for these four upcoming events:
The NW Farm Bill Action Group is holding a meeting
Wednesday, November 10, 6:30 - 8:30pm
Wednesday, November 10, 6:30 - 8:30pm
Second floor conference room at Solid Ground, 1501 North 45th Street
Parking behind the building off of Woodlawn.
Featuring guest speakers Kristen Beifus & Marina Skumanich
from WA Fair Trade Coalition, "Farming and Trade Policy: How the Farm Bill and US Trade Policy work together to undermine family farmers everywhere"
from WA Fair Trade Coalition, "Farming and Trade Policy: How the Farm Bill and US Trade Policy work together to undermine family farmers everywhere"
Please RSVP to Heather Day at hrd99@igc.org
A food-themed film screening @ Wallingford's Meaningful Movies
FOOD FIGHT: The Revolution Never Tasted So Good (Chris Taylor, 2008)
Friday, November 12, 6:30 to 9:30 PM (Film starts at 7)
Keystone Congregational United Church of Christ (5019 Keystone Place N.) Discussion to follow featuring Lettuce Link's Marra Farm coordinator, as well as representatives from Seattle Parks, PCC, Cascade Edible Harvest, Transition Seattle and Sustainable Wallingford. Watch, digest, discuss!
Greenwood Senior Center's Annual Giving Fair
Saturday, November 13 10-4pm
525 N. 85th St.
Over 25 local nonprofits will table at this annual event. Lettuce Link will have Marra Farm honey, tote bags, and harvest greeting cards on hand for a suggested donation.
WSU Extension and the UW Botanic Gardens are hosting a conference about recent research and issues related to regional food security
Cultivating Regional Food Security Conference
December 4-5
UW Center for Urban Horticulture
CRFS Registration, Agenda, and further information here
Hope to see you there!
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| Putting the garden to bed: Lettuce Link intern Teresa Bailey shovels mulch with volunteer Elsie on a beautiful Tuesday afternoon at the Marra Farm kids' garden. |
1 comment:
Hi this is Andrew Green from the NW Farm Bill Action Group. I would love to connect with whoever is writing the Farm Bill Blog. I have some great resources to share (in addition to what is on the CAGJ web page) and I would love to find out what resources you are using as well! Don't know if I already know the writer of this but either way shoot me an email -
andgreen@gmail.com
Awesome your doing this!
Andrew
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