Hello All!
We've officially been invited to go visit Granny's Farm again in Raymond, WA, the Willipa Valley. Here is the link to their description of the farm. Check it out! Needless to say its an awesome place where we will frolic, have fun, learn tons and eat great food. Goats, cheese, forest, hooray! The field trip is Friday May 20- Sunday May 22 We can only have 30 people max, so please get back to me as soon as you can by filling out this catalyst survey! it will be first come first serve.
Yahoo!
Nina
Friday, May 6, 2011
[TheUWfarm] UW College Greens
Hello, UW Farmers!
The student organization, College Greens UW, is holding its 2nd annual three-part film/speaker series dedicated to issues of environmental and social justice. The first event (with The Economics of Happiness and speaker Joanna Wright) was a great success and we're excited about the next two!
At the next event we will be showing DIVE!--a new film about 'dumpster-diving' as a means of raising awareness about and responding to food waste and food justice issues. Following the film, UW graduate student and CHID instructor David Giles will lead a discussion about how we can engage food waste and justice issues here in Seattle.
**Free yummy food will be provided at the showing!**
What: DIVE!—Living Off America's Waste
Website: http://www.divethefilm.com/
When: Thursday, May 12th @ 5:30pm
Where: Smith 120
Speaker: David Giles
Film Description: Inspired by a curiosity about society's careless habit of sending food straight to landfills, DIVE! follows filmmaker Jeremy Seifert and friends as they dumpster dive in the back alleys and gated garbage receptacles of Los Angeles supermarkets. In the process, they salvage thousands of dollars worth of good, edible food–resulting in an eye-opening documentary that is equal parts entertainment, guerilla journalism and call to action.
Speaker Bio: David Giles, a PhD candidate in anthropology at the University of Washington, is teaching an advanced special topics CHID course about everyday experience in the shared spaces of the city. The course, titled The Vagaries of Home: Vagrancy, Value and the Abject, encourages students to examine the unknown and unnoticed cultural, political and ecological histories of the city, "from the desks of city planners and politicians to the alleys and interstices written in between the lines of their decisions and the homeless who sleep there." After the film screening, David will speak about the political and cultural aspects of hunger and waste in Seattle.
The third and final event in this series will be:
Thursday May 19th - "Inside Job" The Oscar-nominated documentary that investigates the causes of the 2008 economic meltdown and its ramifications
Where: Savery 260 at 5:30pm
Speaker: Yoram Bauman
Thursday, May 5, 2011
[TheUWfarm] Want to be a UW Farm leader next year? Submit by this Saturday!
Hey farmers!
This is just a reminder that we are in the midst of choosing and transitioning to new leadership. Be a part of the process!
You can read more about the positions, or take a look at our election timeline and description (remember to vote at the farm between Wednesday and Friday next week!).
Coming up! If you are interested in being a farm coordinator we need to hear from you. This is a new process, because these two positions will now be paid thanks to our CSF funding! So we're trying on some new formalities. Please email Paige Irwin, irwinp@uw.edu with your name, the position(s) you are interested in and a blurb, a brief description, of your interests and experience by SATURDAY @ 5 pm. It will be good to think and write about why you are interested and what you think you will bring to your position.
Also, if you are interested in a leadership position besides being one of the Farm Coordinators, please also submit your name and the potential position to Paige by the same deadline.
Check out the rest of our process online! And come join the fun!
--
Michelle Venetucci Harvey
University of Washington '11
Community, Environment, and Planning
Environmental Anthropology
[TheUWfarm] Scouting the farm for a home for our fungus friends
Hi all,
This is a reminded about tomorrow morning 10:30-11:20, the fungi committee and anyone else who is interested will be meeting at the botany green house to wander around the farm and scout out the moist dark regions of the farm, with the intention of putting mushroom logs there in the near future. This is a good chance to discuss growing mushrooms at home, and exploring how to fill up the forgotten corners and nooks with food!
Hope to see you there
Nico
This is a reminded about tomorrow morning 10:30-11:20, the fungi committee and anyone else who is interested will be meeting at the botany green house to wander around the farm and scout out the moist dark regions of the farm, with the intention of putting mushroom logs there in the near future. This is a good chance to discuss growing mushrooms at home, and exploring how to fill up the forgotten corners and nooks with food!
