SAFE
Alternatives
for our Forest Environment
Calendar
of SAFE and other environmentally related meetings, events, etc.
2013:
2012 SAFE MEETINGS & POTLUCKS
are held in SUNDAY in MARCH, JUNE, and NOVEMBER (annual meeting).
Next SAFE meeting is SUN JUNE 23 in Hayfork at
Bower residence. Meeting is at 1pm, followed by potluck. Please
bring a potluck dish to share. More info or for directions: call
623-5410 or email
Virginia Rice.
WEEKLY FARMERS MARKETS MAY _ OCTOBER:
TUESDAYS in HAYFORK - FARMERS MARKET
across from Post Office Square 10am -12noon (or later). The Cordtz
family will be selling produce and plants. If additional vendors shw
up, selection will increase. NOTE: Fridays 4pm-7pm is is
the official Hayfork Farmers Market day with all the vendors.
WEDNESDAYS in WEAVERVILLE - FARMERS MARKET
at Highland Art Center Meadow 4pm-7pm. Produce, sprouts, plants,
flowers, herbal products, and more. Laughing Tree catering truck
will be selling their yummy food. Live music by various local
musicians and groups.
FRIDAYS in HAYFORK - FARMERS MARKET
across from Post Office Square 4pm-7pm. Produce, sprouts, plants,
flowers, herbal products, candles, soaps, and more. Laughing Tree
catering truck will be selling their yummy food.
CALENDAR:
TUES JUNE 4: HAYFORK - TRINITY
HOMEGROWN FOODS SOUTH COUNTY CHAPTER MEETING at Northern Delights
at 7pm. Presentations: Ryan will lead off with a hands-on
demonstration of the subtleties of compost pile building; then
folks will go back inside and and have talks and a group
conversation on natural pest control systems. April was
membership renewal month as 2012-2013 cards expired at end of
April! Membership applications available and dues are
$20/year/individual or $35/family, which provides THF with funds
that it needs to put on presentations & workshops, pay for
printing, and other expenses! Membership benefits include
supporting THF work and also discounts at local merchants. There
are 4 merchants in Hayfork and a number are currently being
negotiated in Northern CA area - TBA. Open to everyone. More info:
call Tom Cook at 739-3938. First Tuesday each month.
WED JUNE 5:
LEWISTON, CA - GARDEN CLUB
MEETING at Community
Center. Social time is
12:30-1pm. Meeting &
presentation at 1pm.
Refreshments served
afterward. Guests always
welcome. First Wednesday
each month. More info:
call Carolyn Rhody at
623-6170.
SAT JUNE 8: HAYFORK - COMPOST TEA SEMINAR at Growing Wild Garden
Center (confirm which GW location) 10:30am-4:30pm. Dr. Elaine Ingham
will be teaching this compost tea seminar. Cost is $100 and
registration is required at either location of Growing Wild Garden
Center. Dr. Ingham has done extensive research on all aspects of
compost tea and is a world leader in the field of soil microbiology.
She wrote The Compost Tea Brewing Manual which is a valuable asset
for the compost tea brewer.
SUN JUNE 9: HAYFORK
- TIMBERJACKS 4H CLUB MEETING at Hayfork Youth
Center at 5pm. Projects in swine, dairy goats,
horses, poultry, beekeeping, sewing, electronics
& electric, etc. Membership is open to
children 5 and older and to parents or
caretakers who would like to volunteer time to
teach a skill or supervise a project. Children
can become members even if parent is unable to
lead a project, but they must attend meetings
regularly. Visitors are welcome but must follow
fairgrounds and 4-H rules of conduct. More info:
call Kathy at 628-4221 or 628-4400. Second
Sunday each month.
TUES JUNE 11: DOUGLAS CITY - MEDICINAL PLANT WALK/GARDEN TOUR at
Wild Mountain Herbs garden 10am-1pm. Christina Johnson is offering
to take folks on tour of her wonderful bountiful herb garden in its
wild, upper Deer Lick Springs location. Christina Johnson will cover
identification, growing, harvest and drying techniques, as well as
medicinal uses. The herbs we will see include: Angelica, Arnica,
Black Cohosh, Burdock, Calamus, Calendula, Catnip, Cayenne,
Chamomile, Chickweed, Comfrey, Dandelion, Echinacea, Elder,
Elecampane, Flax, Garlic, Ginkgo, Lavender, Lemon Balm, Marshmallow
Rt., Motherwort, Nettle, Peppermint, Raspberry, Red Clover, Rose
Hips, Rosemary, Skullcap, Slippery Elm, Spearmint, Usnea, Valerian,
Violet, White Sage, Wild Yam, and Yerba Santa. This is a free event
but she can only accommodate a maximum of 12 people. If you want to
attend you must email christinajohnson@wildblue.net or call her at
530-629-3311. She will send or tell you directions once you contact
her. Hayfork
Cooperative members will be given first chance to attend.
