The goal of the collaborative Klamath River Basin Food Security Project is to achieve a sustainable food system that supports healthy communities, healthy ecosystems and healthy economies among the Karuk, Yurok and Klamath Tribes.

Building Food Security in the Klamath: June 2015
Yurok Tribe - prepping potatoes for planting, Klamath, CA

Greetings!
What's happening this month to build food security in the Klamath? Plant collecting, youth camp, permaculture and herbaria workshops, food system research focus groups, a Basin-wide food security survey, and gardening, gardening, gardening! Dates and details are below.

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Photos this month by: Grant Gilkison, Perri McDaniel, Megan Mucioki, Chris Peters
June Food Events on the River
Yurok traditional foods: seaweed drying

 

June 3, 10, 17 and 24, 9 a.m. - Happy Camp Uripih'uthaam (Garden Network) Project needs volunteers to help  on Wednesdays in our native plants, bucket and community gardens! Meet at Happy Camp TANF office; bring your lunch. Contact Lisa Hillman, 530-627-3446 for more information.   

 

June 5 - Mid-Klamath Watershed Council Restoration Fridays - Fisheries Workday. Meet at MKWC office, Orleans. Contact Tanya Chappelle or Jilliene Bishop at 530-627-3202 for more information.  

 

June 6 and 7, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. - Tending the Summer Garden - part of the Permaculture Workshop Series. Bring food for a potluck lunch! Chiloquin Community Garden, 202 Pioneer St, Chiloquin, OR. Contact Perri McDaniel, 541-882-1487 for more info. 

 

June 15, after school program - Special herbaria plant collection workshop for youth, Orleans. Contact Megan Mucioki, 530-627-3446 ext 3047 for information.

June 20 - Yurok Tribe Food System Assessment Focus Groups in Klamath, CA. Yurok volunteers needed for this food security research! For details and to sign up: Alita Redner, 530-625-4130 ext 1619, or Sara Reid, 510-643-9534.

June 22 - Youth field plant collection trip, Orleans, with Ben Saxon and Megan Mucioki. For more info contact Megan.

June 22 and 23 - Yurok Tribe Food System Focus Groups in Weitchpec. Contact Alita or Sara to sign up.

June 24 and 25 - Yurok Tribe Food System Focus Groups in Pecwan. Contact Bob McConnell, 530-625-4130 x 1629, or Sara Reid to sign up.

June 25, 5-8 p.m. and June 26 , 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. - Spring Youth Camp for tribal youth and their families. Yreka Housing Authority. More information: Lisa Hillman or Ron Reed, 530-627-3446.

June 26 and 27 - Karuk Tribe Food System Assessment Focus Groups in Yreka. We need your help with food security research! For details or to sign up: Sara Reid, 510-643-9534, or Lisa Hillman, 530-627-3446 ext 3016.

June 29 and 30 - Karuk Tribe Food System Focus Groups in Orleans. Contact Sara or Lisa for more information.    

Ongoing in June:    

 

Fridays 8:30 a.m. - noon - Garden Workdays at Yurok Tribe Community Garden, Saints Rest Road, Weitchpec. For more information call Ruby McCovey, 530-625-4130.   

 

Daily 10 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Klamath Tribes Garden Workdays in Chiloquin. For more information, contact Perri, 541-882-1487.  

 

TBD - Klamath Tribes wocus planting - Contact Perri.   

AFRI Management Calendar

 

June 1st: 
MKWC - Orleans Community Garden

Continuation Application Materials due

  

June 9th, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.:

 AFRI Monthly Conference Call  

 

Food Events in May
May was a busy month up and down the river! Klamath Tribes held 6 food system focus groups in 3 towns , put in new garden beds and planted fruit trees in the community garden with help from Chiloquin High School students. Over 20 community members completed a 5-week Seed to Supper course! Yurok Tribe's Spring Fling drew dozens of people to learn about Food Security and other programs and services. The Mother's Day Plant Sale brought more plants to more moms than ever before. Kids planted popcorn in Orleans, and everyone planted bucket gardens in Happy Camp! 
Salmon at Yurok Spring Fling


Klamath Tribes - Seed to Supper grads, Chiloquin

Yurok Tribe - kids planting tomatoes
Karuk Tribe - Bucket gardens!
Conference Opportunities
Save the

Date: Oct 15 - 17, 2015
"Time Again to Gather," California Indian Conference at UC Berkeley. Abstracts due June 19th. More info and registration here.


Klamath Community Garden 

 

This project is supported by the USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture 

Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Food Security Grant # 2012-68004-20018