[TheUWfarm] Bee Feeding!

Hello farmers!

I seem to recall there being interest among the farm community in regards to learning more about the bees and how to keep them -- well, here is your chance!

This Thursday I will be meeting people at 12:00 in the greenhouse to feed the bees. The actual feeding does not take long and is not too exciting, but I will be answering any questions anyone has about how we make the syrup, treatments we add, protein supplements, why we feed the bees, along with any other questions you guys might have.

For information on future work parties, seminars, etc, join our listserv here: http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/beesknees. Note: due to spam we only accept subscriptions from @u.washington.edu, or @uw.edu -- all others will be filtered (sorry!).

Happy holidays, everyone :)

--
Daniel Dawson
(509) 205-2973
dawsod@uw.edu
0825923

Bee Coordinator at UW Farm
Peer Coach for Boxing at UW
Student Support Co-coordinator for Camp Kesem UW

[TheUWfarm] HUB room reservations

Hey Farm friends,

My housemate Katie is the intern for the RUF Christian Fellowship RSO, and they need HUB room space once a week during Winter Quarter but weren't registered for Fall as an RSO. They had to get the reservations in ASAP, so I put them in for them through the Farm. RUF will donate to the Farm in the amount of any extra fees.

I'm sorry I didn't check in about this first - it was spur of the moment and a lot going on, so I just did it. Let me know if you foresee any problems.

Happy Friday of Finals Week!!!!!

<3
Rachel

[TheUWfarm] Fwd: Dirty Dozen in Winter Quarter 2013

Hello UW Farm Community! 

I am writing to let you know that we are currently working on scheduling Dirty Dozen for Winter Quarter! Dirty Dozen in a fantastic way to start getting more involved at the Farm and to learn basic skills about growing food! It also is a fantastic community to be a part of and a great way to meet like-minded students at UW and participate in the greater conversation about food production. 

For those unfamiliar with Dirty Dozen, it is a student volunteer group that acts as the main UW Farm workforce. We meet for a one hour meeting every week and each Dirty Dozen volunteer commits two extra hours a week to working on the farm. 

If this sounds like something you are interested in please send an email back to me with your preferred email address and I will add you to the list to start receiving DD updates! We will have the time finalized for next quarter in late December. 

I hope everyone is having a great start to December! Hope to see you around the farm! 

Lauren Glass

(Dirty Dozen leader)

[TheUWfarm] Winter Quarter Farm Leadership Retreat: You're invited!

Hey everybody! 

Interested in getting more involved with leadership at the UW Farm? Then the winter quarter farm leadership retreat is for you! On the first weekend of winter quarter (Jan. 11th-13th) a bunch of UW farmers will be heading out to a beach cabin on the Hood Canal to talk about leadership, the future of the farm, and just to have a good fun time! All are welcome. 

We will be heading out Friday evening (Jan. 11th) and folks will be returning on both Saturday evening and Sunday morning. It is about a 1.5 to 2 hour drive, transportation is provided. 

If you're interested in coming along, or if you'd just like some more information, please contact me (Mollie) at mollietarte@gmail.com. 

Happy studying!

-Mollie Tarte

Farm Outreach Coordinator 2011-12

[TheUWfarm] Seattle Tilth Americorps position

Cascade Harvest Coalition
"We are your local food and farming resource center."
www.cascadeharvest.org

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Cool opportunity, Farmers!

---------- Forwarded message ----------

From: Mary Embleton <mary@oz.net>
Date: Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 3:26 PM
Subject: [cascadeharvest] Seattle Tilth Americorps VISTA position open at Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands
To: cascadeharvest@lists.cascadeharvest.org

From: Katie Pencke [mailto:KatiePencke@seattletilth.org]
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 1:17 PM
Subject: Americorps VISTA position open at RBUFW

 

Hello all, please see the attached job description for a new Americorps VISTA position with Seattle Tilth based at the Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands.

 

We are working with a pretty tight timeline, and are hoping to interview qualified candidates next week, with a start date in January 2013.

 

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns, or if you have other ideas for recruitment.

 

Katie Pencke

Program Manager

Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands

5513 S. Cloverdale St.

Seattle, WA 98118

p 206 760 0500

c 206 992 7034

f 206 633 0450

katiepencke@seattletilth.org

www.seattletilth.org

 

 

The mission of Seattle Tilth is to inspire and educate people to safeguard our natural resources while building an equitable and sustainable local food system.

 

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"We are your local food and farming resource center."
www.cascadeharvest.org

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[TheUWfarm] farm this week

Hi Farm friends,

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving Day weekend! I'm thankful for the beauty of our lush green (and gold, and red, and orange) city in the autumn ~

Farm schedule this week:

M - 8:30-11 Poop pick-up! Will be off-farm
T - 1-4 Leek harvest, etc.
F - 12-3 Third graders!

Attaching a pic from our last fall work party a couple of weeks ago planting a permaculture area with fruit trees and herbs!

Best,
Rachel

[TheUWfarm] UW Farm this week!

Hey Farm friends,

It was an awesome last work party at the CUH farm site of 2012 this weekend - thanks for all your hard work and good spirits. The permaculture site looks AWESOME!

