9.14.22

Around The Farm
Selecting Plants and Seeds for Your Fall (and Winter) Urban Farm or Garden  
by Perry Acworth, UW Farm Manager
With September’s arrival, so begins our thoughts of fall on the farm: swiftly flipping beds from one crop to the next to capture the last warm days and kick start our fall crops, transplanting others for over wintering, choosing garlic varieties for planting in October, and gearing up for the cover crop season. 

With September’s arrival, so begins our thoughts of fall on the farm: swiftly flipping beds from one crop to the next to capture the last warm days and kick start our fall crops, transplanting others for over wintering, choosing garlic varieties for planting in October, and gearing up for the cover crop season.

Chrina Munn started September 1, 2022 as the farm’s new AmeriCorps Volunteer. She takes over from Dannette Lombert, who completed their 10-month contract in July.

9.7.22

Around The Farm
Introducing UW Farm’s New Food Security Lead

Chrina Munn started September 1, 2022 as the farm’s new AmeriCorps Volunteer. She takes over from Dannette Lombert, who completed their 10-month contract in July. The focus of the position is food security with an emphasis on growing and distributing the farm’s produce, seeds, and plant starts to local food banks and pantries, and households and building relationships with other food access, equity and educational farms and gardens. 

The UW Farm has had a long relationship with food banks near campus. Before the UW Food Pantry was established, students donated farm produce to the nearby UDistrict Food Bank.

8.31.22

Around The Farm
UW Farm's Growing Relationship with the UW Food Pantry

The UW Farm has had a long relationship with food banks near campus. Before the UW Food Pantry was established, students donated farm produce to the nearby UDistrict Food Bank.  
Students also organized pop-up food distribution events on campus that featured farm produce.
During 2020, a formal partnership with the new campus food pantry was established with the signing of the first Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) .The MOU  spells out the farm's and the pantry's commitment to rescuing vegetables, herbs, flowers and fruit that are not snapped up, or do not meet the standards or quantities needed for the CSA, UW Dining, and Athletics. 

8.24.22

Around The Farm

Life Without A Fridge: How an Experimental Lifestyle Leads to Lessons in Food Systems
By Faith Mathison, General Farm Intern, Computer Science Major

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to store, cook, and eat food without easy access to a refrigerator? Have you yourself lived in such a situation? Living without a fridge is something I didn’t put much thought into until I had to do it myself, at which point I realized how dependent modern life is on reliable refrigeration. 

A beehive removal & relocation at Yesler Swamp

8.17.22

Around The Farm

Urban Crop Planning Requires Time and Patience
by Daniel Osborne, UW Farm General Farm Intern, majoring in Environmental Science and Resource Management
 
As I was starting the second quarter of my UW Farm internship, Perry Acworth, the Farm Manager, asked me if there was anything that I wanted to focus on learning over the summer. I said, "crop planning." Immediately, I  plunged into the wild world of mismatched records and extensive spreadsheets. 

The next phase of the Rhododendron Glen restoration in the Arboretum is set to begin the week of August 16, 2022.