Announcements
Olympia Local Foods--Buy Local
Here is a chance to support the efforts of the folks from Olympia Local Foods to create a certified facility, where small time farmers can make picles, jams, etc. and prepare dried foods and sell them legally. They are currently asking for donations using the Kickstarter approach. Go to http://www.olympialocalfoods.com/ to learn about the program and http://kck.st/s7rEuW to donate.
January 27: South of the Sound Community Farm Land Trust Annual Meeting and Potluck
When: January 27 at 6:00 to 8:30 pm
Where: South Bay Grange, 3918 Sleater Kinney Rd NE
What: Potluck,
T.J. Johnson speaking on Vibrant Farm themes from the Food Summit,
Update on applications for grants to fund farm land purchases, Election
of 2012 Board
Cost: Free and open to members and non-members (can join that eveing--$25 or $20 for farmers or students)
Lecture at TESC: Eric Holt-Giménez, editor of Food Movements Unite!: Strategies to Transform Our Food Systems
When: Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 10-11:30am
Where: TESC, Lecture Hall 1
What:
This lecture is open to the public. The speaker is Eric Holt-Giménez,
executive director of FoodFirst/Institute
for Food and Development Policy an organization in California devoted to analysis of the root causes of
global hunger, poverty, and ecological degradation and to developing solutions
in partnership with movements working for social change. He will be
speaking about ways individuals can work together to transform the way the food
system functions.
Sponsored by Ecological
Agriculture: Developing a Local, Sustainable Food System and Re-interpreting
Liberation Programs
For more information contact: Martha Rosemeyer, rosemeym@evergreen.edu
Food Summit Follow-up Meetings (open to all) January 14 February 18 (rescheduled from January 21)
When: Saturdays, January 14 and February 18, 10:15 am to 4:45 - attend 1
to 3 2 hour sessions each Saturday
Where: Community Room at the Tumwater Timberland Regional Library 7023
New Market St.
What: Participants will review the work that has happened since
the Food Summit, finalize draft goals and begin identifying actions to work on
in 2012. Many of the action statements match interests of Slow Food
members. For example the “mindful eating habits” goal in the 10:15 am
session on January 14 includes activities such as creating a community guide to
food classes, tastings, etc. The 10:15 session on Saturday
Jan 21 includes a “celebration of foods and farms” goal and a food festival
celebrating local food activity. These sessions are open to all whether
you participated in the Food Summit or not. Plan to attend the session or
sessions that you are most interested in and plan to continue working on.
For more information: A list of the goals and actions for each
topic area will be presented at the sessions. If you would like to review
that listing in advance of the session please contact Loretta Seppanen at Laurel.lodge@comcast.net indicating the
topic(s) of interest to you.
Food and Wellness Classes sponsored by the
Olympia Food Co-op
What:
Olympia Food Co-op food, wellness and gardening classes (selected classes
list below)
Where: Either Fertile Ground Guesthouse or GRuB Farmhouse – see
the attached flyer or to www.olympiafood.coop/classes for
details.
Cost: $5 per class/person, pre-registration is required - To
register go to www.olympiafood.coop/classes
or go to either store between 11 am and 6 pm.
Garden
Planning for Seed Saving - Sunday January 15, 2:30-5:30pm
Spanish
Home-cooking - Friday January 20, 5:30-8:30pm
Baking
Bread Gluten-Free - Sunday January 22, 3-6pm
Ethnic
Spice Blends - Saturday, Feb 4, 2-4:30pm
Simple
Soups - Sunday Feb 5, 2:30-5pm
Understanding
Mushrooms: Basic Cultivation - Sunday Feb 12, 3-5pm
Homemade
Vegan Soft Cheese - Thursday February 16 , 5:30-8:30pm
Successful
Garden Starts -Saturday February 18, 6-8pm
Beginning
Backyard Chickens - Saturday February 25, 1-4pm
Southern
Indian Dal - Sunday
March 4, 2:30-5:30pm
Amazing Plantains: Bilingual Cooking Class -Saturday March 10, 2-5pm
Intermediate Backyard Chickens
-Sunday
March 11, 2:30-5:30pm (note the flyer says Saturday, but it is Sunday)
Cheese Making 101 -Sunday March 18, 5:30-8:30pm
Exploring Edible Weeds - Thursday March 29, 6-8pm
November 2: Sustainable South Sound Food Summit Community Debrief and Next Steps
When: November 2 - 7pm to 9pm
What: A
summary from the October 14-15 Sustainable South Sound Food Summit will
be provided. If you missed the summit, don't miss the recap. Where: The
Evergreen State College Seminary 2, Rm E1105.
