October 2024 - Indigenous Youth Food Sovereignty Program

CHILLY Saturday in the CHILLY garden- you can do this!
by Molly Phemister 31 Oct '24

31 Oct '24

It's November and while there are indeed still things growing and going in the garden, it's time to pull up the irrigation, take down and stow the trellises, flip and then fold those tarps, stack the bricks beside the shed, and sprinkle some woodchips and chicken poo over the whole site. It's NOT going to be warm that morning, though we'll all warm up as we work. Come in layers- maybe you want long johns or leggings under your jeans, maybe a tshirt under a flannel shirt under a sweatshirt under a vest? Decent socks go a long way, as does a little bandana around your neck. You get the idea. It'll feel like slightly too much when you leave the house, slightly too little around 9:30 or 9:45, and then by 11 you'll have taken off a few layers (so maybe bring a bag to stuff your stuff in?) It's a beautiful time of year- the trees are turning, the birds are gathering, the wind is singing a variety of tunes. The tired of a body that has worked hard in chilly air is a glorious thing, a very satisfying way to know you are alive and young and vital and vigorous. I look forward to working beside you Saturday at 9 in the garden. Molly Ps- closed toe shoes! Stay for lunch! Come even if you haven't been in a while! [https://ucomm.unl.edu/images/email-signature/Nebraska_N_RGB_small_on_white.…] Molly Phemister 3110 North 40th St Lincoln NE, 68506

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Saturday begins in the classroom
by Molly Phemister 25 Oct '24

25 Oct '24

It'll be 40 degrees Saturday morning, let's start our morning together in the classroom. After a discussion there (including more from chapter 20), we'll head over to the garden to check in our potatoes and cabbages, and to do a little seed saving. It won't be hard work, but you'll still want closed toe shoes. Those of you who have not shown up yet this October, you're now at the line- if you have perfect attendance from here on, the stipend is yours. If you want to make up sessions, there's already 3 other students who want to do a make up, you could easily join us for those, and the stipend would be yours. We're having a lovely fall season, try to get outside today and enjoy it. Molly Get Outlook for iOS<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://aka.ms/o0ukef__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!BnM6… >

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Saturday morning starts in the greenhouse: ALL STUDENTS WELCOME
by Molly Phemister 16 Oct '24

16 Oct '24

Hello my relatives! I hope you are all doing well after our brief prelude-to-winter. We took some hard frost in pockets around town. The garden is largely down to cabbage family members (but that kale is good for you, so keep swinging by and collecting some!) We'll finish seed collecting in the next few weeks and do a bit of clean up work, but not quite yet. Not this weekend. This weekend, we'll start in the greenhouse to finish planting the herbs and salad greens that we will take into the winter with us, and then head over to the classroom to work on Chapter 20: Sitting in a Circle. This is a long chapter, but it is such a fun one. Have you ever been camping? Remember how much packing you did to prepare for that trip? Picture going camping with your science class... And bringing almost nothing... What?! What did they do? How did they navigate that? You've got to read (or listen!) to believe it. Chapter 20 part 1: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://youtu.be/dz4nMoFkX0I?si=OkpSGmQURQECMt3… Chapter 20 part 2: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://youtu.be/oIyB73FXa84?si=XP7RmZNBOnnp2QU… Who am I hoping to see? ALL OF YOU! If you dropped your habit of joining us over the summer (powwow circuit, summer jobs, sports, or whatever the reason was), this is the autumn quarter now and you are 100% welcome to rejoin us (and to qualify for the fall stipend). Speaking of which, the glitch holding up the summer checks has been cleared, they WILL be out soon. Sorry about the delay and thank you for your patience, Molly Get Outlook for iOS<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://aka.ms/o0ukef__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!GVY8… >

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Saturday starts and ends in the garden
by Molly Phemister 10 Oct '24

10 Oct '24

Hello Relatives! I hope the long autumn is drawing you out of doors? It's gorgeous out here, and I look forward to time outside with you this Saturday. The things we planted in the greenhouse are beginning to sprout! Yay! So exciting. We will plant more next weekend. This weekend, we will start in the garden with seed saving and checking on the potatoes (are they ready yet? How does one know?), and then move over to join Bob Henrickson of the Statewide Arboretum on a tour of our garden's neighbor, the nut orchard. We looked at that space briefly this spring, but now the nuts are coming in and Bob will help us learn even more. With luck, there'll be time between the tour and lunch to listen to a snippet from and start talking about Chapter 20, in which Robin takes students camping and brings no supplies. We'll talk more about that chapter next week too, when we do some weaving and learn to make rope. Lunch will be by the garden. While we won't be doing huge labor in the garden this weekend, I would like folks to still wear closed toe shoes. Long pants will be helpful- it's often chilly in the morning these days. Sunblock is still a great idea, and DO plan to stay for lunch. There's a lot to be gained from being part of this community building moment. Thank you! See you Saturday! Molly [https://ucomm.unl.edu/images/email-signature/Nebraska_N_RGB_small_on_white.…] Molly Phemister 3110 North 40th St Lincoln NE, 68506

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by James Cooper 07 Oct '24

07 Oct '24

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Saturday starts in the GREENHOUSE
by Molly Phemister 05 Oct '24

05 Oct '24

Hello my relatives! This Saturday we will start in the greenhouse and end in the classroom (95 degrees? October 5th? Aiyiyi). The greenhouse portion will be hands on, so DO plan to get your hands into some dirt, but otherwise no prior preparation is needed on your part. For the classroom, however, we're going to tackle bits from the chapter "Learning the Grammar of Animacy". Kimmerer explores here how a language can to take us into a whole world view. What if everything around us was alive? In motion? What if everything around us was sacred? "But Molly! I don't have time to read a whole chapter before Saturday!" Try listening instead? https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://youtu.be/mEBErBoPuTg?si=sMfwEGsJoHTCFQQ… (this is particularly helpful for this chapter due to all the Anishnaabe and Potawatomi words in this chapter, not to mention the scientific terms) I believe in you! See you Saturday, Molly [https://ucomm.unl.edu/images/email-signature/Nebraska_N_RGB_small_on_white.…] Molly Phemister 3110 North 40th St Lincoln NE, 68506

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