[TheUWfarm] Farmweek May 24 - 30

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Upcoming Farm Events Tuesday Farm Lunch 12:30 - 1:30 GUG 218 Monthly All Farm Meeting Wednesday, June 2 4:30 tour 5 - 6 meeting Botany Greenhouse UW Farm Chile Planting MEChA Conference Workshop Saturday May 29, 4:40 - 5:50 @ the UW Farm MEChA Conference Thursday May 27 - Sunday May 30 more information here End-of-quarter Farm Festival Friday, June 4 beginning 4 pm at the farm _______________________ Dirty Dozen Hours Spring Quarter Come help out! Mon: 7:30am-1pm Tue: 8:30am-1pm Wed: 9 am - 3 pm Thur: 8:30am-9:30am,          10:30am-1pm,          2:30pm-5pm Fri: 9:30 am-5:30 pm ______________________ UW Farm website *new* UW Farm Blog Send all submissions for the weekly newsletter to uwfarm@u.washington.edu The newsletter will go out Monday evenings ______________________ This Week's Farm Tasks Beds A/B Thin out daikon radishes in A7 Harvest tatsoi by greenhouse, arugula behind carrots (will do Friday for Food Co-op benefit dinner) Keep carrots moist Weed! Pest control - tatsoi Bed C Harvest arugula,  some cilantro, mizuna, chard (Friday) Pest control - bush beans Outplant starts by picnic table Start building an archway for the kiwi by the strawberry patch Bed D Train peas along Burke Weed/woodchip area where spearhead was found (on Burke, near chain link fence) Border bed by campus compost pile Weed green onion bed Thin turnips and eat! Mound up dirt around potatoes Weed sunflower buckets, add a column (?) Pull off suckers from tomato plants (green shoots between stalk and main branches) Pull out potato plants that have sprouted in beds where they shouldn't be Herb Spiral Area Weed! Label things lash two more sticks on melon trellis train peas to trellis Check for mosquito larvae in wapato buckets, talk to Doug about how to prevent breeding (Bt?) Read about hops - why are our leaves brown? Back 40 Move 3 bin compost to windrows Fill 3-bins with new materials (manure, grass, straw, paper clippings) IF hasn't been done by Wednesday Finish painting 3 bins FARMWEEK Week May 24 - 30 UW Farm Updates UW Farm Graduation: Celebrate UW Farm Graduates on June 10 The farm wants to get the word out about the upcoming farm graduation. we will get together on thursday, 10 june, 3:30 pm at meany hall for the awards of excellence ceremony where beth will receive her teaching award! this is a really important recognition of her immensely hard work and what it has meant for the growth of the farm. afterward we will move down to the uw farm to celebrate graduates of many kinds at 5:30 pm and carry the party on to golden gardens (bike parade!) after the appreciations for a bbq potluck.  if you are graduating and are able to attend, please let Amalia know by putting your name on this list. UW Food Co-op Fundraiser this Saturday: Local Food and Live Performances Join the UW Student Food Cooperative for a night of delicious local food, drinks, live music, and dance performances!  We will be hosting a small silent auction along with a live dessert auction.  Help us kick-start this amazing student-run, community-supported project! Fundraiser Dinner & Dessert Auction Event dates: May 29, 2010 - 6:00 pm @ OmCulture 2210 N Pacific St Seattle, WA (near Gasworks Park) $11 (student) & $18 (general public in advance through Brown Paper Tickets Or $15 (student) and $22 (general public) at the door - you can also RSVP via Facebook! Help us raise some seed money! Proceeds from the fundraiser will go towards helping the UW Student Food Cooperative purchase a food cart! About the Co-op: We are building a student food cooperative whose purpose is to achieve food sovereignty on the UW campus and address food justice issues through affordable provisions of healthy and organic prepared foods.  We hope to source from the expanding UW Farm and other local farmers & artisans.  The UW Food Cooperative is in rapid development and is actively seeking community support and input! Visit our website for more information: www.uwsfc.com P-Patch Garden Party this Friday You are invited to the Spring P-Patch Party! See below for details. Who: you! everyone :) What: A P-Patch Garden Party Why: To celebrate the completion of the P-Patch expansion project, publicly thank everyone who has put their time and effort into the P-Patch this year, share your ideas for the coming years in the garden, and enjoy spring sunshine and good company together. When: Friday, May 28th from 3-6pm Where: At the P-Patch (located behind Hall Health. Go down the stairs to the right of the building and you'll find us.) Please bring: A potluck dish to share. RSVP requested: Please email Joanna Wright or rsvp on the facebook event page Off Farm Stuff Five New Business Ideas for Urban Gardening  This week Springwise.com published an interesting article about new ideas for urban gardening.  It covers innovations like window gardens, and even a pot with a usb port! Read the full article here Dr. Temple Grandin in Seattle: Revolutionizing the Livestock Industry Mindful Mouths Seattle: A Benefit for Food Alliance Friday, June 18, 2010 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) 2700 24th Ave East, Seattle, WA Please join Food Alliance for a very special evening with Dr. Temple Grandin, whose insights into animal behavior are revolutionizing the livestock industry, from the farm all the way to the processing facility. 5:00 – Reception featuring Washington State wines and a variety of delectable  "small plates"  made with local Food Alliance Certified products 6:30 – Inspiration from Food Alliance Certified ranchers, farmers, processors, and distributors allied in values-based supply chains, featuring:  *  Country Natural Beef (Food Alliance Certified producer)  *  Fulton Provision (Food Alliance Certified processor and distributor)  *  Pure Country Pork (Food Alliance Certified producer)  *  Wilcox Family Farms (Food Alliance Certified producer & processor)  *  Special Guest: Laurie Demeritt, President, The Hartman Group 7:30 – Keynote presentation by Dr. Temple Grandin, followed by a book signing 8:00 – Special courtesy showing of the HBO film, Temple Grandin starring Claire Danes About Temple Grandin: Living with autism, Temple Grandin is dramatically changing livestock handling by tapping her ability to see the world differently, developing a deeper understanding of animal behavior. Her insights are used to teach low-stress handling techniques across the country, and her expertise in facility design is making livestock handling more humane. An unwavering advocate for animals and animal agriculture, Dr. Grandin has been a critical resource to Food Alliance, informing continual improvement of our certification criteria for beef cattle and other livestock. Dr. Grandin was recently named among TIME magazine's 100 most influential people. We are honored to have Dr. Grandin as our featured speaker for Mindful Mouths Seattle. Learn more about Dr. Temple Grandin.  Tickets: $100 (Food Alliance Members $75) Purchase tickets by phone: (503) 493-1066 ext. 26, or online: www.foodalliance.org/mindfulmouths RSVP by Friday, June 11th to reserve your seat! 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