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EARTH DAY CELEBRATION, April 22
Once again we will be gathering with students and teachers from North Washington Elementary School and community leaders to celebrate this earth that is our home. Join us for music, messages by our judge and our mayor, a short keynote by St. Catharine Berry Farming Program student Shelby Floyd, and a great lunch as we remind ourselves how grateful we are for this planet that gives us all life, and as we give each other encouragement in the work of keeping our earth healthy and strong.
SECOND ANNUAL GREEN FESTIVAL, April 25
The second annual Green Festival will be even bigger and better than last year's. Almost forty vendors will share local food, crafts, products, skills and services. Bring the kids, have a locally grown lunch or snack and see what your neighbors are up to. Energy around this event is very high among the planners and the vendors. We can hardly wait for all the fun it will bring this year.
Want a booth focused on some form of sustainability to sell or to teach? Contact us soon at NewPioneersSF@aol.com for an application. There are still a few spaces available.
NP 10th ANNIVERSARY DINNER, MAY 21
Mark your calendar for this rescheduled date if you had bought tickets for March 5 (before the big second snow!) at St. Catharine’s. There will be a great locally sourced meal, silent auction, awards given to Mary Berry, director of the Berry Center and daughter of Wendell, as well as to Martha and Arthur Young, and lots of good companionship at the tables. A few tickets ($35 each) are still available and can be purchased at the New Pioneers office.
GET YOUR GARDEN GROWING!
The on-going drought in California will undoubtedly have a major effect on produce prices and availability this summer and into the future. Be smart and start your spring vegetable patch right now. As our climate changes, we will all have to make new decisions about what our budgets can bear and how to provide food for our families that is healthy and sustaining. Kitchen gardens and some good, egg-laying hens could make a big difference. Many folks who are not farmers are experimenting again with raising some of their food – and having fun doing so! If you have been thinking about it, this is the year to give it a try!
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