RIPE Altadena will be hosting a talk on how to find foods harvested from your yard or right-of-way, neighbors' yards (with their permission), and other spots where such foods are going to waste (and where it's not illegal or just not right to help yourself).
Brad Lancaster,the author of the best-selling, award-winning books Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volumes 1 and 2, and creator of the information-packed website www.HarvestingRainwater.com, will be leading the discussion and also be talking about using rainwater to help water the native plants.
Lancaster is known for harvesting over 100,000 gallons (379,000 liters) of rainwater a year at his home in Tucson, which receives only abouy 60 percent of the annual rainfall of Altadena.
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Participants can learn about grinding mesquite (and carob) pods with a hammermill or a Suzuki 4 x 4, irrigating food-producing street trees with the street, planting and picking the best tree-beans, throwing pie, mulch, and pancakes parties, creating a thoroughly delicious community-tasted cookbook and regenerating ecosystems in your pantry and landscape.
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