06.01.22

Around The Farm

Incorporating Environmental Justice at the UW Farm
By Kelsey Borland, UW Farm Environmental Justice Intern, Environmental Sciences and Resource Management Major, College of the Environment
As the Environmental Justice Intern for the Spring quarter, it was my goal to host an event to introduce people to the Farm and have them feel welcomed. The intended guests for this event were people of color, and specifically, registered student organizations focusing on marginalized identities.  

5.25.22

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Meet Our Intern: Sean Flory
By Sean Flory, UW Farm Intern, Biology Major, College of Arts and Sciences
Hello! My name is Sean, and I’m a second year undergraduate student majoring in general biology and an intern at the UW Farm.
Before my Spring internship I was a regular volunteer at the Farm. I first decided to volunteer in Fall 2021 and have been coming back ever since. 

5.18.22

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The Cultural Utilization of Weed Harvesting
By Kayla Guzman, Food Security Intern, Food Systems and Nutritional Health Major, Education Learning and Society Minor
Within various cultures the utilization of harvesting weeds is a practice to sustain food security.  Chickweed, dandelion, shepherds’ purse, crabgrass, common purslane, shot weed, and lamb’s quarter are all known weeds harvested for consumption throughout a vast number of cultures. 

5.11.22

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Introducing our NEW Urban Farming and Food Systems Intern at UW Farm

Althea is a third-year undergraduate student majoring in Environmental Studies, College of the Environment, and new Urban Farming and Food Systems intern at the UW Farm.
Before joining the UW Farm team in April, Althea spent her 2020 summer working on an organic strawberry farm in Oregon. 

5.04.22

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How Sourcing Seeds Locally Models Sustainable Growing Practices
By Dannette Lombert, AmeriCorps Member, Food Security Lead
With spring off to a strong start many of you are probably elbow deep in your gardens and growing spaces, trying to take care of all the new seedlings and crops that are starting to grow.
For those who like to grab starts – potted plants that have germinated and growing for a couple weeks – this is also the time when many plant sales are going on and when folks may be starting to source seeds. 

4.27.22

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Earth Day: In Case You Missed It!
By Dannette Lombert, AmeriCorps Member, Food Security Lead
We had an exciting weekend, celebrating Earth Day with the ribbon cutting of our Vermicompost Unit! All across UW there were numerous events, especially in the Seattle and Greater Seattle Area
In case you weren't available to attend our ribbon cutting, below is a photo album, from top left going clock wise: Margaux Ranson, former UW Farm Education Intern ('21) and creator of educational signage, UWBG Director, Christina Owen, Julia Macray, Mary Gates Scholar and Vermicompost Intern, and Uw Farm student staff, Kove Janeski at the ribbon-cutting, David Zuckerman, UWBG Horticulture and UW Farm Manager, Perry Acworth, field questions from attendees. 

4.20.22

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Vermicomposting: Small Livestock, Big Impact!
By Dannette Lombert, AmeriCorps Member, Food Security Lead
 
The UW Farm will officially have livestock on the farm: red wigglers! This week we are welcoming the worms as part of our NEW CSF-funded vermicomposting facility, the result of a grant written by Michael Bradshaw, PhD '20. After more than five years of collaboration and hard work, the ribbon-cutting will be this Friday as part of Earth Day festivities on the UW Seattle campus (see details below). 

4.13.22

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An Introduction to our Mary Gates Leadership Scholars:

This quarter we are excited to announce that two UW Students, who have volunteered with us regularly throughout their time at UW, applied and were accepted to be Mary Gates Leadership Scholars! They each will be working on a project on the Farm across two quarters. We would like to introduce them to the greater UW Farm community, as you all will be seeing a lot of them and their work for the rest of the growing season. 

4.6.22

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by Russell Botulinski, Undergraduate Student in Restoration Ecology & Environmental Horticulture, Former Student Staff and Intern
In 2016, as part of her Masters of Environmental Horticulture capstone project, Nicolette Neumann oversaw the design and installation of the Agricultural Hedgerow at the southern edge of the UW Farm. The primary purpose was to improve native pollinator habitat and act as a riparian buffer zone. 

3.30.22

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by Annaliese Youngs, senior, Public Health Global Health Major, Food System Nutrition and Health Minor, UW Farm Education Intern, Winter Quarter '22
 
With the season changing and spring just around the corner, the UW Farm is busy starting crops.
With average the last frost date of April 6th in the Seattle area, there are a variety of methods the UW Farm uses to get a head start on spring planting.