[Central Coast CA Permaculture] Big Planting Party at Our Global Family Farm on June 24th and other "family farm" events too

Wed Jun 14 21:39:27 PDT 2017

Happy Summer Everyone,

Some big plans for our permaculture project at Our Global Family Farm this
summer and fall. We are lucky to have this piece of land to work and to play
with. This farm features food crops from the Four Corners of the Globe. We
truly are all part of one family on this beautiful planet Earth.

Please put these dates on your calendar and come join in the fun. We are
putting "family" back into the notion of "family farms."

We meet on the 4th Saturday in the morning from 10am - 12noon. The location
is at City Farm in SLO at 1221 Calle Joaquin Road. 

Take Los Osos Valley Road exit and follow the frontage road, Calle Joaquin
going north by Alfano Motors and drive onto the farm dirt road. Our Global
Family Farm is the permaculture demo garden in the middle of the farm where
the green canopies are for the  central gathering area.

Please bring your own shovel and gloves, garden hat, water bottle and wear
sturdy shoes. Bring drums and musical instruments & songs too!!!

Hope your family can come "back to the land" soon. The land is calling out
to people to tend to it. The land needs us and we need the land.

June 24th - Summer Planting Party and Drum Circle at Our Global Family Farm
10am - 12noon 

So many delicious summer crops to plant:

cucumbers, luffa, basil and eggplant to plant in Asia

corn, squash, peppers and tomatillos to plant in the Americas

watermelon, gourds and sorghum 'broomcorn' to plant in Africa

lettuce, arugula, and kale etc. to plant in Europe

July 11 - 14th - FARMGIRLS Summer Camp at 8am - 12noon daily at Our Global
Family Farm

FARMGIRLS Summer Camp is Girl Power for our Future Food System in that women
and girls of all ages are coming together to create Regenerative, Healthy,
Local, and Resilient farms. It is held at Our Global Family Farm which is a
permaculture demonstration site located at City Farm SLO. The premise is to
create a summer camp for women and girls to come to learn about how to grow
food in an ecological approach that follows the ethics of permaculture: care
for the earth, care for one another, share all we can. We will have guest
chefs and farmers every day along with farm projects and arts and crafts.
Please share this information with other families. Women and girls of all
ages are welcome to register. Register online before 4th of July at:
http://www.permaculture.us.com/farmgirls/farmgirls-summer-camp 
For more information contact Teresa Lees at treelees at charter.net or call
805-927-5922.

August 26th - Our Global Family Farm Fun Day 10am - 12noon

Come enjoy harvesting and tending summer crops. Those who work the land reap
the harvest.

September 23rd - Our Global Family Farm Fun Day 10am - 12noon

Come help to spruce up the farm before the official tour that is part of the
GEE Symposium field trip day on October 6th.

October 6th & 7th - Growing Edible Education (GEE) Symposium - tour of City
Farm!

Join participants from SLO, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties at the 3rd
Annual Tri County Growing Edible Education Symposium.  This important event
brings together schools, nonprofits, and businesses that support regional
farm to school, and school garden efforts. The GEE will be held at Rancho El
Chorro Conference Center located back behind the SLO County Office of
Education.

Expect to see the sites--field trips run to SLO County school gardens,
farms, and agricultural enterprises. And hear from top advocates in the
field--keynote speakers including Gail Feenstra, Deputy Director of the
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program at the University of
California, Davis and Karen Brown, Creative Director at the Center for
Ecoliteracy.  Get involved in workshops, panels, and a networking expo on
"How to Grow Edible Education in Your Schools".  Don't forget the food!
Participants will be treated to the culinary delights of local Food Service
Directors creating delicious appetizers from local produce.

Early Registration is now available until the end of August:
https://www.geesymposium.org/register-now 

We are also seeking generous donors who can help sponsor the costs involved
with putting on the GEE Symposium. See the attached "Gee 2017 Sponsorship
menu." You simply fill it out and send in a check to the San Luis Obispo
County Office of Education. Contact Teresa Lees treelees at charter.net for
more information.

October 28th - Fall Harvest Celebration at Our Global Family Farm 10am -
12noon

We will celebrate the SACRED VISIT OF SEED SAVERS IN THE PERUVIAN TRADITION
- "EL WATUNAKUY" which is a ritual to HONOR MOTHER CORN. All indigenous
cultures around the globe have some sort of harvest celebration. Please come
share this important farming tradition.

Talking about Seed Savers, the monthly Seedsaving Workshops are on the 4th
Saturday at 1pm - 3pm.

June 24th is Avila See Canyon tour of Cirone Farms with Mike Cirone

July 22 is a North County Regional Ethnobotany tour

August 26 is SLO Community Seed Harvest

September 23 is Native Plant Choices of John Chesnut at the SLO Botanical
Garden 
For more information contact Elizabeth Johnson at stteresa at kcbx.net
805-543-5364

And also remember Solar Cooking Class FREE @ Davies Farm 12:30-2:00, 

Third Saturday May-October (next one on June 17th) (then July 15, August 19,
September 16, & October 21)

5009 Jespersen Rd  (off Buckley), SLO.

No reservations needed. For more information contact Phyllis Davies
infodavies66 at gmail.com 
C 805.440.9346

H 805.549.9346

June 25th - Summer Solstice Farm to Table Dinner at Branch Mill Organic Farm
from 4:00am-7:00pm. 
$75 per plate. Questions  <mailto:info at branchmillorganics.com>
info at branchmillorganics.com or call 805-481-9205

Link here for flyer:
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Quail Springs Capital Campaign to purchase the land

Please help us buy the Quail Springs land today and enable us to continue
this empowering work into the future. Share our story with your friends and
family about our goal to secure the land by this September, 2017! Together
we can do this!
https://quailsprings.nationbuilder.com/donate?utm_campaign=2017appeal
<https://quailsprings.nationbuilder.com/donate?utm_campaign=2017appeal&utm_m
edium=email&utm_source=quailsprings>
&utm_medium=email&utm_source=quailsprings 
With your help we know our goal is in reach. Any amount, small or large,
helps us get closer to our goal! If 525 supporters donated $400 this year
(that's $33.33 a month) we could assure the land was safely and ambitiously
stewarded by Quail Springs in perpetuity.

In gratitude for all we have,

Teresa "Tree" Lees on behalf of the SLO Permaculture Guild

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