Plant sale for Japan relief was a great success.

Check the following videos:

And some pictures here:



Big thanks to the University of Saskatchewan for providing the space, thanks a lot to all people that came out and helped, to all that helped with the cutting, to all that helped with the plant propagation, to all that helped with the plant transplanting, and to all that bought some plants.

I was also talking about mushrooms containing ergothioneine in the second video, as presented by Professor Manabu Nukina at the conference where we handed over the money. Ergothioneine has anti-oxidative properties. Check his homepage:
http://www.tr.yamagata-u.ac.jp/~mnukina/

For more information about the event:
http://uofshorticultureclub.blogspot.com/
http://www.kuruk.de/index.php?id=73


Do not forget to buy and eat some seaweed if you life in or close to effected areas:
http://www.kuruk.de/index.php?id=71

Keep up to date about the atomic crisis here:
http://www.naturalnews.com/031894_Fukushima_meltdown.html

"indoor ornamental plants" and "vegtable" sale in Arts tunnel 22.03.2011

Hello everybody,

The "indoor ornamental plants" and "salad, herbs, cucumbers, and maybe tomatoes" sale will happen this Tuesday 22.03.2011 from 9:30 to 15:30 in the Arts tunnel. More than 50% of the earnings will go towards Japan crisis relief (see details below). Helping and volunteering will be highly appreciated.

Here the time plan:
9:00 - 10:00 cut vegetables and wash them in the greenhouse (you need to have had the greenhouse orientation to help with this)
9:30 - 10:30 moving vegetables and plants from the greenhouse to the Arts tunnel
9:30 - 15:30 sale in the Arts tunnel
15:30 - 16:00 move left overs to the greenhouse and clean up greenhouse
Please let me know if you can help, when and where you would like to help, and whether you can provide logistic by providing a truck or car (very important) for moving the stuff (contact me here). Then I will give you more detailed directions. To not let me know beforehand is fine, you still can come out and help. You can also contribute by coming out and buying something or letting your friends know about this event.


Location of the Arts tunnel, that is the tunnel between arts and Murray Building. E.g. enter arts turn two times left going down the stairs left to A&W (worst food at UofS):
map

Crisis relive recipient:
More than 50% of the earnings will go towards Japan. We will give the earnings to Japanese professors from the effected areas that will distribute the earnings directly. This Japanese professors are work mates of Karen and visit the Agriculture department next weeks. No middle mans, direct and maximum impact of the money (great opportunity to have a direct impact, and maybe we could even donate some seaweed to help people to deal with the atomic crisis.)

Wear a smile and you might win a price.

Take care everyone,
Thomas