We'll continue to have hours during the week as per below. Finish strong this quarter! See you out there again soon ~

Best,
Rachel

CUH Farm Hours this week (weird for Turkey Day)

M - 8:30-11 Farm "office hours" at the CUH library (sorting seeds and such - helpers are great!)
T - 1-4
F - 12-3 NONE (Happy shopping?)

[TheUWfarm] Re: "American Meat" Documentary Screening Tonight!

CORRECTION! The American Meat Documentary Screening was YESTERDAY not tonight. Sorry for the confusion everyone! This email was sent yesterday but not delivered until this morning due to some technical problems with the listserve. 

If you still want to see the movie, there will be another screening on Thursday at Seattle Pacific University. For more info click here. 

Sorry!

On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 12:26 PM, Mollie Tarte <mollietarte@gmail.com> wrote:

Hey everybody,

Check out this awesome (and FREE) documentary screening tonight in Kane Hall! Come at 6pm for a meet and greet with some of UW's coolest food related student organizations, or show up at 7pm for the film! 

Hope to see you there!

 

 

The AMERICAN MEAT documentary tour is coming to UW on Tuesday, November 13^th! Join us for a free public screening sponsored by the Real Food Challenge at UW and Chipotle Mexican Grill.

WHO: UW community and greater Seattle area
WHEN: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13^th @ 6:00 PM
WHERE: Kane Hall Room 210 (UW Campus)

SURPRISE: Free chipotle burrito gift card!

 

RSVP at our Facebook event here.

It's time for a REAL look at things. The UW campus will be host to one of ten public screenings being organized around the country to reveal what meat production in this country looks like for farmers. This screening will feature a post-film guest panel, at which you will have the opportunity to learn from and speak directly with:

-Graham Meriwether, director of "American Meat" and the Leave It Better production company
-George and Eiko Vajkovich, grass-based farmers of Skagit River Ranch
-Megan Carney, postdoctoral scholar in the UW Medical Anthropology and Global Health Program
-Stephanie Robinson, UW student and Real Food Challenge activist
-Charmaine Slaven, co-founder of the Seattle Farm Co-op

American Meat is a pro-farmer look at cattle, hog, and chicken production in the U.S. The film examines our current industrial meat system not through hidden cameras but through the eyes of the farmers who live and work in its feedlots and confinement feeding operations. The documentary then depicts the burgeoning sustainable, local-food movement made up of farmers, food advocates, chefs and everyday folks who are changing everything about the way meat reaches the American table. The film exposes challenges relevant to both conventional and alternative meat production. Three core actionable principles guide the Young Farmers Screening Series: thank America's farmers; support young farmers; and food choices matter.

This is more than a documentary film: this is a social change film, and it is sweeping the country in some of the hotbeds of debate around agriculture. We welcome your inquiries and can arrange interviews with the film director, Graham Meriwether, remotely or in person.

 

 

We will see you there!

 

 

Real Food Challenge at UW

rfc.at.uw@gmail.com

 

Learn how students are fighting for just and sustainable food systems.

 

 

 

 

[TheUWfarm] "American Meat" Documentary Screening Tonight!

Hey everybody,

Check out this awesome (and FREE) documentary screening tonight in Kane Hall! Come at 6pm for a meet and greet with some of UW's coolest food related student organizations, or show up at 7pm for the film! 

Hope to see you there!

 

 

The AMERICAN MEAT documentary tour is coming to UW on Tuesday, November 13^th! Join us for a free public screening sponsored by the Real Food Challenge at UW and Chipotle Mexican Grill.

WHO: UW community and greater Seattle area
WHEN: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13^th @ 6:00 PM
WHERE: Kane Hall Room 210 (UW Campus)

SURPRISE: Free chipotle burrito gift card!

 

RSVP at our Facebook event here.

It's time for a REAL look at things. The UW campus will be host to one of ten public screenings being organized around the country to reveal what meat production in this country looks like for farmers. This screening will feature a post-film guest panel, at which you will have the opportunity to learn from and speak directly with:

-Graham Meriwether, director of "American Meat" and the Leave It Better production company
-George and Eiko Vajkovich, grass-based farmers of Skagit River Ranch
-Megan Carney, postdoctoral scholar in the UW Medical Anthropology and Global Health Program
-Stephanie Robinson, UW student and Real Food Challenge activist
-Charmaine Slaven, co-founder of the Seattle Farm Co-op

American Meat is a pro-farmer look at cattle, hog, and chicken production in the U.S. The film examines our current industrial meat system not through hidden cameras but through the eyes of the farmers who live and work in its feedlots and confinement feeding operations. The documentary then depicts the burgeoning sustainable, local-food movement made up of farmers, food advocates, chefs and everyday folks who are changing everything about the way meat reaches the American table. The film exposes challenges relevant to both conventional and alternative meat production. Three core actionable principles guide the Young Farmers Screening Series: thank America's farmers; support young farmers; and food choices matter.

This is more than a documentary film: this is a social change film, and it is sweeping the country in some of the hotbeds of debate around agriculture. We welcome your inquiries and can arrange interviews with the film director, Graham Meriwether, remotely or in person.

