To change ideas about what land is for
is to change ideas about what anything is for.
—Aldo Leopold
To forget how to dig the earth and tend the soil is to forget ourselves.
—Mahatma Gandhi
Food, Farming, Culture & Education 2008
Here is a link to a story in
The Bainbridge Review about our 2008 Summer Institute
Second Annual Summer Institute for
K-12 and Community-Based Educators
July 28-31,2008
Tradition bearer Dave Ullin demonstrates woodworking skills.
What are the possibilities for teaching and learning about food and farming
in elementary and secondary education?
Sessions and Activities included:
- Learning about the practice of sustainable farming and agrarian ideals at Suyematsu/Bentryn Farms. We will get our hands and feet in the soil with farm work,
led by Gerard Bentryn, of Bainbridge Island Vineyards, and Betsey Wittick, of Laughing Crow Farm, and explore the possibilities of developing your own farming project
with Day Road farms and/or gardening projects at your school.
- Dave Ullin, woodworker and tradition bearer, talked about purposeful work, experiential education, and forest to classroom projects. He will lead us
through hands-on traditional woodworking projects you can organize for your students on Day Road Farms and at your school.
- We shopped for local food for lunch at Town and Country Market.
- Through readings, documentaries, and living resources, we explored history, heritage, and cultural diversity of farming on Bainbridge Island.
- Participants received a comprehensive resource handbook to complement these sessions and the larger themes of the institute.
"Excellent opportunity to learn and network around these issues."
"Very rich sharing of resources and collaboration."
"Some great connections were made."
"Thanks for the inspiration!"
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Instructors, Presenters and Guest Visitors included:
Gerard and Jo Ann Bentryn, Bainbridge Island Vineyards
Betsey Wittick, Laughing Crow Farms
Dave Ullin, Forestry and Woodworking Tradition Bearer
David Cowan, MD, Healthier Kids Bainbridge
Christine Rolfes, WA State Representative
Brian Stahl, Kitsap Conservation District
Bobbie Morgan, Natural Landscapes Project
Kat Gjovik, Sustainable Bainbridge and Earth Charter
Katha Miller-Winder, Kitsap Mountaineers’ Salmon Safari Program
Beth Balas, Trust for Working Landscapes
Bainbridge Island Historical Society
This four-day Institute took place at
Suyematsu/Bentryn Farms
8989 Day Road East, Bainbridge Island, WA
- An in-depth exploration of authentic, meaningful and comprehensive ways to bridge classroom and communities with your teaching and learning.
- A lived experience that informs and cultivates a more lived curriculum.
- An experience that deepens your professional repertoire and connects you to people, places, projects and possibilities that enrich and enliven your teaching about
issues that we, as educators, already feel responsible for in our curriculum.
This is a great opportunity to be professionally fed and feed others!
Presented by Global Source Education, in collaboration with Bainbridge Island Vineyards,
Laughing Crow Farm, local community organizations, businesses,
and schools,
with generous support from the Clovis Foundation,
Leiter Family Foundation, and others.
Suggested Resources
Grades K-4, 5-8, 9-12
General
For detailed information on past programs,
please see our 2007 Summer Institute
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