| Upcoming Farm Events and General Information Tuesday Farm Lunch All quarter, Tuesdays 12:30-1:20 in GUG 218 Farm Vision Meeting May 30, 5:30 pm – 6:30pm Kincaid 502 Farm Education Meeting May 2, 4:30 pm – 5:30pm Botany Greenhouse Farm Outreach Meeting May 31, 3pm – 4pm Botany Greenhouse _____________ New ways to get farm information! We have a website! (and blog) Facebook Fan Page - become a fan! ___________
Send all submissions for the weekly newsletter to michelle@uwfarm.org During the academic year, the newsletter will go out weekly on Sunday evenings. ___________ | Trouble viewing this newsletter? View it in a 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: How did we get here?
- Farmers write poetry too! Take a look at "Peas," a poem by a UW Farmer
- Food and Justice: How Socially Sustainable is the UW Farm? (Michelle Venetucci Harvey)
- Farm Governance: Who Can Vote at the UW Farm? (Michelle Venetucci Harvey)
While you're at it, become a fan of our Facebook Fan Page, and follow us on Twitter! Fly Onboard Our Bee Hive
The farm now has its very own bees! For updates and more information on meeting times, subscribe to this listserv.
Want to get more involved? Check out our updated calendar page for work parties, pizza bakes, and committee meetings!
Off Farm Stuff Tukwila Garden Work Party with Foster High School
Friday, April 29th, 9 am to 12 am at St. Thomas Parish 4415 S. 140th St Tukwila, WA 98168.
Want to help build a new community garden? The Tukwila Community Garden is breaking ground and would love help with building some raised beds with Foster High School students. No previous farming experience needed. RVSP on the Facebook event page Seattle Farm Co-op's Spring Fling
Saturday, April 30th, 10 am to 2 pm, at 1937 Occidental Ave S Seattle, WA 98124
• Kick off the spring with our seedling and plant division exchange
• Hear author Bill Thorness (Edible Heirlooms) speak on Heirloom Vegetables and Saving Seeds
• Bring something yummy to share for the potluck
• Kids activities including Story time reading on food and farm books, 4H Club demonstrations. No worry if you have no plants to bring. Everyone's welcome! Pass the word. Seattle Tilth's United People Farm Work Parties
When: Saturday April 30th & beyond, 10 am to 3 pm
Where: 17601 SE Lake Moneysmith Road, Auburn, WA
Help create new farmland in South King County to support refugees, immigrants, and other low income individuals who are starting small farming businesses through the Seattle Tilth Farm Incubator Program. Bucket Brigades for Grow Food in the Center of the City Kick-off Event
Sunday, May 1st, 11:00 am – 3:30 pm at Victor Steinbreuck Park
Come celebrate urban gardening and kick-off the free classes offered by Seattle Tilth and Seattle Parks and Recreation. Build portable salad gardens to take home. 3-4 volunteers are also needed to help set-up and clean-up after event. Contact adultedintern@seattletilth.org or visit this website for more information. Seattle Tilth's Edible Plant Sale
Saturday, May 7th and Sunday, 8th in Wallingford, and Saturday, May 14th in Issaquah
Come to this festive annual gardener gathering and choose from the largest selection of locally grown organic vegetable plants in the Puget Sound region. Both "warm season" crops like tomatoes, peppers, squash and corn and "cool season" favorites like lettuces, peas and spinach are waiting for you. Volunteers are needed to prep plants, set-up, educate customers about plant varieties, check-out, cashier, tear-down and much more. As a thank-you, volunteers are invited to take first pick of the plants at our Early Bird Pre-Sale on May 6, from 6-8pm. More about volunteering or the Edible Plant Sale here. For more Seattle Tilth events and volunteer opportunites, visit this link. YES! Magazine: Bill McKibben, Vandana Shiva & Van Jones
Wednesday, June 1st, 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm PDT, Great Hall; enter on 8th Avenue
As part of YES! Magazine's 15th anniversary celebrations, green-jobs advocate Van Jones, scientist Vandana Shiva, and environmentalist and 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben explore the extraordinary times we live in—and how we all can be agents of change. YES! Magazine co-founders David Korten and Sarah Van Gelder, publisher Fran Korten, board members Richard Conlin and Puanani Burgess, and other members of Seattle's environmental and social-justice communities join the celebration; dessert, drinks, music, and conversation follow. Tickets are $25 (includes one subscription), $15 for subscribers Go to www.brownpapertickets.com or call 800/838-3006
See for more information Film: The Economics of Happiness
Thursday, April 28th, 5:30 pm Savery Hall 260 The student organization, College Greens UW, is holding its 2nd annual film/speaker series dedicated to issues of environmental and social justice. The first film, entitled 'The Economics of Happiness', concerns localization and sustainability movements, climate change and building community resiliency. Following the screening, recent UW-grad and environmental activist Joanna Wright will discuss a local movement called Transition Seattle. Joanna has led several urban farming and education projects in Seattle and spent two summers interning with local farms. Recently involved in Seattle's Transition Town network, she has been deeply inspired by the way the Transition model integrates positive community visioning with issues of ecological, economic, and social sustainability. The next two films in the series are: Dive!
A film that follows self-proclaimed 'dumpster-divers' to analyze food waste and food access/justice issues.
Thursday May 12th
Smith 120 at 5:30 pm
Inside Job
An Oscar-nominated documentary that investigates the causes of the 2008 economic meltdown and its ramifications.
Thursday May 19th
Savery 260 at 5:30 pm
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