 

 

We will see you there!

 

 

Real Food Challenge at UW

rfc.at.uw@gmail.com

 

Learn how students are fighting for just and sustainable food systems.

 

 

 

 

[TheUWfarm] farmin this week

Hey friends! This coming Saturday the 17th from 10-2, come on down for a last huzzah in the garden! We'll be...

- Planting fruit trees (!!!)
- Harvesting brussel sprouts
- Movin' wood chips around
- Double digging
- Etc...

Let's get in one last spell of quality time with our food system in the open air before we all retreat inside for a few months with our warm socks and mugs of tea.

Facebook event

Have a great week!

-Rachel

Farm hours this week
T: 1-4
F: 12-3 (3rd graders!)
Sat: 10-2 (work party!)

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Regards,
Joseph

[TheUWfarm] Re: EVENT: Please share with your listserv and please come!

Hi there,

Just following up to make sure you didn't miss this e-mail. Let me know if you're able to spread the word and if you'll need any more information. Also, as an update, Claire Thompson the environmental reporter from Grist will be moderating the panel discussion.

It's sure to be a great event. Don't miss it!

best,

Rachel

On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Rachel Signer <rachel.s@leaveitbetter.com> wrote:

Hi there, We'd love if you would share the below event on your campus with your listserv, as well as on your blog. Let me know if you need any more information!

best,

Rachel

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contacts: American Meat Project Coordinator Rachel Signer, rachel.s@leaveitbetter.com
Film Director Graham Meriwether, graham@leaveitbetter.com

Educational documentary American Meat is kicking-off its Washington leg of a nationwide Young Farmer Screening Series at the University of Washington, on November 13th, from 6-9pm, in Kane Hall (Room 210, on UW Campus, at 1410 Northeast Campus Parkway). The event at UW is FREE and open to the public. Featured in the film are George & Eiko Vajkovich, grass-based farmers of Washington's Skagit River Ranch, who will also be joining a pre-reception and panel discussion following the screening at UW.

American Meat is a pro-farmer look at cattle, hog, and chicken production in the U.S. The film examines our current industrial meat system not through hidden cameras but through the eyes of the farmers who live and work in its feedlots and confinement feeding operations. The documentary then depicts the burgeoning sustainable, local-food movement made up of farmers, food advocates, chefs and everyday folks who are  changing everything about the way meat reaches the American table. The film exposes challenges relevant to both conventional and alternative meat production. Three core actionable principles guide the Young Farmers Screening Series: thank America's farmers; support young farmers; and food choices matter.

A spirited panel discussion will follow the screening, including:

• George & Eiko Vajkovich, of Skagit River Ranch who are featured in American Meat. George's early career was in commercial fishing all over the world for 24 years. He began farming full time 18 years ago, and the farm became "certified organic" in 1998. He now farms over 800 acres organically, bio dynamically and sustainably. Eiko was a marketing executive for a large fishing company where she met George. She holds an MBA degree from the University of Washington. In 1995 she left the seafood brokerage company she owned to farm full time with George.  She does most of the farm's marketing and financing as well.

• Megan Carney, a postdoctoral scholar in the Medical Anthropology and Global Health Program at the UW. She has taught university-level courses for several years in the areas of food systems, food policy, and food movements. She has served as a consultant on environmental and social sustainability to residential dining services for UC Santa Barbara and to regional food banks. She was also a founding member of the Santa Barbara County Food Policy Council and of the UCLA student garden.

• Stephanie Robinson, a UW student, who has been an activist for the last year with the registered student organization Real Food Challenge, a national grassroots campus movement that works to increase university procurement of foods that are local, ecologically sound, fair, and humane. Stephanie and students on over 360 other U.S. campuses are working to divert 20% of an annual $5 billion national university food budget to "real food" purchases by the year 2020, catalyzing a transformation to the national food system at large.

• Charmaine Slaven, co-founder of the Seattle Farm Co-op, a non-profit member-owned & operated retail co-operative farm supply store.  The Seattle Farm Co-op serves Seattle's urban farmers and some local rural farmers by providing access to organic & non-gmo livestock feeds, gardening & veterinary supplies, and opportunities for community connection and sharing of farming wisdom.  Charmaine grew up on a small hobby farm in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana, and has been urban farming in Seattle since 2005 to supply her household with homegrown vegetables, fruit, meat, eggs, and dairy.

• Graham Meriwether, director of American Meat.

This is more than a documentary film: this is a social change film, and it is sweeping the country in some of the hotbeds of debate around agriculture. We welcome your inquiries and can arrange interviews with the film director, Graham Meriwether, remotely or in person.

To keep up with American Meat as the film takes the country by storm between October 2012 and May 2013, follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

--
Rachel Signer

Project Coordinator

American Meat Film 

Tel: (347) 938-6007

--
Rachel Signer

Project Coordinator

American Meat Film 

Tel: (347) 938-6007

[TheUWfarm] petition - don't pay money

Hi all,

I'm really sorry for this confusion. I am technologically challenged, and I haven't handled this well.

I'm not sure what the deal is with the petition website, but don't pay money if it's asking - the money's not going to the Farm.

