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News05.21.2008At our Organic Growers Meeting, Pete Von Lersner showed us basic grafting techniques and helped us practice on citrus, loquats, and white sapote. Grafting allows you to quickly get the best tasting fruit on less desirable trees. Pete recommended grafting several varieties of the same fruit on the same tree such as several varieties of grapefruit on a grapefruit tree. Thanks, Pete!05.18.2008Simple Living Institute, Inc. got some great exposure at the Green Earth Expo 2008 held May 15-18 at the Orange County Convention Center. We had lots of interest at our exhibitor table and had positive feedback for our presentations on Off-Grid Living, Landscaping for Food and Wildlife, and Organic Gardening Basics.05.04.2008Tia Meer, President of Simple Living Institute, Inc was featured this month in the East Orlando Sun newspaper. »Follow this link to the article called Homegrown Lessons on page 13 and 14 of the paper.
04.14.2008Our Sixth Annual Benefit Concert was a huge success and we were able to raise over $500 for our educational programs. Click the photo to visit the photo gallery from the event. A big thank you goes out to all the benefit concert attendees, to the musicians in Arms Harbor, Tia and Terry Meer, Russell Gaspard, Mr. Robert Johnson, and the Token Gamblers, and to our community leaders who came to speak including Julie Norris of Dandelion Communitea Café, Lance Turner of Green Drinks Meet-up, Emily Ruff of Florida School of Herbal Studies and Amber Melendy of Shine on Yoga. Much thanks to Austins Coffee, Buchheit Associates, Inc., Dandelion Communitea Café, Ethos Vegan Kitchen, Evolve Store, Giving World Percussion, Global Green Alliance, IKEA Orlando, Shine On Yoga, Take-5 Massage, and Tranquil Lotus Massage for donating prizes for our raffle. Special thanks to Amber and Henry Melendy for planning and hosting the event. Thank you!03.12.2008
We are pleased to introduce the schedule for our Sixth Annual Benefit Concert! This year's event will be held at Shine On Yoga Studio on April 5th, 2008, from 2-6pm. This year's event will feature six musical performances, several speakers, a raffle*, a kid's activity room, and, of course, a plant sale and exchange. Full details are available on the benefit concert page. If you are a local business interested in donating an item for the raffle, please contact Laina. To get involved with the event, please contact Amber. -lms
02.15.2008If you haven't yet viewed John Rife's A Local Folkus short film, take a look! John Rife has compiled a summary of the issues and folks involved in the local food movement in Central Florida. Simple Living President Tia and our Organic Growers Collective program are featured in the film at about the 23:00 minute mark.-tfm View older news updates. |
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