In this newsletter:
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Highlights from early September
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Upcoming workshops and volunteer opportunities
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Tu'wusht Project Harvest Feast September 29
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Applications now open for the Practicum in Sustainable Agriculture at UBC Farm; open house this Saturday
Early September has been a transitional time, feeling the shift in the weather and noticing the slower growth of our crops (and our weeds, whew!). Our amazing team of UBC student interns have begun the final semester of their directed studies internships and are carrying out their individual research projects alongside their hands-on work with us in the garden, at the Feast Bowl, and in CRUW.
The Medicine Collective had the pleasure of leading a group from Vancouver Native Health Society's Cancer Care program in a medicine walk and will be welcoming UBC Midwifery students in MIDW 102: Birth and its Meaning to the garden for a medicine walk this coming Friday. Youth in the CRUW program worked with the Medicine Collective to harvest teas for drying and medicine making.
Helping hands from volunteers have been essential in the garden where we've planted oats as a cover crop and laid straw mulch to help prepare our beds for winter. Volunteers also helped plant radishes and harvested medicines like fennel seed, rose hips, and lavender buds to dry for tea.
Don't forget to check out our website and Facebook page for regular updates, photos, volunteer opportunities, and more!
Highlights from early September
 
 
 
Clockwise from top left: volunteers clear out the edamame bed to plant cover crop; asparagus berries ripening; a volunteer takes home a gigantic rutabaga; beautiful corn silk in the CRUW youth plots; volunteers help harvest and dry dandelion root for medicine; tomatillos are ripening and being frozen for winter Feast Bowl meals .
Upcoming workshops and volunteer opportunities
- Wednesday September 23rd, 1:30-4:30PM: Garden volunteer session
- Tuesday September 29th, 10:00AM-2:00PM: Tu'wusht Harvest Feast (RSVP required; read more below)
- Tuesday September 29th, 3:00-5:00PM: Tobacco Pipe Mix Making Medicine Workshop (workshop full, please RSVP to hannah.lewis@ubc.ca to join the waitlist)
- Wednesday September 30th: Feast Bowl community meal at the UBC Longhouse, featuring a reading by Francine Cunningham
- Thursday October 1st, 1:30-4:30PM: Garden volunteer session
- Wednesday October 7th, 1:30-4:30PM: Garden volunteer session
- Tuesday October 13th, 9:30AM-12:30PM: Garden volunteer session
- Wednesday October 21st, 1:30-4:30PM: Garden volunteer session
- Tuesday October 27th, 1:30-4:30PM: Last garden volunteer session of 2015!
- Wednesday October 28th: Feast Bowl community meal at the UBC Longhouse
- Wednesday November 25th: Feast Bowl community meal at the UBC Longhouse
- Wednesday December 16th: Feast Bowl community meal at the UBC Longhouse
How to volunteer for garden sessions: we work in the garden rain or shine, so come dressed for the weather. We have extra rain boots, gardening tools, and gloves to share. Bring a snack and water bottle - bring friends and family (of any age) too! No experience necessary. You will find us in the Indigenous Health Garden at the UBC Farm. The most up-to-date directions to the UBC Farm can be found here. Once at the Farm, you can follow the "Aboriginal Health Gardens" signs to find our garden here.
How to volunteer for the Feast Bowl: if you are new to the Feast Bowl, please fill out our volunteer sign-up form online so we can get to know you a bit better! Join us at the UBC First Nations Longhouse (1985 West Mall) at or after 9:30AM to help us harvest or cook, or 12:30PM to eat lunch with us. Extra help from any age or skill level is always appreciated, especially in the kitchen. If y ou can only join us for lunch, we encourage you to come anyway and we look forward to sharing a delicious meal with you!
Note: if you plan to bring a large group, please let us know ahead of time at hannah.lewis@ubc.ca.
Tu'wusht Project Harvest Feast: September 29
Our friends at the Tu'wusht Project are holding their annual Harvest Feast on Tuesday September 29th, 10:00AM-2:00PM on Musqueam Territory at UBC Farm! Come join for ceremony, speakers, food and community. To RSVP, please view the full invite here.
We hope to see you there!
Applications are now open for the Practicum in Sustainable Agriculture at UBC Farm; Open House this Saturday
The UBC Farm Practicum in Sustainable Agriculture is an eight-month experiential learning program designed for aspiring farmers, urban gardeners, environmental educators, and students with an interest in applying their learning about sustainable agriculture and food systems. Students bring a diversity of backgrounds and life experience to the practicum. Our program graduates share a vision of livelihoods and lifestyles grounded in sustainable and community-based food systems . Read more about the program here; applications are due by October 30, 2015.
Open House – September 19th, 2015
- Interested applicants are invited to join us on Saturday, September 19, 1:00 – 4:00 pm at the UBC Farm for an opportunity to meet current staff and students, tour the farm, and ask questions.
- Further details about the Open House can be found here.
The Coordinator of the Indigenous Health Research & Education Garden, Hannah, has been a student in the Practicum over the 2015 season and highly recommends it as a chance to learn how to grow good food and have good relationships with human and ecological communities while doing so. Feel free to chat to her at the garden or Feast Bowl if you have questions about this program!
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