Category Archives: Recent News

Maria Rodale Speaking on Monday!

Maria Rodale At Lafayette College

Huge news!!!!!!!!!!  Come see the wonderful Maria Rodale speak at noon on Monday, March 7th in Hugel 103.

Also, on Wednesday, March 9th is a brown bag about the Food System at Lafayette in Hogg Hall from 11-1pm.

(image from: http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-farm-bill/)

EARTH WEEK 2010 at Lafayette College!!!!

Hello all!

If you’re visiting this website, I’m sure you’d be interested in coming out to some of our programs and events for EARTH WEEK 2010!!  A lot of them are specifically about the garden and local food! 🙂

Here’s the schedule:

You are welcome to attend any and all of these events!

For more information, see our website: Earth Day.Org

We’ll be visiting the garden at 4PM on Wednesday as part of the tour and I’ll be presenting about it on Friday at noon for the Brown Bag on Campus sustainability.

Hope to see you there!!!!!  And Happy Earth Week!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂

Organic Compost Source

Community Gardeners,

Thanks  to Sharon Bright’s recommendation, we now have a source of organic compost sold in bulk:

Cierech Greenhouses
23 Winters Rd, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865
(908) 859-1899

The cost is $30 per yard (and a dump truck holds about 8 yards). The only downside is that they do not deliver, so we need to find someone with a truck.
Contact Mike Jordan if you’re interested!

The Community Garden on TV?!

Hey all,

Two exciting things:  the garden project has been covered by local TV shows twice this year!
On Monday, April 12th at 8:30PM we’ll be on channel WFMZ 69 on the Navigating your Life show.  Myself, Mickey Adelman, Professor Veshosky, and Jason Seigel were interviewed for the Going Green Earth Day special.

(picture from: http://www.navigatingyourlifeshow.net/)

On Earth Day, April 22nd, we’ll be on the show Tempo at 7 :30 and 11:00PM on PBS channel 39.  Professor Wilson and I were interviewed and Bryan Hendrickson helped out too.

(picture from: http://www.habitatlehighvalley.org/news_multimedia/)

Community Garden Reservation Forms are Now Being Accepted!

Hello gardeners,

The moment you’ve been waiting for has arrived. 🙂  We are now accepting reservations for the community garden for the 2010 growing season!

Click here to get the form: http://sites.lafayette.edu/organicgardening/community-garden-forms/

Please return your form and payment to box  #9456 Farinon Center.  If you have any preferences about location, make sure you write it on the form.  Also, if you’d like to share a plot and are looking for another family, you can post that info here or email me and I’ll try to get you in contact with others (leap@lafayette.edu).