Upcoming Farm Events and General Information Tuesday Farm Lunch All quarter, T 12:30-1:20 in FSH 108 Monthly Pizza Bake Next one: TBA February All Farm Meeting Mar. 2, 5 - 6 pm Botany Greenhouse _____________ New ways to get farm information! We have a website! (and blog) Facebook Fan Page - become a fan! ___________
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During the academic year, the newsletter will go out weekly on Sunday evenings. ___________ Farm To-Do General Action Items: - Harvest favas from cold frame and steam and eat them or…
- Outplant things in quanset hut and record on chart(plant in all outdoor cold frames)
- Pull chickweed and other weeds
- Interested in fungi? (Speak with Nico)
- Build sturdy top for pallet compost bins in the back forty
- Outplant favas on 8-10 bench when they are ready (perhaps plant some in the brick border bed in section A)
- Weed hillside and berry bushes adjacent to the Burke-Gilman trail.
- Add new pictures to Farm Bulletin outside, laminate Daily article for sign next to the Burke-Gilman.
Independent Opportunities: - Someone with a driver's license email Ariadne and Beth about days & times to pick up manure this week (you will be driving Ariadne in Beth's truck).
- Farm Handbook/signage project, please speak with Nina to get involved!
- Are you interested in writing a love letter/poem to the farm? If so, email Lily and let her know. If there is a critical mass of interest she'll apply for a grant to install poems (in a manner we all agree upon).
- Research microgreens/aquaponics operation (Ross has been doing some of this, maybe speak with him!)
Ongoing Action Items: - Pick up coffee grounds (do NOT go get coffee grounds from H bar until after 3 pm. If it is busy, go back later)
- Get wood for cob oven(any wood will work!)
- Look at farm calendar for green team schedule and planting schedule for starts
- Take seed garlic from near farm sign and plant it at your house
| Trouble viewing this newsletter? View it in a web browser here. UW Farm Updates UW Farmer Blog: Blog Posts this Week New Fungi Committee, Get Involved Now! Interested in what is beneath the soil? What about edible and medicinal mushrooms? How about being involved in projects revolving around soil ecology? If these things interest you, then you might be interested in being part of the UW Farm Fungi Committee! Want to get more involved? Check out our updated calendar page for work parties, pizza bakes, and committee meetings!
Off Farm Stuff
Why the Farm Bill Matters and What We Can Do About It Come hear nationally renowned author, researcher, publisher and farmer Dan Imhoff speak about the 2012 Farm Bill. Dan Imhoff is the author of two important books: CAFO: The Tragedy of Industrial Animal Factories and Food Fight: The Citizen's Guide to a Food and Farm Bill. See event flier here.
Tuesday, March 1, 7-9 pm
Location: Architecture Hall, University of Washington (Just East of 15th Ave NE and 40th St on the UW Campus.
Thanks to the efforts of the Northwest Farm Bill Action Group and UW Department of Urban Planning and Design in the College of Built Environments, there is no charge for this event!
The Farm Bill is perhaps the single most significant land use legislation enacted in the United States, yet many citizens remain unaware of its power and scope. As debate and wrangling over the 2012 Farm Bill intensifies, Dan Imhoff will offer a highly informative and engaging overview of the legislation that literally shapes our food system, our bodies, and our future.
The Northwest Farm Bill Action Group, a primary sponsor of this event, is a new alliance which provides the space for people and organizations to educate themselves about the 2012 Food and Farm Bill and to transform the bill to work for healthy farms, communities and food for everyone. The NW Farm Bill Action Group is undertaking innovative research and outreach efforts to help those wanting to shape the next Food and Farm Bill.
Daniel Imhoff has appeared on hundreds of national and regional radio and television programs. He has testified before Congress and spoken at numerous conferences, corporate and government offices, and college campuses. Dan received a B.A. in International Relations from Allegheny College and an M.A. in International Affairs from the Maxwell School of Public Affairs at Syracuse University.
Event sponsored by Northwest Farm Bill Action Group and UW Department of Urban Planning and Design in the College of Built Environments.
