From winterety at sbcglobal.net Fri Jan 30 10:16:32 2009 From: winterety at sbcglobal.net (sheryl lynn gerety) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:16:32 -0800 Subject: [OldNorthBoard] Vote for a UC Davis Student and Pass it On! Message-ID: <533EB724-4FB1-43C2-8EAE-C5ABF6120E10@sbcglobal.net> Areas of morning dense fog mainly on the west side. Patchy morning frost. Fri Jan 30, 2009 JOBS CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING FAQ CONTACTCITY NEWS CAMPUS NEWS FEATURES SCIENCE & TECH ARTS SPORTS OPINION CALENDAR Interact: Print This Article E-Mail This Article Share on Facebook Share on del.icio.us Share on Digg Share on Reddit Leave a Comment/Discuss What is del.icio.us, Digg, Reddit? The California Aggie // Campus News // UCD grad student aims to be Obama's 'First Farmer' UCD grad student aims to be Obama's 'First Farmer' Written by ALYSOUN BONDE Published January 30, 2009 UC Davis graduate student Margaret Lloyd could soon be President Barack Obama's personal White House farmer. Environmental activists are urging President Obama to transform 5 acres of the White House lawn into an organic farm to grow produce for the first family and local food banks. The group is selecting the "First Farmer" through online voting at www.whitehousefarmer.com (note a clickable link, paste into your browser) from 100 nominees. Voting ends Saturday Jan. 31 at midnight. The top three vote-earners will be submitted to the White House staff. Lloyd, asecond-year international agricultural development graduate student, is in fourth place as of press time with approximately 1,300 votes, trailing the third place nominee by800. "There have been no claims by the president that they will do this but there has been a groundswell of effort by the American people," Lloyd said. "By putting together this package of concepts and people they can lobby more strongly." Lloyd said she is excited about the prospect of tearing up the White House lawn to grow food for the Obama family. "It would send a clear message to the country and the world that Obama's promise of change includes one of the most fundamental things that all Americans share, which is our food," Lloyd said. "By growing food at home, you're growing healthier and tastier food that will save you money and is more accessible." The idea for a White House farm came from Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore's Dilemma. "As Michael Pollan points out, at the heart of some of our biggest challenges comes down to the way that we grow our food, so we need to continue to be innovative to discover new ways to solve this challenge," Lloyd said. Last year Lloyd spearheaded an effort to create the Salad Bowl, a student-run 600square-foot organic farm plot in front of the Plant and Environmental Sciences building. "It's biointensive," Lloyd told Dateline UC Davis in May 2008. "We're experimenting with techniques appropriate for small plots in unique growing niches around human habitation to achieve high yields and delicious produce, while contributing to the surrounding aesthetic." Lloyd, who graduated from Tufts University in 2002, also started a company based in San Francisco called Home Farming that hosts workshops on how to create a sustainable backyard farm. "My experience comes from specifically working with small scale subsistence farming,my mission is to uncover the ways in which people can grow food on land surrounding their food," she said. Lloyd's friends and colleagues at UC Davis are encouraging everyone to vote. "I think [if she won] it would be good for UC Davis, good for Margaret and good for the international agricultural development group," said Donna Maricich, the graduate program coordinator for the international agricultural development group. ALYSOUN BONDE can be reached at campus at theaggie.org. 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Name: ad.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 287759 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www2.dcn.org/pipermail/ondboard/attachments/20090130/225ca50b/ad-0005.jpg From winterety at sbcglobal.net Fri Jan 30 10:18:49 2009 From: winterety at sbcglobal.net (sheryl lynn gerety) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:18:49 -0800 Subject: [OldNorthBoard] Corrected url for voting Message-ID: Here is a more direct link: Subject: Web link to vote for Margaret and Deadline is midnight Jan 31 - Saturday Dear All, ?The United States has a White House chef . . . and now is the time for a White House Farmerhttp://whitehousefarmer.com/. Everyone, from your family and friends to our First Family and their guests, needs to know who grew their food and how it was grown. Thank you for your 100 nominations of knowledgeable, passionate farmers out there who could fill this post. Nominations are now Closed, but PLEASE VOTE for the farmer of your choice. The Poll will close at Midnight on January 31.? I understand that ??there are 75 nominees, one of whom is our own Margaret Lloyd (2nd year IAD Graduate Student), of Salad Bowl, Home Farming and plant pathology fame. She needs 5,000 votes! All votes are due by Saturday, 1/31 and the top 3 vote getters will be forwarded to the president. Go Margaret! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www2.dcn.org/pipermail/ondboard/attachments/20090130/b5178a03/attachment.html