Sunday, October 19, 2008

CSA- Community Supported Agriculture
















We combine our club meetings with our bi-monthly service project. CSA is essentially a partnership between food grower (South Coast Farm) and food consumer. Every other week, organic, fresh-picked produce is put into baskets and delivered to our drop off point in front of the Fullerton Arboretum. Members of the community that have signed up and pre-paid online come to this spot and pick up their basket. Anyone can sign up online for either a small or large basket of seasonal fruits and vegetables. Memberships are purchased and renewed on a quarterly basis. Visit http://southcoastfarms.com/csa.htm for more information or to sign up!

Walk on the Wild Side





















This year, 7 CSUF students, friends, and family members walked together at the San Diego Zoo's 3rd annual Walk on the Wild Side 5k walk to help raise money for amphibians.

Here's a little clip from the official website:
(http://www.sandiegozoo.org/walk/)

"This year’s 3rd annual event will be focused on raising funds for the 2008 Year of the Frog campaign to mark a major conservation effort to address the amphibian extinction crisis. Frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians are becoming extinct. In fact, the International Union of Conservation and Nature estimates that at least one-third of known amphibian species are threatened with extinction. While the major culprit has historically been habitat loss and degradation, many of the declines and extinctions are now being attributed to a rapidly dispersing infectious disease, which is causing population and species extinctions at an alarming rate."



Brian, Alia, Allison, Marissa, Janice, and Matthew (Thanks Trish for the picture!)



















































Matthew and Trish