For more info, please email farmbill@seattleglobaljustice.org or call Ashley Rumble, Northwest Farm Bill Action Group: 530-545-1236 Hunger Banquet on March 3rd, Hosted by Hillel A Hunger Banquet is being hosted at Hillel Community Center, on the corner of 17th and 50th! Mark your calendars for Thursday, March 3rd. The cost is 2 cans of food or a $2 donation. There is a social justice fair from 5-6pm, and the banquet is from 6-8pm. Kristin Grote, the program officer in the Global Development sector of the Gates Foundation, and Heather Day, the director of Community Alliance for Global Justice, will both be speaking on issues of hunger and poverty. Come learn about the different social action groups on campus and in the community, enjoy a meal while hearing from influential speakers, and discussing the need for change in the fight against hunger and poverty! Email Alix Goldstein if you have any questions. Northwest Film Forum Presents Queen of the Sun: A film about bees March 4-10 at 7:15 and 9:15pm daily (Taggart Siegel, USA, 2010, 82 min)
Seattle Theatrical Premiere!
Sponsored by KBCS 91.3FM
When documentary filmmaker Taggart Siegel released his debut feature The Real Dirt on Farmer John, he knew he was onto something special. A new wave of local environmental concern since that film's release has become nearly commonplace in Seattle. Queen Of the Sun, like Farmer John, provides a profound, alternative examination of the tragic global bee crisis, known as Colony Collapse Disorder. Featuring Michael Pollan, Gunther Hauk, and Vandana Shiva, Queen of the Sun reveals both the problems and the solutions in reforming a culture to be in balance with nature. More information & tickets here Wasting Food: Why so much food ends up in the trash and what we can do about it. Did you know that America wastes enough food each day to fill the Rose Bowl? Food waste occurs at every point from field to fork, with steep environmental, economic and social costs. Please join the UW Evans School Graduate Environmental Policy Forum and the UW Program on the Environment for a panel discussion about the sources of and solutions to the problem food waste in Seattle and across the country. Tuesday March 8, 2011
7pm to 9pm
William H. Gate Hall (UW Law School)
Room 133 Panelists
Jonathan Bloom, author of American Wasteland
Carl Woestwin, Program Manager, Seattle Public Utilities
Laura Johnson, Grocery Rescue Program Manager, Food Lifeline
Micheal Meyering, Project Manager, UW Housing & Food Services Moderator
Ashley Zanolli, West Coast Climate and Materials Management Forum Coordinator, U.S. EPA Region 10 Let others know you're attending on Facebook. For more information contact morrigan@uw.edu. Get Involved in the New Tukwila Community Garden Project We have exciting news in Tukwila: St Thomas Parish is starting a new community garden, with help from CLC's Community Stewards, the International Rescue Committee, the Coalition for Refugees from Burma, Foster High School, and UW students.
The garden will especially serve refugee families from Burma and Bhutan, and will provide food to the church's food bank and hands-on education for students at Foster High. We hope to start building it next month and open in April.
We have many ways you can get involved: - Apply to garden a 10'x10' plot for yourself or your family! Turn in an application (forms on our website) to the parish office by March 1st
- "Like" the garden's Facebook page - stay in the loop
- Donate! We need your seeds, starts, tools, time, money, and help fundraising. Talk to Stephen Reilly: stepreilly@hotmail.com
- Volunteer to grow for the church's food bank, or teach new gardeners how to be successful once they start
- Let other people know!
Contact Skye Schell at the Cascade Land Conservancy for more information. National Radical Mycology Covergence Coming to Olympia The Olympia Mycelial Network is happy to announce plans for the first (inter)national Radical Mycology Convergence. A fungi-human relations congress of sorts, this convergence will be a unique opportunity for humans to build stronger connections with our fungal allies. We hope to create space for inspiring discussions on the future of radical mycological efforts and their implications. Proposed workshops include Do-It-Yourself mushroom cultivation, mushroom identification, and mycopermaculture. There will also be an opportunity to put theory to practice by working on a mycorestoration project in a damaged habitat. But really, it will be what we all make it. Plus, we plan on this event being toward the end of August, 2011, in Cascadia (aka the Pacific Northwest), one of the best times and places in the world to see mushrooms.
The Olympia Mycelial Network would like to cordially invite anyone interested in participating in this event to contact us. We are looking for general helpers, organizers, workshop facilitators, presenters, workshop leaders, cooks, and anyone else with an inclination towards fungi. If this sounds like you, please contact us via email at radmycology@gmail.com to let us know.
For more information, stay updated via our blog. Seattle Tilth Master Composter/Soil Builder Training begins soon! Seattle Tilth's Master Composter/Soil Builder training begins at the end of March! Through hands-on workshops, lectures and discussions, you will learn about the how's and why's of nutrient recycling and waste reduction. Composting is a vital part of any growing operation--this is a great way to get in-depth composting knowledge that you can utilize while volunteering at the UW Farm!
See the Seattle Tilth website for more information and the application (due March 11th). |
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