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Community Grown
Check out the spiffy web site sported by Vancouver Clark Community Grown!
http://communitygrown.org/index.html
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Seed Swaps, Seedball Making and the Urban Farmers Co-op!
Southwest Washington residents have some fantastic urban agriculture opportunities coming this winter thanks to the efforts of Warren Neth of Urban Abundance.
Here's a link to the entire Urban Abundance calendar of events.
And here's the scoop from Warren on what's happening soon at Urban Abundance:
Friends,
The Urban Abundance late winter calendar of FUN was been pulled together and I wanted to pass you the line up. I've also attached the press release for our new program, Urban Farmers Coop, which i'd love to discuss with you all more soon. All the events are posted on our Facebook page and website if you find that easier to keep track of.
Seeking food stewards! If anyone is particularly sure that they are going to join, and have interest in cooking a pot of soup/stew/beans warm goodness to bring to the event, I'm hoping to get a rotation of food bearers this next season. My paid position with Urban Abundance will end at the end of January, so I'll be having to focus more on other paid work and won't have as much time to put toward the project. LOOKING FWD to see what kinda legs UA has as an all-volunteer organization!
Cheers,
Warren
What: Urban Farmers Coop Information Session
When: Monday 1/24 6:30-8:00pm
Where: Minehaha Grange Hall, 4905 NE St. Johns Blvd.
Cost: FREE
Calling All Urban Farmers!
Join Vancouver’s Urban Famers Co-op!
Urban Farmers Co-op: Growing markets for urban raised bounty.
Do you have a green thumb and want to sell your produce, but don’t
know where to start?
Urban Abundance is launching Urban Farmers Co-op this spring. Urban
Farmers Co-op (UFC) offers urban growers a gateway to the marketplace
by providing a staffed vendor booth along with accounting and
marketing management for coop members’ produce. The UFC will make it
easy for you to live out your dream of being a farmer without leaving
the city limits. At the UFC booth, located in the heart of the Uptown
Village at the new Urban Growers Market, you will be able to find
produce grown by neighbors from just down the street.
Interested? Now is the time to start thinking about your garden plan!
www.myurbanabundance.org/urbanfarmerscoop
For more info contact Maika Horjus 360-909-9012
maika@myurbanabundance.org
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What: Wildflower Seedball Workshop
When: Tuesday 2/1 6:30-8:00pm
Where: Columbia Springs Environmental Center, Swift Classroom, 12208 SE Evergreen Hwy, http://www.columbiasprings.org/CSmap.jpg
Cost: FREE
Mix Clay, Compost and Native Wildflower seeds and “presto!” you have seedballs to toss around your yard and neighborhood creating a landscape that supports native pollinators and smiles. Seed balls are one-half inch diameter models of the living world protecting seed from predators and giving them all their base needs for germination once the rains come. They are a cost effective restoration technique that can be made by anyone anywhere in the world where there is soil and seed.
Making seedballs is also a great opportunity to meet others interested in creating abundance in our urban neighborhoods.
We will be serving a vegetarian stew, cornbread and salad. So please RSVP if you'd like to share food.
For more information on seedballs visit: www.myurbanabundance.org/wildflowerseedballworkshop
Hosted by Urban Abundance
www.myurbanabundance.org
For more details or RSVP contact Warren Neth 360-771-1296 or warren@myurbanabundance.org
_________________________
What: Urban Farmers Coop Information Session
When: Monday 2/7 6:30-8:00pm
Where: Minehaha Grange Hall, 4905 NE St. Johns Blvd.
Cost: FREE
Calling All Urban Farmers!
Join Vancouver’s Urban Famers Co-op!
Urban Farmers Co-op: Growing markets for urban raised bounty.
Do you have a green thumb and want to sell your produce, but don’t know where to start?
Urban Abundance is launching Urban Farmers Co-op this spring. Urban Farmers Co-op (UFC) offers urban growers a gateway to the marketplace by providing a staffed vendor booth along with accounting and marketing management for coop members’ produce. The UFC will make it easy for you to live out your dream of being a farmer without leaving
the city limits. At the UFC booth, located in the heart of the Uptown Village at the new Urban Growers Market, you will be able to find produce grown by neighbors from just down the street.
