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Among people everywhere there is increasing concern about the quality and safety of our food as well as concern about harm to the environment from ill-conceived agricultural activity. Tilth's mission is to promote environmentally sound and sustainable agriculture. We are devoted to learning about and promoting ways in which to raise food, ornamentals, other farm crops and farm animals without damage to the environment. In The News ... Food Access Assistant Apprenticeship South Whidbey Tilth is seeking an apprentice interested in sustainable food growing, land resource conservation practices and farmers market and farm stand management. See the full job description here. 
Hands-on Orchard Training Sign up for hands-on pruning and orchard care training on with Gary Ingram on Saturday, March 16. Come from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to the Titlh Sustainability Campus, 2812 Thompson Road, Langley 98260. We'll be pruning the campus fruit trees and clearing sod away from the tree trunks. Dress for the weather and bring work gloves and pruning tools, if you have them. There will be refreshments and hot drinks. A suggested donation is $10 or $5 for Tilth members. For information or to register, contact Tilth Education. Tilth Film Night features "Water" From Michael Pollan's Cooked series join us for this Netflix film. A free event in Clinton, it begins at 6 p.m. with a potluck. RSVP to Melissa. Carpool if possible. Backyard Biochar Workshop March 30 
Join Master Gardener Tom Vincent for a demo class in making biochar at home on Saturday, March 30 from 10 a.m. to Noon at South Whidbey Tilth Campus, 2812 Thompson Road, Langley. See details on the Garden page. Farmer’s Shadow Discussion/Class Is First Tuesdays The Farmer’s Shadow is a monthly drop-in educational event sponsored by South Whidbey Tilth and Slow Food Whidbey Island. Led by South Whidbey farmer Anza Muenchow, meetings start with a short presentation on a chosen topic. There is plenty of time for questions and open discussion. See details on the Garden page. 
New Trustees Elected, Next Business Meeting March 21 Congratulations to recently elected members of the governing council of trustees: Lynae Slinden, Edward Hueneke, Leah Claire, Andréa Linton and Anza Muenchow. Trusees continuing the second year of their terms are Prescot, president; Kirstin Clauson and Ida Gianopulos. The next regular business meeting is Thursday, March 21 at 6 p.m. in the Trinity Lutheran Church Annex in the Nursery. Members are welcome to attend and participate. Questions? Contact the President for information or leave a message at 360-321-0757.
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Vounteer hours South Whidbey Tilth depends on its volunteers. Please download a volunteer form as a pdf file. Keep track of your time all year. Mail to South Whidbey Tilth or email to the Treasurer. Our Organization Enjoy the Sustainability Campus The South Whidbey Tilth 11-acre Sustainability Campus provides a unique, leisurely ambience and focus for learning. The campus is open for walking, and you can view our ongoing projects: demonstration field crops, community garden and orchard, forest trail and understory recovery project, native plant salvage beds operated by Native Plant Stewards, the highway vegetation management model, and bluebird nesting boxes established by Coupeville fifth-graders. Dog walkers, please usethe poop bags behind the restroom where the directional signs are. Use the trash can there.
Volunteer Opportunities South Whidbey Tilth has opportunities for you to help with classes, farmers' market, community gardens, facilities maintenance and improvements and forest restoration projects.
Tilth History On August 27, 1977, more than 70 people gathered at Pragtree Farm near Arlington, WA, to develop strategies for the sustainable agriculture movement in the Pacific Northwest. Known as the "Regional Planning Meeting," the gathering established the framework for the Tilth Association.
Recently the Berry Center in Kentucky posted a video of Wendell Berry's July 1, 1974 speech in Spokane. Wendell's insights are as powerful today as they were forty years ago. The full transcript of his speech is available on the Tilth Producers website.
The meeting at Pragtree Farm laid the foundation for organizing local Tilth chapters. The next spring the first chapters were formed in Seattle and in Southwest Washington, followed by Willamette Valley Tilth and Rogue Tilth in Oregon. By the summer of 1982 there were 15 Tilth chapters in California, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, with an estimated combined membership of 2,000. At the Regional Planning Meeting three years later Anthony Judge's ideas were incorporated into Tilth's strategy of organizing autonomous local chapters empowered to respond to the needs of their communities. Over the past three decades the Tilth movement has ebbed and flowed, with the central organization dissolving into statewide organizations in Oregon and Washington, and local chapters forming and fading away. Because of its decentralized, ecological strategy, however, Tilth has continued to adapt, survive, and thrive. Today Tilth is experiencing a resurgence parallel to the growth of the organic food and farming nationwide. The complete story by one of the founders, Mark Musick is on the Washington Tilth website select History.
All the Tilth organizations celebrated the 40th anniversary at the Tilth Producers Conference in November 2014. Mary Berry, Wendell’s daughter, was a keynote speaker.
See our chapters at: Oregon Tilth www.tilth.org Tilth Alliance www.seattletilth.org Sno-Valley Tilth www.snovalleytilth.org Vashon Island Growers Association www.vigavashon.org
Online newsletters The current issue is the Fall 2018 South Whidbey Tilth Newsletter Contents Follow links to issues from past years: |
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