Dearest alumni!!!
The reunion is fast approaching and there are over 130 of you signed up! There aren’t many spots left! Register now at www.advanetwork.org!
Many of you are probably wondering “So what are we actually gonna do at the reunion, besides just hang out and have the best time ever?” Good, no – GREAT – question…
Fairs!
We’re having a farmer’s market/craft & program fair/seed swap! What sorts of cool projects have you involved yourself in these days? Do you work for a place that’s so great you have to tell everyone about it? Would you like to see Dr. Shamu’s personally designed line of fashionable grease-stained wear on display?* WHAT?! Come to the reunion’s market fair and find out!
Sign up now to reserve a full table or just space for a pile of fliers for your cool program or business, sell your t-shirts, books or calendars or to barter your special magic sunflower seeds!
Program Fair: Melissa Simon, melsimon@gmail.com
Craft Fair: Shira Salcman, shiranetanya@gmail.com
Farmer’s Market/Seed Swaperoo: Miram Feiner, miriam@isabellafreedman.org or Lauren Weinberg, lsweinberg@gmail.com
Shares!
What will we learn at the reunion? TONS!
We’ve got networking events with master networker Adam Berman, an exclusive tour of the Isabella Freedman solar panels with Adamah alum and solar panel guru Jason Ross, talks about alternative approaches to education, how to maximize your urban growing space and more….
Saturday Night Auction!
Were you really excited to watch Adam creatively raise money from a relatively broke group of 20-somethings? Looking forward to slouching in your chair so he wouldn’t call you out to drop your coffee-a-day habit in exchange for donating to Adamah? Sorry to disappoint, but we’re going in a different direction this year.
Come bid at the Saturday Night Auction instead and support Adamah and Teva! Sign up to auction off lessons, a homemade craft, a date, some friendly cuddle time or anything else clever you can think of. (I don’t know about you, but if Becca Weaver makes it, I’m bidding on it.) Get creative and have fun!
Contact Jakir Manela at jmanela@yahoo.com to sign up for the auction.
See you soon at this epic event! Register before space runs out at www.advanetwork.org
Wanted to tell you about a neat, off-farm event we participated in on Sunday at Congregation Bet Am Shalom in White Plains, NY (one of the participating shuls of our White Plains CSA). A grant from UJA brought together students from Kol Ami, Bet Am Shalom, and the Elm Street Community Center for an afternoon of learning, cooking and eating with Adamah alumni. With the sing-song chorus of ‘Dirt made my lunch” echoing in the room, the children worked in small groups to prepare a vegetarian chili and apple crisp using ingredients from the Adamah farm. They talked about healthy eating, cooking, organic farming and the importance of being thankful for our food. Afterwards, with a magical sleight of hand, an extremely efficient and impressive team of volunteers whisked away the prepared (raw) chils and crisps, and brought out already cooked ones for everyone to enjoy! After many helpings of chili, apple crisp and vanilla ice cream, the group offered thanks: girls from Elm Street shared a thanksgiving song, and Rabbi Les Bronstein led the whole room in a version of Birkat Hamazon.
vegetables, and see them enjoy a tasty meal from the food that we grow. It was also an opportunity for us to reconnect, as the folks attending the event were Adamah alumni from several different seasons, who now live in and near New York City. Adamahniks carry the spark of Adamah with them after they leave the program, and are ever-ready to bring it out and share it; it was wonderful to have such a great occasion to do so!




We’re going to be there! Come visit us and eats lots of delicious pickles (although we all know that ADAMAH pickles are the best)!