{"id":226,"date":"2022-05-03T03:45:07","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T03:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/?p=226"},"modified":"2022-05-10T00:47:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T00:47:14","slug":"week-6-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/week-6-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 6: Community Building"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3>Monday, 5\/2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/958\/2022\/05\/IMG_5785-e1651549712110-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"229\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/958\/2022\/05\/IMG_5785-e1651549712110.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/img_5785\/\" class=\"wp-image-229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/958\/2022\/05\/IMG_5785-e1651549712110-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/958\/2022\/05\/IMG_5785-e1651549712110-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/958\/2022\/05\/IMG_5785-e1651549712110.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/958\/2022\/05\/IMG_5790-e1651549725648-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"232\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/958\/2022\/05\/IMG_5790-e1651549725648.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/img_5790\/\" class=\"wp-image-232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/958\/2022\/05\/IMG_5790-e1651549725648-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/958\/2022\/05\/IMG_5790-e1651549725648-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/958\/2022\/05\/IMG_5790-e1651549725648.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Photo credit: Carli Fox<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">The weeded beds vs. the final harvest!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since last week was focused entirely on the Herb Garden, today&#8217;s class was spent in the Community Gardens with Sarah Dyer. We focused on weeding the beds where we will plant our squashes and tomatoes, which consisted of five overgrown beds filled with kale plants, comfrey, and lots of straw. It was tiring work requiring many hands working together with shovels and digging forks, it didn&#8217;t even get entirely finished in the morning hours of class. But the final harvest available to all of us was scrumptious for sure, I left class with a bouquet of kale, carrots, and a fennel plant to take home to my parents this coming weekend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also had the honor of meeting Sylvie, a retired Evergreen alum who was generously providing us with our squash plants and other starts for the weeded space. She shared the stories of each plant, sharing about the green kabocha squashes, mini peppers, and Cinderella pumpkins. Her enthusiasm around growing and saving seeds was inspiring, she was giddy to be able to share her and her friend&#8217;s plants with us. I am extremely grateful for her kindness and wisdom!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/958\/2022\/05\/IMG_5789-e1651549720387-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-231\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/958\/2022\/05\/IMG_5789-e1651549720387-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/958\/2022\/05\/IMG_5789-e1651549720387-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/958\/2022\/05\/IMG_5789-e1651549720387.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><figcaption>Planting our squashes! (Photo credit: Carli Fox)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In the afternoon, I came back to the community gardens to work with Sarah Dyer and Carli Fox in finishing the weeding project and creating the raised mounds for the squashes and other plants. It was an afternoon of more hard work, jumping on shovels to drive them through the clay-like soil and scooping the soil to create pathways and raised beds. In the end, we were able to plant 8 squash plants, saving spaces in between for more starts in the future. It was so satisfying to be able to place these plants into the soil after all of our hard work, I am excited to watch their growth as the spring season continues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am also very grateful for Sarah and Carli and the wonderful company we all shared while working this afternoon. Moments in which I am able to connect with my peers like this are insanely special to me, I feel our little Food and Ag community growing and I couldn&#8217;t be happier to be a part of it. Lots of love to everyone who has supported our efforts in the Herb Garden and Community Gardens so far this quarter!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/958\/2022\/05\/IMG_5786-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/958\/2022\/05\/IMG_5786-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/958\/2022\/05\/IMG_5786-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/958\/2022\/05\/IMG_5786-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/958\/2022\/05\/IMG_5786.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The final beds and planted squash plants!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3>Wednesday, 5\/4<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/958\/2022\/05\/IMG_5799-e1651805745883-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-238\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/958\/2022\/05\/IMG_5799-e1651805745883-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/958\/2022\/05\/IMG_5799-e1651805745883-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/958\/2022\/05\/IMG_5799-e1651805745883.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><figcaption>The craziest root I have ever seen!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday volunteer hours began with a quick SCARF coordinator meeting with me, Sarah Dyer, and Gabriel Vesenka. We discussed our new club projects, which include fundraising for the club, a club logo design contest, and the Food and Ag pathway party coming up in Week 11. First, we are planning to begin running a bake sale during the Organic Farm&#8217;s market hours on Thursday between 3-6 in order to raise money for the club. Club members will bake goods Tuesday or Wednesday evenings and drop them off at the farmhouse so that I can set up the stand on Thursday and run it with Sarah Dyer until take-down. I am excited to hopefully create more opportunities for building community within our club through group baking nights in order to prep for the sale. We also have visions of expanding the market to be a mini campus farmer&#8217;s market, inviting other clubs to sell their goods at booths with us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second, we are planning a campus-wide art contest to design a Food and Ag T-shirt for the club to sell, as well as the design for the second edition of the Organic Farm cookbook. We will open the contest to the entire campus, and will have prizes for the winners of the chosen T-shirt design, cookbook design, and for the best art overall. I am excited to see what everyone creates!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, with each pathway required to host a party by the end of the quarter, SCARF will be supporting the creation of bouquets for graduation as the Food and Ag pathway party. The bouquets will be put together mid-week during graduation week, and then will be sold along with the farmstand as graduates tour the campus with their families on their big day. I, unfortunately, will not be able to support in creating the bouquets, as I have to be moved off-campus by that time, but I plan to return on graduation day to help sell the bouquets and support my fellow SCARF coordinators before I fully depart for the summer. It is quite weird to think that my departure is only a month away at this point! All I can say is I am so proud of everything I have accomplished as a Food and Ag intern and as a SCARF coordinator so far, and I am so excited to see all that we accomplish in this coming school year as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/958\/2022\/05\/IMG_5797-e1651805716496-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-237\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/958\/2022\/05\/IMG_5797-e1651805716496-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/958\/2022\/05\/IMG_5797-e1651805716496-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/958\/2022\/05\/IMG_5797-e1651805716496.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><figcaption>Weeding in the rhubarb and asparagus!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After meeting with Sarah and Gabriel, we got to work in the rhubarb and asparagus fields, weeding dandelion, glass clumps, and a lot of pokey thistle plants. I connected with new friends and SCARF members and soaked up some sunshine during our first sunny day of weeding &#8211; I definitely cannot forget my sunscreen from now on! Thankful for everyone who continues to show up and share their time in supporting the Organic Farm and the visions of SCARF! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dyer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/959\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220504_164734494_HDR-825x510.jpg\" alt=\"Week Six\" \/><figcaption>Our wonderful volunteers! (Photo credit: Sarah Dyer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, 5\/2 Since last week was focused entirely on the Herb Garden, today&#8217;s class was spent in the Community Gardens with Sarah Dyer. We focused on weeding the beds where we will plant our squashes and tomatoes, which consisted of five overgrown beds filled with kale plants, comfrey, and lots of straw. It was tiring &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/week-6-community\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Week 6: Community Building<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":453,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"geo":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/453"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":256,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226\/revisions\/256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-2022-dewitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}