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August ’23 Events

Written by the alley on 01 August 2023

Find food, produce and crafts at the Four Sisters Farmers Market every Thursday through October. Photo Credit: Laura Hulscher

Four Sisters Farmers Market
Thursdays from 11 AM – 3 PM
1414 E Franklin Avenue
Free
Join us for the Four Sisters Farmers Market on Franklin Avenue every Thursday through October 26th! Four Sisters is an Indigenous-focused farmers market centered on providing increased access to affordable, healthy, culturally appropriate local foods within the American Indian Cultural Corridor. SNAP/EBT benefits, Market Bucks, Gus Produce Market Bucks, cash, and cards are welcome. nacdi.org/four-sisters-farmers-market.

Third Places: Sabathani Community Center
Empowers Our
Neighborhood
Sabathani Community Center
310 E 38th Street
Friday, August 11*
5 PM
Free
Cooperative Energy Futures and Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light will be hosting a community-centered energy democracy event at the Sabathani Community Center on Friday August 11th. Join other Southside community members for an evening of fun, reflection, and relationship-building. We will celebrate Cooperative Energy Future’s new community solar garden in midtown and the opportunity it presents to save money on energy bills and keep wealth in the Southside community, and the crucial role of the Sabathani center as a third place and provider of essential services. We will discuss our community’s relationships with each other and with energy and power from all angles, from the practical to the policy to the spiritual.… Read the rest “August ’23 Events”

Free Cooking Class with the Indigenous Food Lab

Written by the alley on 01 August 2023

By MICHELLE SHAW

Vern Defoe and Riva Garcia will teach Minneapolis Edible Boulevards next cooking class August 12.

Please join us August 12 for our next Minneapolis Edible Boulevards cooking class at the new Indigenous Food Lab Market, located just inside Midtown Global Market. We’re super excited to partner with North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems’ Culinary Program Manager Ismael Popoca Aguilar and his fabulous cooks, Riva Garcia and Vern Defoe. Riva and Vern will teach us how to make Wild Rice Salad with Beans, Roasted Pepita and Sumac. Registration can be found on our Facebook event, or reach out via email. If you can’t attend in person, we’d love to see you on Zoom.
We typically hold classes in community gardens to highlight where neighbors can find fresh produce and a space to garden in their neighborhood. In August, we’re co-hosting with the new Indigenous Food Lab Market. They have incredible offerings at the food counter that are made from all Indigenous ingredients. The shop also sells goods from Native-owned businesses so please check it out.
In other news, be on the lookout for our 2023 gardens going in on the Southside with our new signs that were funded by the Joint Green Zone Task Force.… Read the rest “Free Cooking Class with the Indigenous Food Lab”