Costa Rica
Dates: Includes a your stay at Cabinas Bucus 
Overview:
This tour will bring you in direct contact with Talamancan producers and naturalists, and will provide you with practical insight into the local food system in this area known for its autonomy, incredible biodiversity, and unique mix of Indigenous and Afro-Caribbean cultures.  You'll see how large scale plantation agriculture, development, and even tourism have threatened food sovereignty and local economies in this area, and how local people are working together to face the challenges of protecting their land, their culture and to create a more sustainable Talamanca. Experience how the incredible abundance of tropical super foods this regions is known for can promote health and well being.  You'll have your chance to cook traditional foods with a local chef, learn about local plant medicine and the nutritional value of locally grown foods such as cacao.  During the tour you will be staying in Manzanillo, a beach town along the Caribbean Coast known for its amazing coral reefs, frequent sloth, monkey and toucan sightings, and entry into the Gandoca/Manzanillo National Reserve.


Centro Ashé Farm Volunteer Day and Open House
April 28, 2012 from 12:00noon to 8pm
Friends and Family ~ It would be a blessing to have you all come!
Come check out the new Centro Ashé Farm on April 28, 2012.  We could use volunteers for mulching trails, planting perennials, herbs, creating an herb/native plant trail, painting garden signs and murals, building a compost toilet, putting in fencing,  and we're looking for musicians willing to play in the evening!  If you have interest or have expertise in heading up any of these projects let us know so we can make sure each project has a guide.  After the workday, we'll have a potluck, live music, and we'll provide some spirits!  Please let me know if you're able to make it so we can plan activities and supplies accordingly. 

Please bring gardening tools, a potluck dish to share! 

Grassroots Herbal & Holistic Wellness Program ~ Relocalizing Our Medicine Session 1 of 6
Saturday May 26, 2012 from 9am-5pm
Guest Instructor - Mimi Hernandez
Location - Centro Ashé Farm - 
Topics: Herbalism overview, herbal traditions, what is herbalism, intro to Appalacian folk medicine, medicinal plants basics,  ethical sourcing/growing your herbs.  More info here

Grassroots Herbal & Holistic Wellness Program ~ Relocalizing Our Medicine Session 2 of 6
Saturday June 23, 2012 from 9am-5pm
Guest Instructor -  Ashley Sky Litecky of Sky House Yoga
Location - Sky House Yoga -  903 Gist Avenue and Fenton Street, Silver Spring, Maryland
Topics: Body System Therapuetics and Anatomy and Physiology - Western and Energetic
More Info Here

Grassroots Herbal & Holistic Wellness Program ~ Relocalizing Our Medicine Session 3 of 6
Saturday July 14, 2012 from 9am-5pm
Guest Instructor - Mimi Hernandez
Location - Centro Ashé Farm - 
Topics - Herbal Medicine Making and Herbal Body Care
More Info Here

Grassroots Herbal & Holistic Wellness Program ~ Relocalizing Our Medicine Session 4 of 6
Saturday August 25, 2012 from 9am-5pm
Guest Instructor - to be announced . . .
Location - Centro Ashé Farm - 
Topics - Plant Spirit Medicine, Plant Allies, Creating Sacred Space using Herbs, Herbal Rituals
More Info Here

One Day - Herbal Medicine Making and Herbal Body Care 
Sunday September 16, 2012 10am-4pm
Instructor - Molly Meehan
Location - Centro Ashé Farm - 
 
This class will be a hands on day including herbal plant walk around the farm, tincture making as well as a medicine making rotation including ear ache oil, tea formulas, herbal salves, and dream pillows.  We will go through folk medicine making techniques and students will have an opportunity to get hands on harvesting and creating their own medicine!  

Lunch is potluck style, please bring something to share as well as your own mug for tea and water bottle.  Please plan to arrive at class at least 15 minutes early in order to get grounded and start on time.  Any questions please contact 301-375-6082 or contact [email protected] 

Grassroots Herbal & Holistic Wellness Program ~ Relocalizing Our Medicine Session 5 of 6
Saturday September 29, 2012 from 9am-5pm
Guest Instructor - to be announced . . . 
Location - Centro Ashé Farm - 
Topics - Nutritional Healing
More Info Here

Grassroots Herbal & Holistic Wellness Program ~ Relocalizing Our Medicine Session 6 of 6
Saturday October 6, 2012 
Centro Ashe's Grassroots Herbal Program attends Mid-Atlantic Women's Herbal Conference 
Location -  Red Earth Farm - 1025 Red Dale Road Orwigsburg, PA 17961
More Info Here

Costa Rica Grassroots Plant Healers Tour with Mimi Hernandez
February 15-21, 2013 (6 nights)
Participants Earn an Introduction to Community Herbalism Certificate

Grassroots Herbal and Holistic Wellness Program
April-November 2013
Bryans Road, Maryland

Field Day ~ Medicinal Plants Identification Intensive
Sept. 8, 2013
Bryans Road, MD


Donations of the following appreciated but not necessary!:
Native Plants
Native Trees
Fruit Trees/Bushes (Figs, Cherrys, Nuts, Blueberry, Rasberry, PawPaws etc)
Perennial Medicinal Plants
Fencing Materials
Gardening Tools
Paint and painting gear for mural creation
Scrap lumber for building compost toilet
Signage Materials

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