Upcoming Farm Events and General Information Tuesday Farm Lunch All quarter, Tuesdays 12:30 pm –1:20 pm at GUG 218 Farm Committee Meetings Education Committee May 16, 4:30 pm – 5:30pm Botany Greenhouse Visioning Committee May 16, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Kincaid 502 Outreach Committee May 17, 3 pm – 4 pm
Botany Greenhouse Bee Committee May 18, 7.30 am – 8.30am Botany Greenhouse Expansion Committee May 18, 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
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During the academic year, the newsletter will go out weekly on Mondays mornings. ___________ | Trouble viewing this newsletter? View it in the web browser here. UW Farm Updates UW Farmer Blog: Blog Posts this Week Be sure to take a look at our farmer blog! Here is an overview of new stuff this week: - Food and Justice: Seattle Youth Garden Works (Michelle Venetucci Harvey)
- Read about the goals and visions of our successful candidates – Farm Coordinator Candidates
While you're at it, become a fan of our Facebook Fan Page, and follow us on Twitter! Meet the New UW Farm Leaders A huge thanks to all of you who were part of the leadership election/discussion process. Thank you for all your valuable input on ways that individual farmers can collaborate as leaders, as well as how the farm can maintain its cohesiveness in spite of skill specializations according to its committees. View our new farm leaders and the results of our discussion session on May 11 here. We are still looking for people for Chicken crew, Fungi comittee, and Education committee coordinators, as well as a Co-op Liaison. If you are interested in these roles please contact Nina. Clopyralid Test Demonstration
Tuesday, May 17th, 3 pm, Botany Greenhouse Our greenhouse manager Doug will be giving a demonstration on how to test compost for clopyralid. What is clopyralid, you ask? It is a terrible herbicide used on large-scale productions of grass varieties (like wheat) that not only suppresses some common weeds but also kills plants in the aster and legume families. The real doozy is that the herbicide remains on produced hay, which is then fed to horses whose manure is then laced with this herbicide and then we compost their manure, and put that compost on our vegetable beds, some things cannot grow! Oh no! So, is there clopyralid in our compost when we use the manure we get from Kirkland? Is there clopyralid in the compost we get from cedar grove? Come to hear Doug's wisdom on that! We will also have a short discussion on the history, effects, and persistence of this pesky herbicide. Work Party!
Saturday, May 21st, 10 am – 1 pm, UW Farm If you have not been involved with the farm in any way and wish to do so, this is the easiest way to just jump in. Our experienced farmers will be more than happy to show you around and teach you some composting, planting and other farming skills. So come down and get some work done, and have fun under the sun (rains don't daunt us either)! Want to get more involved? Check out our updated calendar page for work parties, pizza bakes, and committee meetings!
Off Farm Stuff UW College Greens Film/Speaker Series
Thursday, May 19th, 5:30 pm, Savery 260
As part of their 2nd annual three-part film/speaker series dedicated to environmental issues and social justice, the UW College Greens will be showing the Oscar-nominated documentary "Inside Job" that investigates the causes of the 2008 economic meltdown and its ramifications. The speaker will be Yoram Bauman. Foraging Class
Sunday, June 12th, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm, Bastyr University - Kenmore, WA
Brady Ryan, who teaches short foraging classes at the UW Farm, will be teaching an intensive day long course at Bastyr University on Sunday June 12th. The course will largely take place outside, and will be centered on plant identification, culinary uses of common wild plants of Seattle, good harvesting practices, plant domestication and evolution and much more. The course is available to the general public for $98, and to full-time students for $50. For signing up or more information, visit this page . You can also email Brady.
CoFed - Cooperative Food Empowerment Directive Retreat
June 11th – 17th, Orella Stewardship Institute – Santa Barbara, CA
CoFed is calling for students interested in food sustainability, food sovereignty, and food justice to come to either our West or East Coast retreats this summer. At these retreats, students will connect with other similarly minded students and put energy into developing projects to bring more democracy into their campus food systems. Students will have the opportunity to build skills, network, learn how to launch or expand a student food co-op, develop own projects, work on professional development, eat sustainable food, and enjoy a beautiful natural setting. For more information about CoFed and the retreat see this page. For the application and scholarships available, visit this link. Tower Green Fair
Thursday, May 19th, 10:30 am – 2:00 pm, Tower cafeteria, on the Mezzanine level of the UW Tower
Please join us as the UW Tower Green Team hosts the 1st annual Tower Green Fair. The purpose of this free event is to educate and engage Tower & Campus employees and students on the benefits of sustainability in everyday life. Fun and informative exhibits are planned, including Chef Becky Selengut of PCC Natural Markets demonstrating how to make healthy salads from PCC ingredients!
Community Alliance for Global Justice 5th Annual Strengthening Local Economies Everywhere! Dinner
Saturday, June 11th, 5:00 pm – 9:30 pm at St. Demetrios Church in the Montlake neighborhood of Seattle
Help CAGJ to build community solidarity while also connecting local and global struggles for justice through this fun, engaging and inspiring event. Featuring Happy hour, live music, silent auction, opportunity to meet featured food justice organizations, dinner, dessert.
Tickets cost between $40-75 and for kids, only $10. Buy tickets online. For more information, or to volunteer for the event, please call CAGJ at 206-405-4600 or email them. YES! Magazine's 15th Anniversary: an evening with Vandana Shiva, Van Jones, and Bill McKibben
Wednesday, June 1st, 7:00 pm (doors open at 6:30pm, general seating), Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Avenue (at 8th & Seneca. Convention Center, parking is $4 when validated by Town Hall.) YES! is an award-winning, independent, nonprofit, print and online publication with a national readership, fusing powerful ideas and practical actions, showing how people are building community-based economics, developing renewable energy, growing food sustainably, moving to nonviolence, and much more. It was recently named "Best Business & Politics Website" in Treehugger's Best of Green Awards, and is currently in the running for the General Excellence and Best Body/Spirit Magazine in Utne's annual Independent Press Awards. Published on Bainbridge Island, YES! Magazine is celebrating its 15th Anniversary with an evening with sustainability and justice visionaries Vandana Shiva, Van Jones, and Bill McKibben. They will speak about opportunities for deep change and our important role as change makers. There will also be a post-program reception in the lobby—with book signing, live music, local drinks, and decadent desserts. Tickets are on sale at Brown Paper Tickets. (Subscribers $15; non-subscribers $25 including a one-year subscription to YES! Magazine) If you can't make it to Town Hall Seattle, you can view the live videostream of the full program here www.yesmagazine.org/celebration For additional information about becoming an event sponsor, or for general questions, email Gretchen Wolf or call 206/842-5009 x201. Follow the buzz on Facebook and Twitter.
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