Thursday, August 30, 2012

[TheUWfarm] Farm work tomorrow

Hello everyone,
It's been a while since people have been around the botany-greenhouse-farm-space, me included! I think there's a ton to be done down there. Probably a lot to be harvested, lots of weeding, and best of all lots of fall crops to start!!
I'm going to be down there tomorrow from 9-12 working on such things, I would love company if anyone feels like getting their hands in the dirt and taking home some food

Hope you're all enjoying these warm days!

Julia

Friday, August 24, 2012

[TheUWfarm] farm boom box?

Hi Farm friends,

Do you have a battery-operable boombox you'd be willing to donate/sell to the UW Farm? Working in the fields is much more enjoyable with some tunes!

Thanks,
Rachel

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

[TheUWfarm] Real Food Challenge summer opportunity

"Hay" Farmers!

Check out this awesome opportunity with the Real Food Challenge! See the message below for more info. 


Are you...   

...Wanting your food choices at school to align with your values?
...Ready to bolster your real food campaign this coming school year?
...Hungry for change?


Attend the Northwest Summer Leadership Training!
August 23-26 • Spokane, WA


The training is geared towards all NW (WY, MT, ID, WA, OR, AK) college students looking to start or strengthen a campaign for real food on their campus.

The trainings will provide a unique opportunity for students to learn from one another and experienced organizers working with the Real Food Challenge. Workshops include: Storytelling for Organizing, Inside the Corporate Food Service Industry, Recruitment and Retention on a Busy Campus, Campaign Planning, Messaging to Stakeholders, the Real Food Calculator, and much more!

The Run Down
When: August 23-26 (Thursday Aug 23 3:00 PM PST - Sunday Aug 26 3:00 PM PST)
Where: Spokane, WA
Who: NW students already engaged in or looking to start Real Food projects on campus.
How:
REGISTER HERE. We can help arrange travel logistics.
Cost: $35-$50 registration (sliding scale). Registration and travel scholarships are available on a case by case basis.


Who are we?

Breland Draper, Northwest Regional Field Organizer
Based in Boise, Breland spent his youth the agricultural rich Snake River plain in the southern part of Idaho. Breland's interest in food mostly centers on food security and food justice, and he has a passion to connect local food producers with consumers. While organizing for the Real Food Challenge, Breland is also working on several food security studies and projects, and is also finishing his Masters in Community and Regional Planning from Boise State University. Breland lives in an extremely small cottage in Boise's North End with his wife Cassandra and their two dogs Layla and Lakota.
Contact Breland: breland@realfoodchallenge.org / 208-670-0891


Emma Brewster, Northwest Regional Coordinator
Now based in Seattle, Emma is originally a small town in NH. Emma came to the Real Food Challenge through an interest in the intersection of cuisine and food culture; community development; international trade policy, and public health. Because of its necessity and centrality, Emma believes that food and the food system – though challenging – offer unparalleled opportunity to positively impact communities by strengthening relationships, and improving human and environmental health. When she's not musing about the food system, Emma enjoys doddling in junk stores, stompin' to bluegrass music, willing tomatoes to grow in Seattle's climate, and sampling the house specials at rural roadside eateries.
Contact Emma: emma@realfoodchallenge.org / 603-667-1249

David Schwartz, National Campaign Director
Based in RFC's national offices in Boston, David will be joining us in Spokane for the training.  David came to the world of food justice and sustainable agriculture in high school through his work at The Food Project. In college he helped start a student garden, a multi-farm CSA distribution scheme based on campus, and a campaign to redirect over $1 million of school food dollars to "real food." David has been awarded an Echoing Green Fellowship for his work and was featured on VH1's Do Something Awards.


Want a student's perspective? Ask training planning team members Breanne Flynn (Gonzaga University) and Stephanie Robinson (University of Washington)!


It's just two weeks away: REGISTER FOR THE TRAINING TODAY!

Looking forward to digging in. Together.


[TheUWfarm] Fwd: Hungry yet?

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Emma Brewster, Real Food Challenge <rfc@mail.democracyinaction.org>
Date: Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 3:34 PM
Subject: Hungry yet?
To: samuel.reed.9@gmail.com


Are you...   

...Wanting your food choices at school to align with your values?
...Ready to bolster your real food campaign this coming school year?
...Hungry for change?


Attend the Northwest Summer Leadership Training!
August 23-26 • Spokane, WA


The training is geared towards all NW (WY, MT, ID, WA, OR, AK) college students looking to start or strengthen a campaign for real food on their campus.

The trainings will provide a unique opportunity for students to learn from one another and experienced organizers working with RFC. Workshops include: Storytelling for Organizing, Inside the Corporate Food Service Industry, Recruitment and Retention on a Busy Campus, Campaign Planning, Messaging to Stakeholders, the Real Food Calculator, and much more!

