I genuinely need some help on better understanding the modern concept of racism and justice, particularly as it impacts on community gardens. I am a very recent newcomer to these discussions and find myself at a loss for understanding all that I read. I grew up in the south in the civil rights era and experienced first hand all the emotion, violence and strife that occurred. It was far worse than anyone would believe, if you were not there. I believed Dr. King when he said that the day would come when people would be judged on the quality of their character rather than the color of their skin. But sadly that day is not here yet; at least not where I live. But more importantly perhaps, there seems to have developed a concept that those who were once in the minority cannot be racist, while the others cannot be anything but racist. (In my area I am now a minority) I personally look to a person's character/culture and care not what his/her ethnic genetics might be, but some others around me find that unacceptable and short sighted. I have absolutely no desire to be or appear to be "politically correct", but I would greatly appreciate anyone's input on this so I can better understand. We are working very hard on our new community garden and the better we understand everyone's philosophy, the more likely we are to succeed. Thanks, Phil
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 12:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Community_garden Digest, Vol 654, Issue 1 Send Community_garden mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.commu nitygarden.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Community_garden digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Who Gets Good Food?-updated link--oops sorry about that! (Marliese Franklin) 2. Water issue (Susan H. Rohm) 3. community garden marketing collaborative (Eliza Sutton) 4. Re: community garden marketing collaborative (Mike McGrath) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 14:41:20 -0800 From: Marliese Franklin <[email protected]> Subject: [Community_garden] Who Gets Good Food?-updated link--oops sorry about that! To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Can I try again???? Thanks for the feedback! Hello All! Here is the newest episode of Our Neighbor's Table on WomensRadio.com Just follow the link, here: *http://www.womensradio.com/content/templates/?a=3360&z=11*<http://womensrad io.com/content/menu.aspx> I hope you will enjoy listening to what this sharp young woman has to say about the way food is distributed around the world. I support of healthy, affordable, local food, Marliese Who Gets Good Food? *Alison Alkon* is a young professor of Sociology at the *University of the Pacific* <http://web.pacific.edu/> in Stockton, California. She recently wrote the definition of food security for an up and coming online green directory. She says she found it necessary to include the concepts of food justice along with those of food security and *food* *sovereignty*<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_sovereignty>, "because I wanted to also deal with the kind of rising movement that takes the idea of food security and challenges it to be even more explicitly anti-racist." In this edition of "*Our Neighbor's Table*" Alison talks about the corelation of food security and food justice, in other words: who gets the healthy food and why? Alison answers questions like: What is subsistance farming? Which terms seem inadequate when discussing food security? How are orgainizations like *Food First* <http://www.foodfirst.org/> and *Growing Power* <http://www.growingpower.org/> challenging the "traditional" approaches to food sovereignty? How does hunger exhibit itself in the US in comparison to the rest of the world? You can visit Alison online at the University of the Pacific website. We'll also keep you updated about the release of the online Green Encyclopedia as it progresses towards publication. ** <http://www.womensradio.com/content/templates/?a=3213&z=0> *More about Alison Alkon* Alison Hope Alkon is a professor in the Sociology department at University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. Her research explores how issues of race and class shape and are shaped by the environmental and economic underpinnings of the emerging green economy. She is currently working on two books. One compares the environmental and social justice ethics embodied by farmers markets in two East Bay neighborhoods that differ by race and class. The other is an edited volume that examines the role of inequality in structuring the food system, and the activism undertaken by low-income people of color to produce an anti-racist politics of food. Alison has played a variety of roles in the movements for sustainable agriculture and food justice including garden co-ordinator, farm apprentice, volunteer, cook and grant-writer. She currently lives in Berkeley California with her partner and two dogs, where she holds great appreciation for her local farmers markets as well as the beauty of the East Bay hills. If you would no longer like these updates, just reply and let me know. Thanks! Marliese -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communityga rden.org/attachments/20090204/1b62251b/attachment.html> ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:18:07 -0500 From: "Susan H. Rohm" <[email protected]> Subject: [Community_garden] Water issue To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I hope the "experts" may be able to provide some advice or insight for our committee. Here is our story: North Hills Community Outreach (NHCO) is in the process of starting a local organic community garden to provide fresh produce for two food pantries. A parcel of land was donated to NHCO last year, for this purpose. This land has since been cleared and soil tests are currently being done. Years ago when this land was used as a garden, the family used the natural spring on the land to provide its water. This spring still exists; however, it is not adequate to provide enough water for a future garden. This land has no public water source and there is no structure or building on the land from which to collect water, although a storage shed is planned for the future. Any help, information or resources you can provide regarding this water issue is greatly appreciated. We understand that many community gardens are started on vacant lots, many of which also have issues of adequate water to sustain a garden. Thanks! Susan H. Rohm Manager for Program Development North Hills Community Outreach 1975 Ferguson Road Allison Park, PA 15101 412.487.6316, opt. 1, x3120 www.nhco.org Please consider sharing your experience as a supporter, volunteer or service recipient by posting a review about NHCO on the Great Nonprofits website. This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this email. Please notify the sender immediately by email if you have received this email by mistake. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Click here for some basic tips: http://www.gardensalive.com/article.asp?ai=907 Best, McG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eliza Sutton" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 11:38 AM Subject: [Community_garden] community garden marketing collaborative hello i work with community gardeners in providence, ri. i'm starting a marketing cooperative with a handful of community gardeners so that they can sell their produce at farmers markets. has anyone had experience with this model working with community gardeners? or know of any organization that has? thanks liza sutton, southside community land trust, providence ri -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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