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"Growing food and people, building community..."
Past Events
Oct 27, 2007
Left Foot’s Second Annual "Farm Formal" Benefit Dinner and Silent Auction
It’s a FarmAll!
| When: | Saturday, October 27 at 6:00pm |
| Where: | South Puget Sound Community College, College Center Bldg. |
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| Dec 15, 2007 - Help save our Blueberries before the rain washes them away! We need your help relocating our blueberries. We also have a lot of little task we need to take care of before Old Man Winter comes.
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MLK Day - Jan 21, 2008 - Come lend a hand on National Volunteer Day. We will be doing varying tasks:
- Green house building
- Small Construction Projects
- And other fun task.
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| Feb 16, 2008 - Come out and help prepare us for our next growing season. We also will be putting on a workshop on Propagation of Plants. Learn how to do cuttings, graphing and air layering.
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| Apr 19, 2008 - Come and help us plant potatoes in the morning and join us for a Mushroom Cultivation Workshop put on by Fungi Perfecti in the afternoon.
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| May 10, 2008 - Mothers Day Weekend Plant Sale!
veggie starts, herb boxes, native plants and flowers
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All proceeds go to help Left Foot continue to serve the vocational needs of people with disabilities and rural youth.
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Sep 6, 2008
Left Foot Pizza Party
- In the garden at Fertile Ground Guesthouse, 311 9th Ave.
- Personal pizza made to order, salads and beverages
- Adults $10, Kids $5, Families $25
The Growing Partners are planning the party this year, so it’s sure to be great! Come and support them.
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Sep 20, 2008
Chicken Tractor
Please join us for the last day of Summer and help with projects and learn how to build a portable chicken coup (chicken tractor)...
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Pumpkin decorating for the fundraiser.
This Saturday (October 11) we’ll be making centerpieces for the fundraiser on October 18. The volunteer day begins at 10am, with a pumpkin decorating workshop 1 – 3pm.
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Annual Fun Farm Formal Benefit Dinner and Silent Auction
- Saturday October 18, 6pm
- Thurston County Fairgrounds Expo Center - directions
- Tickets ($45, same price as last year) available now. Call the farm or use PayPal to reserve your tickets now, use the Donate button to purchase your Fun Farm Formal tickets on this website. Click on the donate button from anywhere on our website. After entering the dollar amount and other required information, add a note in the comment section telling how many tickets you want to purchase and how many you wish to donate for our growers and youth to attend. See you there! Thanks so much for your support.
Dinner will be catered by Pellegrino’s, featuring fresh Left Foot produce and salmon generously donated by our friends at Wilson Fish (La Push). Check out a selection of auction items on the homepage. If you’d like to make a donation for the auction, please contact the farm by phone (754-1849) or email (info@leftfootorganics.org), or come by!
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| 10am-3pm - November 22nd Help us get ready for the winter: with some important farm clean up. We also will be doing a workshop on raising chickens in your back yard.
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| Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 19, 10am to 3pm
Workparty and a hot lunch – a day on, not a day off!
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| Left Foot Volunteer Workparty
Saturday, January 24, 10am to 3pm
Workparty, a hot lunch and afternoon Pruning workshop
Master Gardener and CSA member Shanna Winters will give a hands-on workshop on backyard fruit tree pruning. Prune to repair winter damage to limbs, promote healthy growth and increase fruit set.
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| South of the Sound Community Farm Land Trust
Annual Membership Meeting, Potluck, and Dance Party!
Learn more about preserving our local farms and farmland
January 30th, 2009 - 6pm
South Bay Grange Hall
3918 Sleater-Kinney Road NE Olympia
Contact our Membership Coordinator for more details mailto:Caitlin.Krenn@gmail.com - 360-402-0302
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The Olympia Premiere of the Award Winning Documentary:
GOOD FOOD
JOIN US for the screening of the film and a Community Discussion regarding sustainable food and farming in the Pacific Northwest.
When: Thursday Feb 26, 2009
Time: 5:00 to 7:30pm
Where: Saint Martin University - Worthington Center
$15 dollars in Advance
$20 dollars at the Door
Light Refreshments are included
Film starts at 5:30 sharp
Event Highlights
- Preview the Award Winning Documentary Good Food
- Connect with local community farmers, suppliers & restaurants
- Receive valuable "How To" Good Food Packet
- Discover new ways to eat healthy, shop smart, and enjoy local sustainably-raised food!
- Community Discussion Panel including featured CSA farms, local restaurateurs and grocers
Seating is limited. RSVP now to reserve your seat!
Register on the Web at: http://www.leadthurstoncounty.com
Phone in your reservation at 360-357-3362 Credit Cards are Accepted
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How Sweet It Is!
the South Sound Buddhist Peace Fellowship’s
Second Annual Dessert Potluck
and Silent Auction!
Saturday, March 14th, 6:30pm-9:00pm
A Fun Fundraiser for both Left Foot Organics & South Sound Buddhist Peace Fellowship
At the Bodhi House 4846 Johnson Point Rd., NE Olympia 360-459-1967
Find new treasures, discover wonderful services and enjoy delicious desserts, mingle, enjoy the music - all while benefiting two worthy causes...
Left Foot Organics is a non-profit yummy food growing CSA/farm in Olympia that provides a Vocational Horticultural Therapy Program for people of all abilities. Check them out at www.leftfootorganics.org
South Sound Buddhist Peace Fellowship is a non-profit chapter of an international organization that is devoted to peace and social justice issues. We’ve been active locally since 2005, check out our web site at www.ssbpf.org
If you have swell items, services or a dessert you’d like to donate please contact us at 459-1967 or email ssbpf@comcast.net. It’s not too late!
Or just arrive with 2 desserts, one to sample, and one to sell. We can make up last minute bid sheets if you end up thinking of an item or service to donate that you didn’t have time to let us know about. Bring your checkbook and a desire to hangout. Or bring nothing and just come have fun with us!!!!!
South Sound Buddhist Peace Fellowship
Robert Lovitt, contact person
ssbpf@comcast.net
www.ssbpf.org
360-357-2825
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| Get Involved: Community Farm Co-ops
Tuesday, March 31th, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Interested in:
- Access to land
- Cooperative farming
- Marketing with other farmers
- Sharing farm equipment
- Farmland preservation
- Community based Ag
- Becoming a farmer
Explore how you can become involved in local cooperatively produced food.
Olympia Library
313 8th Ave SE
Olympia, WA 98501
For more info, Contact Ben Guss 360-943-4241
Hosted by:
South of the Sound Community Farm Land Trust
Northwest Co-op Development Center
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| Mother's Weekend Plant Sale
Saturday, May 9th, 10:00am - 3:00pm, Left Foot Organics Farm
Veggie starts, herbs, native plants, and flowers are available for purchase to surprise
your mother. All proceeds go to help Left Foot to continue to serve the vocational
needs of people with disabilities and rural youth.
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Left Foot Organics
PO Box 12772
Olympia, WA 98508 |
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360-754-1849
info@leftfootorganics.org |
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