FIELD (Production)
Join Neighborhood Farm Initiative for July Field Day
As part of community-wide garden clean up day, NFI will be hosting a compost Q&A and workday, followed by a harvest potluck next Saturday, July 10 from 10-2. For directions to the garden, e-mail neighborhoodfarm@gmail.com. Come celebrate mid-summer in the garden!
Next DC Crop Mob – Saturday, July 17th
This month we’ll be working at Sharp’s at Waterford Farm in Brookeville, MD. Sharp’s grows vegetables and flowers, and is a popular agritourism destination in the fall. Carpooling will be arranged, and no experience is necessary! Email info@cropmobdc.com to sign up, or visit www.cropmobdc.com to learn more.
Seed Saving Workshop with Ecolocity
Have you been growing your garden, but wondering if you’ll have to buy all new seeds next year? Worry no longer! EcolocityDC is hosting a seed saving workshop on July 20 that will help you learn how to save your seeds year after year, an ancient practice that’s still useful today. It will start with a short film about seed saving, include a bit of an intro about its history, and then go into a practical, hands-on workshop. If all goes well, you should be bringing some seeds home to plant in the future. If you already have experience with seed saving, come along as well. We’d love for you to share your expertise.
Date: Tuesday July 20, 2010
Time: 7-9 PM
Location: Emergence Community Arts Collective, 2nd floor, 733 Euclid Street NW, Washington DC
RSVP on Ning, Facebook or Meetup. We hope to see you there!
Join the Washington Youth Garden on July 24 for their annual summer Family Fun Day. Listen to live music, eat some healthy snacks from the garden, take part in gardening crafts and activities, and ring in the new Nature Explore Classroom. The beekeeper, Toni Burnham, will be on hand to give a show and tell of our two new honeybee hives. This is a free event open to the public, for friends of all ages. For more information and directions, please see the WYG website.
Common Good Workshop: Common Uses for Less Commons Herbs When: July 31, 2010 Time: 11am-1pm
Location: Common Good, 300 V Street, NW
Get to know some of the less common herbs around the farm – skullcap, lobelia, passionflower, mullein, and calendula, to name a few! Discover how using these plants in teas, tinctures, powders, and poultices can benefit you, while they beautify your garden. Bring a mug! (Attendance at Herbalism 101 recommended.)
Teacher: Herbalist & Health Coach Tricia McCauley. For more information see website
City Blossoms Seeking Summer Intern
City Blossoms is seeking dynamic, creative, garden-loving individuals to help lead programming and make greening the city exciting starting this summer. City Blossoms’ programming includes regular weekly workshops at several locations in Washington, D.C., Takoma Park, and Baltimore, as well as family-oriented weekend events, volunteer days and various community events. Experience in education (schools, summer camps, out-of-school programs) is required and Spanish-speaking skills are a plus. Gardening and/or Arts knowledge/confidence is extremely helpful! Must be available to work weekdays and some Saturdays. Internship includes hands-on experience in leading workshops as well as varied administrative tasks. A small stipend is provided for successful completion of this internship. Potential for part-time employment in the fall is contingent on the completion of this internship. Please send your resume along with a cover letter to Lola Bloom lola@cityblossoms.org or Rebecca LemosRebecca@cityblossoms.org
Neighborhood Farm Initiative in need of Supplies!
NFI is seeking donations for their summer Green Youth Corps program at Fort Totten and Lederer gardens. They are looking for: hoses, garden tools, SNACKS for the kids, potting soil, watering cans, gas powered weed wacker and lightweight folding tables. If you or your organization can donate, please e-mail neighborhoodfarm@gmail.com.
TO (Distribution)
DC Food for All Workshop:
DC Food for All’s next workshop is coming up July 15 from 6:30 to 8:30 at Bread for the City’s conference room, 1525 7th Street NW. Come for the conversation and connections, stay for the food. Email dcfoodforall@gmail.com to RSVP.
You are Invited: Summer Harvest Festival with Healthy Solutions!
The Summer Harvest Festival will feature: farmer’s market, Let’s Move! Community education, walking trail, health screenings, demos, food tastings, the “Ultimate Salad Competition” for kids!
When: July 10, 2010
Where: Washington Parks and People Riverside Center, 5200 Foote St, NE
For more information: Call (888) 415-2667 or see www.summerharvestfestival.com
3rd Annual Parking Lot Picnic with Bread for the City
July 22, 2010 6pm-8pm 1525 7th Street, NW, WDC 20001 FREE!
Come join clients, staff, volunteers, donors and neighbors for an evening of good food and good musicin celebration of all that Bread for the City accomplished over the past year. To RSVP please visit the website
Local Foods and School Garden Week
Mark your calendars, on October 11-15th DC Farm to School will celebrate the passage of the Healthy Schools Act, and fresh, seasonal, local foods and school gardens in schools and cafeterias District-wide! They’ll send around more information soon for schools interested to participate, and about community events (including garden tours, VIP speakers, educational programs and more). Would you like to help organize the event? Email Andrea at (andrea@dcfarmtoschool.org).
Job Opportunities with DCCK!
DC Central Kitchen has several open positions including: nutrition educator, fresh start culinary director, campus kitchens program manager, and more. To see full job description or to apply see the DCCK website.
FORK (Preparation and Preservation)
Restaurant Proceeds Support DCCK
For the whole month of July, you can support DC Central Kitchen by eating at Willow, which will donate 10% of the proceeds from sales of some special dishes as our “Eating Well – Doing Good” partner of the month.
Willow views itself as a high end neighborhood eatery with deep ties within the Arlington community. Chefs O’Grady and Jansen have been longtime supporters of the DC Central Kitchen and have participated in numerous events over the years. They have crafted this exquisite menu in further support of the program’s mission of combating hunger and creating opportunity.
Willow
4301 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA
(703) 465-8800 www.willowva.com
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