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Written by Alisha M. Forrester Scott “Alisha the Explorer“, Founder of Pollinator Support Movement (PSM)

PSM’s mission is to save and restore bees and the food supply chain.

1. The “BeeSWeek 2013: Scientific and Community Panel Forums” DVD educational film production has wrapped.  Held at the University of New Mexico, the BeeSWeek production made the front page news of the Albuquerque Journal on its opening day, and was featured on a local television morning show called “The Morning Brew”.  Raw footage from the BeeSWeek panel discussion film production is currently in early editing.
2. In the next several weeks, once the DVD project is fully edited and pressed (duplicated), it will be sold online and at local public events as a fundraising product for the sustainable and humanitarian-based projects that are designed and produced by members of Pollinator Support Movement collective.  Funds generated by the sale of the BeeSWeek educational DVD will be split “50/50 net” between habitat restoration and research and development projects, and community food and educational projects.
3. Pollinator Support Movement has hired a professional social media representative for the BeeSWeek 2013 DVD fundraiser production.  Stay tuned for details!  Click here to read more about PSM in the media.
4. Pollinator Support Movement is currently raising funds to pay for:  BeeSWeek 2013 productions costs, non-profit organization filing fees, and “pro-pollinator” creative marketing projects.  Once non-profit status has been awarded, Pollinator Support Movement will be partnering with grass roots artists and small business owners to grow a North American (and beyond) collective.  This collective will operate under the PSM motto: “For Planet, For Purpose”, and will contribute to the sustainable systems and cultural change and economic boost that the global agribusiness industry needs in order to progress and thrive.
5. Pollinator Support Movement intends to sponsor national and local “bee-friendly” labeling programs, by working with a local grocery co-operative (co-op) to create a marketing program where grocery consumers will be able to easily identify products (with ingredients) that are pollinated by bees.  Additionally, Pollinator Support Movement is interested in creating ancillary labeling programs for the food and beverage industries.  Stay tuned for details on both “Bee-Friendly” labeling programs.
6. At this early stage, and with progressive successes still under way, Pollinator Support Movement needs your financial contribution now.  BeeSWeek 2013 cost $8,000 to produce.  $1,995 has been raised to date.  Thank You so much to all of the PSM new Members and donors!  Click here to read about these compassionate people.
7. Pre-sale BeeSWeek panel discussion DVD‘s will be available soon!  Stay tuned for details!  Why is the BeeSWeek 2013 panel discussion DVD project such a big deal?  Click here to learn more.
8. If you are in a position to publicly support Pollinator Support Movement (a publicly-beneficial, non-profit collective), please consider joining PSM as a Member, or donate your money to PSM by visiting the Crown Bees’ PSM Memberships page at the Crown Bees website.  If you contribute to the PSM cause, your name will appear in the credits on the BeeSWeek 2013 educational DVD.

Contact Pollinator Support Movement

Citizen Services Department: (415) 484-BEE4 is (415) 484-2334

E-Mail: doyoulikefood@gmail.com

Website: http://pollinatorsupportmovement.com

Facebook: http://facebook.com/doyoulikefood

Coming Soon!  

Weblinks to our BeeSWeek online crowd-funding promotions.

New Media

Click here to see Alisha “Bee” on the local Albuquerque TV morning show “The Morning Brew”.

The Morning Brew Memorial Day Show 2013

Report: BeeSWeek Day 1

I am pleased that we are in June, and that BeeSWeek is upon me.  I have enjoyed the challenge of co-producing the BeeSWeek 2013: Scientific and Community Panel Forums.  As we speak (and as I watch), filming for BeeSWeek Day 2 is occurring.  And soon, the filmed footage from BeeSWeek will be compiled and edited for release.

Click here to visit the Crown Bees’ PSM Membership page to donate to the production costs of BeeSWeek.  Your contribution is so helpful, and we do still need your help!

Yesterday (Monday, June 3), after the cameras, lights, microphones, screens, and seating were set, BeeSWeek 2013 officially began.  And, by mid-day, Dr. Valerie Solheim had given her 2-hour keynote presentation, which featured slides and field equipment show-and-tell.  Valerie is using electro magnetic energy (frequencies) to increase the health of her Honey bee colonies.

Dr. Valerie Solheim, BeeSWeek © 2013 Alisha Forrester Scott

After a fresh lunch from the local La Montanita Co-Op, the UNM Science & Math Learning Center auditorium was re-staged for panel discussions 1 and 2.  In two filmed segments, the panelists sat in a semi-circle, with moderator Jessica Rowland in the center.

Panel 1. State of the beeS address:  The current situation of our available pollinators used today in North American crops

Panel 2. An analysis of four bee industries:  Lessons and experiences of currently managed types of bees

BeeSWeek, Panel Forum 1 © 2013 Alisha Forrester Scott

Bees pollinate fruits, vegetables, nuts, and spices.  I do not grown my own food, and so I am heavily reliant upon the food supply chain.  I felt like the luckiest person in Albuquerque because I was sitting in a room of real producers; actual heroines and heroes.  These intelligent beings were talking about everything (and more!) that I had always wanted to know about pollinating bees, and how they relate to the food supply chain. 

Thank You for Dave Hunter, creator of the brilliant BeeGAP method, and owner of Crown Bees, for his tireless and valuable efforts to co-Produce the BeeSWeek programming.

Thank You to local Mattress Firm franchisee, D&A Mattress, for providing major funding for the inaugural BeeSWeek 2013 film production.

Thank You to Mike Wade and BBBSeed for providing seeds for fundraising sales, and for production funding.

Thank You to La Provence Brasserie Restaurant for their sponsorship, and for creating a lovely BeeSWeek-inspired menu.

