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Food briefs: Conference focuses on local economies, food systems

Participants can choose between 26 sessions and workshops at the Cultivating Cooperative Roots conference, which discusses building cooperative businesses and the role they can play in strengthening local economic and food systems.

The full conference costs $85 online and $95 at the door.

Day passes are available for $45 Friday and $50 Saturday. Student prices are also available. So are prices for certain breakout sessions.

For $10, join 2010 Cooperative Hall of Fame Inductee David Thompson at a catered reception from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday. A $25 three-course Local Foods Feast runs from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday.

The conference takes place Friday through Sunday at the Spokane Convention Center, 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. For more information or to register online, visit http://roots.nwcdc.coop/.

Learn about beekeeping

Join Sean Cruz, owner of Le Potager Market Garden, an urban farm inspired by European market gardens from another age, for an introduction to beekeeping Monday night.

Le Potager grows hundreds of varieties of fruits, vegetables and herbs, many of which are dependent upon insect pollination for success.

Cruz has strategically crafted insect homes and captured thousands of pollinating insects to help boost productivity. Learn about Mason bees and other insects as well as how to identify and protect them.

The class costs $10 per person and runs from 6 to 8 p.m. at the UI Extension Office, 1808 N. Third St. in Coeur d’Alene. For more information, call (208) 446-1680 or visit www.uidaho.edu/extension/county/kootenai/garden