The Run Down
When: August 23-26 (Thursday Aug 23 3:00 PM PST - Sunday Aug 26 3:00 PM PST)
Where: Spokane, WA
Who: NW students already engaged in or looking to start Real Food projects on campus.
How:
REGISTER HERE. We can help arrange travel logistics.
Cost: $35-$50 registration (sliding scale). Registration and travel scholarships are available on a case by case basis.


Who are we?

Breland Draper, Northwest Regional Field Organizer
Based in Boise, Breland spent his youth the agricultural rich Snake River plain in the southern part of Idaho. Breland's interest in food mostly centers on food security and food justice, and he has a passion to connect local food producers with consumers. While organizing for the Real Food Challenge, Breland is also working on several food security studies and projects, and is also finishing his Masters in Community and Regional Planning from Boise State University. Breland lives in an extremely small cottage in Boise's North End with his wife Cassandra and their two dogs Layla and Lakota.
Contact Breland: breland@realfoodchallenge.org / 208-670-0891


Emma Brewster, Northwest Regional Coordinator
Now based in Seattle, Emma is originally a small town in NH. Emma came to the Real Food Challenge through an interest in the intersection of cuisine and food culture; community development; international trade policy, and public health. Because of its necessity and centrality, Emma believes that food and the food system – though challenging – offer unparalleled opportunity to positively impact communities by strengthening relationships, and improving human and environmental health. When she's not musing about the food system, Emma enjoys doddling in junk stores, stompin' to bluegrass music, willing tomatoes to grow in Seattle's climate, and sampling the house specials at rural roadside eateries.
Contact Emma: emma@realfoodchallenge.org / 603-667-1249

David Schwartz, National Campaign Director
Based in RFC's national offices in Boston, David will be joining us in Spokane for the training.  David came to the world of food justice and sustainable agriculture in high school through his work at The Food Project. In college he helped start a student garden, a multi-farm CSA distribution scheme based on campus, and a campaign to redirect over $1 million of school food dollars to "real food." David has been awarded an Echoing Green Fellowship for his work and was featured on VH1's Do Something Awards.


Want a student's perspective? Ask training planning team members Breanne Flynn (Gonzaga University) and Stephanie Robinson (University of Washington)!


It's just two weeks away: REGISTER FOR THE TRAINING TODAY!

Looking forward to digging in. Together.
Emma & Breland


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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

[TheUWfarm] Pizza Bake and Honey Harvest this Saturday!

Hi Farm friends,

Come join the farm for our last pizza bake of summer this Saturday, from 12 to 3 pm, and see the bee team harvest honey from our hives! Make your own pizza and bake it to perfection in the farm's very own wood-fired cob oven, while listening (and dancing) to live bluegrass music. A splendid time is guaranteed to all!

Provided there is enough, we will be selling some of the honey, so be sure to bring a small container to bring your honey home in (Prices are:$3-$5 to fill small jars, $8 for big ones, $10-12 for really big jars)

Please bring a topping to share or a $5 donation to help cover the cost of food :)

Hope to see you there!

Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/events/274552879317556/

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

[TheUWfarm] help the farm bees!

Hey everyone, 
The bee crew here at the farm has been working hard to fundraise to sustain and grow the teaching and research with our 5 honeybee hives. If you haven't seen this- https://www.microryza.com/projects/beekeeping, it's a good overview of what they're up too. And if you feel like donating, we would all appreciate it very much, two days left for this fundraiser!

Best,
Julia


Hum 
What is this dark hum among the roses?
The bees have gone simple, sipping,
that's all. What did you expect? Sophistication?
They're small creatures and they are 
filling their bodies with sweetness, how could they not 
moan in happiness? The little
worker bee lives, I have read, about three weeks. 
Is that long? Long enough, I suppose, to understand
that life is a blessing. I have found them-haven't you?—
stopped in the very cups of the flowers, their wings
a little tattered-so much flying about, to the hive,
then out into the world, then back, and perhaps dancing,
should the task be to be a scout-sweet, dancing bee.
I think there isn't anything in this world I don't 
admire. If there is, I don't know what it is. I 
haven't met it yet. Nor expect to. The bee is small,
and since I wear glasses, so I can see the traffic and 
read books, I have to
take them off and bend close to study and
understand what is happening. It's not hard, it's in fact
as instructive as anything I have ever studied. Plus, too,
it's love almost too fierce to endure, the bee
nuzzling like that into the blouse
of the rose. And the fragrance, and the honey, and of course
the sun, the purely pure sun, shining, all the while, over
all of us. 

     -Mary Oliver