Thanks for the long memory Paul.

ken

On Dec 13, 2006, at 1:57 PM, Paul Bittorf wrote:

> 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?
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>>>> https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/rsbrooks/web/index.html
>>> <https://
>>> mywebspace.wisc.edu/rsbrooks/web/index.html> tel:
>>> 608-265-4077
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