Milpa popular and Native Plants garden on the Farm: Blessing, planting, and fellowship May 7th!
Hi farmers,
As you may have heard rumor, Devon Peña's Agroecology class (ANTH 488a) is working on a collaborative project this quarter in expanding diversity on the UW Farm. The diversity sought comes in crop varieties and sources, agroecological practices, membership, and networking. One central project is the conversion of a space (the concrete bins on the cob oven side of the plant lab) into a traditional Mexican kitchen garden - a milpa popular. Professor Peña and the family of a class member are bringing their own saved seeds of corn, bean, squash, aromatics, and chiles to plant, and we are collaborating with the Latino student group MEChA (http://students.washington.edu/mecha/) to maintain and enjoy the new garden. We are also planting a bin in camas lily and other traditionally harvested natives of the Northwest. In this, we have invited UW's First Nations group (http://students.washington.edu/fnuw/) to participate.
On Friday, May 7th, ANTH class students, MEChA and First Nations members, and Farmers are going to gather at 1pm at the cob oven as John Miller, a Skokomish elder, blesses our space. Then we're going to get in, get dirty and plant some maize, frijoles, and camas! We're also going to share food! Please come down, show support, plant a seed, and bring a dish to share. There will be people on the Farm all day for the usual Friday work party.
-Rachel
stubbr@uw.edu
Hi farmers,
As you may have heard rumor, Devon Peña's Agroecology class (ANTH 488a) is working on a collaborative project this quarter in expanding diversity on the UW Farm. The diversity sought comes in crop varieties and sources, agroecological practices, membership, and networking. One central project is the conversion of a space (the concrete bins on the cob oven side of the plant lab) into a traditional Mexican kitchen garden - a milpa popular. Professor Peña and the family of a class member are bringing their own saved seeds of corn, bean, squash, aromatics, and chiles to plant, and we are collaborating with the Latino student group MEChA (http://students.washington.edu/mecha/) to maintain and enjoy the new garden. We are also planting a bin in camas lily and other traditionally harvested natives of the Northwest. In this, we have invited UW's First Nations group (http://students.washington.edu/fnuw/) to participate.
On Friday, May 7th, ANTH class students, MEChA and First Nations members, and Farmers are going to gather at 1pm at the cob oven as John Miller, a Skokomish elder, blesses our space. Then we're going to get in, get dirty and plant some maize, frijoles, and camas! We're also going to share food! Please come down, show support, plant a seed, and bring a dish to share. There will be people on the Farm all day for the usual Friday work party.
-Rachel
stubbr@uw.edu
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