October 28: Affordable Good Food - Discussion, Author Book Signing, and Optional Dinner
Friday,
October 28, at The Mark Restaurant, Olympia
5:30 pm -- Panel discussion with the author of Off The Menu Staff Meals
From America's Best Restaurants, http://www.thebutchersguild.org/
by Marissa Gaggiana and community experts
6: 30 pm -- Continued informal discussion. Those who want to do so can
make dinner reservations for the main dining area (360.754.4414.)
Gaggiana will be in the main dining area to do book signing.
Hosted by Lisa Owen, owner / executive chef, The Mark Restaurant
October 16-23, Dine Out for Farms Week
Next week is American Farmland Trust’s second annual Dine Out for Farms Week.
During the week of Oct 16 to 23 restaurants around the country will offer a special dish, contribute a percentage of sales during the week or make a straight donation to help save farms. By patronizing any one of the restaurants during Dine Out for Farms week, you can show that you care about protecting America’s farmland and the delicious food that it provides.
Local participating restaurant: The Mark, Olympia, WA, www.themarkolympia.com open Thursday through Saturday evening.
Out of town next week? Check out the other participating restaurants at www.farmland.org/dineout-locate
October Farmers Market Events
Sunday
at 10:30 am - Market Demonstrations: There is one more Sunday morning food
demonstrations at the Olympia Farmers Market
1st Annual Olympia Farmers Market Harvest Dinner: Sunday
evening, October 9 at 6 pm The Olympia Farmers Market is holding a fundraising
event at the Olympia Ballroom (116 Legion Way - Above Urban Onion).
$30 a person. Live music & drinks. Raffle for some
amazing prizes. Then sit down to share a delicious meal with your
favorite vendors prepared by The Urban Onion using fresh locally grown produce
from our very own farmers. Tickets at the market office or online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/202547
In Tumwater? The Tumwater Farmers Market will be open
Wednesdays (11 to 2 pm) through the end of October. October 5 is their
Harvest Festival with booths from organizations working on local food issues
(including Slow Food Greater Olympia). http://www.tumwaterfarmersmarket.org/
On the west side of Olympia? The West Olympia Farmer’s
Market will be open Saturdays (10 to 3 pm) through the end of
October. It is located between Woodruff Park and Garfield
Elementary on Thomas St. Everything is grown or produced in
Olympia! http://wolyfarmersmarket.org/
September and October Fund Raising Events for GRuB and Left Foot Organics
GRuB
Soirée at the Schmidt
When/Where: Sept 10, 4:30 to 7:30 / Schmidt Mansion,
Tumwater
To
Register: http://www.goodgrub.org - $40 a person/$70
per couple.
Left Food Organics Fun Farm Formal
Dinner and Auction
When/Where: October 15, 5-9 pm/South Puget Sound Community College (after the Food Summit)
What: Fall season means
the major fund raising events for organizations that support good, clean and
fair food for all. These events are fun-filled opportunities to
support our community.
August through October: Sustainable South Sound Focus on Food Events
Register
now for August 20 and August 27 Farm Tours
What: The Olympia Food Coop,
Thurston County Food Bank and South of the Sound Community Farm Land Trust have
organized two full days of local farm tours open and free to all. Each day will
be an opportunity for local eaters to get a deeper look at our local food
system and the excitement of growing food, raising animals and working within
our community. Maximum 50 participants for each tour, registration is free.
Contact hallilw@gmail.com for registration details. These tours are filling up
fast.
To Register: Contact hallilw@gmail.com
- Halli Winstead.
Details:
August 20th Starting at 8:45 am: The Urban Bike Loop will be
a full day of bike rides and farm tours. We will be visiting Sunbreak Farm,
Calliope Farm, Common Ground Farm, Kiwanis Food Bank Garden on the Capitol
Campus, Wendell Berry Community Garden, Piece by Piece Farm, We will stop at
the West Olympia Farmer’s Market to supplement our lunches and the Fish Tale
Brewery for an optional bite to eat and local brew.
