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Comment by J. C. Walker,Jr. on November 11, 2012 at 3:04pm

http://www.southwhidbeyrecord.com/community/178206841.html

Comment by J. C. Walker,Jr. on November 8, 2012 at 6:10am

http://www.resilience.org/stories/2012-11-05/the-vegetables-anyone-...

Comment by Sarah Robertson on November 6, 2012 at 7:59pm

Thank you for sharing Heather!  

Comment by Heather K on November 6, 2012 at 1:59pm

Beautiful -inspiring-shocking film "Chasing Ice" http://www.chasingice.com/   One of the best films of the decade, with time-elapse scenes of ancient landscapes of glaciers & deep ice that have existed since our collective human memory- that have now melted into water & are releasing ancient air that was been frozen for millennium. 

I've been inside deep blue ice crevasses and walked ancient glaciers as a mountain climber-  this film captures both the beauty & power of a rarely seen earth landscape, and shows  the visual truth of an immense geologic climate change that is happening right now in our lifetime.

This film returns to Pickford Theater Nov 16th-Tues Nov 20th! Not to be missed!

Show time details at- http://pickfordcinema.org/page/Playing-PFC.aspx#1291

Comment by Heather K on November 6, 2012 at 1:58pm

Anyone who is truly committed to eating more local http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/events/event/listUserEvents?user=... would benefit by any of Krista Romes weekly fall classes!   Learn how to store & prepare our local foods to last youfamily t through spring! Reduce winter grocery store trips. Nothing tastes better than harvest season home-cooked squash, potatoes, apples, roots, cabbage, and homemade fermented beverages that store without refrigeration!

Celt Schira will be teaching “Subsistence Gardening” November 18^{th .} “Subsistence gardening includes energy crops as well as vegetables. Learn how to grow your own food in a small area, with minimal inputs of time, water and mechanization. Class covers energy crop varieties for the maritime northwest (potatoes, corn, beans, dry peas, beans, wheat, barley), using cover crops to boost soil fertility, managing diseases and pests, and low tech methods for harvesting and processing. Register through Whatcom Folk School.).  Her events & blogs are posted at: http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/events/event/listUserEvents?user=0a99ghcin8jvu

Beekeeper, Karen Bean, http://brookfieldfarmhoney.wordpress.com/ is planning on speaking next Weds Nov 14th, 2012 at our local  beekeeping club meeting.  Karen  is my local beehive mentor as she does not use toxic chemicals & she overwinters her hives.  

Although there are only a handful of members who are committed to learning non-chemical methods  of working with the honeybee species,  the knowledge shared by the long time beekeepers is still valuable – and every beekeeper has a different opinion and different way.  The club meets once a month http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/events/mt-baker-beekeepers.

Comment by Heather K on November 6, 2012 at 1:57pm

Interested in volunteering to plan a January 2013 Seed Saving & Swap Event? Attend a planning tea & post your interest as comment on Heather K page http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/HeatherK We need new volunteers to take a lead in planning & set up!.

Good News! Benton County, Oregon citizens are in the process of creating a “Food Bill of Right” that would protect their ability to grow local food using their local grown heritage seeds!  Let Heather K know when you sense Lynden & Ferndale citizens are ripe for initiating an ordinance in Whatcom county.

GMO Awareness network - http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/group/gmoaction

Seed-saver's network at- http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/group/seedsavers

“Buy Backup Seeds- Just in Case”   by Farmer Walter Haugen. http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/forum/topics/buy-backup-seed-just...

To receive future posts by Farmer Walter, click “Follow” at bottom of his TW discussion page- http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/forum/topic/listForContributor?us...

Comment by Heather K on August 10, 2012 at 5:13pm

Summer!   Seed Workshop - Farmer Film - Farm Tour - & autumn Skillshare & barter faire:

 

Basic Seed Saving with Celt Aug 19 Sunday 2pm-4pm in B'ham-

http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/events/basic-seed-saving-1?xg_source=msg_mes_network

 

“The Farmer & His Horse” film at Pickford Limelight Tues Aug 21 at 6:30- http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/events/film-showing-the-farmer-an...

 

Whatcom County Farm Tour-  Sat Sept 8^th 10am-5pm

http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/events/whatcom-county-farm-tour?xg_source=msg_mes_network

Whatcom SkillShare Faire (& Barter)- Sat Sept 22^nd 10am – 11pm

(with overnight camping fri & sat for presenters & volunteers).

http://www.whatcomskillsharefaire.org/

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http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/events/whatcom-skillshare-faire

 

Skillshare volunteers & presentors may email planning team: whatcomskillsharefaire@gmail.com and one of our faire coordinators will respond.  (Planning meetings held most Thursday evenings).

Comment by Heather K on August 7, 2012 at 8:12pm

Natural Garden-Farmers!  Mark your calendars and join Larry Korn, Tuesday August 14^th for two events.   Larry Korn is a natural farmer, permaculture educator, and editor/translato rof “One Straw Revolution” (1978),  and of  Masanobu Fukuoka's  new book “Sowing Seeds in the Desert”.  Larry now lives near Ashland, Oregon, and will join Farmer Brian for “Natural Farming Observations at Inspiration Farm” from 1-4pm Tuesday.   Event details: http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/events/natural-farming-observatio... ; 

Join Larry also Tues evening when he will speaks at Village Books at 7pm- http://www.villagebooks.com/village-books-larry-korn-08/14/12 .

“ In Masanobu Fukuoka's newest book,  Sowing Seeds in the Desert, the earth is in great peril. Our global trauma, however, can be remedied, but only when we change our methods of earth stewardship, and the very way we think about the relationship between humans and nature... This revolutionary book presents Fukuoka's plan to rehabilitate the world’s deserts and achieve global food security by using natural farming, including practical solutions for feeding a growing human population and providing a deep and renewed understanding of the relationship between human beings and nature.”

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Weekend Workshops beyond Whatcom county:

Natural Farming Weekend – San Juan Island with Larry Korn & Krista Rome – Aug 11-12^th.

http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/events/natural-farming-weekend-on...   or 

http://goodearthcentre.org/events/

 

Sacred Apiculture – Biodynamic Honeybee Sanctuary with Jacqueline Freeman and Michael Thiele Aug 11-12^th near Battle Ground, WA.

http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/events/sacred-apiculture-biodynamic-honeybee-sanctuary

Comment by Chris Wolf on August 5, 2012 at 6:41pm

The Food Bank Farm could use more volunteers this summer! We grow organic vegetables for local food banks, and volunteering here is really fun, plus you learn a lot about gardening/ farming, and can take home fresh produce! If interested, contact Max Morange: glean@bellinghamfoodbank.org.

Comment by Laura R. on June 23, 2012 at 11:41am

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. We will print and distribute 50,000 copies this year.

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

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