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Latest Newsletter | September 2010

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Roots Farm Potluck

Saturday, September 4

Volunteer Hours, Tours, potluck and movie night!

Our farm is all about community, so what better way to say that than by hosting a monthly community gathering? On the first Saturday of every month starting at 2pm we host tours, volunteer opportunities, a grand potluck dinner followed by a movie under the stars. Our first on is Saturday, August 7.

*Please bring something yummy to share (extra points for using organic, locally grown ingredients). Please label your dish and ingredients used if possible. Also bring a chair, plate, cup and eating utensils to help us keep this a zero-waste event. It may get breezy around sundown, so bring a jacket and warm clothing.

Want to volunteer at the farm?
Click here to find out more.

Help Grow the Farm!
Click here to find out more.

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Breaking News
La Milpa Organica Farm is closing

Farewell Open House Potluck

Saturday, September 18, 5 to 10pm

9928 Protea Gardens Road, Escondido California 92026

Potluck & Wood-fired Pizzas @ 5pm
Family-friendly Film after dark

This is the last chance to visit this little agricultural gem before they close at the end of September. Farms are nice places to hang out, and what Barry Logan has created here is a perfect example of how beautiful things happen when a community embraces a farm. We'll serve freshly made, wood-fired pizzas. After dark we'll show a family-friendly, inspiring movie under the oak trees. Rain cancels.

Please bring something tasty to share, a chair to sit on, and your own plate, cup & utensils to keep this event zero waste! Organic food is appreciated, local and organic is the best! Consider providing a dish description: organic, vegetarian, vegan, local, etc.

Note from La Milpa farmer Barry Logan:

September 1, 2010
Dear friends, friends of the farm, eaters, volunteers, fellow farmers, apprentices, chefs, fellow travelers, magnificent humans all:

I have decided to close La Milpa Organica Farm.

Farming would ideally be focused on caretaking the land, growing food and feeding people. Unfortunately, the administrative burden imposed by the existing regulatory framework has made it impossible to continue.

I am truly humbled by the support that the people of San Diego have given the farm and me personally.

The farm has been a great success in terms of feeding people. We have been able to maintain year-round vegetable production for seven years. Vegetables are incapable of lying. That is, the quality, taste, freshness of our produce are an honest reflection of the place and conditions under which they were grown and harvested. I am very proud of the story they tell us each day.

The local food movement has grown considerably during my tenure, the new farms coming along insure that there will not be food vacuum left in our wake.

I know that I am leaving this land in better condition than I found it. The quality of the soil and increased bio-diversity reflects that. Still I am saddened to turn off the irrigation and leave.

Our fundraising efforts for a well raised seven thousand dollars. San Diego Roots is holding those funds against future need. Thank you everyone who contributed. I would like those funds used to develop the newly established San Diego Roots farm.

I will be taking some time off to reflect and heal.
I again would like to say thank you and wish you all blessings and good health.

Click here for a map to La Milpa Organica Farm

Click here to go to the La Milpa Organica website

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Nicotine Bees

Honeybees are dying off worldwide.
Now we know why.

Friday, September 10, 7:30pm FREE!
Refreshments provided at 7pm

Ramona Family Naturals
642 Main Street, Ramona, 92065

In 2005-2006, honeybees worldwide began dying simultaneously. Nicotine Bees gets to the truth about why the honeybees of the world are in big trouble, and why our food supply is in trouble with them. The answers are clear - and have been for several years. Filmed on 3 continents to find out the real reasons that bees are in catastrophic decline — and why many people don’t want the real story to be told — Nicotine Bees is ready to show what has happened.

After the film we'll engage in a discussion about the local food movement in our area and ways you can help support the return to locally grown, fresh and healthy food.

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Wheat hARvesT

a community-growing project by artist David Krimmel.

September 11 through Oct. 24, 2010
Opening September 11, 5-10pm

 

Art Produce Gallery
3139 University Ave. San Diego 92104
www.artproducegallery.com

 

For more information: www.wheatharvest.org

Wheat hARvesT utilizes locally grown grain to promote awareness of current issues in commercial food production. This past spring a vacant lot in urban North Park was transformed into a field of wheat. Community members are growing wheat in their home gardens and will come together for a community harvest. Winnow wheat and learn to make pizza dough Thursdays in September and October, 3-7pm in partnership with the North Park Farmers’ Market.

To read more of this story, click here.

Roots Night Out Mixer

Wednesday Sept. 15

6 to 9pm

El Take It Easy Restaurant

3926 30th Street, North Park, 92014

Food, drink specials, connections, fun!

Drink Specials $3.50 craft drafts, $4.50 Michis, $5 wine
Lots of Veggie Menu Options

Come mix and mingle with folks and talk about how delicious San Diego has become. Celebrate our successes, meet new folks, and connect with others in the green movement in our area. This night is all about connecting, and there will be plenty of opportunities!

Seeds @ City Workshops

Seed Saving Workshop

Saturday, September 25, 10:30am to noon
San Diego City College
C St. and 14th St. Downtown San Diego 92101
Cost: $20.00

Historically, humans have benefited from an extraordinary diversity of about 7,000 plant species for food, each further expressed by thousands of varieties. We owe tremendous thanks to the farmers and gardeners of yore who have promoted this diversity through the ritual of seedsaving. We’ll delve into this time-tested craft, and save some seeds ready to be gathered in the farm’s garden. Bring your seeds to swap and share with other local gardeners!

Click here to visit the Seeds @ City Urban Farm Blog.
Click here to download a flyer about all Seeds @ City workshops.

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The Art of Agriculture
Photo & Recipe Contests

Awards for Adults · Teens · Kids

For contest rules and submissions, click here.

Submission Deadline September 23, 2010

All proceeds benefit San Diego Roots Sustainable Food Project’s
Grow the Farm Campaign

The Art of Agriculture Harvest Festival

art | education | entertainment | eating

Saturday, October 2, 2010 | 2pm to 9pm
farm fundraiser | $20 suggested donation

PHOTO CONTEST AWARDS & GALLERY

submit entries online 
submission deadline Sept. 23

POTLUCK SUPPER

organic, locally grown ingredients encouraged!

FARM TOURS

on the hour, 2pm to 6pm

MUSIC & DANCING

live performances, dancing

SILENT AUCTION & RAFFLE

local restaurants, art, garden installationCSA memberships, and more!

ART ACTIVITIES & GAMES

for kids of all ages

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Tijuana River Action Month

Tijuana River Action Month aims to recognize key efforts and investments by public and private agencies, nonprofits, and community groups to protect and restore the Tijuana River. It also looks to encourage community volunteers and groups to become involved in the active protection and restoration of the Tijuana River.

The Tijuana River Action Month is a bi-national effort spearheaded by WILDCOAST. Cleanups are currently scheduled for:

September 25: Dairy Mart Rd Bridge
October 2: Effie May Trail
October 9: Border Field State Park, Willow Basin
October 15: Los Laureles Canyon, Tijuana Mexico
October 23: Dairy Mart Rd Bridge

To see more of this story, click here.

Click here for more information or contact: 619.423.8665 ext 211

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