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Seed Swap & Potluck! Feb. 8

Take off your gloves and let your green thumbs out....

 

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I wanted to invite you to come to the 1st annual All-Gardener Seed Swap and Potluck on Feb. 8th at 6pm.

 

Often times a packet of seeds contains many more seeds than a gardener needs in a year, and buying one seed packet of every type of vegetable we want to grow can break the bank. 

 

The solution?  A Seed Swap!

 

Bring a dish to share and a packet of seeds (more if you like).  We’ll be dividing up the seeds into smaller packets, and sharing them among those who come.  Come with one kind of seed – leave with many!  We’ll also provide some information on starting plants from seed, and an opportunity to see old friends and make new ones.

 

Hope you can make it!

 

Please save the date and time – location will be announced in a couple days.

Kristen McIvor
Community Garden Coordinator - Tacoma/Pierce County
253.363.1846 mobile
kristenm@cascadeland.org

Cascade Land Conservancy
1119 Pacific Ave., Suite 1300
Tacoma, WA 98402
www.cascadeland.org

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CREATING GREAT COMMUNITIES

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Gleaning and Food Recovery Workshop - Jan. 28 in Seattle

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from Rotary First Harvest, Harvest Against Hunger...
 
 
Gleaning and Food Recovery Workshop

Friday, January 28 10:30 to 3:00

 

Meet other people interested and involved in food recovery,

share stories and best practices, learn how to how to improve or start your own project.

 

10:30 - 12:00: Panel discussion


12:00 - 1:00: Networking Lunch


1:00 - 3:00: Work session 

This event is free and open to the public, but space is limited.

Please RSVP: benjamin@firstharvest.org or 206-686-1486


This event is free and open to the public, but space is limited.

Please RSVP: benjamin@firstharvest.org or 206-686-1486


Winter/Spring 2011 Calendar of Community Garden and Growing Events!

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Event summary for the Community Gardening Program (and partners for Winter/Spring 2011)
 
January 19th , 6pm:  New garden site kickoff!
Evergreen College Tacoma campus (press release attached)
Announcing 5 new COT sites and 1 MPT site for community garden development
 
February 8th, 6:30pm: All-Gardener Seed Swap
Location tbd – possibly My Sister’s Pantry?
Potluck and seed swap – open to all interested gardeners, not only community gardeners
 
February 24th, 6:30pm: Garden Leadership Network Garden Planning Workshop
Location tbd
Potluck and workshop on things to keep in mind when planning the gardening season
 
March 23rd 6pm: Starting Seeds and Garden Planning
Location – Envirohouse
1st in Garden workshop series
 
March 26th 10am: Starting Seeds and Garden Planning
Location – Tagro
1st in Garden workshop series
 
April 9th 10am – 2pm: Community Garden Summit
Location – tbd
Series of hands-on workshops, panel discussions, lunch, and the kickoff of the plant a row for the hungry campaign
 
April 13th 6pm: Soil Prep and Planting Seedlings
Location – Envirohouse
2nd in Garden workshop series
 
April 16th 10am: Soil Prep and Planting Seedlings
Location – Tagro
2nd in Garden workshop series
 
May 5th 6:30pm: Food Justice Conversation
Location – tbd (tentatively UPS)
Join us for a panel discussion and community conversation about the intersection of fresh food and social justice in the Tacoma/Pierce County area
 
May 11th 6pm: Planting and Maintaining a Summer Garden
Location – Envirohouse
3rd in Garden workshop series
 
May 14th 10am: Planting and Maintaining a Summer Garden
Location – Tagro
3rd in Garden workshop series
 
For more information on events listed above, contact Community Garden Coordinator, Kristen McIvor at kristenm@cascadeland.org

Film showing "Permaculture: The Growing Edge" - Feb. 4 @ Kings Books

(from Kelda Miller!)
Film showing "Permaculture: The Growing Edge"

Friday, February 4 · 7:00pm - 9:00pm

King's Books

218 St. Helens Ave

Tacoma, WA

This new movie, from Donna Read and Starhawk, presents a overview on Permaculture including historical footage from David Holmgren and others. Follow this link to see more about the movie:
http://www.belili.org/permaculture/Permaculture_GrowingEdge.html

Hosted By: Sustainable Tacoma Pierce - Sustainable Tacoma Pierce will also have information on some of our upcoming events and hope for a lively discussion of new and on-going projects that our members and guests have planned for 2011! Come grow with us!

