Upcoming Events

Fun activities for gardeners, foodies and families.

Make a day or week out of your visit! Stay close to ECHO with one of our lodging partners.

7 OCT 2023

9am – 3pm

Join us for free workshops and plant sales!

Grafting Demonstration 

Food Forest Design for SW Florida Fall through Spring Gardening for Florida Newcomers  

Building with Bamboo 

Year-round Gardening 

 

Canceled due to Hurricane Milton

12 OCT 2024

Tours, Plant Sale, and Free Workshops Include:

Florida Gardening 10:00am- How to successfully grow your own garden in the Florida climate including what plants do best and how to keep them healthy.

Seed Saving 11:30am– Learn basic skills to begin seed saving in home and/or community gardens. Topics will include plant reproduction, planning the seed garden, seed harvest, drying, processing, and storage, with hands-on activities to tie it all together.

Propagation = More Plants for Free 1:00pm– The term may sound intimidating, but it simply means to increase what you have. Learn easy ways to multiply the number of plants by cutting, seed germination, and division.

Plenary speakers, breakout sessions, and workshops will provide opportunities for learning with others devoted to eradicating hunger and improving lives through agriculture, clean water, and community development.  Speakers share their agricultural challenges and successes, personal experiences, and transferrable principles for daily improving the lives of millions facing food insecurity. The highlight is networking with like-minded practitioners, researchers, and educators.    The conference is from November 12-14 in Fort Myers, Florida.  

18 NOV - 23 NOV 2024

This 1-week course is designed for development workers, missionaries, and volunteers looking to engage their communities with low-cost, high-impact agricultural ideas and techniques. Participants will be introduced to various agricultural practices and technologies through classroom time and hands-on activities on the farm, learning to ‘use what you have to make what you need.’

 

This course is considered an ‘introductory survey course’ and will present a broad overview of many options suited to smallholder agricultural contexts in Asia.

The LEAD Community of Practice and ECHO North America Impact Centre are excited to be hosting this training event, contextualising the Faith and Farming materials for community engagement workers in the Americas. The event is suitable for both farmers and those who work alongside and support farmers, and will provide an introduction to the wider Faith and Farming curriculum for those who would like to incorporate its principles into their own work. Visit the Faith and Farming website for more information about the Faith and Farming programme.

Looking for more information about ECHO’s training events for agricultural missionaries and development workers?