Hello Farmers,
Here's what we're up to:
Hunger Action Week
The Farm is partnering with United Way as a part of Hunger Action Week. Volunteer with an organization to provide meals for those in need, improve food quality for low income families, or build a nutrition-focused community. The Farm will be teaching about sustainable food production in an urban landscape and preparing beds for planting, weeding beds, and beginning planting.
Farm Ed
Monday, Feb 24 @ 8:30am in the Botany Green House: Seeding! Join us for our first indoor planting day. Followed by volunteer hours 9:30-11am.
Farm Lunch
An engaging conversation about urban farming on our campus and beyond. Farm lunch is from 12:30 to 1:20 in ACC 120, and you are invited to show up and participate even if you're not registered for it! Farm Lunch is a seminar series in which we are exploring what it takes to become a successful urban farmer on our campus and elsewhere. It provides a unique opportunity to connect the work of growing food on campus with the larger context of our food system and its current environmental challenges. Farm lunch as been a great venue for active conversation and a dynamic, community centered learning environment. Email elizaw@u.washington.edu with any questions.
Real Food Challenge
Fast food strikes. GMO labeling. Food safety reforms. International trade deals. Powerful movements for food justice are happening all around us. But they don't just happen. Real social change takes inspired solutions to entrenched problems, committed networks of leaders, careful campaign planning, plus a good dose of hard work and creative energy.The Real Food Challenge is a national organization of students at 300+ campuses working for just, sustainable, and healthy food in their colleges and universities. We're hosting a Real Food Regional Strategy Retreat this February 20th-23rd in Olympia, WA at The Evergreen State College and want to invite YOU! The retreat is a fantastic opportunity to build community with other student leaders from around the region, share & learn about the food system, and develop leadership and organizing skills for projects and campaigns to further support local, sustainable, fair food efforts on-campus.
The retreat will include workshops and open time to explore:
issues & opportunities with corporate food service
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the Real Food Calculator food procurement assessment tool
power & privilege in the food system
strategic campaign-planning
good group structures & facilitation
resource-sharing and planning among all participating student leaders and groups.
The full registration cost for housing, meals, and programming is just $35, and we can provide a lot of fundraising support!
You will leave the training with a full action plan for the projects, events, or campaigns at your school, and relationships started for ample support from Real Food Challenge leaders throughout the year.
Check out more information & registration here! **and please pass along this information to any other students who you think would be interested!
Any questions can be directed to Tina at rfc.at.uw@uw.edu.
Urban Farming Course
A terrific opportunity to learn more about the UW Student Farm and to become the urban farmer that you’ve always wanted to be!
In the course you will: become familiar with techniques of food production in urban settings, gain a working knowledge of plant families, basic soil characteristics and
methods of compost production, expand ability to grow food in an urban setting through experiential learning on the UW Farm. Plus an overnight field trip on Whidbey Island.
Details:
ENVIR 495 A
SLN 13887
Tuesday/Thursday, 4:00-5:50 PM
DRC 103, Center for Urban Horticulture
Elizabeth Wheat, Lecturer,
Program on the Environment
Credits: 5
Course Fee: $30
No Prerequisites
Required Field Trip: Farm Visits May 4th, 5th
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