The main point is to let people know what's going on with HFS. Thanks for your support.

Best,
Rachel

On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Rachel Stubbs <rachelnstubbs@gmail.com> wrote:

Let's try this again! Via a petition-making website.

Please take a look at and sign this petition for Housing Food Services to pay real prices for produce from the UW Farm – they are currently trying to pay less than what they pay wholesale from their mass distributor, even though the Farm's produce provides great publicity opportunity and educational value to their franchises.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/uw-farm-hfs/

Thanks! And if you could, put in the "comment" box if you're a UW student/staff/faculty/HFS employee.

Best,

Rachel

[TheUWfarm] Re: farm food petition - yes!

**And also if you're a dorm resident.

On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Rachel Stubbs <rachelnstubbs@gmail.com> wrote:

Let's try this again! Via a petition-making website.

Please take a look at and sign this petition for Housing Food Services to pay real prices for produce from the UW Farm – they are currently trying to pay less than what they pay wholesale from their mass distributor, even though the Farm's produce provides great publicity opportunity and educational value to their franchises.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/uw-farm-hfs/

Thanks! And if you could, put in the "comment" box if you're a UW student/staff/faculty/HFS employee.

Best,

Rachel

[TheUWfarm] farm food petition - yes!

Let's try this again! Via a petition-making website.

Please take a look at and sign this petition for Housing Food Services to pay real prices for produce from the UW Farm – they are currently trying to pay less than what they pay wholesale from their mass distributor, even though the Farm's produce provides great publicity opportunity and educational value to their franchises.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/uw-farm-hfs/

Thanks! And if you could, put in the "comment" box if you're a UW student/staff/faculty/HFS employee.

Best,

Rachel

[TheUWfarm] UW Farm petition link

Hi all,

Hopefully this link will work and it should be publically accessible to all: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1KzLFpD82bqNTViSVFUandiVUU/

Let me know if not! Thanks!

On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Rachel Stubbs <rachelnstubbs@gmail.com> wrote:

 Hey Farm friends,

We had a great work party this past Saturday with some friendly neighborhood goats! Check out pictures here(UW Farm Facebook album) .

 

Please take a look at and sign this petition for Housing Food Services to pay real prices for produce from the UW Farm – they are currently trying to pay less than what they pay wholesale from their mass distributor, even though the Farm's produce provides great publicity opportunity and educational value to their franchises.

Hope to see you down at the Farm sometime this week  (usual hours below) for continued preparation for fall/winter – compost, invasive removal, and maybe some sign-painting.

 

Have a great week!

-Rachel

----

Hours this week:

M: 8:30-11
T: 1-4
F: 12-3
Sat: Not this coming weekend but next, the 18th

[TheUWfarm] CUH farm this week (and goat pics <3)

 Hey Farm friends,

We had a great work party this past Saturday with some friendly neighborhood goats! Check out pictures here(UW Farm Facebook album) .

 

Please take a look at and sign this petition for Housing Food Services to pay real prices for produce from the UW Farm – they are currently trying to pay less than what they pay wholesale from their mass distributor, even though the Farm's produce provides great publicity opportunity and educational value to their franchises.

Hope to see you down at the Farm sometime this week  (usual hours below) for continued preparation for fall/winter – compost, invasive removal, and maybe some sign-painting.

 

Have a great week!

-Rachel

----

Hours this week:

M: 8:30-11
T: 1-4
F: 12-3
Sat: Not this coming weekend but next, the 18th

[TheUWfarm] EVENT: Please share with your listserv and please come!

Hi there, We'd love if you would share the below event on your campus with your listserv, as well as on your blog. Let me know if you need any more information!

best,

Rachel

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contacts: American Meat Project Coordinator Rachel Signer, rachel.s@leaveitbetter.com
Film Director Graham Meriwether, graham@leaveitbetter.com

Educational documentary American Meat is kicking-off its Washington leg of a nationwide Young Farmer Screening Series at the University of Washington, on November 13th, from 6-9pm, in Kane Hall (Room 210, on UW Campus, at 1410 Northeast Campus Parkway). The event at UW is FREE and open to the public. Featured in the film are George & Eiko Vajkovich, grass-based farmers of Washington's Skagit River Ranch, who will also be joining a pre-reception and panel discussion following the screening at UW.

American Meat is a pro-farmer look at cattle, hog, and chicken production in the U.S. The film examines our current industrial meat system not through hidden cameras but through the eyes of the farmers who live and work in its feedlots and confinement feeding operations. The documentary then depicts the burgeoning sustainable, local-food movement made up of farmers, food advocates, chefs and everyday folks who are  changing everything about the way meat reaches the American table. The film exposes challenges relevant to both conventional and alternative meat production. Three core actionable principles guide the Young Farmers Screening Series: thank America's farmers; support young farmers; and food choices matter.

A spirited panel discussion will follow the screening, including:

• George & Eiko Vajkovich, of Skagit River Ranch who are featured in American Meat. George's early career was in commercial fishing all over the world for 24 years. He began farming full time 18 years ago, and the farm became "certified organic" in 1998. He now farms over 800 acres organically, bio dynamically and sustainably. Eiko was a marketing executive for a large fishing company where she met George. She holds an MBA degree from the University of Washington. In 1995 she left the seafood brokerage company she owned to farm full time with George.  She does most of the farm's marketing and financing as well.

