I'm a junior here and I'd really like to come help out at the work party this Saturday. I haven't been able to attend any meetings or volunteer orientations, is that okay? I've done a tiny bit of volunteering at the farm because my roommate took "The Urban Farm" class last spring, but other than that I'm pretty new to the whole thing.
Thanks,
Colleen
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1. October 24: CAGJ Teach Out with AlleyCat Acres! (Molly Woodring)
2. Work Party this Saturday (Julia Reed)
3. The Farm has a NEW WEBSITE (Michelle Venetucci Harvey)
4. Re: The Farm has a NEW WEBSITE (Michelle Venetucci Harvey)
5. Re: Re: The Farm has a NEW WEBSITE (Sam)
6. Compost Crew (Ariadne Brancato)
7. Fri 10/29 CAGJ presents: The World According to Monsanto
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From: Molly Woodring <mollyjade@gmail.com>
To: theuwfarm <theuwfarm@u.washington.edu>
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 19:28:00 -0700
Subject: [TheUWfarm] October 24: CAGJ Teach Out with AlleyCat Acres!Teach Out! Engaging our Local Food Cycle
AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT AND WORK FOR A LOCAL COMMUNITY FARM
Coordinated by the Food Justice Project of the Community Alliance for Global Justice
Fifth Event of 2010! Alleycat Acres Urban Farming Collective
Sunday, October 24, 12:00-4:00, potluck following!Please support Alleycats' commitment to alternative transportation methods by biking, walking or taking pubic transit to this event!
CAGJ's Food Justice Project invites our members and others to learn about and build connections with key players in the local food region through monthly visits to farms, community kitchens, and community gardens! The site visits will include hands-on work that is needed by or is appropriate to the sites, opportunities to debrief and reflect at the end of the site visit, and calls to action! Each visit will allow for carpool options and many will also feature a bike route guided by a CAGJ member. Through these visits, CAGJ hopes to facilitate a place for the voices of our local food producers to be heard and their knowledge and skills to be recognized and celebrated.
Alleycat Acres is a urban farming collective that creates community-run farms on under utilized urban spaces. They aim to forge intimate, meaningful relationships between people and place and believe that urban food systems are the key to creating healthy communities in Seattle and beyond. Alleycat Acres shares the produce from their farms with a growing volunteer work force as well as with local food banks. They challenge existing paradigms around food production and transportation by using bikes as their primary mode of transportation. We will be visiting Alleycat's 22nd and Union site in the Central District.
There will be a potluck following the work party at the garden at 4:00!**Please note, space is limited, so RSVP's are required. To sign up, fill out the online form here. If you have any questions, please email Molly at mollyjade@gmail.com We will send you directions and carpooling details upon receiving your RSVP, as well as information about what to wear and bring. All activities will be appropriate for children and we can work out disability accommodations if needed.
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From: Julia Reed <juliareed1105@gmail.com>
To: theUWfarm@u.washington.edu
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 22:17:05 -0700
Subject: [TheUWfarm] Work Party this Saturday
Hello everyone, I hope all is well with the new quarter!! There will be a work party down on the farm this Saturday, the 9th from 9 to 12! Maybe bring some food if you can and we can have some lunch after working for a few hours? should be lots of fun and there is a lot to do!Hope to see a lot of you there!Julia
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From: Michelle Venetucci Harvey <michelle@uwfarm.org>
To: theuwfarm@u.washington.edu
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 12:58:06 -0700
Subject: [TheUWfarm] The Farm has a NEW WEBSITE
Hello!I'm very happy to announce that the farm officially has a new website! Right now it's under our old url: students.washington.edu/uwfarm, although we're hoping to move it to a shorter url in the future. Check it out! If you want to read about a committee, the farm internship, see when a meeting or pizza bake is, see some awesome photos (and see if you're in any of them), look at the tuesday farm lunch topic schedule, find directions to the farm, look at past newsletters...it's all there and will be updated constantly. (We also update our facebook fan page a lot - become a fan!)*I'd also like to extend a giant thank you to Julian Tescher for volunteering a lot of time into making my design into a working website.*Also, remember to come to our all farm meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, from 5 - 6 in the Botany Greenhouse!If anyone has any suggestions for the site, don't hesitate to email me at michelle@uwfarm.org. (please don't reply to theuwfarm listserve as a whole!)Thanks!