August 27th 9 am to 5 pm: Rural Van Loop will be traversed in
passenger vans to Left Foot Organics Farm, Kirsop Farm, Helsing Junction Farm
and Lincoln Creek Ranch. We will stop at the Tenino Farmers Market to
supplement our lunches.
These tours are part of the Focus on Food leading up to the October
14-15 Food Summit. For more information on the summit visit www.oly-wa.us/SustainSouthSound/
Summit registration information will be available starting August 15.
September:
Lacey, Tumwater and Olympia Timberland Regional Library author
presentations, book talks and videos related to sustainable local food
systems. Tumwater - noon Saturday, September 10, "The Northwest
Vegetarian cookbook" author Debra Daniels-Zeller; Lacey - noon Thursday
September 22, Sustainability, Farming and Local Foods book talks and video;
Olympia – TBA.
October
14 – late afternoon and evening: Community pot-luck on the streets of
downtown Olympia, an environmental and agricultural expo, and a presentation by
Mark Winne – author of Food Rebels, Guerrilla Gardeners, and Smart Cookin’
Mamas: Fighting Back in an Age of Industrial Agriculture and Closing the
Food Gap – at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts.
5
to 6:30 pm
Community potluck in the streets of downtown Olympia based on the tradition
of Table for Olympia. There will be a large tent right outside the
Washington Center and plenty of tables and chairs. All you need to do is
get a few friends together to bring food and non-alcoholic drinks to share,
your own plate, glasses, napkins, and eating and serving utensils. This
is a kid friendly event. Wind up Here will have art and science stations for
kids of all ages. Save room for some Old School Pizza that will be passed
around during the potluck with toppings from a one of our local farms.
5 to 7 pm and 8:30 to 9 pm: Food Expo: During the meal
there will be a Food Expo in the lobby areas of the Washington Center, with
local organizations sharing their work and contribution to our food system.
7:30
speaker on the local food system. Come to the free presentation and be
inspired by the words of Mark Winne, author of 'Closing the Food Gap: Resetting
the Table in the Land of Plenty' and 'Food Rebels, Guerrilla Gardeners, and
Smart Cookin’ Mamas: Fighting Back in an Age of Industrial
Agriculture.'
October
15 – 8am to 5 pm: ‘Roll up your sleeves’ conference at the Thurston
County Fairgrounds
Registration
is now open for the Saturday, October 15 Come to the Table – Food Summit South
Puget Sound. Registration costs $37.92 (which includes the small
ticketing fee). The full day (8 am to 5 pm) work session at the
Thurston County Fairgrounds is designed for those of us wanting together to
develop action plans for improvements in a just, sustainable and resilient
local food system. Registration includes a local foods lunch, catered by
Paprika. Registration is limited, so sign up soon. To register go
to http://cometothetab
For details on the Food Summit and other Focus on Food events visit http://www.sustaina
Slow Food Greater Olympia is one of the many local organizations supporting the
2011 Food Summit and the Focus On Food events.
Why: Many community groups have come together to plan these events to
celebrate, network and develop an action plan for a just, sustainable and
resilient local food system. Mark your calendar now and look
for more information from Slow Food later.
Cost: All events, except the October 15 conference, are free. The
farm tours and conference require registration. In July, the event web
site will have details for registration. Conference registration
is limited to 175 participants and cost $35 early bird registration (before
Labor Day) $50 late registration. Check the Focus on Food – Food Summit website http://www.SustainSouthSound.org .
November 2 - 7pm to 9pm: Food Summit Community Debrief and Next Steps
A
summary from the October 14-15 Sustainable South Sound Food Summit
will be provided. If you missed the summit, don't miss the recap.
The Evergreen State College Seminary 2, Rm E1105.
August 9 and 19: Special Request to Slow Food members for the Medicinal Herb Garden Project at GRuB
When: Garden work between Aug 9 and 19, signage and additional
garden work in the later part of August and early September. Hours
dependent on your schedule.
Where: Garden Raised Bounty (GRuB) at 2015 Elliott Ave NW, Olympia
What: GRuB is making a special request to Slow Food members and
friends to take on this project to work with the youth crew to establish this
Medicinal Herb Garden so its ready for the high school plant biology
class being taught as part of the GRuB school this fall. Soliciting herbs from
a selected nursery or friend’s yards, making signage for the garden and
dirty-hands volunteers are needed.
