- Indigenous Youth Food Sovereignty Program

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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Saturday in the garden LAST DAY OF SUMMER SESSION
by Molly Phemister 28 Sep '24

28 Sep '24

Hello my Relatives, I hope this message finds you well. Have you ever noticed how we have several beautiful or even somewhat hot days when the east coast gets a hurricane? Well, Helene is will be working her way across the southeast over the weekend, so our afternoons are going to have lots of tropical air heating them up. The mornings, tho! You may wish to start Saturday in long sleeves, it'll still be in the low 60s when we start on Saturday morning. Brrrrr What's in store for this weekend? I'll read a bit more from the chapter Epiphany in the Beans, weeding (of course) and we have cover crops and additional fall veg to plant, plus yet more GLORIOUS salad to make. (Some of you have wanted to be on Team Chef and haven't had a chance yet. Please speak up and remind me who you are so that we make sure you get a turn to fix things up the way you like them.) Congrats to everybody who has met me for make-up sessions in the garden the past few weeks. Each of you who has done that is now in good shape IF YOU COME THIS SATURDAY. Do not miss Saturday without reaching out ahead of time. Also reach out ahead if you need a ride in either direction (or both ways): if you want to work with us, then we will definitely work with you. As always, long pants are better, a hat is great, closed toe shoes are crucial, and sunblock will keep you looking younger longer. (I promise, we are ALL, 20 years from now, going to look back at pictures of ourselves now and think "crickey, I was so young and good looking back then and I didn't even know!" Aging is funny that way.) Thanks for reading this far. In October, the fall session begins and it'll have more variety of starting location, so the emails will be extra important. Those of you who vanished for the summer (sports, jobs, whatever), WE MISS YOU. Please put it on your calendar to come back to us. This week if you'd like, next week for sure. (for shizzle? Do the kids still say that?) Grateful to know you, 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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Saturday in the garden
by Molly Phemister 18 Sep '24

18 Sep '24

Hello, Relatives! The last several Saturdays have been bucolic, and now the weather will be even better. Let's live it up! The seasons are turning, and winter will be here too soon. We will soon return to beginning in the greenhouse to launch new seeds off on new adventures, and even return to the classroom to discuss the text and learn some food preservation and processing techniques. This weekend will include cover crops, harvesting, some joint decision making about our fall clean up plans, salad, sandwiches, and a reading from Braiding Sweetgrass (from the Epiphany in the Beans chapter). Please come early / on time, and plan to stay until noon. As always, I encourage hats and long pants, I strongly advise closed toe shoes and sunblock. I enjoy your company, I hope to see you this weekend. If you need a ride, please do not hesitate to ask. If something else has come up, please do let us know. 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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Garden gorgeous garden
by Molly Phemister 12 Sep '24

12 Sep '24

If you missed last Saturday, you missed a treat. We're going to do it again this Saturday: we will gather produce from our gardens and make a salad to go with our lunches. Part of that gathering included important stories shared by our elders about deer woman and buffalo calf woman and others. We would be so grateful to have additional stories from additional elders, goodness knows there are always enough lunches, please consider joining us. Before lunch, we have cover crops and fall salad greens to sow where the tarps are coming up, tarps to move around, And quite a few beans, okra, peppers, and tomatoes to harvest. Please plan to stay the full-time, that final chunk of the morning is fertile soil from which to grow your good futures. We will be below 80 the whole time, long pants should be doable, and I always advocate close to shoes because of the tools we are using. If you need a ride, please do not hesitate to ask. We value you being here! See you Saturday! Molly Get Outlook for iOS<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://aka.ms/o0ukef__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!BcKO… >

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Saturday garden rules update
by Molly Phemister 06 Sep '24

06 Sep '24

Good morning relatives! I hope this note finds you in good health. We have been Enjoying having some of our friends Visit us in the garden, and even work with us, but have been told that, for liability reasons, we really need the only attendees on Saturday morning to be enrolled students and their accompanying adults. I hope you understand, and I look forward to seeing you on Saturday morning. We will be doing some harvesting and a little bit of food prep work together. Please plan to stay all the way till noon. Molly Get Outlook for iOS<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://aka.ms/o0ukef__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!EoAj… >

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Labor Day Weekend makeup days
by Molly Phemister 31 Aug '24