Interested? Now is the time to start thinking about your garden plan!
www.myurbanabundance.org/urbanfarmerscoop
For more info contact Maika Horjus 360-909-9012
maika@myurbanabundance.org
_________________________
What: Grow Vancouver: Seed swap and give away
When: Tuesday 2/15 @ 6:30-8:00pm
Where: Harney Elementary - Cafeteria 3212 E Evergreen Blvd 98661 Vancouver, WA
Cost: FREE
Bring your extra vegetable seed and trade with neighbors.
Bring home bags full of Free Vegetable and Herb Seed that has been donated to Urban Abundance.
This will also be the first Grow Vancouver gathering. Besides seed exchanging there will be opportunities to plan more urban agriculture projects with neighbors. Vegetarian stew and cornbread will be available. Feel free to bring other food goodies to share!
Find more information: www.myurbanabundance.org/growvancouver
or contact Warren Neth 360-771-1296
info@myurbanabundance.org
_________________________
What: Grow Vancouver: Seed swap and give away
When: Tuesday 3/15 @ 6:30-8:00pm
Where: Harney Elementary - Cafeteria 3212 E Evergreen Blvd 98661 Vancouver, WA
Cost: FREE
Making seedballs is also a great opportunity to meet others interested in creating abundance in our urban neighborhoods.
We will be serving a vegetarian stew, cornbread and salad. So please RSVP if you'd like to share food.
For more information on seedballs visit: www.myurbanabundance.org/wildflowerseedballworkshop Hosted by Urban Abundance www.myurbanabundance.org For more details or RSVP contact Warren Neth 360-771-1296 or warren@myurbanabundance.org
Bring your extra vegetable seed and trade with neighbors. Bring home bags full of Free Vegetable and Herb Seed that has been donated to Urban Abundance. This will also be the first Grow Vancouver gathering. Besides seed exchanging there will be opportunities to plan more urban agriculture projects with neighbors. Vegetarian stew and cornbread will be available. Feel free to bring other food goodies to share!
Find more information: www.myurbanabundance.org/growvancouver
or contact Warren Neth 360-771-1296
info@myurbanabundance.orgg
Here's a link to the entire Urban Abundance calendar of events.
And here's the scoop from Warren on what's happening soon at Urban Abundance:
Friends,
The Urban Abundance late winter calendar of FUN was been pulled together and I wanted to pass you the line up. I've also attached the press release for our new program, Urban Farmers Coop, which i'd love to discuss with you all more soon. All the events are posted on our Facebook page and website if you find that easier to keep track of.
Seeking food stewards! If anyone is particularly sure that they are going to join, and have interest in cooking a pot of soup/stew/beans warm goodness to bring to the event, I'm hoping to get a rotation of food bearers this next season. My paid position with Urban Abundance will end at the end of January, so I'll be having to focus more on other paid work and won't have as much time to put toward the project. LOOKING FWD to see what kinda legs UA has as an all-volunteer organization!
Cheers,
Warren
What: Urban Farmers Coop Information Session
When: Monday 1/24 6:30-8:00pm
Where: Minehaha Grange Hall, 4905 NE St. Johns Blvd.
Cost: FREE
Calling All Urban Farmers!
Join Vancouver’s Urban Famers Co-op!
Urban Farmers Co-op: Growing markets for urban raised bounty.
Do you have a green thumb and want to sell your produce, but don’t
know where to start?
Urban Abundance is launching Urban Farmers Co-op this spring. Urban
Farmers Co-op (UFC) offers urban growers a gateway to the marketplace
by providing a staffed vendor booth along with accounting and
marketing management for coop members’ produce. The UFC will make it
easy for you to live out your dream of being a farmer without leaving
the city limits. At the UFC booth, located in the heart of the Uptown
Village at the new Urban Growers Market, you will be able to find
produce grown by neighbors from just down the street.
