A week from today, on Wednesday, July 31, EAT South will have its third annual Sprouts School Garden Workshop at the Downtown Farm in Montgomery. This teacher professional-development workshop is free but you do have to get a ticket to attend. It last from 7:30 AM until 1:30 PM and includes lunch. From the event description, “topics include:

• • Community organizing for school gardens and outdoor classrooms
  • Bringing the curriculum to life with Project Learning Tree
  • Maintaining and using a school garden as an educational tool
  • Community resources with Alabama Cooperative Extension System

EAT South “is an urban teaching farm that engages our local community by gathering around, learning about and growing food. We empower people to change the way food travels from the ground to our plates.”