Hi, Folks!
My cousin Ed and I feel like we need to relax with others who understand us, so we'll be attending the MetroAg Forum. (Hate to miss the CFSC conference, but Cherry Hill is just a bit too long away with all the visitors who want to see the community garden and labyrinth for themselves as development plans grind on.) Anyone else planning to attend the MetroAg Forum? I am beginning to think that we sustainable ag folks are slowing breaking through to the mainstream. So far, almost all of the political folks who have visited the garden/labyrinth have said "Of course you don't want to abandon your soil." (The first sketch plan would have paved over the community garden/labyrinth and given us a "community planting area" 1/3 the size of our current site and shoved about 200 feet to the north) "Of course"????? This is real progress -- 10 years ago, everyone would have looked at a community garden and said "Why can't you just move? Dirt's just dirt, right? What's the big deal?" Dorene Dorene Pasekoff, Coordinator St. John's United Church of Christ Organic Community Garden and Labyrinth A mission of St. John's United Church of Christ, 315 Gay Street, Phoenixville, PA 19460 _______________________________________________ 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
