[TheUWfarm] Fwd: UW Farm Stand at CUH 11/27

Happy Thanksgiving, Urban Farmers!

Stop by our farm stand this Wednesday for freshly harvested leeks, beets, carrots, greens, herbs, and more, perfect for a locally-grown Thanksgiving dinner.

Just in time for Thanksgiving - UW Farm Stand

10am to 3pm Wednesday, November 27 

Center For Urban Horticulture - Merrill Commons (PDF ad and map attached)

See you there!

Lili Bastian

UW Farm Volunteer

[TheUWfarm] Volunteer Hours, Farm Stand, Last Work Party, Compost Crew, Seattle Public Schools Task Force

Farmers and Farm Fans, 

Some things: 

Volunteer Hours: With winter basically here, hours have changed to: Tuesdays 2-4pm at Mercer Court, Wednesdays 2-5pm at CUH, Thursdays 9:30-11am (not this week, though!). See you there!

Thanksgiving Farm Stand: Need veggies for your Thanksgiving meal? Buy (super) local at the UW Student Farm Stand. Wednesday, November 27, 10:00am to 3:00pm at the Merrill Commons at the Center for Urban Horticulture.

Work Party: Last one this quarter. Join the UW Farm in the beautiful Washington Park Arboretum for a work party on December 7th, 10:00-3:00pm. RSVP if you're coming--it's possible we will carpool there together.

Compost Crew: will be meeting at the Botany Greenhouse, 8-9am tomorrow (Tuesday).

Seattle Public Schools and Food!: Great opportunity for those interested in public policy. Seattle Public Schools is seeking members for a Task Force to review, revise, monitor, communicate and evaluate policies and procedures governing school food, competitive foods, nutrition education, physical education and physical activity. It's the local response to federal legislation regarding children's health including preventing obesity and nutritional eating. Interested? Nomination forms are due Friday, December 13. For more information, Call Joan O'Connor at 206-252-5250.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Sarah Geurkink

UW Farm Manager

206.550.4169

sgeurk@uw.edu

[TheUWfarm] Compost Crew Meeting Cancelled tomorrow (11/18)

Folks,

Compost crew meeting is cancelled tomorrow because I am sick. :(

Enjoy the morning off sleeping in!

--
Kay
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[TheUWfarm] Farm Party!!!!, New CUH hours, International Farm Ed, Work Party

Hey Farmers and Farm Fans, 

A few news items for the week:

Farm Ed - this Thursday, November 12, 8:30-9:20am. International Ag Day! Come hear from fellow students about their international experiences in agriculture. Room A023D in the basement of Kincaid Hall. 

New CUH Hours - 2-5pm Wednesdays only from now on. Things are slowing down at the farm, so we're discontinuing Monday and Friday hours until the spring. But come help us harvest on Wednesdays!

Next Work Party - Saturday, November 23, 9am-2pm at the Center for Urban Horticulture.

UW Farm Party! Join us for the UW urban farm party, this Thursday the 21st of November from 4:30-6:30 at local point, the new cooking and eating space in lander (see also below). There will be delicious food (featuring UW Farm veggies), and great folks. We're celebrating: the partnership between housing and food services, SPH, and CoEnv to sponsor a food exploration living learning community for over 75 (!!!) students (currently housed in mercer court); the latest farming space at mercer court; a great farm and food community on campus; the near completion of a proposal for the new interdisciplinary minor in food studies. Come! And if you're planning on it, RSVP here!

Environmental Innovation Challenge: If you're into business (majors and MBAs wanted!) / prototyping / food and the environment, and would be interested in helping the UW Farm make a prototype to enter in the Environmental Innovation Challenge, let us know before Wednesday!! (email Sarah at sgeurk@uw.edu)

Please feel free to call or email me (Sarah) if you have any questions about opportunities at the UW Farm. 

Cheers!

Sarah Geurkink

UW Farm Manager

206.550.4169

sgeurk@uw.edu

[TheUWfarm] FarmEd, New Hours, CUH Harvest, EIC, Food Security Internship, next work party

Hey Farmers and Farm Fans, 

A few news items for the week: 

Farm Ed: Taught by professor Ruesink at 8:30am each Thursday. Join us this week for Plant Families!: another way to look at what's on the farm in terms of crops and weeds. As usual, this will be followed by work at the farm (until 11am).

New Volunteer Hours: CUH hours are MWF 2-4pm; Mercer hours are Tues 2-4pm; Botany Greenhouse Hours are Thurs 8:30-11am

Harvest Help!: We could use some extra hands to harvest at CUH on Wednesday from 2-4. Harvesting is so funnnnn (plus, you get to take some veggies home:)).

Environmental Innovation Challenge: If you're into business / prototyping / food and the environment, and would be interested in helping the UW Farm make a prototype to enter in the Environmental Innovation Challenge, let us know this week! (email Sarah at sgeurk@uw.edu)

Carlson Center Food Security Internship: the Carlson Center is working on an incredible project assessing issues of food security and accessibility on campus. More details in the attached document. Applications due Tuesday, December 3 at 12am!

Next Work Party: Saturday, November 23, 9am-2pm location TBD.

Please feel free to call or email me (Sarah) if you have any questions about opportunities at the UW Farm. 

Sarah Geurkink

UW Farm Manager

206.550.4169

sgeurk@uw.edu

[TheUWfarm] Monday CUH hours cancelled

Hello farm folks,

This is a reminder that today, Monday 11th, CUH farm volunteer hours are cancelled in honor of Veterans Day. 

Hope you all enjoy the sunshine! 

Cheers,

Norah

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Norah Hummel

UW Farm Intern 

CUH site Student Coordinator 

[TheUWfarm] compost crew meeting - WORM BIN OMG

Farmers!

There IS a compost crew meeting from 8-9am this Tuesday (12 Nov). We
will be taking measurements of our lovely tomato starts and observing
any color differences among leaves of plants grown in soil with versus
without compost amendment.

We will also be taking a peek into our new and lovely worm bin that
Jeannette generously helped us to set up last week. WORMS ARE SUPER
EXCITING!

See you all there,
--
Kay
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[TheUWfarm] Work Party this Saturday at the Botany Greenhouse!

Hello farmers! 

Join us for our first fall quarter work party this Saturday at the Botany Greenhouse from 9-2pm.

We'll be making compost, cover cropping and harvesting kale. Please bring a lunch, rain gear and closed toe shoes.

Hope to see you there!  

Cheers,

--

Norah Hummel

UW Farm Intern 

CUH site Student Coordinator 

[TheUWfarm] NO compost crew meeting tomorrow

Hi everyone,

Unfortunately I have to cancel tomorrow's compost crew meeting because I had an urgent matter come up. I'm likely to hold one next week. Sorry guys! Enjoy the sunshine.

Kay

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