[TheUWfarm] Young Farmer Mixer: Vashon Island - OCT 4th - 5-8PM

Hello UW Farmers,

This is a great opportunity to hang out, meet people and learn more about local farming.   I hope we can get a good group together to attend. 

If you have trouble RSVP'ing please let me know.

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Monday, October 4th 2010, 5pm, Free!

Washington Young Farmer Mixer & Spit Roast

Location: Vashon Island Grange Hall

10365 S.W. Cowan Road Vashon, WA 98070 

at the North End Ferry Park & Ride upper parking lot

FREE! Family friendly, including kids activities from Homestead Farm School!

Please  - RSVP Required -RSVP HERE

(We will use this to create car - pool information and to let the organizers know how many UW FARMERS are coming).   

ROUGH SCHEDULE:

5pm: Meet & greet, services & information for beginning farmers, performance from Polka Dot Dot Dot

6pm: Spit roasted pig & leg of lamb, raised on Vashon Island, and other farm fresh food

7pm: Premier screening of The Greenhorns documentary

8pm: Live music & square dancing with The Tallboys

Information available for new & beginning farmers from:

    * Tilth Producers of Washington

    * PCC Farmland Trust

    * Cascade Harvest Coalition & Farmlink

    * King-Pierce Farm Bureau

    * Mobile Slaughter Unit

    * Beginning Farmer/Rancher Bond Financing Program

    * NW Farm Credit Services

    * Farm Services Agency

    * WA Farmers Markets

    * WSU Small Farms Program

Looking to stay the night? We recommend the Vashon Hostel (206) 463-2592

Ferry information:

    * from downtown Seattle – catch the 4:30pm Vashon Water Taxi at Pier 50

    * from Fauntleroy/West Seattle – catch the 4:40pm

    * from Southworth/peninsula – catch the 5:05pm

    * from Point Defiance/Tacoma – catch the 4:35pm

Thinking of walking onto the ferry? Here's some parking suggestions:

    * on Faunterloy/West Seattle side, park a few blocks north in the Lincoln Park lot; must be gone by 11:30pm

    * on Southworth side, mostly surrounded by residences; check for no parking signs

Bus information:

    * to Faunterloy/West Seattle from downtown Seattle – catch the 54

    * to Faunterloy/West Seattle from Bellevue – catch the 560

    * to Point Defiance from Tacoma – catch the 11 then on the island catch the 118 north

Co-sponsored by: PCC Farmland Trust, Tilth Producers of Washington, Cascade Harvest Coalition, Vashon Island Growers Association, Sustainable Vashon, King-Pierce Farm Bureau, Alleycat Acres, Homestead Farm School

With donations from: Madison Market, Kurtwood Farm, Finnriver Farm & Cidery, Organic Valley, Laughing Crow Farm, Butler Green Farm, Persephone Farm, Nash's Organic Produce, Wolftown, Full Tilt Ice Cream, Lucky Bohemian Orchards, Dry Soda, Grand Central Bakery, Theo Chocolate, Bainbridge Island Winery, Perennial Vintners,  Bottleneck, Golden Glen Creamery, Silvery City Brewery and more!

And did we mention that there will be a spit roasting a pig?

[TheUWfarm] Chicken Crew Volunteers wanted for Autumn Quarter

Howdy Farmers and Chicken (and Egg) Enthusiasts
and
Happy National Chicken Month to one and all!

The UW Farm has 4 hens and we're looking for people to help take care of them this quarter. Benefits include some eggs and hanging out with "the girls";) There are morning and evening shifts every day. If you're interested in a weekly shift, or just being a sub, or maybe helping out in other ways, please fill out the brief survey:
https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/kamiller/112311

Priority to UW students, people new to chicken crew, people willing to take a weekend shift, and those responding promptly! But all are welcome to be subs.

Your response is requested by 5pm Monday Sept 27th. (Sorry to send this out so late; I've been sick.)