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From: Michelle Venetucci Harvey <michelle.ann.harvey@gmail.com>
To: theuwfarm@u.washington.edu
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 13:14:04 -0700
Subject: [TheUWfarm] Re: The Farm has a NEW WEBSITE
One note - if the old site is in your computer's history, it might have a hard time bringing up the new version. In that case, just clear your history and it will appear!-MichelleOn Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Michelle Venetucci Harvey <michelle@uwfarm.org> wrote:Hello!I'm very happy to announce that the farm officially has a new website! Right now it's under our old url: students.washington.edu/uwfarm, although we're hoping to move it to a shorter url in the future. Check it out! If you want to read about a committee, the farm internship, see when a meeting or pizza bake is, see some awesome photos (and see if you're in any of them), look at the tuesday farm lunch topic schedule, find directions to the farm, look at past newsletters...it's all there and will be updated constantly. (We also update our facebook fan page a lot - become a fan!)*I'd also like to extend a giant thank you to Julian Tescher for volunteering a lot of time into making my design into a working website.*Also, remember to come to our all farm meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, from 5 - 6 in the Botany Greenhouse!If anyone has any suggestions for the site, don't hesitate to email me at michelle@uwfarm.org. (please don't reply to theuwfarm listserve as a whole!)Thanks!
--
Michelle Venetucci Harvey
University of Washington '11
Community, Environment, and Planning
Environmental Anthropology
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From: Sam <uelsam@gmail.com>
To: Michelle Venetucci Harvey <michelle.ann.harvey@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 14:28:00 -0700
Subject: Re: [TheUWfarm] Re: The Farm has a NEW WEBSITE
the site looks awesome. well done.On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Michelle Venetucci Harvey <michelle.ann.harvey@gmail.com> wrote:
One note - if the old site is in your computer's history, it might have a hard time bringing up the new version. In that case, just clear your history and it will appear!-Michelle--On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Michelle Venetucci Harvey <michelle@uwfarm.org> wrote:Hello!I'm very happy to announce that the farm officially has a new website! Right now it's under our old url: students.washington.edu/uwfarm, although we're hoping to move it to a shorter url in the future. Check it out! If you want to read about a committee, the farm internship, see when a meeting or pizza bake is, see some awesome photos (and see if you're in any of them), look at the tuesday farm lunch topic schedule, find directions to the farm, look at past newsletters...it's all there and will be updated constantly. (We also update our facebook fan page a lot - become a fan!)*I'd also like to extend a giant thank you to Julian Tescher for volunteering a lot of time into making my design into a working website.*Also, remember to come to our all farm meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, from 5 - 6 in the Botany Greenhouse!If anyone has any suggestions for the site, don't hesitate to email me at michelle@uwfarm.org. (please don't reply to theuwfarm listserve as a whole!)Thanks!
Michelle Venetucci Harvey
University of Washington '11
Community, Environment, and Planning
Environmental Anthropology
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From: Ariadne Brancato <Ariadne@uwfarm.org>
To: theuwfarm@u.washington.edu
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 15:10:59 -0700
Subject: [TheUWfarm] Compost Crew
Hello Folks!
It's a new school year, a new growing season and it's definitely time to make some compost. Whether you're interested in growing food, waste management, teaching others about urban agriculture or just playing in the dirt, being a part of the compost crew is AWESOME. This year we are looking to expand our compost production capabilities and we want your help.
