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Thank you for your continued support, and thank you for consciously spending your food dollars to support the good work of P.E.A.C.H. in your community. Whether you shop online and have your order delivered or come to one of our stores for your regular grocery trips, we appreciate that you are helping us build our local food economy by using your food dollars with us. Among other community projects, your grocery purchases support Community Roots Market, brought to you by P.E.A.C.H.
COMMUNITY ROOTS MARKET: ALL THINGS LOCAL Sunday April 19th from 11-4 2015 N. Division Street
+ Organic Gardening Class 10 AM $10 Suggested Donation to P.E.A.C.H. Rooting cuttings and plant divisions followed by general question and answer time.
+ Lentz Spelt Farm Presentation 1PM "Heritage Grain & Oil Seed Trends In Europe" René Featherstone, agricultural journalist and partner in Lents Spelt Farms of Marlin, Washington, recently spent a month traveling around Germany to interview growers, chefs, researchers, marketers, and retailers about the ancient grains; spelt, emmer farro, and oil seed camelina. He will give a presentation on his findings and about the importance of intercropping or "Mischkultur". A question and answer session will follow.
To support our local farmers, gardeners, artists & crafters and make it easy for you to BUY LOCAL we have founded this new market. Community Roots Market will be a weekly, year-round, indoor/outdoor market featuring ALL things LOCAL. In addition to connecting you with the best LOCAL products and producers, Community Roots Market offers simple living workshops, creative kids activities, and live LOCAL music. The next market is May 17, 2009, and starting June 14th the market will be each Sunday from 11-4. Be sure to come shop from the many vendors who will be set up selling their wares.
P.E.A.C.H. PERMACULTURE FARM UPDATE We now have a farm blog so you can get regular updates on what is happening on the farm. Check us out at http://PEACHLocal.blogspot.com/ and sign up to be a friend of the farm.
P.E.A.C.H. DONATIONS NEEDED
Volunteers are needed to transplant seedlings Friday April 17 & Saturday April 18th. If you can come please contact Brightspirit at 435-5210 or email Brightspirit@freshabundance.com. The transplanting will be at the P.E.A.C.H. farm located at 3324 S. Best Road in Spokane Valley. Take I-90 to Evergreen exit, head south to 32nd, Turn left (east) and look for the big red barn with the Fresh Abundance sign on it.
Donation Items Needed:
+ Tractor
+ Hand tools and miscellaneous items needed. Our Juvenile Justice project uses lots of teen offenders and so we need 15 of each kind of hand tool. Items needed: shovels, rakes, hoes, pitch forks, trowels, knee pads, snacks for breaks, old plant pots, manure, horses, watering cans, clean barrels or water tanks, herb or flower cuttings or transplants, strawberry starts, raspberry & blackberry canes, leaves & pine needles, to name just a few.
+ A volunteer to build a simple P.E.A.C.H. web site.
+ A volunteer to do grant research and writing. + Cash or check donations. P.E.A.C.H. is a tax exempt non-profit 501c3. Please use us for your charitable giving to invest in your community.
If you have a business we would love it if you would put a jar out for P.E.A.C.H. Contact Brightspirit at 435-5210 if you are willing to help us collect donations for our nonprofit in this way.
FRESH ABUNDANCE VALLEY The Fresh Abundance Valley store will go to expanded hours starting April 21st The Valley store will be open Tuesday to Saturday from 10-6. P.E.A.C.H. Farm bedding plants will be for sale during store hours.
HOUSEKEEPING If you need a speaker for your group I am available most days to talk about the PEACH/Fresh Abundance project.
Last but not least the band Quarter Monkey, a young rock bank with their own original work, is doing a fund raiser gig for P.E.A.C.H. at Coffee Social 113 W Indiana this Thursday April 16th starting at 7PM.
See you at Community Roots Market April 19th
Brightspirit
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