Inter-Faith Food Shuttle Farm and Garden
Crew-Call
That’s right, we’ve gotten our first order of worms in and will be working on starting our vermiculture project this weekend. We’ve got a lot of other things going on and ways to get involved, including a garden night in Mayview with the YMCA, a call for Garden Leaders, and the kickoff of this year’s PAR program. Read on for more information.
VOLUNTEER TIME & EVENTS:
- Farm Work Day , Saturday 9am-12pm!
- This weekend we will be building boxes for the new vermiculture project; get excited to play with the new worms.
- Please email Sun (Farm@foodshuttle.org) if you are planning on coming.
- Mayview garden night with the YMCA Community Hope kids
- Come join us to celebrate the kids and their mentors in the Mayview Garden. We will be painting benches, planting, and learning about the new worms. We are looking for volunteers who can help us lead a few activities with the kids, including composting if that’s your trade!
- We will need you to be there from 6-7:45pm. Please email Amanda (NutritionCoord@foodshuttle.org) if you are planning on coming.
- Community Garden Work times:
- Neighbor to Neighbor Thursdays 3:30-5:00pm
- Mayview Fridays 3:30-5:00pm
- In both gardens we will be working with community members and youth to prep new beds for spring planting! Please email Amanda (NutritionCoord@foodshuttle.org) if you are planning on coming.
- The Mayview garden site is located down the grassy hill behind the duplex at 2136 Mayview Drive (backing up to the Jaycee field).
- Neighbor to Neighbor is at 1200 S Blount Street; 1 story brick building on right with long chain link fence. Please park on E Bragg street (on right before you get to N2N).
Check out the video below to hear from Amanda about what's going on in the gardens this spring
- PAR (Plant a Row) Kickoff – sign up to become a member or drop off site!
- The IFFS PAR program encourages people to grow extra and/or donate excess produce to people in need through IFFS. We will have weekly PAR produce drop-off sites at locations around our 7 county service area, including at Logan’s on Saturday mornings.
- If you are interested in becoming a member (donating produce from your own harvest) or know of a farmers market or store that might be interested in becoming a PAR drop-off site please contact Katherine@FoodShuttle.org.
- Wanted: Garden Leaders
- We are looking to grow our garden team and think you might be the perfect fit! We are looking for volunteers who would be willing to help lead other volunteers and community members in the gardens this spring and summer at the same time every week. We will send out more information soon but will likely need at least 1 person for Wednesdays from 5-6:30pm and another person for Fridays from 5-6pm. Please email email Amanda (NutritionCoord@foodshuttle.org) if you are interested.
LOCAVORE LUNCH - This week’s topic: Wake County Farmland Protection and Local Foods Enhancement Plan
Every Wednesday at noon we are holding local agricultural discussion groups at Farmhouse Pizza, 3011 Hillsborough St. in Raleigh. We will be serving a pizza made using some (hopefully soon to be all) local ingredients from NCSU's Farmers' Market. Please RSVP to Steve (steven.p.horton@gmail.com) so he knows many pizzas to have made. If you can contribute, he is asking for a $5 donation... if you can't afford the cost we’ll gladly cover you in return for good conversation! A portion of the proceeds will go to the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle. This week will feature special guest speaker Tony Kleese to discuss the Wake County Farmland Protection and Local Foods Enhancement Plan. Come give your feedback on the plan.
FARMS & GARDEN BLOG
Keep up with what’s going on with our Farms & Gardens and PAR programs through the IFFS blog farmsandgardens.wordpress.com. Use the blog to check out weekly ripe recipes, find yourself in photos of weekly crew calls, hear from other volunteers, and stay up to date with activities at IFFS. Let us know if you’re interested in contributing to the blog!
GARDEN SUPPLIES:
We are still in need of hand-tool donations. We gladly accept new and/or lightly used equipment. Thanks to all who have responded.
New Volunteer?
If you have not filled out a volunteer form or have a friend who is interested in helping out please email Janet at RGSJRS@aol.com.
Hope to see you all this week and weekend!
Katherine, Sun, Amanda, & Steve