As a member of the compost of crew your responsibilities will include:
--weekly pick-ups of food scraps and coffee grounds from around campus
--weekly compost making/learning parties on the farm
--keeping our worm bins thriving by feeding them and rubbing their bellies
--learning about the vital role compost plays in the workings of the farm as well as compost's greater implications to sustainability and large-scale waste management
There will also be opportunities to give tours and demonstrations of our compost facilities to university students and visiting groups.
Also, we love nothing more than teaching someone something new--so you don't have to be an expert to get in on this farmin' action. If you have any questions or are interested in helping out, do not hesitate to contact me.
Eat Dirt,
Ariadne Brancato
ariadne@uwfarm.org
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From: Jasmine Z <jz.jasz@gmail.com>
To: Jacqueline Ma <jmyuet@gmail.com>, Rachel Noreen Stubbs <stubbr@u.washington.edu>, Amanda Goffard <alkygoffard@gmail.com>, Emilia Jones <mj.emilia@gmail.com>, uwfoodcoop@u.washington.edu, theuwfarm@uw.edu, michelle shepardson <unicornmds@yahoo.com>, Rahul Devanarayanan <rahul.sairam@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 16:07:10 -0700
Subject: [TheUWfarm] Fri 10/29 CAGJ presents: The World According to Monsanto
Hi everyone,CAGJ is hosting its annual fundraiser and movie night, and I thought you all might be interested in coming. In case any of you don't know about CAGJ, it stands for Community Alliance for Global Justice. They're a really cool community activist group that works on trade justice and food justice issues--including agitating about the Farm Bill and the TRADE Act (sets new, fairer trade regulations). This movie night is associated with a third major project known as AGRA Watch, which promotes a critical perspective on ag modernization projects in Africa.Anyway, I hear this movie is really good. I hope you can all come.Jasmine---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Heather Day <hrd99@igc.org>
Date: Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 3:30 PM
Subject: Fri 10/29 CAGJ presents: The World According to Monsanto
To:please forward widelyAGRA Watch Film Night & CAGJ Fundraiser!The World According to MonsantoAGRA Watch documented the ties between the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Monsanto, and recently exposed the foundation's purchase of 500,000 shares of Monsanto stock. Come to find out why we are so concerned about this unhealthy alliance, and to see how you can get involved in the AGRA Watch campaign!Friday, October 29th (notice: new date!)7 - 10 PMSouthside Commons (3518 S Edmunds Street in Columbia City, Seattle)FUNDRAISER FOR CAGJ: Sliding scale $5-20 at the door (no one turned away for lack of funds)Complimentary hors d'oeuvres and WA wines for purchase!
ABOUT "The World According to Monsanto": Monsanto's controversial past combines some of the most toxic products ever sold with misleading reports, pressure tactics, collusion, and attempted corruption. They now race to genetically engineer (and patent) the world's food supply, which profoundly threatens our health, environment, and economy. Combining secret documents with first-hand accounts by victims, scientists, and politicians, this widely praised film exposes why Monsanto has become the world's poster child for malignant corporate influence in government and technology. A film by Marie-Monique Robin (read an interview with the Director by Organic Consumers Association here.ABOUT AGRA WATCH: Join AGRA Watch, a project of the Community Alliance for Global Justice, to view and discuss films every month about issues central to our work: sustainable agriculture in Africa, resistance to corporate globalization, food systems, hunger, international development and aid, philanthropy, and the roles of women. AGRA Watch was founded to monitor and challenge the Gates Foundation's participation in the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), which promotes large-scale industrial farming. AGRA Watch supports socially and ecologically appropriate agricultural practices determined locally by African small-scale farmers and believe that food sovereignty is key to ending global hunger and poverty.For more info, call 206.405.4600 or visit seattleglobaljustice.org/agra-watch__________________Heather Day, DirectorCommunity Alliance for Global Justice206-724-2243__________________Kenya Travel BlogMasters Thesis Blog - Hemispheric Social Alliance__________________Heather Day, DirectorCommunity Alliance for Global Justice206-724-2243__________________Kenya Travel BlogMasters Thesis Blog - Hemispheric Social Alliance
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