Admission: $5-8 (pay what you can; no one will be turned away!)

Canning 101 is coming in Feb. to Kitsap

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This is a picture of the beautiful pickles I made from Duris (Puyallup Valley) cucumbers this past fall.  These were refrigerator pickles, which are great; however, I was too nervous to attempt to make them otherwise.  If only I'd been able to attend a class like... 

 

 

Canning 101
 
Preserving food sounds a little daunting to those who have never learned how to safely do it. Home food preservation does require knowledge, equipment, and time. Join us as we learn the basics of food preservation in this 3 hour workshop. Offered Saturday, February 12, Silverdale Community Center, 1-4 pm. and again on Tuesday, February 22nd, President’s Hall Kitchen, 6-9 pm.
 
Registration info: http://kitsap.wsu.edu or shannon.harkness@wsu.edu or (360) 337-7157.
 

Run for Good Food & Healthy Pierce County People

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Check out the announcement for the You Knock My Socks Off - Valentine's Day Four Mile Run and Kids Dash, in Gig Harbor on Sunday, Feb. 13.
 
What a deal?!  Run with your sweetie (or maybe find a sweetie ;) while helping raise money for the Gig Harbor FISH Food Bank and Healthy Communities of Pierce County (HCPC), http://www.healthypierce.org/.  HCPC is a great local organization, "... composed of various community groups. These groups evaluate conditions in a specific community then develop and implement projects to improve opportunities for active living and healthy eating in that community."  HCPC is a fantastic champion of connecting Pierce County eaters with local and healthy foods.  The Gig Harbor FISH Food Bank is also an amazing local non-profit helping folks access good food, http://gigharborpeninsulafish.com/about.html.   
 
So, mark your calendar and get your run on for good food and healthy people!  Details and how to register on this attached flyer. 

The Economics of Happiness Film in Seattle - Jan. 11

(Wow.  "The Economics of Happiness" film should be really great.  Helena Norberg-Hodge came to the Tilth Producers of WA conference a couple years ago and was really amazing.  If you can't make it to Seattle on Jan. 11, I have emailed ISEC to see how to host a showing here in Tacoma/Pierce County. Will let folks know if it's possible and how to get involved.)

 

 

Excerpts from email from the International Society for Ecology and Culture...

Please join us for a special screening of ISEC Director Helena Norberg-Hodge’s new documentary film, “The Economics of Happiness”, which illuminates the worldwide movement for economic localization. We are launching the film in North America with events in Seattle, Berkeley, Portland, Toronto, Garrison (NY), and New York City.

If you can’t attend one of the launch events, there are other ways to be involved (see below).

“The Economics of Happiness” is a call, from every continent, for systemic economic change.  Among the voices in the film are Vandana Shiva, David Korten, Michael Shuman, Richard Heinberg, Rob Hopkins, Juliet Schor, Zac Goldsmith, Bill McKibben, and Samdhong Rinpoche, Prime Minister of the Tibetan government in exile. Each screening will be followed by a presentation or panel discussion with Helena Norberg-Hodge and other special guests. ...

To learn more about the film and how you can help, please visit our website: http://www.theeconomicsofhappiness.org

“The Economics of Happiness”

Seattle, WA Tuesday, January 11, 2011, 6:30-10:00pm

Town Hall (downstairs), 1119 8th Ave., Seattle, WA 98101-2738, http://www.townhallseattle.org/

The film will be followed by a panel discussion with producer Helena NorbergKorten and John de Graaf, and Yes! Magazine publisher Fran Korten.

Proctor Farmers Market - Winter Market

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Who says you can't find local products all year long?  Now Proctor Farmers Market has made it easier for you and I to get our hands on great local grub.  Currently open Saturdays right up until Thanksgiving, in Dec, Jan, Feb, and March, Proctor will offer a once a month winter market.  Winter market is scheduled for the second Saturday of the month from 10 am - 1 pm.