Hi Joe,
I'm interested, too. Last year's conference was really
good. I may be able to help out again this year, but that
depends on how far I progress with my physical therapy for
my back.

I have contacted some people in Beaver Dam about starting
a container garden at Jefferson School where my son is in
3rd grade. It would be a great thing to have, as most of
the kids seem to have fast food diets.

And Ken, I'm sorry I haven't dropped off the "Got Dirt"
booklets. I'll save the long story for later, but I do
want to try to get those to you soon. I'm writing myself a
note to put them in the car tonight.

-Paul Bittorf
On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:31:23 -0600
ken swift <kswift@...> wrote:
>Joe,
>
>I am interested, but cannot commit to much time. I am
>over extended on other projects and need to learn better
>to rein myself in. Let me know when you set a time,
>place and I'll try to get there.
>
>ken
>
>On Nov 30, 2006, at 11:47 AM, Joe Mathers wrote:
>
>>
>> Ken (& All )-
>>
>>
>>
>> This was a suggestion that we use the upcoming second
>>annual mid-
>> winterCAC Gardens & allied groups & related interests
>>co-sponsored
>> “Grow Together Conference” as a venue with one track of
>>working
>> sessions devoted to school and youth gardening. This
>>Conference is
>> still in the very early preliminary planning stage of
>>the process
>> and other than knowing we would like it to take place in
>>late
>> February or early March is not yet defined.
>>
>>
>>
>> If anyone would like to be part of the school and/or
>>youth planning
>> tracks please let me know and send along some best
>>dates/times/
>> locations and I will arrange meeting together. Defining
>>the school
>> and youth garden track(s?) and related community
>>interface with
>> those that care is definitely the way we want to go.
>>Last year we
>> had a mix of presentations and tracks with youth
>>gardening as one
>> track. Maybe this year we could focus more on the school
>>approaches
>> and what ever else would be helpful (like policy/
>>start-up kits/
>> summer programming/ your ideas?). Or we may want to do
>>this work in
>> another manner separately or some combination of the
>>two. I expect
>> that there will likely be a good number of like minded
>>folks at the
>> Conference that can help in these efforts.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sharon Lezberg, a longtime local activist in matters of
>>local food
>> and community gardens (and a member of the City Gardens
>>Committee)
>> is very interested in moving towards a more
>>comprehensive school
>> gardens policy approach and linking various efforts such
>>as Farm to
>> School to school gardens but she is busy until mid
>>December on
>> another project.
>>
>>
>>
>> Let me know what you think!
>>
>> From: communityfoodandgardennetwork@yahoogroups.com
>> [mailto:communityfoodandgardennetwork@yahoogroups.com]
>>On Behalf Of
>> ken swift
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 9:16 PM
>> To: communityfoodandgardennetwork@yahoogroups.com
>> Cc: lferin@...; jreithrozell@...; Janet
>>Parker; Ben
>> Sommers; Chris Brockel
>> Subject: Re: [cfgn] Winter gardening, gardening in South
>>Africa and
>> here
>>
>>
>>
>> How will we know when planning for this event takes
>>place?
>>
>>
>>
>> Ken Swift
>>
>> First Grade Teacher
>>
>> Lapham School
>>
>> 1045 E. Dayton St.
>>
>> Madison, WI 53703
>>
>> 608-204-4178
>>
>>
>>
>> On Nov 27, 2006, at 8:08 AM,
>>susanboldt@... wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello,
>> Slow Food Madison, here. We certainly want to do get
>>together,
>> share some local as well as national and international
>>initiatives
>> that are underway.
>>
>> Looking forward to great growing, eating and enjoying
>>our veggies
>> in 2007!!! Susan Boldt
>> >
>> > From: "Joe Mathers" <joem@...>
>> > Date: 2006/11/27 Mon AM 01:10:45 GMT
>> > To: <communityfoodandgardennetwork@yahoogroups.com>
>> > CC: "Janet Parker" <janetp@...>, "Ben Sommers"
>>
>> <bens@...>,
>> > "Chris Brockel" <chrisb@...>
>> > Subject: RE: [cfgn] Winter gardening, gardening in
>>South Africa
>> and here
>> >
>> > Rick-
>> >
>> > It sounds good. There is some interest from members of
>>the City
>> Garden Committee in encouraging school gardening, too.
>> >
>> > We may likely be able to incorporate it as a track at
>>the still
>> being scheduled (late February/early March XX) second
>>Winter
>> Garden Gathering/Training/Sharing if that meets the
>>needs of the
>> people interested and they are agreeable.
>> >
>> > Last year we had a good turnout, lots of enthusiasm,
>>great
>> workshops, good sharing (and great food!). I can help
>>with planning
>> and such if needed.
>> >
>> > ________________________________
>> >
>> > From: communityfoodandgardennetwork@yahoogroups.com on
>>behalf of
>> Brooks, Richard
>> > Sent: Fri 11/24/2006 11:30 AM
>> > To: communityfoodandgardennetwork@yahoogroups.com
>> > Subject: [cfgn] Winter gardening, gardening in South
>>Africa and here
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I have just had a request from Liza Lightfoot of Avant
>>
>> Landscaping for advice on how to keep a school gardening
>>program
>> going in South Africa, and suspect that we all have
>>similar
>> challenges. Would you be interested in spending, say, a
>>half day
>> getting together to re-energize, get ready for next
>>spring and
>> think about how we can keep gardening momentum going
>>here?
>> >
>> > To keep you stimulated, here's a resource that might
>>be useful
>> right now.
>> > http://www.citizenschools.org/images/wowphotos/
>> wintergardening.pdf
>><http://www.citizenschools.org/images/wowphotos/
>> wintergardening.pdf>
>> >
>> > Let's keep nurturing the seeds of learning and growth,
>>so to
>> speak...
>> >
>> > Please call or email me if you'd like to pursue any of
>>this.
>> > Rick
>> >
>> > Richard Brooks
>> >
>> > Outreach Program Manager UW-Madison
>> > 520 Lowell Center
>> > 610 Langdon Street
>> > Madison, WI 53703<http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?
>> Pyt=Tmap&addr=520+Lowell+Center&csz=Madison%2C+WI+53703&country=us>
>> > https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/rsbrooks/web/index.html
>><https://
>> mywebspace.wisc.edu/rsbrooks/web/index.html> tel:
>>608-265-4077
>> <http://www.plaxo.com/click_to_call?
>> src=jj_signature&To=608-265-4077&Email=rbrooks@...>
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