07.31.24

Around The Farm

The Children’s Garden
By Leyna Doty, Program on the Environment: Environmental Studies, Children’s Garden Intern

After the COVID pandemic shut down the farm to visitors, the Children’s Garden sat vacant, except for a few straggly plants and once-accurate painted rock labels. This season, the Children’s Garden has been an ongoing project to bring back a welcoming space to kids who visit for day camps, field trips, and a sunny stroll from the neighboring Union Bay Natural Area.  The children’s garden sits towards the northwest corner of the farm, behind the high tunnel. 

07.24.24

Around The Farm

Agroecology in Action on the UW Farm
By Phoebe Clifton, Program on the Environment: Environmental Studies, Vermicompost Intern
Ever since its creation in 2004, the UW Farm has committed to strengthening people’s connection to both food and the environment, recognizing that the two are deeply intertwined. Agroecology is the practice of using local ecosystems to shape agricultural practices, rather than imposing unsustainable growing practices that will eventually degrade the land and harm nearby communities. 

07.17.24

Around The Farm

Sweet Farm Sestina
By Abigail Ipjian, English: Creative Writing & Environmental Studies Minor, Education Intern
Some days I wake up missing the joy
I try so hard to lead my life with. The sunshine
spills in my window, yet stepping into it is more work
than I feel capable of. By now I have learned
that with time, my spirit will grow
so I can rise and remember my role on this earth. 

Scientific name: Fagus sylvatica
Common Name: Common beech, European beech
Family: Fagaceae (Oak family)
Conservation Status: Least Concern
Locations in the Washington Park Arboretum: Oak Collection area, directly east from the Graham Visitor Center
Fagus sylvatica, 3 specimens 595-44-A &B & 907-50-A: grids 42-1E, 43-1E
F.sylvatica ‘Aspleniifolia’ 1142-49-A: grid 41-1E
F.sylvatica ‘Dawyck’ 490-57-A: grid 40-1E
F.sylvatica ‘Riversii’ 682-67-A: grid 44-B
F.sylvatica ‘Rohanii’ 382-50-A: grid 42-1E
F.sylvatica ‘Spaethiana’ 654-54-A: grid 42-1E
F.sylvatica f. 

07.10.24

Around The Farm

The CSA: 7 Reasons Why
By Alex Ball, Food Systems, Nutrition, and Health, School of Public Health, Dani Elenga Intern; CSA Assistant Manager
 
A CSA, or Community Supported Agriculture, is a model in which consumers pay a lump sum at the beginning of a farm’s growing season, and then receive a weekly share of whatever produce that farm grows. 

07.03.24

Around The Farm

UW Farm Opens Aquaculture Plot to Support Indigenous Food Sovereignty on Campus
By Kove Janeski, Farm Staff, UW Alumni, Master of Landscape Architecture Program, Spring ’24
As an extension of the wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House’s Native Garden, an aquaculture plot has taken shape at the UW Farm’s site at the Center for Urban Horticulture. The clay-lined waterbody will grow wapato (Sagittaria latifolia), a plant that is native to most of the Americas. 

06.26.24

Around The Farm

UW Farm and Teen Feed Reduce Food Waste & Support Food Security in University District 
By Cassie Diamond 
 

At first glance, feeding unhoused folks and protecting the environment may not seem like they have a whole lot to do with each other. However, Teen Feed volunteers have found a way to do both at the same time. 

06.12.24

Around The Farm

For The Love Of Pollinators: 5 Native Plants to Consider Planting to Help Support Local Pollinators
Article and Illustration by Ella Gostisha, Undergraduate Student, Environmental Studies Major, Program on the Environment ,UW Farm Beekeeping Intern, Spring ’24

Did you know that it takes more than 36 female worker bees to produce one single tablespoon of honey? Honey bees, which are not native to North America, are not only kept to produce honey for human consumption, but are responsible for pollinating more than 80% of all flowering plants, including more than 130 global crops that humans rely on. 

06.05.24

Around The Farm

Little Mice on the Prairie 
Zereen Hazel Gesmundo, Undergraduate Student, Art 3D4M Major and Nutrition
Minor, UW Nutrition Education Intern Spring ‘24

Artist Statement: In my artwork, I utilize the realm of digital art to create painting-like drawings. My art education at UW has enabled me to expand my skills by using a variety of different mediums, including metal and ceramics. 

05.29.24

Around The Farm

UW Farm Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
Program Launches Next Week!
By Aisling Doyle Wade, UW Farm Production Manager
An early season UW Farm CSA box from 2023
 
It’s hard to believe, but Wednesday June 5th, the 2024 UW Farm CSA will commence! Our Full Season (24 weeks) and Summer Season (16 weeks) CSA shareholders will be coming down to the farm to collect their very first CSA boxes of the 2024 season.