I spent most of my weekend at Great Lakes Folk Festival 2010 in downtown East Lansing. It was a lot of fun and a rich experience -- music, culture, food, art, and people -- all came together. The new addition to the festival this year was the Grassroots Green program. The program was meant to encourage people to think about sustainability.
The Green Arts Marketplace featured creators and vendors of products that reuse and recycle; such as aluminum can jewelry, T-shirt quilts, furniture, pop tab purses, metal sculpture, food packaging bags, and many more.
The festival also featured a local and sustainable foods area, books and presentations with themes of sustainability and children’s activities that incorporate recycled and natural materials.
Local and Sustainable
Green Kitchen Stage
Featuring food demonstration, canning, fermentation, vegan & raw food, beekeeping, green smoothies from the garden, and more.
Demo: Putting food up through canning
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Featuring food demonstration, canning, fermentation, vegan & raw food, beekeeping, green smoothies from the garden, and more.
Demo: Putting food up through canning :) Fermentation Demo - Sauerkraut
Beekeeping Presentation,
by members of the Center of Michigan Beekeepers (COMB)
It was quite fascinating!
Finally, we got the honey.
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For more information, please go to MSU Museum web page.
I loved the Grassroots Green Program at the Great Lakes Folk Festival! Thanks for posting!
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