After June 1, she will open it up to other people. If there are more
than 12 people interested, she will do another tour on June 25.
Please bring a lunch. She will provide water and tea.
SAT JUNE 15: HAYFORK - MEDICINAL WILD PLANT HIKE 9am-4pm. Meet at
Hayfork Library parking lot 9am. Susan Bower and others will be
leading their annual trek up Lymedyke Mountain then down in stages
to meet and appreciate some of the wild medicinal plants along the
way. This is a vehicle and walking trek from the top of Lymedyke
Lookout Mountain through various lower ecosystems. They will
identify and talk about various plants and about making medicines
and foods from them. Plants’ role in achieving and maintaining human
health and the health of the land will be a focus too, as well as
how we can help to keep the plants healthy. Please bring your lunch,
water, and something to sit on (optional). A story, song, poem,
observation or other bit of information/inspiration about plants is
the fee for this guided trek with Susan Bower and others. No money
is required. This is a Hayfork Cooperative
event.
SAT JUNE 15: HAYFORK - FORAGING WALK at 9:30am. Trinity Homegrown
Foods is offering a repeat of the very well-received foraging walk
they held last month for edible and medicinal plants except this
time it will also be a a scavenger hunt. Meet at the VFW hall.
Foragers are encouraged to bring a knife, a notebook and a container
for specimens. More info: call Tom Cook at 739-3938. First Tuesday
each month. More info: call Tom Cook at 739-3938.
SAT JUNE 15: WEAVERVILLE - TRINITY HOMEGROWN FOODS NORTH COUNTY
CHAPTER GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING & POTLUCK at Young Family
Ranch at 10am - note earlier time! Presentations: Dave
Albeiz will talk at length about succession planting, mulching and
other things; Master Gardener and THF member, Linda Maddox, will
talk about “Companion Planting”; and mushroom guru Alex Van Zee will
demonstrate making of mushroom mulch. Refreshments and snacks will
be available at end of meeting. Bring a dish to share. All THF
events are free and open to everyone. You can pick up some seeds
from THF seed bank. If you are interested in influencing the content
of local presentations please go to survey
page on UC Extension website so that you can let them know
what kind of presentations & workshops you'd like them to put
on. It'll only take a minute of your time, and you'll be a better
person for it. Third Saturday each
month.
TUES JUNE 18: HAYFORK - HAYFORK
COOPERATIVE PLANNING MEETING
at Northern Delights Coffeehouse at 6pm. They always
appreciate feedback as to what they are doing right;
what they need to improve upon; and what they need
to add (or subtract), basically goals and visions
for their cooperative. Third Tuesday each month.
TUES JUNE 18:
HAYFORK - HAYFORK
COOPERATIVE PUBLIC
MEETING at Northern Delights Coffeehouse at 7pm.
Different presentation each month.
Check out books from Hayfork Cooperative’s
lending library managed by Judy Godair. Feel
free to bring seeds, plants, bulbs, etc. to
share. If you have magazines and periodicals
that you are finished with and would like to
give them to others before recycling them, feel
free to bring them to share. They do not ask for
dues as this is a cooperative. However, please
support Northern Delights with your business or
a small donation. They want each of you to have
a say in the programs and in the decisions. They
are here to guide only, not to push a program.
More info or if you have suggestions talk to:
Susan Bower, Garrett Spillane, Peggy Siers,
Adrian Keyes, or Todd Taylor. All are welcome to
join them for this free event. Third Tuesday
each month.
WED JUNE
19: HAYFORK, CA -
COMMUNITY PLAN ADVISORY
COMMITTEE MEETING
(HCPAC) at Trinity
County Fairgrounds
meeting room at 6pm.
