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Ongoing Programs for 2010:

Sustainable Biodiesel Summit: Abundance is the proud fiscal sponsor of the 7th Annual Sustainable Biodiesel Summit (SBS) to be held this year in Grapevine, Texas February 6 & 7.   Save up to $100 off the price of admission if you register before January 23rd.   For more information or to register online, visit their Website.

Agricultural Tourism: Monthly tours of the Piedmont Biofuels Industrial site, Piedmont Biofarms and Vermiculture. To register for our First Friday Tours, please click here: TOUR REGISTRATION.

Children’s Sustainability & Energy Tour: Designed to teach to the educational goals, teachers can schedule tours of “The Plant” home of: Piedmont Biofuels Industrial, Eastern Carolina Organics, Screech’s hydroponic lettuce greenhouse, a Biodiversity landscaping project, Vermiculture and The Abundance Foundation’s office. Children will learn about sustainability, agriculture, renewable energy and community in action as we mix industrial renewable fuel with big chess and a soccer field. Register your class for a tour date here!

Whole Foods and The Abundance Foundation team up for Feed the Farm. The first round of funding went to Roberson Creek Farms and Piedmont Biofarm to help them after the spring hail damage. If you’d like more information about this fund, please email or call us: wow(at)theabundancefoundation(dot)org or 919-533-5181. To donate, visit the Feed the Farm page.

Piedmont Biofuels Coop: continued support and development for intern program and farm operation. Purchasing intern housing and classroom space. Developing an Education Program and materials. Click to check out the cool, educational biofuels jigsaw puzzle!

The PLENTY (Piedmont Local EcoNomy Tender): Abundance is the fiscal sponsor of the PLENTY Currency Cooperative and is supporting their efforts to revitalize this local currency. One of the measures of the health of a local economy is its monetary “circulation.”  That is, how many times a dollar changes hands before it leaves town forever. By running PLENTYs through your wallet, spending them with those merchants that accept them, you are doing your bit to keep our local economy strong. Donate to help support the re-launch!

Solarize Shakori Hills: Each year Shakori Hills uses about 10,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity during 2 festivals, a fiddlers convention, and other events. To offset our usage we are creating a permanent grid inter-tied solar electric system located permanently on the site.

SEED Saving: South East Eco Diversity (SEED) Sowing the seeds for change begins with having the actual seeds. Across the country other regions have already established projects for maintaining seeds and plants for their developing climates. South East Eco Diversity will create seeds designed to germinate in the southeast.

The Triangle Food Commons: (“the Commons”) is a grassroots community network that is identifying and acting upon food security needs in the communities of the Triangle Region of North Carolina. Please join us in meeting the challenge of food and farm security in our region at the Triangle Food Commons Roundtable. Join one of the five Triangle Food Commons Working Groups formed to continue engaging local residents in initiating a comprehensive regional food production, marketing and distribution strategy to reduce dependence on fossil fuel based systems currently taxing our economy and environment.

Pickards Mountain Eco Institute: Abundance is the proud fiscal sponsor of this 350 acre Educational Farm in central North Carolina dedicated to finding ways of living more harmoniously with the planet.

Events for fundraising and community building events including: Annual Mardi Gras Gala in conjunction with ChathamArts Council, Girls Rock benefit concert, Trekky record label music festival, Pecha Kucha Night (Japanese for the sound of conversation), and Burrito Bash fundraisers at the General Store Cafe.

Workshops: The Abundance Foundation offers a Sustainability Series including: Vermiculture, Compost Tea, Seed Magic, a Week of Biodiesel, and many more! Also offering educational classes including: Herbal Self Care, Bread Making, Sweet Potato Cooking Class, and the Ancient Art of Mushroom Cultivation.