Hi, I am planning on starting two community gardens on campus (we're a public college). I am working on this through our Sustainability center and, honestly, have no experience in this arena. So, I have two concerns/questions that I'd like to throw out to the group for public or off-list discussion.
First, if you've started a garden on public land, how have you dealt with liability issues? A person in the school paid to say no has given me a laundry list of concerns, including "what happens if someone gets sick from the vegetables - who's liable?" While we can control for that to a degree through gardening techniques, the concern, or at least the perception of concern is there. Any ideas? Second, I have an opportunity to get five acres of farm land for a community garden / sustainability display center. I'm in the midst of writing the proposal for the land, but if anyone else has had a similar situation or has some innovative ideas about how this land can be used for education purposes, including civic engagement, I'd love to hear them. I realize these questions are shots-in-the-dark, but I'm scrambling. Forgive a newbie. Arthur Arthur Lizie, Ph.D. Associate Professor Communication Studies Maxwell 215J Bridgewater State College Bridgewater, MA 02325 508-531-2170 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20080911/cc98e9c2/attachment.html _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