To Volunteer: Contact Rae Kelly, Kitchen Garden Project
AmeriCorps, GRuB Garden-Raised Bounty, 360.753.5522 or backyardgardens@goodgrub.org
May 14, 2011: Delta Farm Tour
When: Saturday May
14, 10:30 to 4 pm
Where: Delta Farm (Nash's Organic Produce), 1865 East
Anderson Rd, Sequim, WA, 98382
What: Annual tour of Nash Huber’s
Delta Farm which provides a significant share of organic produce for the
Seattle area. During the day you will tour around the farm, hear
about innovative plant breeding and the importance of preserving organic seed
for the future, and enjoy a farm-fresh lunch. Representatives from North
Olympic Land Trust, Organic Seed Alliance, and Tilth Producers of Washington
will also be on hand to field your questions and pass on their expertise.
If you spend the night in Sequim, you can join other farmland preservationists
for an intimate Sunday brunch and discussion with Nash and Chef Gabriel
Schuenemann at Alder
Wood Bistro.
Two Slow Food Greater Olympia Board members attended this event several years
ago and highly recommend this regional local foods outing. The event
always sells out, so register soon.
Cost: $50 per adult, $20 for kids 5 to 12 (additional for
the Sunday event)
see http://www.pccfarmlandtrust.org/may-14-2011-delta-tour/
for registration. A PCC Farm Land Trust event.
May 12: Events at TESC
The Evergreen State College (TESC) is having a food themed day for the 10th Annual Synergy Conference at TESC. All programs are open to the public. For more events and details, see http://blogs.evergreen.edu/synergy/.
10:00 - noon: Wild Edibles: Plant Identification Workshop. See website for location.
1:00 - 4:00: Conversation for the Campus Food System; Lecture Hall 5
Presentation by T.J. Johnson and Panel Discussion
5:00 - 7:00: FoodCorps: Farm to School with Cecily Upton - The Flaming Eggplant.
FoodCorps is a national school garden and Farm to School service
program that provides AmeriCorps members to school food systems in
communities of need.
7:30 - 9:00: Fresh (the film) Lecture Hall 3
Cost: Events are free. Parking for the day is $2.00
May 7, 2011: Left Foot Organics Annual Plant Sale
When: Saturday, May 7 10am to 3pm
Where: Left Foot Organics Farm, 11122 Case Rd SW, Olympia 98512
What:
Certified Organic vegetable starts, herb plants and native perennials
plant sale. All proceeds go to support Left Foot's vocational program,
providing meaningful
work for people with developmental disabilities and rural youth,
growing good
food for you.
www.leftfootorganics.org
April 21, 2011: The Mark Restaurant's Spring Farm to Table Aperitivo Event
When: Thursday, April 21, starting at 7:00
Where: The Red Room at The Mark Restaurant, Olympia web page: http://www.themarkolympia.com/
What: 3rd Local Farm to Table Annual Aperitivo, a great
opportunity to bring friends curious about local farm CSA's. Stokesbery
Farm, Rising River, Susan Moser Greens, Left foot organic, Boisfort Valley,
Kirsop, Wobbly Cart, Stiebrs Farms, Colvin Ranch are the organic farms and
local ranchers available for questions.
Meet and enjoy the company of our local farmers, enjoy Antipasti and Drink
Specials while doing so. DJ Craig August will be spinning ambient down tempo
funky Latin lounge as a compliment.
April 19, 2011: Fresh, the Movie
When: Tue, Apr 19, 2011, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Where: Unitarian Universalist Church, 2300 East End St., Olympia,
WA 98502
What: Showing of the 2009 film FRESH followed by a panel
discussion. Produced and Directed by ana Sofia joanes
this film looks at the farmers who work for large agribusiness firms as well as
urban farmers, like Will Allen, who seeks to bring low cost, high quality
produce to a low income urban area. Also featuring sustainable farmer and
entrepreneur, Joel Salatin and supermarket owner, David Ball, challenging our
Wal-Mart dominated economy.
Sponsors: The Ethical Eating
Committee of the Olympia Unitarian Universalist Church, in conjunction with
Earth Care Catholics, Sustainable South Sound, and the Alliance for Community
Transition South Sound. A small donation is requested.