• Megan Carney, a postdoctoral scholar in the Medical Anthropology and Global Health Program at the UW. She has taught university-level courses for several years in the areas of food systems, food policy, and food movements. She has served as a consultant on environmental and social sustainability to residential dining services for UC Santa Barbara and to regional food banks. She was also a founding member of the Santa Barbara County Food Policy Council and of the UCLA student garden.

• Stephanie Robinson, a UW student, who has been an activist for the last year with the registered student organization Real Food Challenge, a national grassroots campus movement that works to increase university procurement of foods that are local, ecologically sound, fair, and humane. Stephanie and students on over 360 other U.S. campuses are working to divert 20% of an annual $5 billion national university food budget to "real food" purchases by the year 2020, catalyzing a transformation to the national food system at large.

• Charmaine Slaven, co-founder of the Seattle Farm Co-op, a non-profit member-owned & operated retail co-operative farm supply store.  The Seattle Farm Co-op serves Seattle's urban farmers and some local rural farmers by providing access to organic & non-gmo livestock feeds, gardening & veterinary supplies, and opportunities for community connection and sharing of farming wisdom.  Charmaine grew up on a small hobby farm in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana, and has been urban farming in Seattle since 2005 to supply her household with homegrown vegetables, fruit, meat, eggs, and dairy.

• Graham Meriwether, director of American Meat.

This is more than a documentary film: this is a social change film, and it is sweeping the country in some of the hotbeds of debate around agriculture. We welcome your inquiries and can arrange interviews with the film director, Graham Meriwether, remotely or in person.

To keep up with American Meat as the film takes the country by storm between October 2012 and May 2013, follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

--
Rachel Signer

Project Coordinator

American Meat Film 

Tel: (347) 938-6007

[TheUWfarm] RE: UW Farm food at Cultivate restaurant!

Hi Rachel and all!

 

Just want to say thank you and great job! We featured UW farm veg on our menu last Fri night and last night with rave reviews! As soon as I have time, I will send you all some pics of the dishes. Attached is a sample fresh sheet from Cultivate. Thanks again! Beautiful product.

 

Chef Amy

Cultivate UW

 

 

From: Rachel Stubbs [mailto:rachelnstubbs@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 9:02 PM
To: theuwfarm@uw.edu
Cc: Amy Belknap
Subject: UW Farm food at Cultivate restaurant!

 

Hi Farmers,

Friday we made our first sale of produce to Cultivate market in Elm Hall! That's the new dorm on 12th and 41st. Go in sometime early this week! I believe our spuds have been made into German potato salad, and other veggies are sprinkled throughout the menu - tomatoes, rainbow chard, edible flowers - plus I know the collard greens were served up on Friday with some smoked ribs.

Mm mm - check it out!

-Rachel

Re: [TheUWfarm] UW Farm food at Cultivate restaurant!

WOW! AWESOME!

On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Rachel Stubbs <rachelnstubbs@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Farmers,

Friday we made our first sale of produce to Cultivate market in Elm Hall! That's the new dorm on 12th and 41st. Go in sometime early this week! I believe our spuds have been made into German potato salad, and other veggies are sprinkled throughout the menu - tomatoes, rainbow chard, edible flowers - plus I know the collard greens were served up on Friday with some smoked ribs.

Mm mm - check it out!

-Rachel



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[TheUWfarm] Farming this week and Saturday goats!

Hi Farmers,

Hope you've had a great week! Two items of interest - Farm hours slightly changed this week (see below)

AND

GOAT-FLAVORED WORK PARTY - this Saturday!

We'll have some visitors (human and animal) from a local Wallingford goat-keeping home! We'll also send a few folks over to the house to see the operation and help clean out the yard - bringing the bedding back to the Farm for compost!

**Please reply to this email if you have a vehicle you can lend for the transport of people (or compost) between the CUH Farm and the Wallingford home (very near the Woodland Park Zoo)**

Best,

Rachel

Farm Hours this week:

M: 3:30-6 pm
T: 1-4 pm
F: 12-3 pm (3rd graders 12:30-2:30)
Sat (GOAT PARTY) 10-2

[TheUWfarm] UW Farm food at Cultivate restaurant!

Hi Farmers,

Friday we made our first sale of produce to Cultivate market in Elm Hall! That's the new dorm on 12th and 41st. Go in sometime early this week! I believe our spuds have been made into German potato salad, and other veggies are sprinkled throughout the menu - tomatoes, rainbow chard, edible flowers - plus I know the collard greens were served up on Friday with some smoked ribs.

Mm mm - check it out!

-Rachel

[TheUWfarm] CUH hours (none Monday!)

Hey Farmers,

FANTASTIC work party yesterday - big ole harvest for the dining halls, composting, garlic-planting, double-digging - hot diggity we've got a great community crew! Look for pics on Facebook this week. :)

This week my hours on the Farm are...