Hope to see you there
Nico
[TheUWfarm] WORK PARTY SATURDAY
Hey all you farmie friends!!
A tad last minute, but this coming Saturday from 10-2 there is a WORK PARTY!
Because its a party and not just work, I would love it if it could be a potluck picnic and maybe some musical instruments? Whatever suits your fancy. lets live it up!
Things that we will be working on:
building a protective shelter/possible grape arbor/possible lichen art mural around the bee hive
weeding MORE ARUM! :)
maybe starting some summer vegetables...
and a whole lot more.
Because we are hearty and courageous farmers, this will happen rain or shine, so dress appropriately!!
Happy Thursday, may all of your rain clouds teach you to love the sun even more.......
Bennett Rahn
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
[TheUWfarm] RE: New P-Patch in the U-District? > U District Daily
Hi all-
I made contact with Dave about this meeting. It's going to be at noon, this Saturday, at the proposed p-patch site – where 47th runs into 22nd.
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=47.66273,-122.304013&spn=0.001257,0.003473&t=h&z=19
Dave is working with a landscape architect (John Barker) to get matching-grant money from Department of Neighborhoods to develop a site plan for the property. The money would require a match from the community – typically in the form of volunteer hours. So, if we could get UW folks to volunteer for this effort, that would help them secure City money for planning.
This is a long-neglected piece of property in the middle of an important student neighborhood. It would be great if we could turn it into something better.
I hope to see some of you on Saturday.
Aaron Hoard
Deputy Director
Office of Regional & Community Relations
Mail: Box 351243, Seattle, WA 98195-1243
206.221.7684 mobile 206.953.5486 fax 206.685.1201
ahoard@uw.edu www.washington.edu/community
From: kylemurphy_514@comcast.net [mailto:kylemurphy_514@comcast.net]
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 8:51 PM
To: theuwfarm@uw.edu; uwseed@u.washington.edu; Julie D. Fisk; davidpcorrado@gmail.com
Cc: Aaron Hoard
Subject: Fwd: New P-Patch in the U-District? > U District Daily
Hello all,
This is an interesting project idea, I do not know much about it or who Dave is, but its that gross chunk of land down by 22nd and 45th. They are looking for some organizers to put together plans to renovate that space , and with the city and dept of neighborhoods on board that could feasibly become a P-patch which would be cool or atleast not the garbage and blackberry tract that it is now. (hint hint UW farm might be able to get their foot in the door on some new land...)
Link:
http://www.udistrictdaily.com/2011/05/02/new-p-patch-in-the-u-district/ apparently first meeting is that saturday
Kyle Murphy
HNA
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: "Aaron Hoard" <ahoard@uw.edu>
To: "kylemurphy_514@comcast.net" <kylemurphy_514@comcast.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 3, 2011 9:26:26 AM
Subject: FW: New P-Patch in the U-District? > U District Daily
Kyle,
Maybe you can send to UW Farm/Etc to see if they're interested? (for all I know, maybe they're pushing this)
-Aaron
-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Hoard
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 9:23 AM
To: Aaron Hoard; ELIZABETH A. HIGGINS; Elizabeth Ferris; 'Erica Legaspi'; Kyle Murphy
Subject: New P-Patch in the U-District? > U District Daily
Can one of you attend this meeting on Saturday? I think this the property we've been talking about for some time.
http://www.udistrictdaily.com/2011/05/02/new-p-patch-in-the-u-district/
New P-Patch in the U-District?
Posted by Doug Alder on May 2nd, 2011
Interested in starting a new P-Patch in the University District? The city's Department of Neighborhoods asked us to pass this along as organizers try to get one started.
Where: Triangle slope piece of land on 22nd Ave NE and 21st Place NE meet where NE 47th Street ends. Here's a link to the map.
What: Meet to talk about interest and talk about way to start
When: Saturday May 7th at noon
Who: Your neighbor Dave. Call 322-4870 if you have any questions.
You can read more about the P-Patch program in Seattle by clicking here.
Re: [TheUWfarm] Farm Leadership Transition & All Farm Meeting PLEASE READ Lots of information AND REALLY IMPORTANT
Nina and colleagues:
Please be sure to include discussion of the UWFarm Diversity Project and share with newcomers some of the work we have done so far.
