04.12.23

Around The Farm

By Perry Acworth, UW Farm Manager
 
Seattle Sister City is First in France to Offer Degree in Urban Agriculture 
A year ago three delegates from Nantes, the sixth largest city in France requested a tour of the UW Farm. With the help of a translator, provided by the Seattle-Nantes sister City Association, and vocabulary learned from my high school french language class decades ago, I explained how we manage three different models of urban farming on campus and how we engage with students. 

04.05.23

Around The Farm
By Dan Cook, UW Farm Community Volunteer and Seattle home gardener.
Jamming, Part 3 – The Final Chapter!
OK, two weeks ago, I talk about making fruit jams, and last week I talked about the equipment I use for my jamming. This week I will talk about the step-be-step process of converting the ingredients into Tasty Jam! 

03.29.23

Around The Farm
By Dan Cook, UW Farm Community Volunteer and Seattle home gardener. 
 
Jamming! Part Two
In last week’s newsletter, I started talking about making fruit jams, one of the easiest and tastiest ways to get started with preserving food. I provided you with one of my go-to recipes for making blackberry mango jam, and discussed the various ingredients (fruit, sugar, pectin, citric acid) that make up the recipe. 

03.22.23

Around The Farm
By Dan Cook, UW Farm long-time volunteer 
 
Jamming! Part One
When my wife, Lily, and I moved from Las Vegas to Berkeley, California, we started growing tomatoes in a small 10’ x 20’ garden plot in the front of our rental house. We were soon facing what any successful urban farmer faces at some point in time, that is, the “too much produce” dilemma. 

03.16.23

Around The Farm
By Kove Janeski, UW Organic Farming and Operations Lead, Landscape Architecture Masters Student 
Coming Soon: Wapato Pond

As Seattle’s growing season ramps up, the Farm team is working hard every day to get our plots ready for this year’s crops. In addition to these seasonal tasks, the Farm is also focused on larger, long-term projects. One of these projects is the construction of a pond for the cultivation of Wapato (Sagittaria latifolia). 

03.10.23

Around The Farm
 
Composting: reducing carbon emissions from food waste is easier than you think

By Perry Acworth, UW Farm Manager
Many students that visit or simply hear about the UW farm often ask to what extent our farming practices are sustainable. There are quite a few answers to this depending on the definition. From individual understanding to textbook terms, sustainable is often referred to as addressing the long term well-being of society, the environment and economy. 

03.01.23

Around The Farm

By Sally Schafer, UW Farm Informatics Intern, Informatics Major and Environmental Studies Minor
Hi all! My name is Sally, and I’ve had the pleasure of being one of the UW Farm Informatics Interns this past quarter. From the first time I volunteered, I knew I loved the farm. Working there in spring, summer, fall, and now winter, has given me so much. 

02.22.23

Around The Farm
Ingrid Fosberg, General Farm Intern, Public Health-Global Health Major

 
I love public health. In my last quarter as an undergraduate, I reflect fondly on my course of study and eagerly anticipate a career at the intersection of science and social justice. Given my aspirations, some may question why I choose to spend precious weeks right before jumping into the job market and researching graduate schools outside, growing food, and getting dirty. 

02.15.23

Around The Farm
By Lily Shen, UW Farm Informatics Intern, UW junior, majoring in Data Science
Hi! My name is Lily and I am a junior studying Data Science and Geography. Ever since I was a kid, I have always tried my best to be environmentally conscious. As I continued through college, I decided that I wanted to be even more so. 

02.08.23

Around The Farm
By Vivian [Wen-Huei] Chen, senior, majoring in Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health and  Political Science, UW Farm Environmental Justice Intern
 
My name is Vivian Chen, I was born and raised in Taiwan and came to Seattle for college. In my spare time, I enjoy cooking and baking bread which I find as my ideal of slowing down to appreciate life’s small joys.