April 14: GRuB's School Pilot Project Open House
When: Thursday, April 14 at 6-7:30 pm
Where: GRuB Farmhouse 2016 Elliott
Ave NW, Olympia
What: Want to learn more about GRuB’s newest effort – the
GRuB School Pilot Project? Attend this Open House information session
(with healthy snacks) to learn more about the 2011-13 pilot project providing a
half day school program centered around the GRuB farm for students who are
struggling to engage and find success in the traditional classroom.
During the pilot years students from Olympia High School will earn core school
credit while contributing to the community by growing local food. The
long-term plan is for multiple GRuB-like sites in Thurston County providing at
least 100 youth with leadership development, work experience and core credits
for high school graduation. No reservations are needed.
March 31: Yauger Park Community Garden Opening
When:
Thursday, March 31, 12pm – 1pm
Where:
530 Alta St SW, Olympia 98502 (map)
What: Yauger
Park Community Garden opening. City
of Olympia Parks Department is hosting a grand opening of their new community
garden! Questions? call 570-5857. There may still be one or two garden
plots available.
Note – if you live in SE Olympia and are looking for a
community garden, Olympia
Community Garden, a project of Sustainable South Sound, still has garden plots
available for the 2011 growing season. That garden is located at 1401
13th St. SE, just west of Central Ave. For more information call 570-8650.
Homer Garden Club
Slow Food Greater Olympia founder and former leader, Pat Melone, moved to Homer, Alaska where they don't currently have a Slow Food chapter. Pat is active in their garden club, which helped build a greenhouse for an elementary school. Check out their newsletter.
March 24: "Lunch Line" Premier Screening
What : Washington State
premier screening of “LUNCH LINE” http://www.ujifilms.com/lunchline/
March 14 and 15: Transition Olympia Events
The Alliance for Community Transition of South Sound will hold an open house on March 14th at the MIXX 96 meeting room.
Kellie Shincke will give a talk on Bees in Your Backyard on Tues, March 15 at the MIXX 96 Meeting Room.
Transition Olympia is a group of people in Olympia, Washington (and
surrounding areas) that is actively addressing the triple threat of
Global Climate Change, Peak Oil, and Economic Contraction by catalyzing
local community, sustainability, resilience, and human scale solutions.
For more information go to: http://www.oly-wa.us/transitionolympia/
March 4: South of the Sound Community Farm Land Trust Annual Meeting
Potluck and speaker followed by a Contra Dance. Everyone interested in supporting preservation of local farm lands is welcome.
Annual Meeting, Potluck, & Contra Dance!
Friday, March 4th, 2011 From 6 – 10 PM
South Bay Grange Hall
3918 Sleater Kinney Rd. NE, Olympia
This
event will feature keynote speaker Ron Shultz from the Washington
Office of Farmland Preservation, a contra dance with the Grizzle
Grazzle Tune Snugglers, a raffle with fantastic local items, and a
potluck featuring food from many local farms! Bring a dish to share and
help create the community support critical for sustaining vibrant local
food systems.
If you are interested in more details, volunteering, donating a raffle item or contributing otherwise visit http://communityfarmlandtrust.org/events or contact Halli Winstead for details communityfarmlandtrust@gmail.com (360) 292-9842.
Thurston County Food Bank Volunteer Opportunities
Here are two important ways in which Slow Food Greater Olympia can
support the Thurston County Food Bank and help to improve the nutrition and
food awareness of food bank clients.
VOLUNTEER
FOOD DEMONSTRATOR (March to September)
The food
bank has an urgent need for at least one volunteer to coordinate and prepare
one food demonstration per month, through September, 2011. The demonstrations
are part of the food bank’s strategy to increase the consumption by food bank
clients of fruits and vegetables by 15%. The position requires 15 to 20
hours over two to three days per month. This volunteer will work directly
for the food bank’s produce manager and will coordinate with numerous food bank
staff and volunteers. The volunteer will also work closely with slow food
members on the recipe project described below.
Developing and presenting food demonstrations for food bank clients is
quite challenging due to the limited selection of ingredients available at the
food bank and the need to create easy to understand recipes that minimize
preparation while developing basic cooking skills that clients can use on a
daily basis. Volunteers must have above average skills with cooking basics and
the ability to adapt recipes to take advantage of available foods, and an
interest in creative ways to use some unfamiliar produce and/or promote what is
available at the food bank. See the attached position description for
more information.
RECIPE
PROJECT (late February/March)
The
recipe project is being developed by Slow Food Greater Olympia to increase food
bank client interest in selecting and preparing produce for their families.