Public is welcome to
come and participate.
Third Wednesday each
month.
More info or for an
agenda or to confirm
meeting is happening:
call Bob or Jan Mountjoy
at 628-4474.
THURS JUNE 20: SOUTHERN
TRINITY, CA - HUMBOLDT-TRINITY RECREATION
ALLIANCE (HTRA) MEETING at home of Millie
Pollard (432 Van Duzen Road) at 6:30pm. More
info: call Gail Glass at 707-574-6269. Third
Thursday each month.
SUN JUNE 23: HAYFORK - SAFE MEETING & POTLUCK at Bower
residence at 1pm. Meeting is at 1pm, followed by potluck. Please
bring a potluck dish to share. More info or for directions: call
623-5410 or email
Virginia Rice.
THURS JUNE 27:
WEAVERVILLE, CA - TRINITY COUNTY FIRE
SAFE COUNCIL MEETING (TCFSC) at TCRCD
conference room on Horseshoe Lane
(behind front office) at 7pm. Meeting
is open to public. More info
or for agenda: contact Noreen Doyas or
Pat Frost at Trinity County Resource
Conservation District (TCRCD) at
623-6004. Regular meetings are
on fourth Thursday each month.
SAT JUNE 29: HAYFORK - FETA CHEESE MAKING WORKSHOP at VFW Hall
2pm-5pm. Trinity Homegrown Foods is pleased to announce that the
Cheese Goddess of Junction City, Terri Clark, will be doing another
cheese-making workshop. This time she'll show us how easy it is to
make Feta cheese at home. This is probably their most popular
workshop so come early to get a good seat.More info: call Tom Cook
at 739-3938. First Tuesday each month. More info: call Tom Cook at
739-3938.
SAT JUNE 29: HAYFORK - TRINITY HOMEGROWN FOODS "WHINE & CHEESE"
GALA POTLUCK at VFW Hall at 6pm. Continuing with the cheese theme,
THF is pleased to announce their own Whine and Cheese Gala Potluck.
Unlike the real one, their is free and open to everyone. Please
bring a dish to share that includes or goes well with cheese as well
as your beverage of choice. Extra points for locally grown or raised
food. Whining is encouraged but not required. Come celebrate the
quarter moon with them! More info: call Tom Cook at 739-3938. First
Tuesday each month. More info: call Tom Cook at 739-3938.
TUES JULY 2: HAYFORK - TRINITY HOMEGROWN FOODS SOUTH COUNTY
CHAPTER GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING at Northern Delights at 7pm.
Presentations: The THF Fall & Winter planting guide will be
handed out and explained. Extend your growing season this year! This
will be followed by an in depth discussion of the risks associated
with genetically engineered crops and the herbicide required for
their use. April was membership renewal month as 2012-2013 cards
expired at end of April! Membership applications available and dues
are $20/year/individual or $35/family, which provides THF with funds
that it needs to put on presentations & workshops, pay for
printing, and other expenses! Membership benefits include supporting
THF work and also discounts at local merchants. There are 4
merchants in Hayfork and a number are currently being negotiated in
Northern CA area - TBA. Open to everyone. More info: call Tom Cook
at 739-3938. First Tuesday each month. More info: call Tom Cook at
739-3938.
MON AUG 5 - FRI AUG 9: TRUCKEE, CA - GEOMORPHIC
AND ECOLOGICAL FUNDAMENTALS FOR RIVER AND STREAM RESTORATION
at Sagehen Creek Field Station. This five-day introductory course
emphasizes understanding geomorphic and ecological process as a
sound basis for planning and designing river restoration, covering
general principles and case studies from a wide range of
environments.
SUN NOV 10: LEWISTON - SAFE ANNUAL MEETING & POTLUCK at Rice
residence at 1pm. Meeting is at 1pm, followed by potluck. Please
bring a potluck dish to share. More info or for directions: call
623-5410 or email
Virginia Rice.
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"75% of food and fiber we grow
today was discovered and cultivated by native farmers and
hunter-gatherers of North, Central and South America. These
indigenous varieties include corn, beans, peanuts, cotton,
potatoes, tomatoes, chili peppers, avocados, blueberries,
cranberries, strawberries, squashes, black walnuts, pecans,
chocolate, tobacco, rubber, sunflowers, and medicinal herbs and
plants." Read
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