Two farm-to-table courses, which will teach people how to grow food in an urban setting as well as cover the nutritional aspects of growing your own food, will be offered this summer by Erie Community College. There will be demonstrations by local chefs and speakers from various garden backgrounds. Classes will be held in a learning garden in a 2,000-square-foot donated plot of land in the Canalside development next to Harbor Center, 100 Washington St., Buffalo, as well as at…...

You could win a personal landscape consultation with nationally known gardening expert David Clark at Vines & Wines, a fundraising event to benefit the horticulture program and its participants with disabilities at Opportunities Unlimited of Niagara. He will also give a presentation on organic growing tips. The event will be held from 3-8 p.m. Thursday, May 21, at the Merani Hotel Group’s Four Points by Sheraton, 7001 Buffalo Ave., Niagara Falls. The hotel is offering a reduced room rate for…...

by Connie Oswald Stofko Sometimes people steal my photos, and when I find out, it upsets me. When I tell the thieves that I have caught them and they must take my photo off their website, they’re often upset, too, because they didn’t know they were doing anything wrong. Many people think that they can take any photo they find on the Internet and use it on their own blog or website. It’s okay, they think, as long as they indicate where…...