Two or three volunteers are needed to help create simple recipes for
inexperienced cooks based on the produce and supplies available to food bank
clients, or to be on call (via phone) to provide recipe and cooking ideas to
the food bank. Volunteers must have above average skills with cooking
basics and the ability to adapt recipes to take advantage of available foods,
and an interest in creative ways to use some unfamiliar produce and/or promote
what is available at the food bank. The recipe work will be in late
February or early March and the on-call work could be at anytime.
Previous volunteer experience at the food bank is especially useful for these
volunteers.
Whom to Contact
If you
are interested in either of these volunteer opportunities, please Contact Rick
Sandler at (360) 791.7022.
March 5-10: Queen of the Sun: What are the bees telling us?
When:
Washington premiere simultaneously in Olympia, Bellingham, and Seattle
at 8pm on March 5, 2011 Check link below for other dates and
times.
Where: Capital Theater in Olympia
What:
A profound alternative look at the global honeybee crisis from
Taggart Siegel, award-winning director of The Real Dirt on Farmer John.
Film.com calls Queen of the Sun "stunning...as souful as itis
scientific, as uplifting as it is alarming."
Director
and Producer will be in attendance March 5th! Queen of
the Sun is an award-winning grass-roots feature documentary that weaves an
unusual and dramatic story of the heart-felt struggles of beekeepers,
scientists and philosophers from around the world. Featuring Michael
Pollan, Gunther Hauk and Vandana Shiva, Queen of the Sun reveals both the
problems and the solutions in renewing a culture in balance with nature.
For more information go to WWW.QUEENOFTHESUN.COM
February 17, 5-9 pm: GRuB Benefit
Here is a chance to support GRuB (Garden Raised Bounty) and local wearable arts producers.
What: Hungry for the Arts: A
Benefit for Garden Raised Bounty (GRuB)
When: Thursday, February 17 5- 9
pm
Where: Heritage Room at the
Capitol Lake 604 Water Street Southwest -Olympia, WA 98501
Cost: $20 per person will be
charged at the door. The proceeds support GRuB.
Artists who
create wearable works or garden sculptures will display and sell their hats,
purses, jewelry, textiles and clothing. Look for Slow Food members among the
artists at their tables. The event will also include wine tasting with 10-12
local wineries and appetizers.
Sponsored by
Senator Rosemary McAuliffe
Olympia Food Co-op Class Schedule, February and March
The
Olympia Food Co-op Class schedule for February and March is now
available. Class range from backyard chicken raising and preparing for
the summer garden to health and wellness classes and classes with a cooking
focus such as fermented veggies, knife skills and gluten free baking.
Classes are held at either the GRuB farm house or Fertile Ground
Guesthouse.
Go
to www.olympiafood.coop/classes for
all the details on the classes and to register. Pre-registration is
required and easy to do online or in person at either store between 11 am and 6
pm.
The Coop is dedicated to helping us deepen our relationships with food, so they
offer the classes at the very low cost of a $5 non-refundable fee per
person/per class. If you find the classes worth a lot more to you, you
can make a contribution to support the classes in the store at the registers,
or in person at any Olympia Food Co-op class. Your money goes directly to the
Co-op Community Classes program so that the Co-op may continue to offer the
best possible classes to you about things you want to know about.
January 17, 2011: Cultivating Real Homeland Security
A Just,
Sustainable and Resilient Food System for Thurston County
When: Monday, January 17th 7-9pm, (Martin Luther King Jr.
Day)
Where: Olympia Unitarian
Universalist Church, 2200 East End St. NW, Olympia
What: A
special invitation to Slow Food members to explore these and other related
questions and begin to dialogue about creating just such a food system.
T.J. Johnson, a local food activist and Director of the Urban Horticulture
Program at Sustainable South Sound will present information about the current
food system, identify opportunities for re-localizing food production, and
offer ideas for moving forward. Following the presentation there will be
an open discussion and an opportunity for everyone to begin envisioning
solutions.
No RSVP is required.
Sponsored by: Transition Olympia, Climate Action, Sustainable South Sound and the OUUC Ethical Eating Committee.
October 9: 32nd Annual Harvest Festival at TESC Organic Farm
When: noon to 6 pm
What: Events include tours of the farm and composting plant; kids' games; purchase of farm produce; storytelling and misic. Visitor are asked to park on campus and wlak to the farm located on Lewis Road.
