[TheUWfarm] Farmweek May 23

Farmweek Newsletter | May 23rd, 2011
Upcoming Farm Events and General Information Tuesday Farm Lunch All quarter, Tuesdays 12:30 pm –1:20 pm at GUG 218 Farm Committee Meetings Education Committee May 23, 4:30 pm – 5:30pm Botany Greenhouse Visioning Committee May 23, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Kincaid 502 Bee Committee May 25, 7.30 am – 8.30am Botany Greenhouse Expansion Committee May 15, 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm  Botany Greenhouse Work Party May 28, 10 am-1 pm  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 tomichelle@uwfarm.org During the academic year, the newsletter will go out weekly on Mondays mornings. ___________	Trouble viewing this newsletter? View it in the 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: UW Farmers party in the morning – a farmer writes about work parties. YES! Magazine's 15th Anniversary – an evening with Vandana Shiva, Van Jones, and Bill McKibben Food and Justice: Inserting Equity Into Our Food System (Michelle Venetucci Harvey) While you're at it, become a fan of our Facebook Fan Page, and follow us on Twitter! A Taste of Spring – Fundraiser dinner  Thursday, May 26th, 6 pm – 9 pm, Center for Urban Horticulture (in the Northwest Horticultural Society Hall) Want some great food and company?  The UW Farm is co-hosting a dinner with UW Anthropology! Tour the UW Farm's expansion at the Center for Urban Horticulture and browse posters highlighting food research by Anthropology graduate students. The evening begins with a wine and appetizer reception, followed by a "farm-to-table" dinner featuring local, seasonal foods prepared with the help of UW Farm and Department of Anthropology volunteers. Molly Wizenberg, UW anthropology alumna, renowned food blogger, Bon Appetit columnist and author, will be the evening's speaker. The night will close with a sumptuous dessert auction. Reserve your spot now!  If you are unable to attend, but would like to contribute a gift to Anthropology graduate students or the UW Farm, click here: Urban Farm Support Fund Student Training in Anthropological Research Tools and Skills (STARTS)  Call (206) 543-5240 or email anthrsvp@uw.edu with any questions. Foraging with Brady Ryan  Monday, May 23rd, 1 pm, Botany Greenhouse We will be looking at Wild Garlic (Allium vineale) and Sow Thistle (Sonchus spp.) to learn about their biology, edibility, etymology, and general fun nature.  Any and all are welcome! Work Party!  Saturday, May 28th, 10 am – 1 pm, UW Farm If you have not been involved with the farm in any way and wish to do so, this is the easiest way to just jump in. Our experienced farmers will be more than happy to show you around and teach you some composting, planting and other farming skills. So come down and get some work done, and have fun under the sun (rains don't daunt us either)! Want to get more involved? Check out our updated calendar page for work parties, pizza bakes, and committee meetings! Off Farm Stuff Food Justice: A dialogue with Food Justice co-author Robert Gottlieb Monday, May 23rd, 7 PM, Architecture Hall 147 (on the corner of Grant Lane and Stevens Way East of the intersection of 15th Ave. NE and NE 40th St) What is food justice? How would we define it? Is there a food justice movement? When we talk about today's food system, food injustices are ubiquitous. It's where workers in the fields, the meat processing plants, or the restaurant industry face hazardous and exploitative conditions. It's in the low-income neighborhoods that lack supermarkets but abound in fast food franchises. And it's with our food products that sometimes resemble more of a high calorie chemical mash than a wholesome and healthy product. Opposing these unjust conditions, a food justice movement has taken root, seeking to transform the food system, from field to table. Robert Gottlieb, co-author of the new book, Food Justice, will talk about the strengths and the challenges facing these new and dynamic food justice groups and their organizing efforts, the emerging new politics around food, and the efforts to transform the very language and understanding about food, from how food is grown to why eating has become a political act. YES! Magazine's 15th Anniversary: an evening with Vandana Shiva, Van Jones, and Bill McKibben  Wednesday, June 1st, 7:00 pm (doors open at 6:30pm, general seating), Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Avenue (at 8th & Seneca. Convention Center, parking is $4 when validated by Town Hall.) YES! is an award-winning, independent, nonprofit, print and online publication with a national readership, fusing powerful ideas and practical actions, showing how people are building community-based economics, developing renewable energy, growing food sustainably, moving to nonviolence, and much more. It was recently named "Best Business & Politics Website" in Treehugger's Best of Green Awards, and is currently in the running for the General Excellence and Best Body/Spirit Magazine in Utne's annual Independent Press Awards. Published on Bainbridge Island, YES! Magazine is celebrating its 15th Anniversary with an evening with sustainability and justice visionaries Vandana Shiva, Van Jones, and Bill McKibben. They will speak about opportunities for deep change and our important role as change makers. There will also be a post-program reception in the lobby—with book signing, live music, local drinks, and decadent desserts. Tickets are on sale at Brown Paper Tickets. (Subscribers $15; non-subscribers $25 including a one-year subscription to YES! Magazine)  If you can't make it to Town Hall Seattle, you can view the live videostream of the full program here www.yesmagazine.org/celebration For additional information about becoming an event sponsor, or for general questions, email Gretchen Wolf or call 206/842-5009 x201. Follow the buzz on Facebook and Twitter.  CoFed - Cooperative Food Empowerment Directive Retreat June 11th – 17th, Orella Stewardship Institute – Santa Barbara, CA CoFed is calling for students interested in food sustainability, food sovereignty, and food justice to come to either our West or East Coast retreats this summer. At these retreats, students will connect with other similarly minded students and put energy into developing projects to bring more democracy into their campus food systems. Students will have the opportunity to build skills, network, learn how to launch or expand a student food co-op, develop own projects, work on professional development, eat sustainable food, and enjoy a beautiful natural setting. For more information about CoFed and the retreat see this page. For the application and scholarships available, visit this link. Community Alliance for Global Justice 5th Annual Strengthening Local Economies Everywhere! Dinner  Saturday, June 11th, 5:00 pm – 9:30 pm at St. Demetrios Church in the Montlake neighborhood of Seattle  Help CAGJ to build community solidarity while also connecting local and global struggles for justice through this fun, engaging and inspiring event. Featuring Happy hour, live music, silent auction, opportunity to meet featured food justice organizations, dinner, dessert. Tickets cost between $40-75 and for kids, only $10. Buy tickets online. For more information, or to volunteer for the event, please call CAGJ at 206-405-4600 or email them. Summer Interns Wanted Local Roots Farm in Duvall (about 22 miles from Seattle) is looking for summer interns. Email Brady if you are interested! Foraging Class Sunday, June 12th, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm, Bastyr University - Kenmore, WA Brady Ryan, who teaches short foraging classes at the UW Farm, will be teaching an intensive day long course at Bastyr University on Sunday June 12th. The course will largely take place outside, and will be centered on plant identification, culinary uses of common wild plants of Seattle, good harvesting practices, plant domestication and evolution and much more. The course is available to the general public for $98, and to full-time students for $50. For signing up or more information, visit this page . You can also email Brady.
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