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<\/p>\nIn 2022, the focus of the Cultivation Academy 2.0 was on courses supplemented by lectures, workshops, garden tours and study visits. The second year of the project revolves entirely around the shorter activities.<\/p>\n
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We have conducted several lectures and garden tours with a focus on growing for self-sufficiency. Eva Ekenberg lectured in Virserum during Sm\u00e5land's Garden Spring Festival and Hillevi Helmfrid lectured in Ruda. Eva also lectured about growing your own seeds in collaboration with Mariannelund's library and Hillevi invited to a tour of her garden outside Vimmerby: Growing for household needs.<\/p>\n
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Anders Lundmark also showed off his garden and offered samples from it. In addition to vegetables, fruit and berries are an important part of the cultivation for household needs. Bj\u00f6rn Westeson had a workshop in grafting during the spring, both in Kristdala and Eksj\u00f6. The participants got to try grafting their own small apple trees to take home. In the autumn, it was followed up with a pruning course outside Vimmerby.<\/p>\n
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During the year, we have also placed great focus on entrepreneurship and growing for sale. Carolina Dahlberg conducted a webinar on running a cooperative farm. Josefin Karlsson from Korka kvarn in Vimmerby invited guests to a garden tour and gave a lecture on \u201dstructure and planning in cultivation\u201d. Ann Sellbrink held a workshop on sustainable entrepreneurship in Mariannelund on Sustainable Entrepreneurship and gave a digital lecture on collaboration and partnerships. Sven-Erik Larsson inspired people to increase the value of raw materials during a workshop in Hj\u00e4ltevad.<\/p>\n
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Sven-Erik also conducted a workshop for educators and meal staff in schools and preschools, together with some children from the preschool in Hj\u00e4ltevad, with the theme \u201dExploring food early.\u201d The activity was a collaboration between the Cultivation Academy 2.0 and the project \u201dCultivation as a pedagogical tool.\u201d.<\/p>\n
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Another focus during the year has been Transition. In early April, we organized a Transition weekend outside Eksj\u00f6 together with Studiefr\u00e4mjandet with Hillevi Helmfrid as one of the course leaders with the theme \u201dMaximum quality of life with minimal ecological footprint\u201d. In May, we made a study visit to Kalvefall farm in Ydre with a farm tour and lecture about our food security and the Matv\u00e4rn movement.<\/p>\n
Along for the trip to Kalvefall were, among others, participants from M\u00f6tesplats Bullerbyn in Vimmerby. Hillevi Helmfrid was there as a language support and it was a great opportunity for people with different backgrounds and languages to meet. M\u00f6tesplats Bullerbyn runs a palaklar cultivation for community and language teaching, in the middle of the residential area of Bullerbyn, where Helena Styrbj\u00f6rn participated in some of the cultivation meetings during the spring. The Cultivation Academy also organized a digital lecture on the theme of cultivation and integration with Maja S\u00f6derberg with the theme \u201dCultivation can be a path into community\u201d.<\/p>\n
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We celebrated the fall with a Harvest Festival at Ingebo Hagar outside Vimmerby. The participants cooked together, partly over an open fire, and invited loved ones to a meal in the evening. Ann Sellbrink lectured on healthy eating for the cooks.<\/p>\n