WEEKLY EMAIL for the week of April 19 - 25
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INTERESTING TIDBITS:**************
Some inspiring action in Cleveland and elsewhere.
http://www.usworker.coop/front
-Keith Possee
Medicinal Herb Garden
Biology Department
Box 351800
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-1800
USA
phone: (206) 543-0436
FAX: (206) 616-2011
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EVENTS:
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My name is Anne, I am co-President of the Student Nutrition Association on campus at Bastyr University. On April 23rd and 24th we are having a film festival. We will be screening the movies "Fresh" and "Food Fight." Our intent is to give our community the opportunity to watch these powerful films and begin to make the small sustainable changes that are needed to return us to as state of real food. We will be having a vendor fair prior to each screening. Our vendors include local merchants whose focus is on educating the public about sustainable and locally grown food.
Given that the U Farms philosophies are in line with you event, I though you might be interested in letting your students and members of your community know about the event. I have attached our event flyer. If you have any additional questions, please let me know.
Best,
Anne
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Anne E Massey Walter
EmergeWell.com
SparksOnMyTongue.blogspot.com
808-265-2359
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Hello Urban Farmers!
Come one come all! Friday, April 23rd, for one night only, the P-Patch House (where I live) will turn into an underground restaurant and folk music venue. We're doing this to fundraise for Spring Into Bed (springintobed.org), a grassroots, city-wide day of garden-bed building, including food justice gardens for low-income families. Here's what you can expect to enjoy:
6:00 to 8:00: Secret Cafe
Arrive anytime between 6 and 8 and tuck into a delicious, four-course, home-made, local/organic-focused meal, served at your table by the P-Patch's finest for only $10 (local wine and home-brewed beer also available for purchase)
9:00 'til you drop: Concert
Listen and get down to the fine strummin' fiddlin' and hollerin' of local folk artists Nettle Honey, Junk Bones, and Mostly Neighbors - entrance is $5, and more homebrew will be on tap
Can't wait to see you all there! RSVP via email (ppatchhouse@gmail.com) or our Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113499572009005
Questions? Get in touch with me.
Alice
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EARTH DAY EVENTS – Thursday, April 22nd
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What: University of Washington Earth Day Celebration
When: April 22, 2010,
Fair 10am- 3pm
Concert 11am-2pm
Where: Husky Student Building lawn on UW Campus
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UW Farm – Hillel Work Party
April 22
10:30 – 1:30
Bees, Mushrooms, Chickens & Strawberries.
Freshly grown on the UW Campus!
Hillel is joining the UW Farm for an Earth Day workparty. With your help we'll be able to turn a pile of shredded paper and coffee grounds into a rich nutritious pile of compost to help grow tomatoes and zucchini for this summer's pizza bakes.
Feel free to take some fresh produce home with you afterward!
Tell us you're coming on our facebook event page! http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=101868769856061&ref=ts
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Flip Them Switches!
April 22 from 9 pm – 10 pm RED SQUARE
Turn off your lights. Turn off your beloved Macbook. Turn off your TV. Turn off your Spongebob night-light. It's only for an hour!
Climate change is one of the BIGGEST issues facing our world today. It's hurting fragile ecosystems and threatening animal and plant species. With new weather extremes, pests, diseases and warmer temperatures create challenges for agriculture. The quality of water in many communities is being impacted. Plus, THE POLAR BEARS, LIKE 'SUNNY', ARE DROWNING!!
OUR GOAL: To get the entire U-District to stop using electricity for ONE HOUR.
This simple act will make a HUGE difference!
And during that hour of darkness, head over to Red Square where there will be food, music, and other activities all ELECTRICITY FREE!!
Facebook event page:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=104441679587680&ref=ts
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CALLS FOR HELP:
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We have a missing bike!
"My bike was stolen from the Montlake commuters bike rack. It's an old, rusty blue Schwinn mens frame and it had flat tires. I'm sure it looked forgotten, but it was definitely not. I figured the UW Farm was a good place to start looking since it has a strong bike community and Montlake is so close to UW. If anyone has any clues on how to find my bike, PLEASE let me know. I would really like it back and there will definitely be a reward."
Contact Tess: tess@treepeeps.com
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Thanks for reading our weekly newsletter! This is a response to the high volume of email that have been going out on the listserve. While emails pertaining directly to farm activities will still be posted, we encourage all other events, announcements, and points of interest to go to one of two places:
1. Our new social network site is growing, and is a great place to facilitate discussions on important topics. If something food/agriculture/sustainability related catches your eye and you want to let people know, why not do a blog entry or start a discussion? You need to join in order to post, but the site is open to anyone to read. This is
ideally campus-wide, so it doesn't just relate to farm people. What a great way to form a community and get your point across! See site here: http://uw-food.ning.com/
2. Send an email to uwfarm@u.washington.edu. We will be checking it every weekend and sending out an email SUNDAY NIGHTS with a "newsletter" of announcements, news clippings, and events. This way people know to look out for this newsletter, and won't be bogged down with countless emails.
Please note that anyone who still feels like there are too many emails can either change their subscription to digest format (where emails get bulked together into daily "digests") or unsubscribe with the link at the bottom of any farm email.
Finally - If people or organizations are interested in collaborating with the farm, you can also write directly to:
Beth Wheat: elizaw@uw.edu
Brady Ryan: Bradyr@uw.edu (Current Farm Director)
Nina Arlein: ninarlein@gmail.com (next year's Farm Director)
Michelle Harvey: harveym@uw.edu (Farm Outreach Coordinator)
Let's make this work!
-Michelle Harvey
Farm Outreach
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