Thanks,
Devon
On Tue, 3 May 2011, Nina Arlein wrote:
> Hello all you lovely farmers,
>
> Happy Spring! Warm weather is finally upon us and new life is sprouting out of the ground! Beets, carrots, peas and
> more. You know what else is sprouting???? LEADERS!
> That's right it's time for a new batch of energetic farm leaders to emerge. Are you interested in education? Do you
> have visions for fun projects to do at the farm? Do you want to get better at coordinating people, and working with
> teams? Do you have so much passion and enthusiasm for the farm that you are about to burst? If you answered YES to
> any of these you might be interested in being a farm leader in the future.
>
> Each farm role has a different set of responsibilities, but all involve facilitating your committee's meetings,
> attending farm visioning meetings, and in general, coming up with great ideas that will better the farm. Farm
> leaders are also always looking to share responsibility, share the learning, and get other people involved with
> taking hold of their own education at the farm, and taking part in the collaborative process of making the farm
> work!
>
> The different positions and their descriptions can be viewed online at
> http://students.washington.edu/uwfarm/home/leadership/
>
> If you are interested here are some important dates and deadlines:
>
> May 4th: TOMORROW @ 5pm in the Botany Greenhouse. In lieu of an official all farm meeting, I and other current farm
> leaders will be at the farm to talk more about the different positions and responsibilites associated with these.
> We can talk about challenges and great experiences that you might have as a leader. We can talk about the support
> you will have and the learning you will do. We can talk about the possibility of collaborating with other students
> and sharing leadership positions. And i can answer any questions you might have the best I can. If you have any
> other questions and you can't make it tomorrow feel free to email me!
> *** Note: there will be a NEW FARMER ORIENTATION and TOUR on Friday May 13th. There will NOT be a tour tomorrow.
>
> May 7th: SATURDAY @ 5 pm. If you are interested in being a farm coordinator we need to hear from you. This is a new
> process, because these two positions will now be paid thanks to our CSF funding! So we're trying on some new
> formalities.
> Email Paige Irwin, irwinp@uw.edu with your name, the position(s) you are interested in and a blurb, a brief
> description, of your interests and experience. It will be good to think and write about why you are interested and
> what you think you will bring to your position.
>
>
> May 8th: SUNDAY evening those little blurbs will be posted to the farm website, so we can all start to think about
> the strengths and passions of the folks interested in being farm coordinators, and try to figure how each of them
> might best be a leader on the farm, and most importantly who will best fill the coordinator positions next year.
>
> May 11th: WEDNESDAY @ 5:30- 7:30 pm in the Botany Greenhouse. ALL ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE Come one and come all.
> If you have been involved in the farm in any way shape or form over the past year this is the meeting for you! We
> want your voice, thoughts, and opinions. At this meeting we will...
> * break out into small groups to talk about the different committees (green team, compost, chickens, outreach,
> social media & education) and to hear from the folks interested in coordinating those committees. We will
> figure out if and how people might want to collaborate in leadership positions.
> * We will return to the big group and talk about what folks decided. And ask: Who will be the new committee
> coordinators? Does everyone feel good about these decisions?
> * Then we will hear from the different folks who want to fill the farm coordinator positions. They will have a
> chance to answer questions and share some of their experiences, passions, and dreams for the spaces they are
> coordinating.
> * Finally we will pass around a ballot box and have an anonymous vote on the farm coordinator positions
> * Yay!
> The ballot box will be in the farm cabinet for people to cast their votes for farm coordinator until FRIDAY May
> 13th @ 5pm. This is for people who want to vote and missed the meeting to have a chance to participate.
>
> FRIDAY May 13th @ 6 pm we will know who our farm coordinators are!
>
> WOWOWOWOW. So yup that's a lot of information. the visioning team worked really hard to try to figure out a way to
> make this as inclusive, transparent, and user-friendly a process as possible. Here's hoping! I will be sending
> periodic reminders throughout this process to keep people updated, but we wanted all of you to have sense of the
> whole thing as we get started.
>
> As usual if you have any questions or concerns let me know: nina@uwfarm.org.
>
> Best!!!!!
