Local Food Security Events (Network)

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Comment by Laura R. on June 23, 2012 at 11:40am

Get involved in official September Eat Local Month happenings - host a featured event this year!

Let the Food & Farming Program at Sustainable Connections know about your Sept. local food focused class, tasting, food/farming book reading, forum/speaker, edible gardening workshop, etc!

Send the info below by Wed. June 27th to eatlocalfirst@sconnect.org (earlier is great)!
1. Title, date, time of event; 2. Event description - 100 words or less; 3. Contact person, email and phone number.

Get your event on the calendar and in the Guide to September Eat Local Month, and the Whatcom County Farm Tour. Printing deadline approaching fast. Reply by Wed June 27!

Celebrate local and seasonal food and this great place we all get so much nourishment from!

https://www.facebook.com/eatlocalfirst

Comment by Laura R. on January 26, 2011 at 10:12am

Hi folks,

re: planning for a food security summit, I've been working with a small group to plan the formation of a food network in Whatcom County, to work toward all of us being coordinated in some way. We plan to pull together all the organizations and groups that are working on or within the food system in April or May. Here's the details:

 

What do we hope to accomplish by establishing the Whatcom Food Network?

 Purpose Statement (draft)
The Whatcom Food Network is working to build common understanding and facilitate collaborative efforts toward a healthy and equitable food
system for all.

Actions to Guide the Work of the Network
.       Identify overlaps and collaborate on opportunities to build
community capacity toward a healthy and equitable food system for all.
.       Gain a collective understanding of system-wide barriers and
gaps.
.       Identify potential partnerships and opportunities to leverage
resources.

Long Term Overarching Functions
.       Increase communication among food system-related organizations,
agencies, and institutions.
.       Facilitate collective work toward mutual goals (This last one is
a place holder for the longer-term and action-based work that might come of having a Network).

 

Hopefully it is clear from the above Network outline that the purpose is to coordinate and find common ground. We have had lots of discussions about community engagement events that might map a common vision for food security, or create actions and plans, but we feel strongly that the first step must be to bring together the groups that are already working on food system issues to agree to be coordinated in our efforts.

At our last meeting we discussed the potential overlap between what the Transition food security group is planning and this network launch event.

We would like to invite those of you planning the food security event to us in planning this Network launch.  The next meeting is 10:30 am - 12 noon on Wednesday, February 2 at the WSU Whatcom Extension office on Forest Street. We will set the date, plan the agenda and logistics of the Network launch event, and prepare a save the date notice.  

Please contact me if you are interested in joining us! I will not post my personal information here, but you can start by contacting me on this site or at work: 360-647-7093, x 106.

 

We hope to unify our efforts and to work together!

Comment by Eric Jensen on January 25, 2011 at 9:34pm

Upcoming food security related event:

Walter Haugen will be visiting WWU's Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture class this Friday for a presentation beginning at 2 pm.  The event is free, thank you Walter for donating your time, and is open to the community.  For more information see the event posting here on the TW website.

 

http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/events/a-presentation-from-walter

Comment by Erin Thompson on January 10, 2011 at 6:44pm

 Food Sovereignty: What is it? What does it mean for Whatcom County’s Food System?

Saturday January 15, 2011, Whatcom Community College Syre Center 2:30-4:30

The national and international grassroots movements for Food Sovereignty are surging and gaining tremendous momentum. Join us to learn what Food Sovereignty is, to get an update on what exciting new work is moving forward, and for a dialogue about how we can bring this movement home to Whatcom County.

Comment by Erin Thompson on January 10, 2011 at 6:41pm

Health and Healing Through Traditional Food Systems: Local Examples

Saturday January 15, 2011, Whatcom Community College Syre Center 11:00-1:00
The Norwest Indian College’s Traditional Plants and Foods Program and Community to Community’s Cocinas Sanas/Healthy Kitchens Project are both working to restore health to our people, our cultures, the land, and our community. Come hear what these programs are doing to return balance, health, and justice to our people and our food system in community based traditional ways. Join us for a presentation, cooking demonstrations and a community dialogue about the intersections of food, health, traditional practices, and how our Whatcom County Community can stand in solidarity with programs working for similar goals

Comment by Heather K on January 1, 2011 at 10:38pm

 Sunday January 30^th at 11:30 :

Bellingham Seed-Swap (3rd winter annual).

“Putting Seeds Into the Hands of the People!"

Mark your calendars. Bring finger foods to share.

 

Open Seed exchange & specialty seeds! Bring seed-potatoes & edible tubers!

 

Event details located both on facebook and online at: http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/events/bellingham-community-seedswap

 

Bring your seeds & your baskets, just in case we fill the room and folks need to share their seeds on the sidewalks!

 RSVP would be nice.

Comment by Heather K on January 1, 2011 at 10:28pm

 Correction on ning link error:

Discussion on local food security summit on Kate's transition group located here:

http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/group/foodsecurityworkgroup

 

(and also through emails, phone, face-to-face.)

 

Comment by Heather K on January 1, 2011 at 10:03pm

 Local Food-Security-Summit event in planning stages...possibly as early as January.

“Do your doodle” and come together to create the Food Security Summit event with Kate Wolf & neighbors;

http://doodle.com/pxcb53ppxxt2dy2q

Event planning in process.

 

Transition discussion on Kate's work group at:

http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/group/foodsecurityworkgroup

Comment by Kate Clark on November 10, 2010 at 8:00pm

Delete Comment Hey food security people, I have held off as a lot of you were busy with planting and then harvest...I assume things may have slowed a bit by now. I would like to start planning a Whatcom Food Security Summit for January or February. My goals at least, would be to get these food security efforts, groups, organizations, etc. together to assess the current situation, and see where there needs to be more support and where there may be complete gaps. Any of you interested in being on a planning team for this?

Comment by Laura R. on November 8, 2010 at 12:17pm

thought you all would want to know about this.

NEWS RELEASE Oct. 29, 2010
WSU-Klickitat County Extension
Contact: Susan Kerr, 509-773-5817, kerrs@wsu.edu

A partnership of Mid-Columbia Extension offices will sponsor a series of workshops and farm visits for new small acreage owners as well as established agriculture producers considering expanding into new enterprises.
The next workshops will be held in Centerville on Nov. 13. The morning program from 9 AM to noon will be Small Scale Poultry Production with a home processing demonstration. The afternoon program from 1 to 4 PM will focus on Intensive Composting. Come and learn first-hand from successful and experienced small acreage producers about these popular and useful topics.
Registration is $5 per person per workshop, payable at the door; scholarships are available. Pre-registration is required to insure adequate resources. Beverages and light snacks will be provided, but please bring a sack lunch or make other meal plans. Dress for all weather possibilities such as rain, cold or heat. Please wear disinfected waterproof footwear and bring a portable chair. Please do not bring dogs to these workshops.
Additional workshops to be held this fall will focus on rainwater harvesting, understanding weather predictions, tree fruit pruning and management, specialty forest products, new farmer “incubation” and value added products and marketing.
For directions, pre-registration and more information about any of the above workshops, contact WSU-Klickitat County Extension at 509-773-5817 or klickitat@wsu.edu or go to www.klickitat.wsu.edu. These programs are co-sponsored by WSU Extension of Klickitat and Skamania counties, Oregon State Extension Service of Wasco and Hood River counties, Gorge Grown Food Network, the Western Center for Risk Management Education and/or the Underwood Conservation District, Wasco and Hood River County Soil and Water Conservation Districts.

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