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Seed Sovereignty with April Parms Jones

2025-04-17 18:00:00 2025-04-17 19:00:00 America/New_York Seed Sovereignty with April Parms Jones Create your own food security and safety by growing your own food easily, no matter what type of space you have. Goodyear Branch Library - Community Room

Thursday, April 17
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-04-17 18:00:00 2025-04-17 19:00:00 America/New_York Seed Sovereignty with April Parms Jones Create your own food security and safety by growing your own food easily, no matter what type of space you have. Goodyear Branch Library - Community Room

Goodyear Branch Library

Community Room

Create your own food security and safety by growing your own food easily, no matter what type of space you have.

Tired of high food prices? The class will cover simple tips and tricks to grow your own food in the comfort of your own home, whether you have an apartment, condo or home you will learn how to grow in any environment. Learn the money saving tips of creating your own food and seed sovereignty. Increase your own food security, safety and economic growth. 

April Parms Jones is a fourth generation Akronite. She is passionate about community gardens, farmer markets and creating a reasonably priced food system. Having expertise in the role of growing food and in the human elements of shifting the food system, a graduate of the University of Akron, from the Lebron James Family Foundation School of Education. She is a facilitator, writer, public speaker, national and international consultant, blogger, recipe developer, book reviewer, event planner, and more. She contributes content to her blog Frolicking Americana, and to national and international magazines including Mother Earth,  Country Lore, The Natural Farmer, Grit,  Growing for Market, Ark Republic, Farm and Diary, Ecoparent Magazine, Growers and Co., Farmers Market Coalition writer, The Agrarian Trust, Cornucopia Institute and Farmer’s Market Coalition, and is an Emerging Leader in food and agriculture nominee.

AGE GROUP: | Tween | Teen | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Home & Garden | Food & Cooking |

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Goodyear Branch Library

goodyear@akronlibrary.org
Phone: 330.784.7522

Hours
Mon, May 05 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, May 06 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, May 07 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, May 08 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, May 09 12:00PM to 6:00PM
Sat, May 10 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, May 11 Closed

About the branch

Register online, in person, or by phone at 330.643.9050.

University of Akron College of Engineering students from the NASA Robotics Design Team will teach coding with Sphero Robots. For more information about the NASA Robotics Design Team, check out their website at https://uanasarobotics.org

Contact the Children's Library & Teen Division at 330.643.9050 or cldiv@akronlibrary.org for more information.

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