{"id":249,"date":"2023-02-11T01:48:49","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T01:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-w23-mantone\/?p=249"},"modified":"2023-03-03T04:01:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T04:01:47","slug":"week-5-mid-quarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.evergreen.edu\/foodag-portfolio-w23-mantone\/week-5-mid-quarter\/","title":{"rendered":"WEEK 5 – Mid-Quarter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This week, we had the opportunity to connect with other students interested in restoring the Community Garden. This post will be reflection on our past community based learning, as well as our goals and visions for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food insecurity is very prominent at our school, similarly to most places. We want our project to be a starting point to provide students with healthy, affordable, and regeneratively grown food. We also want to acknowledge the Indigenous peoples who have stewarded this land for time immemorial and who still inhabit the area today, the Squaxin Island Tribe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While we think of how to involve community, we want our work to be meaningful, accessible, informed, and respectful to others, the land, and Indigenous culture. Careful and intentional thought must put the whole picture into view before setting something into motion. Who does this affect? How can we change this to accommodate people of differing abilities? What will this look like in a year from now? or in 10 years?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GRuB field trip<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We were able to meet with the Winter 2023 “Forest, Farm & Shellfish Garden” program to show our ILC, the process behind making one, and share our progress in the program plot so far. We also joined the class on a field trip to GRuB (Garden Raised Bounty) in Olympia, WA. We spoke to a few of the staff there and felt inspired to do more for our community. Over time we have gained an interest from other students, and anticipate work parties in our future to revitalize the Community Garden space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking forward, we hope to join with our community to share in land-connection, food, and support of each other. After a visit to the GRuB Seed Shed, we are now on track to fulfill our need for seeds we plan to sow in Spring, we have a more full idea of what we can do for the garden as a whole, and are happy to embrace anyone interested in being part of the garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Community Garden compost fixin’ and conversations with worms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

– Mid Quarter Self Evaluations –<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

(Nicco) Although I do not attend regular lectures or community seminars, I feel that learning is as abundant as my interest in place, people, and food. My expectations are my own, this allows me to feel directly empowered to seek and expand my knowledge and experience. To gain knowledge of different theories of agriculture through research, I have spent time reading and annotating the noted and essential reads for my contract as well as developing my skills in online database browsing and exploration of academic research documents through the Evergreen Library and others. In learning to create and maintain plots following aspects of permaculture, organic, and biodynamic as theories of agriculture in the community garden and providing a space for seeds to propagate, I have worked with my partner, Mila, to clean, organize, and remove trash from the community garden\u2019s greenhouse and we remain focused on working to remove hazardous objects and litter from the community space. My readings in permaculture, biodynamics, and organic agriculture continue to stimulate new ways of thinking and provide sustenance for endless questions. To improve communication and community development, connect students to the land, and provide a space for community to gather and grow food\/medicine\/materials, work in the program plot such as crop planning, garden mapping, clean-up, and observational time, together, help me to envision possibilities to come and bring us closer to revitalizing this community space. Communication between groups and community engagement stand to be our most challenging and essential aspects of the project. These issues call for deeper thought and attention. I look forward to connecting with others through food and the experience of land connection as a community. My hope is to learn from plant and animal teachings as well as continue to ask questions of ourselves and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(Mila) Over the past half-quarter, I have developed a deeper understanding of agricultural theories, specifically permaculture and natural farming. Through our readings, I have gained many ideas and perspectives on observation of agriculture and have been trying to observe the world in a more natural sense. I feel that permaculture is a practice that I would be willing to apply many parts of. I have greatly changed my perceptions of what community and working for\/with community is, focusing on humility, respect, acceptance, and care. I (along with my partner Nicco) have maintained, tidied, and prepared our Community Garden plot, planned and mapped crops, and revitalized the Community Garden greenhouse. We have been communicating with SCARF members as well as talking to and working with FFSG students. I am excited to begin planting later this quarter and interested to learn more about how to better my community. I want to learn more practical applications of agriculture and continue to develop my observational and reflective skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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