[TheUWfarm] farm meeting notes from 2/2/2011

Dear farmers
For those of you who couldn't make it to the all farm meeting last wednesday the 2nd here they are. Note attached is the new farm primer! (Thanks to Sylvia for being farm scribe!)
Best,
Nina

Farm MEETING
Work party from 9 to 12. This Saturday

Also, we are taking a farm field trip to different goat farms all around the city via bike tour. Rachel is leading it and it will happen on March 12.

Beth is leading a 9 credit course up on Shaw Island this summer Bterm. It is on sustainable agriculture and students will be ovoid I btw tanaka working win a local sect of nuns who do heritage breeding.

Sygw will hold a mentoring orientation on Tuesday 6 to 7.

We still need chicken crew volunteers. There are many spots open for the evening. Nina will send around a chicken list. Contact :

There is a pizza bake on the third Friday of this month, the 18th. Starting around 3. Come and eat!

Farm signage is lacking. Nina is leading a project on outing up some more. Not only what plants are growing here, but also some history. We also want to make a farm to do book. Any volunteers? Crop histories and cool things about cover crop.

Education crew has a lot of cool tors to cone through the farm. Bio 180 eng 121 conservation bio, high school kids compost, ipm, crop rotation. How does the farm make these tours happen? We yeah each-other! We need to train farmers to lead tours.  Send Beth an email if you are into it.

The expansion! We are expanding to the cuh! With our money we want to break ground I Brie spring. We want to grow food and provide food to campus! The visioning meetings happen on Tuesday's in room 520 Kincaid hall. We are focusing particularly on what food crops to plant, the design of the farm and irrigation. We need help digging in the spring!

Brain storming: there will be a paid farm director for a student that will coordinate the activity down at cuh. Also two paid interns in the summer.

Not many members know where cuh is.

What will it be named?
Wapato
Huckleberry
Cat tail

There was a primer sheet handed out at the meeting with detailed information about the committees going on the farm. It is attached to these notes.