October 5th-11th, 2015
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TEAM GREEN SPOTLIGHT

You don't have to sacrifice bold flavor and heartiness when preparing a vegetarian meal. This month's Nutrition Workshop at the Nashville Farmers' Market on Wednesday, October 21st at 6pm is specially marinated to showcase vegetarian and vegan recipes that will convince even the meat-atarian in your life to try a vegetarian meal once a week! Join Team Green Adventures, along with MyVeggieChef.com and BlissHolistic for a cooking demonstration highlighting both the benefits and concerns when sustaining an all-vegetarian or vegan diet. RSVPs are strongly encouraged.

MyVeggieChef.com is a plant-based meal delivery service that makes it convenient to meet your meat-free nutritional needs, without the time commitment in the kitchen. "We plan, shop, and chop for you!"

Also check out the Nashville Farmers' Market's Farm Hand Dinner coming up THIS THURSDAY, October 8th featuring a traditional farmhand dinner, with meal ingredients supplied by 15 local farmers.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Gear Workshop: Intro to Orienteering
Wednesday, October 14th at 6pm
Do you consider yourself an outdoorist, but have no clue how to use a compass, topographic map, or GPS coordinates?! The experts at Cumberland Transit  can help you with all three! This workshop also features some "scavenger hunt" type activities and an overview of geocaching, so we can practice the skills we learn during the presentation!


Hands On Nashville Rain Garden Volunteer Day
Saturday, October 17th at 9:30am
Rain Gardens are a natural and beautiful way to reduce and clean up stormwater. These shallow, depressed gardens collect and filter rain water, while adding colorful native landscaping to a neighborhood! Learn how to install a raingarden with Hands On Nashville in the Nations Neighborhood while helping to reduce the effects of rainwater runoff into Richland Creek!