A Post From the Pako Field

The Friends of ENCA Farm Newsletter

Spring Equinox Edition 2016

News From the Field

Launching of The Seed Savers

Our local staff in the Philippines has been working hard to launch the Seed Savers Farmers Group. Last month, 10 organic farmers gathered to complete their applications and receive the first round of organic seeds to launch this new program. The initial core group of farmers will be saving seeds and helping establish the community seed library in Tublay, Benguet over the course of the next year.

To learn more about our recent farm visits and cooking demo read the blog post by local volunteer April, a Filipina college student!

Construction Has Broken Ground on a

New Out Building and the Seed Storage Facility at ENCA Farm

Thanks to the generosity of many of you as donors, a new out building and seed storage facility is underway at ENCA Farm. Led by the design and talents of Yan-Yan Cosalan (pictured to the right), a soon-to-graduate engineering student, this building will ensure improved farmer efficiency by safely storing organic seeds produced at ENCA Farm.

Upcoming Events for the

Friends of ENCA Farm

Tuesday, April 5th 6pm-8:30pm

Seeds of Time Documentary Film Screening

@ The Posner Center

Join us and Denver Urban Gardens for the screening and panel discussion of Seeds of Time. Seeds of Time follows agriculture pioneer, Cary Fowler, as he races against time to protect the future of our food. Seed banks around the world are crumbling, crop failures are producing starvation and rioting, and the accelerating effects of climate change are affecting farmers globally.

Purchase Tickets Here or make a donation to support the event!

Dine Out for ENCA @ Illegal Pete's

on South Broadway

Tuesday, May 10th from 3-9pm

Please join us from 3pm-9pm as we raise money to support our programs at Illegal Pete's South Broadway. Simply mention you're there for the fundraiser when paying and 50% will go back to Friends of ENCA Farm. RSVP via Facebook or just show up!

Colfax Marathon Charity Partner

Saturday, May 14th - Sunday, May 15th

We are still looking for runners to join us for any of the races during the Colfax Marathon.

Visit the Colfax Marathon registration page to learn more and remember to select Friends of ENCA Farm as your charity when you register. Then you can start to fundraise for us via this link.

Can't run in the race but still want to support us? Feel free to make a tax-deductible donation via this link.

New Website Launched

We are very excited to launch our new and improved website! Thanks to the team at Awesome Website Guys for helping make this happen.

Let us know what you think of the new look and please share with your networks.

21st Annual DU Women's Conference

Friends of ENCA Farm is honored to have been

chosen to lead a workshop at the 21st Annual DU Women's Conference on Friday, April 1st from 11am-12:15pm at the University of Denver.

The workshop is entitled, Filipina Women Leading the Way to an Organic Farming Revolution, and will be led by our Founder and Executive Director, Sherry Manning.

To learn more about the conference and to register,
please visit their website.

What's Inside

News From the Field

Upcoming Events

New Website

DU Women's Conference

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