Interested? Now is the time to start thinking about your garden plan!
www.myurbanabundance.org/urbanfarmerscoop
For more info contact Maika Horjus 360-909-9012
maika@myurbanabundance.org
_________________________
What: Wildflower Seedball Workshop
When: Tuesday 2/1 6:30-8:00pm
Where: Columbia Springs Environmental Center, Swift Classroom, 12208 SE Evergreen Hwy, http://www.columbiasprings.org/CSmap.jpg
Cost: FREE
Mix Clay, Compost and Native Wildflower seeds and “presto!” you have seedballs to toss around your yard and neighborhood creating a landscape that supports native pollinators and smiles. Seed balls are one-half inch diameter models of the living world protecting seed from predators and giving them all their base needs for germination once the rains come. They are a cost effective restoration technique that can be made by anyone anywhere in the world where there is soil and seed.
Making seedballs is also a great opportunity to meet others interested in creating abundance in our urban neighborhoods.
We will be serving a vegetarian stew, cornbread and salad. So please RSVP if you'd like to share food.
For more information on seedballs visit: www.myurbanabundance.org/wildflowerseedballworkshop
Hosted by Urban Abundance
www.myurbanabundance.org
For more details or RSVP contact Warren Neth 360-771-1296 or warren@myurbanabundance.org
_________________________
What: Urban Farmers Coop Information Session
When: Monday 2/7 6:30-8:00pm
Where: Minehaha Grange Hall, 4905 NE St. Johns Blvd.
Cost: FREE
Calling All Urban Farmers!
Join Vancouver’s Urban Famers Co-op!
Urban Farmers Co-op: Growing markets for urban raised bounty.
Do you have a green thumb and want to sell your produce, but don’t know where to start?
Urban Abundance is launching Urban Farmers Co-op this spring. Urban Farmers Co-op (UFC) offers urban growers a gateway to the marketplace by providing a staffed vendor booth along with accounting and marketing management for coop members’ produce. The UFC will make it easy for you to live out your dream of being a farmer without leaving
the city limits. At the UFC booth, located in the heart of the Uptown Village at the new Urban Growers Market, you will be able to find produce grown by neighbors from just down the street.
Interested? Now is the time to start thinking about your garden plan!
www.myurbanabundance.org/urbanfarmerscoop
For more info contact Maika Horjus 360-909-9012
maika@myurbanabundance.org
_________________________
What: Grow Vancouver: Seed swap and give away
When: Tuesday 2/15 @ 6:30-8:00pm
Where: Harney Elementary - Cafeteria 3212 E Evergreen Blvd 98661 Vancouver, WA
Cost: FREE
Bring your extra vegetable seed and trade with neighbors.
Bring home bags full of Free Vegetable and Herb Seed that has been donated to Urban Abundance.
This will also be the first Grow Vancouver gathering. Besides seed exchanging there will be opportunities to plan more urban agriculture projects with neighbors. Vegetarian stew and cornbread will be available. Feel free to bring other food goodies to share!
Find more information: www.myurbanabundance.org/growvancouver
or contact Warren Neth 360-771-1296
info@myurbanabundance.org
_________________________
What: Grow Vancouver: Seed swap and give away
When: Tuesday 3/15 @ 6:30-8:00pm
Where: Harney Elementary - Cafeteria 3212 E Evergreen Blvd 98661 Vancouver, WA
Cost: FREE
Making seedballs is also a great opportunity to meet others interested in creating abundance in our urban neighborhoods.
We will be serving a vegetarian stew, cornbread and salad. So please RSVP if you'd like to share food.
For more information on seedballs visit: www.myurbanabundance.org/wildflowerseedballworkshop Hosted by Urban Abundance www.myurbanabundance.org For more details or RSVP contact Warren Neth 360-771-1296 or warren@myurbanabundance.org
Bring your extra vegetable seed and trade with neighbors. Bring home bags full of Free Vegetable and Herb Seed that has been donated to Urban Abundance. This will also be the first Grow Vancouver gathering. Besides seed exchanging there will be opportunities to plan more urban agriculture projects with neighbors. Vegetarian stew and cornbread will be available. Feel free to bring other food goodies to share!
