Greetings Food Foresters!
I hope this note finds you healthy and happy. As always, there's alot
going on with the Noyo Food Forest, and I wanted to let ya'll know whats
happening!
In this newsletter you'll find information about:
-Groundbreaking on Nov. 22nd at the Head Start Family Garden Project
-Three Available plots at Noyo Come-Unity Garden
-"Seed to Plate" Afterschool Program at the Learning Garden
-Mendocino Coast 2020 at Caspar Breakfast
-Noyo Food Forest Volunteer Appreciation Party, First Friday, Dec. 5th
-Outreach to wanna-be farmers!
Please contact us to get involved with our work here in Fort Bragg. Our
dreams are big and we need YOU to help make them happen! There are plenty of
ways for you to engage with the Noyo Food Forest, like helping out at the
gardens, harvesting food for the Food Bank, bringing flowers to Sherwood
Oaks, painting signs, writing songs, translating information, and offering
up whatever skills you have to helping build a healthier, more sustainable
community. Your ideas and input are important! Please contact me if you'd
like to learn more about the Noyo Food Forest and how you can participate!
Call me at 964-0218. Mornings are the best time to reach me.
Okay, here's the info:
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GROUNDBREAKING AT HEAD START FAMILY GARDEN PROJECT:
Saturday November 22nd
11am-2pm.
This new garden is a collaborative project with North Coast Opportunities.
It will be a school garden for the Head Start Preschool with beds for
Head Start Families to grow their own produce in a healthy, collaborative
environment. Now Fort Bragg students will have exposure to gardening from
preschool through high school! We will be sheet mulching the garden site-
layering manure, hops and straw to decompose with the winter rains and
create beautiful soil to plant in in the spring. Come lend a hand and
support this new project...and wear your rubber boots!
Head Start is located next to Redwood Elementary School on the corner of
Lincoln a Chestnut in FB.
Contact Kim Morgan for more info 937-0113 morgankimberlina@gmail.com
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PLOTS AVAILABLE AT NOYO COME-UNITY GARDEN
The Noyo Come-Unity Garden on South Harbor Drive in Fort Bragg is
beautiful. We opened the gates in May of this year and the gardeners were
blessed with fertile soil and bountiful harvests. There are three new
plots available this fall. The rental rates are extremely affordable at
$45/year for the large (8'x20') family plots and $25/year for the small
(8'x10') plots. The
prices are retroactive from May; what a deal! Don't hesitate to call. I am
sure they will go fast.
Contact Katrina at katrina@mcn.org or 707-964-3979
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"SEED TO PLATE" TEEN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM STARTS WED. NOV. 12TH
The Noyo Food Forest has teamed up with the Mendocino Coast Parks and
Recreation District and Fort Bragg High School to offer an afterschool
enrichment class at The Learning Garden on Wednesdays from 3:15 to 5:15.
Susan Lightfoot will be leading the class on an adventure from "Seed to
Plate" where students will learn how their food choices affect the world
we live in. This unique class will be designed by the students themselves
and they will select projects to work on and share at our Earth Day
Celebration in April 2009. Please let your teenage friends know about the
class and encourage them to join up. Call Susan Lightfoot for more
information at 964-0218.
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MENDOCINO COAST 2020 CONVERSATION CAFE AT CASPAR BREAKFAST
Mendocino Coast 2020 will host a social networking gathering at the Caspar
Community Fourth Sunday Breakfast on November 23rd, the Sunday before
Thanksgiving. Join us for breakfast at the Caspar Community Center
anytime between 9:00 and 11:00 AM, for good food and networking. At noon,
after breakfast, an informal ‘conversation cafe’ will commence, focusing
on the question “What is something happening in our community that gives
you hope for the future?” Contact Charles Bush for more information at
964-9232.
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NOYO FOOD FOREST VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION PARTY December 5th!
Thanks to you, we exist, so let's party! Join us on the First Friday of
December at Living Light for sangria, snacks and a special song by one of
our most committed volunteers, George Reinhardt. The party will be from
6-9pm during the First Friday Art Walk. A short slideshow and George's
Garden Song will happen at 7pm. Call Susan for more info at 964-0218.
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OUTREACH TO NEW FARMERS:
There's alot more land available here for farming than there are people
who are willing to farm! We have a list of willing landowners who want to
see their land in production and there are countless markets ready and
waiting to buy local produce. If you or anyone you know is interested in
becoming a farmer or production gardener, please contact Susan Lightfoot
at 964-0218.
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Thats all folks. Thanks for reading! Hope to see you soon,
In peace, love, and lots of hope,
Susan Lightfoot
Noyo Food Forest
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