M: NONE - you are welcome to head down to the Farm and make some compost, etc. if the whim takes you, but I gotta sit at a computer and figure out the Farm's revenue account with with Dining halls.
T: 1-4 pm (Anthropology tour and salad harvest)
F: 12-3 pm

No work party this coming weekend, but next (11/3) it's on and it's looking like we'll have  some extra special four-legged visitors. More to come. :)

Best,
Rachel

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[TheUWfarm] USDA Dep Sec to present "Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food" on October 25 at 5:00pm

Hey Farmers, the Deputy Secretary for the U.S. Dept. of Ag is speaking at UW! BIG STUFF. See info below. She's also taking a tour of the CUH Farm site on Wednesday, Oct 24th at 3 pm if you'd like to come by and meet/greet. Farm leaders Bennett and Cassie will be there - contact them if you have questions!

Best,
Rachel

Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food

Kathleen Merrigan, the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will give a presentation on Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food, an initiative that highlights the importance of local foods and aims to strengthen the connection between farmers and consumers. She will showcase the Know Your Farmer Compass (available here: www.usda.gov/kyfcompass) and discuss how local food systems strengthen rural economies. Deputy Secretary Merrigan will also discuss various career opportunities for students interested in local agriculture, not only on the farm, but also in government, business, and the non-profit sector.

Deputy Secretary Merrigan will be speaking at the HUB Lyceum (Room 160) on October 25th at 5 pm. The talk is free and open to the public.


Regards,
Stephanie


Stephanie A. Harrington
Assistant Dean, Planning and Initiatives
College of the Environment
University of Washington
Box 355355, Seattle, WA   98195-5355
206-543-0878 (phone)
206-685-7532 (fax)
www.coenv.washington.edu

[TheUWfarm] Food Day!

Hey farmers!

Check out this awesome event by Real Food Challenge UW to celebrate food day! 

 

 

YOU can help bring even more sustainable, ethically sourced foods to campus.

 

 

 

The Real Food Challenge is a national movement to change university food policies.  Students across the country are working to persuade university administrators to collectively focus 20% in funds towards ethical, fair, and community based food by 2020.  Be an advocate for real food at your school!

 

Come together with UW's Real Food Challenge to celebrate Food Day 2012!

 

We warmly welcome all to

·         Enjoy live folk music and Parnassus Café food and beverage

·         View the premiere of the short film "Food Mythbusters"

·         Show support for Real Food with a photo-petition at the event!

 

This event will take place October 24th from 6-8pm at Parnassus Café, bottom of the Art Building. 

 

BE A PART OF THE FOOD MOVEMENT

Learn why the food system should be questioned and justified!  Stop by to support food that doesn't exploit the world or your mind.

 

We hope to see you there,

 

Stephanie Robinson

Real Food Challenge at UW

Phone: 425-761-6805

 

Learn how students are fighting for just and sustainable food systems.

[TheUWfarm] CUH Farmin' this week!

Hi all!

This coming weekend's Saturday work party will involve harvesting root vegetables for HFS's semi-new District Market in Alder Hall and planting garlic! Looking forward to seeing y'all - come prepared with your best rain gear, snacks, and awesome attitude. We have several extra boots and stuff, and just got a brand new set of gloves.

10 am - 2 pm, CUH Farm space. Email me with questions!

Also, I'd love to see you during my weekday hours!

M: 8:30-11 am (compost, bed prep)
T: 1-4 pm (doing a salad harvest and an Anthropology class tour)
F: 12-3 pm (3rd graders and seed saving!)

Hope you've enjoyed the drizzle! I sure have, and so have the plants ~

Best,
Rachel

[TheUWfarm] Fungi Committee inoculating logs with plug spawn tomorrow 11-noon at CUH

Hi Farmers,

I am going to be inoculating logs with oyster and shiitake mushroom plug spawn tomorrow morning at the CUH site from 11AM-noon. Come join me! I'll be the person with frizzy red hair, fungus, and a power drill, near the new, open structure at the edge of the field, where we have the chalkboards and keep our tools now. Give me a call if you're having trouble finding me-- I may have run off for a minute: (540) 849-0293

Catherine Armbruster

Re: [TheUWfarm] blog post from nicaragua!

This is AWESOME! I especially love the photo of the plantain seeds over the newly planted beds! 

On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Ross Kirshenbaum <rover.ross@gmail.com> wrote:

hey farmers! it's ross. i wanted to give you all a heads up that i made a blog post for you all from nicaragua. im not sure if you all are still using the blog...cause i was the last one to post there last school year...BUT, if you're intersted in taking a look... here's it is!

best!

ross

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[TheUWfarm] blog post from nicaragua!

hey farmers! it's ross. i wanted to give you all a heads up that i made a blog post for you all from nicaragua. im not sure if you all are still using the blog...cause i was the last one to post there last school year...BUT, if you're intersted in taking a look... here's it is!

best!

ross

Re: [TheUWfarm] Forward of moderated message

I can come set up too, until 11:30. I already told June, but I thought I would make it known. 

