[TheUWfarm] Winter Quarter '13 on the UW Farm

Hey Farm friends,

Read on for information on ways to have fun and make change with the UW Farm during Winter Quarter 2013!

At a glance:

• Farm leadership interest retreat 1/11-13
• CUH Farmsite
• Dirty Dozen
• Credited internships (BIOL 399)
• Green Team
• Outreach
• Bees
  

Best,

Rachel

Farm leadership interest retreat!

Interested in getting more involved with leadership at the UW Farm? Then the winter quarter farm leadership retreat is for you! On the first weekend of winter quarter (Jan. 11th-13th) a bunch of UW farmers will be heading out to a beach cabin on the Hood Canal to talk about leadership, the future of the farm, and just to have a good fun time! We will be heading out Friday evening (Jan. 11th) and folks will be returning on both Saturday evening and Sunday morning. It is about a 1.5 to 2 hour drive, transportation is provided. 

 

If you're interested in coming along, or if you'd just like some more information, please contact Mollie at mollietarte@gmail.com. 

Friday afternoons at CUH

During Winter quarter, Rachel would love to see you down at the CUH on Friday afternoons from 12:30-3:30! Every other week we'll have a group of 3rd grade volunteers helping out, and alternate weeks we'll be working on projects (coldframes? worm bins??). Then come February it'll be time to start seedlings in the greenhouse!!!

Email Rachel at rachelnstubbs@gmail.com for more information

Dirty Dozen

Please email Lauren (laurbear2@gmail.com) if you'd like to be added to the Dirty Dozen

listserve for Winter Quarter! We are currently working on finalizing a time and day, but if you have a preference there is a Doodle Poll you can vote on. This Winter we'll be focusing on learning a lot more about urban farming through discussions about set topics every week. We'll delve into whatever the group is interested in, but can cover anything and everything from plant physiology to GMOs! In addition, with extra down time this winter, we'll work on beautifying projects for the farm, such as making signs for beds or creating more educational signs for the farm. As the season progresses we'll start our spring seedlings as well! 

Farm internships

A few spots are still available for 3-credit internships that involve
reading, discussion, and application of urban agriculture principles,
culminating in an individual project benefitting UW's student farm.
Applicants with some prior UW-farm practical experience are preferred,
since that serves as a motivation for the more conceptual learning that
occurs during weekly meetings.

"JENNIFER RUESINK" <ruesink@u.washington.edu>,

Green Team

If you'd like to be a part of the crop-season planning process, join the Green Team during Winter Quarter! For the first few weeks we will work on finalizing a seed order and a planting plan for the upcoming season. After these immediate tasks are completed, the we will work on larger projects, including compiling a binder to document what is planted on the farm and past years of what has been planted. We'll also review any existing crop rotation plans and think about long term crop planning and rotation ideas. 

We are tentatively setting meeting time for Tuesday or Thursday mornings before 11:30. More info to come. Contact Lauren at laurbear2@gmail.com with some times you're available if you're interested!

Farm Outreach

Contact June and Hilary if you're interested in helping with Farm outreach as we prepare for our busy Spring season. Pizza Bakes, posters, events, and more! The sky's the limit.

 

June Landenburger juniek@uw.edu
Hilary Ratliff hilarr@uw.edu

Bees on the Farm

Contact Danny if you're interested in bee-related activities for Winter and/or Spring.

 

Danny Dawson dawsod@uw.edu