Find more information: www.myurbanabundance.org/growvancouver
or contact Warren Neth 360-771-1296
info@myurbanabundance.orgg
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
The Vancouver Kids Cooking Corner
Here's a fun, new, local business that offers classes for the aspiring young Julia or Jacques in your home.
Friday, December 10, 2010
Growing Groceries Garden Mentor Workshop
Growing Groceries Garden Mentor Workshop
The Growing Groceries Mentor Program is a new Clark County collaborative effort focused on training and linking experienced gardeners to serve as mentors in community based garden programs.
Training will take place over 4 months with one training session per month on the following dates:
January 8, 2011 from 9 a.m to 1 p.m.
February 12, 2011 from 9 a.m to 1 p.m.
March 12, 2011 from 9 a.m to 1 p.m.
and April 9, 2011 from 9 a.m to 1 p.m.
Garden Mentors must attend all four training sessions.
Please bring a sack lunch to each training session.
The program will include training on;
site and plant selection
soils and irrigation
composting and environmental stewardship
harvesting and preserving
community organization and leadership
Growing Groceries Mentors will then volunteer with organizations such as neighborhood associations, schools, faith-based and emergency food organizations and community garden sites and serve as a technical resource and a garden champion.
This program was developed through joint efforts of Clark County Public Health, WSU Clark County Extension, and other community garden advocates.
The Portal Cafe
2007 E. 12th Street
Vancouver, WA 98661
The Growing Groceries Mentor Program is a new Clark County collaborative effort focused on training and linking experienced gardeners to serve as mentors in community based garden programs.
Training will take place over 4 months with one training session per month on the following dates:
January 8, 2011 from 9 a.m to 1 p.m.
February 12, 2011 from 9 a.m to 1 p.m.
March 12, 2011 from 9 a.m to 1 p.m.
and April 9, 2011 from 9 a.m to 1 p.m.
Garden Mentors must attend all four training sessions.
Please bring a sack lunch to each training session.
The program will include training on;
site and plant selection
soils and irrigation
composting and environmental stewardship
harvesting and preserving
community organization and leadership
Growing Groceries Mentors will then volunteer with organizations such as neighborhood associations, schools, faith-based and emergency food organizations and community garden sites and serve as a technical resource and a garden champion.
This program was developed through joint efforts of Clark County Public Health, WSU Clark County Extension, and other community garden advocates.
The Portal Cafe
2007 E. 12th Street
Vancouver, WA 98661
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Patch: A Time to Build Up Farms
Patch: A Time to Build Up Farms
Saturday, January 8, 2011
7:00pm
Sat, January 8, 2011, 7pm – 9pm
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Parish Hall, 426 E Fourth Plain Blvd
The locally filmed Patch: A Time to Build Up Farms will be showcased at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in the Parish Hall at 7 pm. This film was created and produced by Vancouver School of Arts and Academics student Justine Hanrahan as part of the school’s Art for Change theme. The movie explores the importance of local sustainable farms in Clark County and features Urban Abundance’s own Warren Neth. The film includes interviews from local farms such as Inspiration Plantation, Storytree Farm, Osprey Organic Farm and Dee Creek. Stores and organizations featured are Vancouver Co-op, Neighbors Market and Urban Abundance. The showing is a chance to learn more about the agriculture in the area and speak with the farmers who provide Clark County residents sustainable products. Patch: A Time to Build Up Farms focuses on the importance of farms and how people can be a part of patching up the local farm economy. The director’s artistic vision is symbolized by a scarecrow being patched up with various patches which represent the different farms or organizations repairing the farming community in Clark County. The showing is free of charge and a great chance to meet farmers and gather information about the agriculture around you.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
The Best of Bubbles! @ Niche
"The Best of Bubbles!
Niche Wine & Art
Niche Wine & Art
Tuesday, December 28, 2010, 6-8:00pm
Nothing is more celebratory than bubbles!
Nothing is more celebratory than bubbles!
Taste through a delightful array of sparkling wines from around the world while learning the basics of bubbles and how to serve them.
Fee $25
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