October 9: Left Foot Orgainics Benefit Dinner
When: October 9, 2010; 5:30 pm
What: 5th Annual Fun Farm Formal Benefit Dinner and Auction for Left FOot Orgainics.
Where: The Student Union at South Puget Sound Community Collegeee, Olympia, WA
September 24: John Jeavons, Biointensive Gardening--
Where: Lecture Hall 1 TESC
Joh Jeavons is the author of How to Grow More Vegetables: And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine. More info at: http://www.growbiointensive.org
September 18 4-8 pm: Soiree at the Schmidt--GRuB Fundraiser
September 16: WA Organic Week Celebration at The Mark
Thursday, 7:00 pm. Art, speaker, film
September 12: Olympia Food Coop's 6th Annual Havest Party Potluck
Lions Park, SE Olympia
August 24th: Taste of the Olympia Farmers Market 6:00 pm
July 15th: Book Reading and Signing
Dr. Rudolph Ryser and Dr.
Leslie Korn are scheduled to read from their recent books, Preventing and
Treating Diabetes, Naturally; The Native Way; and Medicinal
Plants of the Jungle (for adults and children). These books are of
relevance to Slow Food as they contains chapters (recipes, writings) on
traditional Northwest foods and herbs and also medicinal plants of the Mexican
jungle. Dr. Korn will also talk about her experience as a Fulbright scholar
this year supporting Slow Food restoration in an indigenous community in
Mexico.
Upcoming
Food Related Films in Tacoma (sponsored by the Tacoma Food Coop)
Wednesday July 14,
6pm – 8pm Supersize
Me
Morgan
Spurlock unravels the American obesity epidemic by interviewing experts
nationwide and by subjecting himself to a “McDonald’s only” diet for thirty
days straight.
Features
interviews with such experts as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael
Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto) and
social entrepreneurs like Stonyfield's Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms' Joel
Salatin, Food, Inc.
Renowned
chef John Bishop leads viewers on an eye-opening and engaging journey into the
billion-dollar battle to control global food production.
Released
in October 2007, this film follows college friends Ian Cheney and Curtis Ellis
as they move from Boston to Greene, Iowa to grow and farm an acre of corn. In
the process, Cheney and Ellis examine the role that the increasing production
of corn has for American society.
Location
University of Puget Sound - Rausch Auditorium - McIntyre Hall Room 003
1500 N. Warner St.
Tacoma, WA, 98416
GRuB Announcements for Summer 2010
Mid June
Harvest Helpers
When: June 18, 9 to 12
Where: GRuB
Farm House 2016 Elliott Ave NW, Olympia, WA
What: Join a team of volunteers
to help with harvest for the GRuB CSA program during June when the youth
program has not yet started for the summer.
This is a great opportunity to get a sense of how to harvest
and pack boxes for a small-scale CSA and harvest and setup for a small-scale
market stand.
Let the GRuB Farm
Manager know if you can help – that’s Wade Arnold at 753-5522 or farm@goodgrub.org
Summer Field
Trip Van Drivers
When: Every Thursday in the summer
(late June - late August)
What: GRuB takes youth crewmembers
on fieldtrips to local farms and gardens in our area. Thanks to Intercity
Transit, they have access to a 12-passenger community vans to transport youth.
Interested volunteer drivers must have an excellent driving record and must
attend a mandatory 4-hour van driver training at Intercity Transit.
To volunteer for a Thursday contact Jackson Sillars, Community Engagement
Lead, 753-5522 – or jackson@goodgrub.org
When: Every Thursday in the summer
(late June - late August)
What: Every Wednesday from 3-6 and
Sundays from 1-4
Where: GRuB
Farm 2016 Elliott Ave NW, Olympia, WA
GRuB is open for volunteer drop-ins to work on the farm. No need to
schedule or call ahead, just drop by and get your hands dirty!
If you haven’t already completed a volunteer form,
head to the website and fill out our Volunteer
Interest Form. Then drop it by or mail it in. The form includes a required
background check and emergency contact info that GRuB needs to keep on
file. www.goodgrub.org
Wine Tasting May 15th
May 15,
2010 –
Wine
tasting tickets: $40 Make checks or donations to: GDLC –
TTF
Three
separate start times: 4pm; 5:30pm; and 7pm . Advance purchase of
tickets is required. To purchase tickets please contact Nancy Winters at
943-3053, or at: wintersnl@comcast.net
This
fundraiser supports volunteers teaching English to Tanzanian children.
