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Phat Beets Newsletter: September 2011

Phat Beets Produce Fri, 9 Sep at 7:42am
IMAGE BY AMY K SENSE, FROM PHAT BEETS PRPDUCE

IMAGE BY AMY K SENSE, FROM PHAT BEETS PRPDUCE

Phat Beets Produce spent the summer pounding the pavement, telling neighbors about our programs and inviting them to join our Community Committees to help shape the future of local food access. We are now taking applications for both our Farmers' Market and Healthy Hearts Youth Market Garden Committee. Email info@phatbeetsproduce.org for more info.


We were excited to complete our first youth summer garden based food justice internship with six teenagers from the Healthy Hearts Obesity Prevention Clinic at Children's Hospital Oakland.  Click here to watch a video from the summer and meet our knowledgable teens.



Finally we are asking our supporters to make a $5+ contribution towards our Indigenous People's Day Celebration: Decolonize Your Diet on Oct 8th, 2011 at our Saturday North Oakland Farmers' Market.  This is alternative celebration to Columbus Day.  We are trying to raise $500 to put on a day of free hip hop, poetry, art, cooking demos and a culinary colonialism workshop at the market.  We want to make sure we can pay all the people on the ground, on the mic, and behind the brush combating 400 years of miseducation to our young people.  Please contribute your $5+ here.

 

  • Vote for North Oakland Community Activist Christopher Vernon
  • Latest from the Beet Blog
  • Interested in getting more involved with the garden?
  • Monthly Workday this Sunday in Dover Garden
  • Free Food N' Justice Workshops
  • Looking for Office Space
  • Planting Justice – Transform your yard!
  • Youth Farm Stand at SMDP

Vote for North Oakland Community Activist Christopher Vernon

…and help win $5000 for Phat Beets Dover Healthy Hearts Garden.

VOTE HERE

Interested in getting more involved with the garden? 


Join the Dover Garden Steering Committee.


When: Sept 18, Sunday from 6-8pm. Potluck, bring something to share!

Meetings will be held every 2months on the third Sunday of the month from 6-8pm 

 

Where: 682 Aileen St, North Oakland (at Dover and Aileen)

 

Requirements: Members of steering committee must volunteer at least 4 hours per month in the garden and be able to attend the committee meetings. Committee members are asked to make a one-year commitment.

 

Skills Needed: Event organizing, community building, fundraising, or just an interest!

 

Please RSVP to jen@phatbeetsproduce.org if you can attend or have questions. 

Monthly Workday this Sunday in Dover Garden


Flowers are blooming and tomatoes are ripening as we enjoy this warm end-of-summer weather in Dover garden.  Come see how you can turn your neighborhood parks' marginal land into an edible landscape.  Join us this Sun, Sep 11 from 10am-2pm for some fall planting, double-digging, and bermuda-grass removal.

5707 Dover St Oakland


Free Food N' Justice Workshops

Check out our free Food N' Justice workshop series - everything from Home Greywater Installation to Exploring Oakland Food Policy. 

Every Saturday at the North Oakland Arlington Medical Center - 5715 Market St. 


This Sat Sep 10 11am-1pm

Installing Home GreyWater with Nik Bertulis

Join Merritt College instructor and local Permaculturalist, Nik Bertulis for a free workshop on the basics of home greywater and catch water installation. Nik will lead the group through the process of turning waste water into useful landscape irrigation water. RSVP with max@phatbeetsproduce.org


Upcoming Workshops:

September 17 - Wild Fermentation- Making Sour Dill Pickles

September 24 - Phat Flea's Market and Bazaar

September 24 - Deconstructing Racism in the Food System

September 24 - dj un.d.fine

October 1 - Non-violent communication workshop

October 1 - Backyard Crop Swap

October 8 - Indigenous People's Day- Decolonizing your Diet

October 15 - How to sign up for EBT/SNAP/FOOD STAMPS

October 22 - Exploring Oakland Food, Policy and Urban Ag

October 29 - Phat Flea's Market and Bazaar

October 29 - Harvest/Dia De Los Muertos Celebration


Click here to see the scene at the Farmers' Market

Looking for Office Space

Phat Beets is looking for some office space to use for 6-12 months.  We don't need much, just enough space for a desk with computer and storage for a refrigerator, and a bike cart.  Let us know if you have a small amount of space to share with us. We can help pitch in for electricity, but being an all volunteer run, non-profit we don't have the budget to pay rent. Please email info@phatbeetsproduce.org if you can help us out.

Youth Farm Stand at SMDP

We are opening our youth operated farm stand again at St Martin De Porres Elementary starting Wed, Sep 21.  The stand operates every Weds from 2-6pm in the parking lot of SMDP Elementary on 40th st in between West and MLK.

With Respect,

The Phat Beets Crew


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About Phat Beets Produce
Phat Beets' mission is to provide equal, affordable access to organic fresh fruits and vegetables, grains and legumes to North Oakland families through wholesale pricing. Supported by community events, Phat Beets facilitates youth in leadership roles engaging their peers in healthy eating and nutrition discussions through fruit and vegetable sampling. Phat Beets works to connect small farmers to urban communities via the creation of farm stands and farmers markets in local establishments.