Thanks,

Kristin Miller
Grad student, UW Farmer and Chicken Crew Coordinator

In case anyone missed it, the first annual KBCS Chicken Show was today in honor of Chicken Month! Enjoy 3 hours of chicken-themed music available for the next 2 weeks: http://kbcsweb.bellevuecollege.edu/playlist/archive/?ShowID=15305#

Kristin Miller, MS
Doctoral Student in Epidemiology
University of Washington
Box 357236, Seattle WA 98195

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[TheUWfarm] Dawg Daze Volunteer

Hello Y'all
for all of you whom expressed interest in volunteering for the Dawg Daze event at the farm here are more specific details. 

Sunday @ 8:00pm
Lander hall: 1101 cafe in the kitchen

We will be making dough and lots of it !! As well as pizza sauce with fresh donated tomatoes from a variety of farms from the u district farmers market. 

Monday @ 9:30am
U.W. Farm

We will be setting up tents, starting the cob oven, harvesting, starting the cob oven and cooking!

Stop on by if you can make it and thank you for the help

Ado,
Joseph

[TheUWfarm] re: imagining America this Friday

Hey ya'll,
This is just a reminder reminder that the imagining America conference is going to be held tomorrow afternoon from 11:30- 4:30. I wanted to encourage anyone who is interested to come down eat pizza, have a great discussion, and participate in a really incredible workshop. We are still in need of some volunteers to help with clean up and set up. All will get an opportunity to eat pizza and there are two available shifts, unless folks want to stay for the whole thing which they are more then welcome to do! AM 11-2 or PM 2-5. Come on down!

Best,
Nina

[TheUWfarm] Tilth Adult Education Administrative Internship

Greetings!

I'm a student at the UW that started working with the UWfarm (some of you may recognize the name, despite the email being different), and ended up at an internship working with Seattle Tilth this summer. As I return to school/ work/ etc. in the fall my stint as the Adult Ed Intern ends and my supervisors are currently looking for my replacement.

If you'd like an internship this fall (10-15 hours/ week) that is local and for an AMAZING organization with FANTASTIC people, I suggest you go to http://seattletilth.org/get-involved/volunteer/index_html and scroll down to the "internships" listing. There you will find a description of the internship as well as instructions on applying. Basically you need to fill out a volunteer application, then email a resume and an introduction to (both) careythornton@seattletilth.org & katiepencke@seattletilth.org

I've had an amazing time working in and out of the office with Tilth, and truly come to respect the capacity for furthering organic urban farming that this organization shows. My internship ends in just a couple of weeks, so jump on it! I look forward to training the next intern.

Happy Gardening,

Jamie C. Bass
Adult Education Administrative Intern
Seattle Tilth Association
4649 Sunnyside Ave North, Room 120
adultedintern@seattletilth.org

[TheUWfarm] volunteers for Imaging America conference Friday

Hello All.
This is just a reminder that a group of folks attending the Imagining America conference will be coming down to tour and have a discussion at the UW Farm about urban agriculture on college campuses. The farm is going to be a great space to address some of the issues of the conference: public scholarship, collaboration, and direct democracy. Anyway we will be needing some volunteers to help out with the set up, clean up,and participation in discussion. The event is going to be from 11- 5 including set up and clean up, however you can also commit to either 3 hours in the beginning 11-2 or 3 hours at the end 2-5 that way you don't have to do both set up and clean up and all can still enjoy pizza at 2:30. We will be having an awesome discussion also at 3:30 with our guests and possible community collaborators like alley cat acres. If you'd like to participate please follow this link and fill out the catalyst poll.

https://catalyst.uw.edu/quickpoll/vote/arlein/4740


Thanks a bunch for your help! Its going to be a great event!
Best,
Nina

[TheUWfarm] Winnowing QUINOA!!!

Hey, are you sitting at home bored this minute!?!? 

come winnow (separate the grain from the plant) quinoa and amaranth with me! I'll be here at the farm now for a few hours so don't miss out on this super fun activity! seriously, it will be a BLAST! And you'll leave with some delicious organic amaranth and quinoa!

see ya

Julia