> Nina
>
>
>
Please be sure to include discussion of the UWFarm Diversity Project and share with newcomers some of the work we have done so far.
Thanks,
Devon
On Tue, 3 May 2011, Nina Arlein wrote:
> Hello all you lovely farmers,
>
> Happy Spring! Warm weather is finally upon us and new life is sprouting out of the ground! Beets, carrots, peas and
> more. You know what else is sprouting???? LEADERS!
> That's right it's time for a new batch of energetic farm leaders to emerge. Are you interested in education? Do you
> have visions for fun projects to do at the farm? Do you want to get better at coordinating people, and working with
> teams? Do you have so much passion and enthusiasm for the farm that you are about to burst? If you answered YES to
> any of these you might be interested in being a farm leader in the future.
>
> Each farm role has a different set of responsibilities, but all involve facilitating your committee's meetings,
> attending farm visioning meetings, and in general, coming up with great ideas that will better the farm. Farm
> leaders are also always looking to share responsibility, share the learning, and get other people involved with
> taking hold of their own education at the farm, and taking part in the collaborative process of making the farm
> work!
>
> The different positions and their descriptions can be viewed online at
> http://students.washington.edu/uwfarm/home/leadership/
>
> If you are interested here are some important dates and deadlines:
>
> May 4th: TOMORROW @ 5pm in the Botany Greenhouse. In lieu of an official all farm meeting, I and other current farm
> leaders will be at the farm to talk more about the different positions and responsibilites associated with these.
> We can talk about challenges and great experiences that you might have as a leader. We can talk about the support
> you will have and the learning you will do. We can talk about the possibility of collaborating with other students
> and sharing leadership positions. And i can answer any questions you might have the best I can. If you have any
> other questions and you can't make it tomorrow feel free to email me!
> *** Note: there will be a NEW FARMER ORIENTATION and TOUR on Friday May 13th. There will NOT be a tour tomorrow.
>
> May 7th: SATURDAY @ 5 pm. If you are interested in being a farm coordinator we need to hear from you. This is a new
> process, because these two positions will now be paid thanks to our CSF funding! So we're trying on some new
> formalities.
> Email Paige Irwin, irwinp@uw.edu with your name, the position(s) you are interested in and a blurb, a brief
> description, of your interests and experience. It will be good to think and write about why you are interested and
> what you think you will bring to your position.
>
>
> May 8th: SUNDAY evening those little blurbs will be posted to the farm website, so we can all start to think about
> the strengths and passions of the folks interested in being farm coordinators, and try to figure how each of them
> might best be a leader on the farm, and most importantly who will best fill the coordinator positions next year.
>
> May 11th: WEDNESDAY @ 5:30- 7:30 pm in the Botany Greenhouse. ALL ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE Come one and come all.
> If you have been involved in the farm in any way shape or form over the past year this is the meeting for you! We
> want your voice, thoughts, and opinions. At this meeting we will...
> * break out into small groups to talk about the different committees (green team, compost, chickens, outreach,
> social media & education) and to hear from the folks interested in coordinating those committees. We will
> figure out if and how people might want to collaborate in leadership positions.
> * We will return to the big group and talk about what folks decided. And ask: Who will be the new committee
> coordinators? Does everyone feel good about these decisions?
> * Then we will hear from the different folks who want to fill the farm coordinator positions. They will have a
> chance to answer questions and share some of their experiences, passions, and dreams for the spaces they are
> coordinating.
> * Finally we will pass around a ballot box and have an anonymous vote on the farm coordinator positions
> * Yay!
> The ballot box will be in the farm cabinet for people to cast their votes for farm coordinator until FRIDAY May
> 13th @ 5pm. This is for people who want to vote and missed the meeting to have a chance to participate.
>
> FRIDAY May 13th @ 6 pm we will know who our farm coordinators are!
>
> WOWOWOWOW. So yup that's a lot of information. the visioning team worked really hard to try to figure out a way to
> make this as inclusive, transparent, and user-friendly a process as possible. Here's hoping! I will be sending
> periodic reminders throughout this process to keep people updated, but we wanted all of you to have sense of the
> whole thing as we get started.
>
> As usual if you have any questions or concerns let me know: nina@uwfarm.org.
>
> Best!!!!!
> Nina
>
>
>
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