Tanzanian students learn in Swahili in primary school. But classes in
secondary school (9th grade) are taught in English. Without
English skills, students miss much of the content of their subjects.
Ethical Eating Movie Series
The Olympia Unitarian Universalist Congregation of West Olympia is sponsoring a monthly movie series that covers some of the biggest issues in ethical eating: fair trade food production, industrial vs. family farming, genetically modified food, organics, localized food production, and water safety and availability. The Global Banquet, Flow, Future of Food, and Buyer Be Fair are some of the offerings. These well done movies will inspire you to take action in a way that is very personal.....with your food choices. Each movie session will be followed by thoughtful discussion and tasty snacks appropriate to the discussion. Dates are January 25, February 22, March 29, April 19, and May 24th. All sessions begin at 7:00pm and last until 9:00pm and are held in the sanctuary at the Unitarian church, 2300 East End Street, in West Olympia. Although free of charge, a donation is requested to help defray costs. For more information, contact Dixie Havlak at 943-2734.
Farm Event at The Mark
Please join in supporting your local farmers at Apertivo, the second annual local farms event hosted at The Mark restaurant. Meet the farmers, learn about new products, and meet folks working for in our amazing local food system.
When: Thursday, April 22 at
6 pm
Where: The Mark, 407 Columbia St. SW, Olympia,
WA
What: Informal gathering
to increase awareness and support for a thriving local food system. DJ Sweet
Elite will spin some down tempo funky music while you
mingle.
Cost: The Mark will offer
drink specials and tasty snacks.
Please RSVP for this event on face book, or by calling (360) 754-4414
Farms to attend:Bremerton Mountain Farm
Garden Raised Urban Bounty
Stokesberry Sustainable's
Back Sheep Creamery
Kirsop Farm
Left Foot Organics
Boisfort Valley Farm
Calliope Farm
South Sound Community Farmland Trust Annual Meeting
Slow Food Members are invited to attend the 15th annual meeting of South Sound Community Farmland Trust. Keynote Speaker is Don Stuart Pacific NW Director for American Farmland Trust. He will be talking about what we can do to preserve local food systems and farming in south sound and the nation.
What: Annual Meeting, Potluck, and Country Dance
When: March 5, 2010 6:00 pm
Where: South Bay Grange Hall, 3918 Sleater-Kenny Rd. NE
Learn more about South Sound Community Farmland Trust.
Garden Raised Bounty (GRuB) Volunteer Opportunities
Garden-Raised Bounty is looking for volunteers for winter projects. Because GRuB’s focus on Good Food for All People is so similar to the Slow Food mission of Good, Clean and Fair food, these volunteer opportunities might be of interest to you.
Starting early
in February GRuB will have a volunteer coordinator for the first time –
Jackson Sillars. If you have tried to volunteer in the past you may not have
received much communication. Jackson
says his new role will assure you get the information you need if you volunteer
this year.
If you are interested in helping with projects that are in need of doing right now, contact Jackson Sillars at jackson@goodgrub.org
or call 753-5522 (he is
away until Feb 3). Also complete the volunteer paper work (to permit a quick
background check before working with youth) at http://www.goodgrub.org/index.
The
Time for Lunch campaign is a national grassroots effort to update the
Child Nutrition Act in 2009 in order to provide our children with real
food at school. We're asking all members and supporters to get involved. You can:
1. Show your support by signing the Slow Food USA petition
2. Ask your friends and family to sign the petition
3. Tell your legislators schools need the resources to serve real food for lunch
Learn more about the Time for Lunch Campaign and sign the petition.
March 20, 2009 - Capitol Conservatory
Greater Olympia Slow Food Members and Friends
Attached
is information about preserving the Capitol Conservatory (or Greenhouse
as I've always called it). The Conservatory was closed in September
2008 and is slated for demolition. If you are interested in learning
more or helping rescue, relocate, and re-purpose this historic
facility, contact:
Friends of the Capitol Conservatory
John O'Brien 360 773-6805 or
Ginaharper@aol.com
March 20, 2009 - White House Garden
First family breaks ground on edible garden - News from Slow Food USA