On Tuesday, June 4, from 4:30-6:30pm, La Provence hosts the “Post-Panels Bee Happy Hour” featuring $5 glasses of Chardonnay and Zinfandel. At 6:30pm, a “BeeSWeek All-Stars Press Event Dinner” kicks-off, featuring brief panel forum re-cap presentations from the, visiting esteemed, forum panelists. For dinner, we are featuring a wonderful menu Che de Cuisine Zach Work will be preparing using bee honey in each course. $35 pp. Call 254-7644 for reservations.

Thank You to those who have purchased Pollinator Support Movement (PSM) memberships, have donated to help PSM cover BeeSWeek production costs.

Thank You to Tom Carlson of Tech Love (venue) for his gracious support of BeeSWeek.

Thank You to Bobby Ortiz, Ethan Rule, and Marjori Maddox Krebs of UNM for their coordination efforts.

Thank You to Lainie Sevante Quirk and Ivan Weiner, their staff and associates of Albuquerque Film & Media Experience (AFME), for the warm invitation and opportunity to present the inaugural BeeSWeek program during the film festival.

And mostly, Thank You to the esteemed BeeSWeek 2013 panelists!

BeeSWeek panel updates

We are excited to be producing an important video project from the recordings of the BeeSWeek 2013: Scientific and Community Panel Forums events.Our fundraising continues, and we are adjusting our BeeSWeek programs to better fit our financial situation.

We are so thankful for the contributions of our commercial sponsors: La Provence, BBBSeed, and Mattress Firm.

We are so thankful for the membership purchases and personal donations of our Online Community members.

If you have a moment to support our vision, and the vital BeeSWeek conference, you are invited to visit the Crown Bees’ PSM Membership and Donations page.

http://www.crownbees.com/crown-bees/memberships/

Click here to download the BeeSWeek panel topics guide.

News: Jessica Rowland at BeeSWeek 2013

NEWS

Jessica Rowland joins Pollinator Support Movement as BeeSWeek 2013 moderator.

Jessica Rowland, BeeSWeek moderator

Jessica Rowland is a lecturer and education coordinator in the University of New Mexico’s Sustainability Studies Program. She teaches interdisciplinary courses on sustainability, local food systems, and climate change, and recently received the 2012-2013 UNM Lecturer of the Year award. Jessica facilitates the UNM Lobo Growers’ Market, and collaborates with various campus and community partners to strengthen and develop the local and regional food system. Jessica was raised on a small farm in Western Washington state, but now calls the high desert her home. She holds an MS in stable isotope geochemistry and paleoclimate change from the University of Arizona, and is a board member of La Montañita Food Co-op.

Contact Jessica at jrowland@unm.edu. Get involved with the UNM Sustainability Studies Program and like us on Facebook. Learn more about sustainable food and agriculture in New Mexico by following our blog, ABQ Stew: New Mexico’s Food for Thought.

Update to Tina Quizon

• Appearance canceled due to fundraising challenges.  Mahalo, Tina, for your commitment.

New Experience: March Against Monsanto, ALB

With pleasure, I joined several hundred local Nuevo Mexicanos for the recent “March Against Monsanto” community event.  At the beginning of the route, near University and Central next to the college campus, I caught-up with Dr. Bruce Milne.  In somewhat-neat rows and columns, our community marched downtown, towards the KiMo Theatre; turning onto a side street to end our march at the Civic Plaza.

Dr. Bruce Milne, speaking © 2013 Alisha Forrester Scott

Once everyone was settled at the plaza, following some live music performance, Dr. Bruce Milne spoke to hundreds of onlooker-marchers about the importance of having food supply choices.  Bruce shared that many “regular” daily activities, such as drinking soda pop, eating meat, and even taking the bus, each contribute to the increase in Monsanto’s profits.  (Read: GMO seed crops -> high fructose corn syrup, animal feed, ethanol alcohol production)

While I was on-site, I met Sean Ludden; another of our esteemed BeeSWeek panelists.

Pollinator Support Movement is so pleased to introduce the short biographies of Dr. Bruce Milne and Sean Ludden.

Bruce’s Bio:  ”Dr. Milne, a landscape ecologist and Director of the UNM Sustainability Studies Program, represents a local perspective on New Mexico sustainability practices and development of the local foodshed.  Dr. Milne has co-led a successful organic urban community garden of 20 families for five years.”

Sean’s Bio:  ”Sean Ludden is both Farm Manager for ARCA Organics, and co/owner, farmer for Nepantla Farms, which he operates, along with his wife in his scant spare time.  From cultivating the vegetables and culinary herbs at ARCA Organics, and drought tolerant, heirloom crops at Nepantla Farms, Sean has many years of experience in the art of sustainable farming.  Sean has presented both on “Organic Herb Production” at the NM Organic Conference, and “Growing Food in Arid Lands” at the Xeriscape Expo this past Spring.  Sean tirelessly promotes seed saving and traditional techniques in contemporary.”

2 of 2: Alisha Forrester Scott tells us about “Bees Week” at UNM

Part II of II. Thank You to The Morning Brew crew, and to Albuquerque Honey beekeeper, Tomas Urrea, for helping me have a wonderful experience on set.

Read more about my Honey beekeeping experience with Tomas Urrea at: http://alishatheexplorer.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/meet-tomas-urrea/

Click here to view Alisha on “The Morning Brew” video 1 of 2.

1 of 2: Alisha Forrester Scott of the Pollinator Support Movement brings BEES

Part I of II.  Thank You to The Morning Brew crew, and to Albuquerque Honey beekeeper, Tomas Urrea, for helping me have a wonderful experience on set.

Read more about my Honey beekeeping experience with Tomas Urrea at: http://alishatheexplorer.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/meet-tomas-urrea/

Click here to view video 2 of 2 of Alisha on “The Morning Brew”.