Cas

On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Bennett Rahn <rahnibennett@gmail.com> wrote:

I can set up too! and be there until 12:30ish or later, depending. - bennett

On Oct 8, 2012, at 9:44 AM, Hilary Lloyd Ratliff wrote:

I am able to set up and work at the booth until 1:15.

-Hilary

On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 9:39 AM, <theuwfarm-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu> wrote:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: June Landenburger <jlandenburger@gmail.com>
To: theuwfarm@uw.edu
Cc: 
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 21:04:20 -0700
Subject: Re: Volunteers for Sustainability Fair

Hey all Farmers!

We need some lovely volunteers to help table at the UW Sustainability Summit Exhibitor Fair on October 24th in Red Square! Set up is from 10-11 and the fair goes from 11:30-2:30. I will be able to table from 12:30-2:30, but I am hoping that there will be at least two people to be able to set up and stay at the event for large chunks of time. This is a great opportunity for the community to see what the UW Farm has been involved with and what our basic practices are.

Let me know if you can volunteer and what times you are available.

Thanks and have a good rest of the weekend!

June

UW Farm Outreach Coordinator

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Re: [TheUWfarm] Forward of moderated message

I can set up too! and be there until 12:30ish or later, depending. - bennett

On Oct 8, 2012, at 9:44 AM, Hilary Lloyd Ratliff wrote:

I am able to set up and work at the booth until 1:15.

-Hilary

On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 9:39 AM, <theuwfarm-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu> wrote:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: June Landenburger <jlandenburger@gmail.com>
To: theuwfarm@uw.edu
Cc: 
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 21:04:20 -0700
Subject: Re: Volunteers for Sustainability Fair

Hey all Farmers!

We need some lovely volunteers to help table at the UW Sustainability Summit Exhibitor Fair on October 24th in Red Square! Set up is from 10-11 and the fair goes from 11:30-2:30. I will be able to table from 12:30-2:30, but I am hoping that there will be at least two people to be able to set up and stay at the event for large chunks of time. This is a great opportunity for the community to see what the UW Farm has been involved with and what our basic practices are.

Let me know if you can volunteer and what times you are available.

Thanks and have a good rest of the weekend!

June

UW Farm Outreach Coordinator

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[TheUWfarm] Re: Forward of moderated message

I am able to set up and work at the booth until 1:15.

-Hilary

On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 9:39 AM, <theuwfarm-bounces@mailman2.u.washington.edu> wrote:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: June Landenburger <jlandenburger@gmail.com>
To: theuwfarm@uw.edu
Cc: 
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 21:04:20 -0700
Subject: Re: Volunteers for Sustainability Fair

Hey all Farmers!

We need some lovely volunteers to help table at the UW Sustainability Summit Exhibitor Fair on October 24th in Red Square! Set up is from 10-11 and the fair goes from 11:30-2:30. I will be able to table from 12:30-2:30, but I am hoping that there will be at least two people to be able to set up and stay at the event for large chunks of time. This is a great opportunity for the community to see what the UW Farm has been involved with and what our basic practices are.

Let me know if you can volunteer and what times you are available.

Thanks and have a good rest of the weekend!

June

UW Farm Outreach Coordinator

[TheUWfarm] Re: Volunteers for Sustainability Fair

Hey all Farmers!

We need some lovely volunteers to help table at the UW Sustainability Summit Exhibitor Fair on October 24th in Red Square! Set up is from 10-11 and the fair goes from 11:30-2:30. I will be able to table from 12:30-2:30, but I am hoping that there will be at least two people to be able to set up and stay at the event for large chunks of time. This is a great opportunity for the community to see what the UW Farm has been involved with and what our basic practices are.

Let me know if you can volunteer and what times you are available.

Thanks and have a good rest of the weekend!

June

UW Farm Outreach Coordinator

[TheUWfarm] anyone got a truck?

We could very much use a pick-up truck to run some farm errands - getting wheelbarrows, gloves, soil amendments, and/or another load of manure. Anyone willing to lend their vehicle?

Thanks so much,
Rachel

[TheUWfarm] Farming this week

Hi Farm friends,

My hours as per usual this week:

M: 8:30-11 am
T: 1-4 pm
F: 12-3 pm

No Saturday work party this week - it's every other. We had THIRTY FIVE people out there Saturday!! It was great to meet y'all who came.

Hope to see you in the sun! Email me with any questions.

Best,
Rachel

[TheUWfarm] work party Saturday!

Hi Farmers,

Come down to the CUH Farm for a work party this Saturday, 10 am to 2 pm!

We'll be mostly putting the farm to bed - clearing beds, sheet mulching, making compost, and cover cropping. There's still lots to harvest, so if you bring a bag, you won't go home empty-handed.

Map and directions. Shoot me an email with any questions!

See you 'round ~

Rachel

[TheUWfarm] alder/oak/hardwood logs for UW Farm fungi committee?

Good morning, farmers!

This is Catherine, the UW farm fungi committee coordinator. I'm looking for relatively fresh hardwood logs (oak, alder, beech, aspen, etc)-- anything I can get that's non-aromatic (no cedar or pine). We're going to soak the logs and inoculate them with oyster mushroom and shiitake plug spawn. The plugs are already fully colonized with mushroom mycelia, so we need logs ASAP.