31 Aug '24

Good afternoon relatives! My apologies for the delayed email, but being a bunch of college professors, it snuck up on us that this was Labor Day weekend. Oops. What we are going to do is count Saturday as a bonus day- everybody's welcome, and everybody who shows up will get an absence erased. There is also capacity to make up additional time on Monday morning 9-11, and some of you could really use it. What about Sunday afternoon? Would anybody want to do that one? Write me back, let's get as many people caught up as we can this weekend. As usual, I believe you will be the most comfortable in the garden in long pants because you will not have to deal with itchy plants and bugs on your legs. Close to shoes are a safety concern, and a hat keeps you from looking old faster than necessary. It'll be in the 70s all morning, so truly just a lovely day to come and revel in all that Unci Maka provides for us. See you in the morning! Molly Get Outlook for iOS<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://aka.ms/o0ukef__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!FZiX… >

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Saturday in the garden
by Molly Phemister 24 Aug '24

24 Aug '24

The seasons are shifting, we've started out fall plantings and there's more of that do this weekend- spinach and other greens will all do well started now. We'll be in the garden this Saturday. There's food to harvest so don’t forget your cloth sacks from last week. We'll also be checking plants for pests, moving some tarps around, and seeding in both cover crops and fall crops. ALL of this will be easier with long pants and closed toed shoes. Hats are a great idea, sunblock is a great idea. Please try to be here at 9 and plan to stay until noon- we have a community to build. One or two of you have needed rides recently- please reach out ASAP about that, don’t wait until 8:30 Saturday morning. See you Saturday! Molly Get Outlook for iOS<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://aka.ms/o0ukef__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!CDdb… >

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Saturday in the garden: bring bags!
by Molly Phemister 15 Aug '24

15 Aug '24

Hello my relatives! Saturday should be very pleasant in the morning, so I am as usual going to recommend long pants and closed toed shoes. In addition to what is by now a fairly standard volume of weeding to do, our Harvest is picking up: cherry tomatoes and green beans came in pretty thick last weekend, and I think we will see okra and some larger tomatoes and more peppers this weekend. Where is this food going? Our goal is to help feed our community. Loving reminder: YOU are part of our community. Your family is part of our community. You matter to us, and there is no reason why some of this food should not be showing up in the salads and soups and casseroles that your household makes throughout each week. What we are seeing is that our youth are a little uncertain about what will be valued in their homes. Elders: please send them with a shopping list and a bag. Help them learn what to bring home. I hope to see everybody Saturday. If folks can't make it, please let us know. Also, highschoolers, look at your autumn schedule, let's see if we can figure out where our make up sessions should be for September. Molly Get Outlook for iOS<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://aka.ms/o0ukef__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!HZPW… >

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Saturday- garden only
by Molly Phemister 09 Aug '24

09 Aug '24

Good morning relatives, thank you for your patience with my delayed email this week. For variety of reasons, we do not have our ducks aligned well to participate in the discovery days program tomorrow, so We will only be in the garden. With the turn of the seasons, evidenced by this prelude to fall and the rockets cacophony of cicadas, we know it is time to do some fall planting. There is of course grass to remove, but hopefully we will also add carrots, radishes, green beans, and a few other delights to the garden tomorrow. There are lots of tomatoes, peppers, green beans, and the beginnings of an okra harvest coming. We will do some more formal Harvest assessment work tomorrow, following up on the green pepper sorting of last week. It is my observation that some students are reluctant to work in the garden because they are in shorts and the grasses are prickly. We really need you to be in long pants or long socks. Gardening is just one of those activities where you're going to get prickled, muddy, and perhaps slightly uncomfortable. If you haven't been in a while, we miss you! We would love to see you again. Folks who have fallen quite short on attendance may need to think through make up sessions in order to receive the summer stipend, but the fall stipend is still entirely yours. I'll see you at nine! I look forward to chatting with you right on up to noon Get Outlook for iOS<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://aka.ms/o0ukef__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!HaEK… >

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Gardening and then a woods walk
by Molly Phemister 01 Aug '24

01 Aug '24

Good morning, relatives! This weekend will be hot again, so come early / on time! Please wear long socks or long pants- we're going to wrap up our garden work around 10:30 or 10:45 and then wander down the hill to be in the shade. We have a number of tree relatives that I'd like to introduce you to. Many of our elders also know these relatives and will have more stories to share- elders PLEASE consider joining us for this exploration. Folks from previous cohorts are also very much welcome to join us. Some of you have been juggling complex schedules this summer. I will be on site Monday and Wednesday morning from 9 to 11 each day minimum, and if we need to figure out additional times for make up sessions to happen, I can absolutely work with you. One of the options is for you to stay late on August 10, when we are presenting our program at the Discovery Days event on the East campus mall, 9:30-2 pm. Have a lovely Thursday, I'll see you this weekend, Molly Get Outlook for iOS<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://aka.ms/o0ukef__;!!PvXuogZ4sRB2p-tU!FJBB… >

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