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Frostburg State University is Proud to be hosting the Ethnobotany of Mountain Cultures Symposium and the 53rd Anuual Meeting of The Society for Economic Botany June 3rd-7th, 2012. More Information Here!
April 18th: ACES and Ethnobotany students partcipate in Focus Frostburg!
2pm – 2:50pm: Economic Botany Presentations
Sunshine Brosi and students, FSU Dept. of Ethnobotany *This double-session runs one hour and 50 minutes.
2-2:25: Students Feature results from a survey of small, privately-owned commercial farms in the 3 counties of Western MD and consumers in the same three counties.
2:25-2:50: Students repost on sustainability. The purpose of this project is to determine faculty/staff/student perceptions of sustainability initiative at Frostburg State University.
3pm – 3:50pm Economic Botany Presentations
Sunshine Brosi and students, FSU Dept. of Ethnobotany Part 2 in a double session
3-3:25 As part of the sustainability initiatives at FSU, the Campus Tree Advisory Committee (CTAC) is working to become officially recognized by the Arbor Day Foundation as a Tree Campus USA. Recently, CTAC hosted Frostburg's first official Arbor Day celebration and is currently developing community outreach projects to continue enhancement of the campus tree canopy. Come engage with students active in this project.
3:25-3:50 Weeds! Come learn about a student survey and perspectives on weeds.
4pm – 4:50pm ACES presentation: Sustainability in the AmazonMimi Hernandez, Appalachian Center for Ethnobotanical Studies
This presentation highlights a recent trip to Equador, where Hernandez experienced first-hand the threat widespread mining operations pose to traditional culture and environmental sustainability.
Time TBA: Frostburg Grow: Grow it Local Greenhouse Project
Mimi Hernandez, Appalachian Center for Ethnobotanical Studies
The project will convert unused mined land into a five acre greenhouse complex designed to train community members for high quality jobs while producing local food and tree seedlings to be used in restoration projects throughout the region. Learn about environmental, social and economic benefits for our community and how you can get involved.
PAST EVENTS BELOW:
West Virginia Mountain Roots Series! 
See ACES featured in the Organizational Spotlight in the West Virginia WV Forest Stewardship Quarterly Publication
"What a wonderful day! It was great to make so many contacts and future plans to get together to share land and time with other like minded folks. Everything yesterday was perfect; a laid back day, where we could talk and share....and good info. Thanks again!!" - Amy Shuman
Participants engaged in a full day event at the Savage River Lodge in Frostburg, Maryland where they discovered (and ate!) wild edibles, learned the ropes of maple syrup production, and inoculated their own logs with shitake mushroom spawn. Shitake mushrooms are medicinal and gourmet culinary mushrooms that can be grown on select logs. The event was sponsored by Frostburg State University, ACES, and Allegheny Mountain Naturally, a regional directory promoting nature based business in the Allegheny region of the Appalachians
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