Please send me an email if you've got anything that would work, or if you know where I can find some.

Thanks!

Catherine
c4t@uw.edu

[TheUWfarm] First Dirty Dozen Meeting!!

Hey Farmers! 

Welcome back to a beautiful fall at UW! This email is to announce the first Dirty Dozen meeting of the quarter!! The Dirty Dozen (DD) is the core volunteer group at the farm. We meet for one hour a week to make a To-Do list and learn basic skills of farming. DD members then volunteer two hours a week of their time working down at the farm. Meetings for fall quarter will happen on Tuesdays at 7:30am at the Botany Greenhouse space. 

I am so looking forward to leading DD this fall and can't wait to see both new and returning faces! If you've never come out before but would like to get more hands-on at the farm, this is your chance! There is lots to do right now to prepare both the CUH and Botany Greenhouse spaces for Winter and to get them ready for the next planting season. 

People typically bring some kind of breakfast item, baked good, or fruit to share to the meetings, and it's always a fun way to get the morning going. For this first meeting, bring something to share if you'd like! We'll divide up who brings breakfast for the following weeks in the quarter at the meeting. 

Hope to see you on Tuesday! Have a fantastic second week :)

Lauren Glass

[TheUWfarm] CUH Farm work next week!

Hi Farmers,

It's been a good week at the Farm - twas great to see some new faces. My hours this week will be the same as last:

M: 8:30-11 am
T: 1-4 pm
F: 12-3 pm (including a visit from the adorable Lowell Elementary 3rd Graders)
PLUS: Sat 10-2 (work party/Carlson Center Service Learning orientation!)

We have SOOOOO many tomatoes to take home (please, please don't be shy), manure to make compost with, and an order of cover crop seed coming in.

Hope to see you! Contact me with any questions!

Rachel

[TheUWfarm] New Farmer Orientation FRIDAY!

Hey everybody!

This Friday from 12-3 we'll be holding a New Farmer Orientation at the Botany Greenhouse (BGH) Site! If you're brand new to the farm, or just want to get more involved this year, then this is for you! For the first hour and a half we'll be meeting at the BGH to talk about how the farm works, ways to get involved with the farm, and how to do certain tasks on the farm. 

For the second half, we'll all head over to the other farm site near the Center for Urban Horticulture (CUH) to join in on the work party that will be happening over there. Its not a super short trip to the CUH, so if you've got a bike, bring one, if not we've got some you can borrow. We'll also have a walking group for those of you who prefer to travel by foot. 

Hope to see you there!

-Mollie 

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[TheUWfarm] CUH Farm hours this week

Hi Farmers! I'll be down at the CUH Farm this week at these times:

Monday: 8:30-11 (Will bike from Botany Greenhouses at 8:15 if anyone wants to meet there)
Tuesday: 1-4
Friday: 12-3

Hope to see you there! Let me know if you need help finding the place. We'll be harvesting for the UW Med Center's farmer's market (Wed 11-1) Monday and Tuesday!

Best,
Rachel

[TheUWfarm] Fall Leadership Retreat 2012

Hello, Farmers!

It is time to rally for the UW Farm Fall Leadership Retreat, 2012! If you are a leader, or you want to be a leader, or don't know if you want to be a leader but think that the Farm is awesome and want to get more involved, this weekend is for you! 

Last year, this weekend really pulled together the core of the UW Student Farm, and I know I felt much more closely bonded to my fellow farmers afterwards. Even when we saw one another to talk about business, there was still the underlying tie of friendship that is what makes the UW Farm my favorite part of my university experience. 

Not only will you come away from this weekend with some new and deeper friendships, but you will also learn! We have a lot of things in the works, from team building games and exercises to visioning sessions for what we as student leaders want to see happen on the farm this year (as well as catch folks up on summer developments). There will be space to talk about new and ongoing projects, voice any frustrations you may have, and dream about the future of our farm. When I attended last year as a fresh-faced dewy-eyed new Farm leader, I learned many strategies and tools for being a good educator, constructively participating in discussions, and planning effectively.

There will also be free time and shared meal time, to explore the island and hang out.

If this all sounds like something you would like to be a part of, read below for logistics!

The retreat is the last weekend in September, Sat 29th-Sun30th. If many people cannot make it, we may try for the first weekend in October instead, but the 29th is the date we first confirmed with Beth and we would like to keep it as that. We will be going to Whidbey Island, where we will either stay at Skyroot Farm or possibly at another nearby location that would allow us all to sleep under the same roof. We will arrive at Skyroot Farm by 11:00 AM Saturday, and leave in the late afternoon on Sunday. 

What I would like from attendees:

Name

Phone Number

Email Address

Vehicle?

If so, how many does it seat?

Tent?

Sleeping bag?

Are there any time restrictions that would not allow you to stay for the entire retreat?

Any other questions/comments you may have

I would like this information from everyone who plans on attending by Monday so that I can sort out rides. Earlier is better, so I can let Beth know how many are coming and she can talk to her contact about the potential other site for sleeping. If folks would prefer to bicycle, I'm sure there are others so inclined and you should talk to eachother!

Fondly,

Rae

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