[Pollinator] Portland Tribune - Sweet Events mark Pollinator Week

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Sweet local events mark National Pollinator Week
 
Created on Friday, 14 June 2013 11:00 | Written by _Jennifer  Anderson_ 
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by: TRIBUNE FILE PHOTO: CHRISTOPHER ONSTOTT - Bees will be  the guest of 
honor (sort of) as Portland kicks off its celebration of National  Pollinator 
Week June 17 to 23 on Saturday.
Portland kicks off its  celebration of National Pollinator Week (June 17 to 
23) on Saturday with  children’s field activities, honey tastings and a 
close-up look at the  pollination process.  
Kids will get to use magnifying glasses and see how bees gather pollen.  
They’ll look for answers to questions like: Why is pollination an important 
part  of the food web? Why does clover honey taste different than wildflower 
honey?  And what kinds of insects and animals facilitate the pollination 
process?  
Children will also get to look at honeycombs and take home instructions for 
 making mason bee houses and attracting pollinators to their gardens.  
Bees are just one of Mother Nature’s biggest pollinators; the others are  
birds, bats, butterflies and beetles.  
The event will cap off with a honey tasting, as kids learn why the flavor 
is  dependent on where the bees have been pollinating. Staff and volunteers 
will  lead the lessons.  
The curriculum was created in partnership with the Xerxes Society, a  
non-profit organization that protects wildlife through the conservation of  
invertebrates and their habitat.  
The U.S. Sentate designated National Pollinator Week six years ago as a way 
 to address the worldwide ecosystem crisis of declining pollinator 
populations.  Awareness has spread in recent years, and Portland has become a 
hotspot for  urban beekeeping and bee education.  
Since 2005, the Sauvie Island Center has been educating youth about food,  
farming and the land. Founder Shari Raider, owner of Sauvie Island Organics, 
 created the program in response to requests she was getting from local 
schools.  She teamed up with James Beard Award-winning Portland chef Cory 
Schreiber to  develop hands-on curriculum at the farm; this year they’ll host at 
least 1,500  students. About 60 percent of the visiting schools are 
low-income and attend  field trips through scholarships.  
The city-wide Pollination Celebration events are open to all. They are set  
for:  
• Saturday, June 15 at Whole Foods Market in Hollywood, 4301 N.E. Sandy 
Blvd.  (10 a.m. to noon)  
• Saturday, June 15 at Whole Foods Market on Fremont, 3535 N.E. 15th Ave. 
(1  to 3 p.m.)  
* Thursday, June 20 at Whole Foods Market in Laurelhurst, 2825 N.E. 
Burnside  (4 to 6 p.m.)  
• Saturday, June 22 at Howell Territorial Park on Sauvie Island (10 a.m. to 
 noon). A donation of $10 per family is requested to help offset costs at 
this  event.  
For more information on pollinator events, visit _www.pollinator.org._ 
(http://www.pollinator.org/)  To register, or for  more info on the events, go 
to _www.sauvieislandcenter.org._ (http://www.sauvieislandcenter.org/)   
 






Laurie Davies  Adams
Executive Director
Pollinator Partnership
423 Washington St.  5th Fl.
San Francisco, CA 94111
T: 415.362.1137
F: 415.362.0176

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