[TheUWfarm] Farmweek 23Nov

23 November 2011   Happy Thanksgiving Farmers! Trouble viewing it here? View it in a browser ! Farm Updates *The Newsletter is going to be sent out biweekly, unless we've too many updates to wait and tell you. New Blog Posts! "Growing Smaller": a UW Farm Seminar Reflection by David French Real Bees-ness: Summer 2011 Bees Internship Come and learn to be a Farm Tour Leader! Interested in giving tours of the UW Farm? The farm education team needs YOU! Every week at the farm we give tours to all kinds of different groups, UW classes, high school groups, even preschoolers, and we need creative people to talk about every thing from farmer art to cover cropping.   Don't worry if you have no experience: we are setting up a skill share for farm tours - a tour of tours - so even the greenest farmer will feel confident becoming a tour leader. If you are interested, sign up for the farm education listserve here, and fill out the doodle poll for the tour of tours here. If you have questions, don't hesitate to email Bennett Rahn at rahnibennett@gmail.com. Winter Quarter Farm Internship  Interested learning about sustainable farming? Why not intern with us and get real-world experience in running a farm! This coming winter quarter, interns will be working at the current Botany Greenhouse farm and also at the new CUH Farm space.  Interns on the farm register for 3 credits of Biology 399. As an intern you will meet weekly with UW Farm Education Coordinator Beth Wheat to discuss in broad terms the ecology of agricultural systems. Interns cover in depth the following ideas as they relate to farming: Soils, Pest Management, and Crop Planning. It is our hope that this coming quarter interns will also be working with the leadership team from the Seattle Youth Garden Project of Seattle Tilth. Intern schedule is flexible, but each intern is required to work a minimum of 10 hours a week on the farm. If you think this internship might be a good fit for you, please be in touch with Beth at elizaw@u.washington.edu. In the Community 2012 Summer Environmental Exchange (SEE) Program The Tahoe-Baikal Institute has started accepting applications for the 2012 Summer Environmental Exchange (SEE) Program. This is a 9-week long, experiential, place-based, watershed education and leadership development program hosted at the watersheds of Lake Tahoe in the USA and Lake Baikal in Russia, and at the Selenga River, Lake Baikal's upper watershed, in Mongolia. The program's primary themes are watershed protection, sustainable development, and cultural exchange. It will bring together young, environmental leaders from North America, Russia, Mongolia, and other parts of the world to study environmental science, policy, and management at these two superlative lakes. The application deadline is February 7th, but any applications received before December 5th will be evaluated before the holidays.  For more information, please visit the website or contactinfo@tahoebaikal.org Pollinator Conservation Planning Short Course Mount Vernon, Washington December 9, 2011 9:00 am - 4:00 pm PST  The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation is organizing a pollinator conservation planning short course. Introductory topics include the principles of pollinator biology, the economics of insect pollination, basic bee field identification, and evaluating pollinator habitat. Throughout the short course these training modules are illustrated by case studies of pollinator conservation efforts across the country. For registration and more information, visit  http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=tnjebhdab&oeidk=a07e51dolnbf0266f6b