Hi Amy, In Albuquerque, New Mexico we have Rio Grande Community Farms, which is a 501(c)3 managing a farm on public land with an outreach component. Check it out at http://www.riograndefarm.org/. Very nice people running the operation, and they are attempting to address the "how" in being a part of a functional food system.
Cheers, Shawn -----Original Message----- >From: amy seek <[email protected]> >Sent: Feb 17, 2009 12:33 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Community_garden] Precedents for Public Urban Farm needed > >Hi -- I'm proposing a large-scale public urban farm for a public park site >and need examples of agriculture incorporated into public space, perhaps >managed by something like a park agency. I am looking for something more >heavily managed than a community garden, but more public than a private >farm, and my preference would be that the food would not be grown for >charity -- but be part of a functional food system. The issue is -- how do >you prioritize food distribution when being produced on public land? I >would love to see several different management structure-precedents. I hope >not a tall order. Our site is several hundred acres, and I will not be able >to convince anyone of the feasibility if it hasn't been done elsewhere in >any form! > >a >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: ><http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20090217/4c481e1e/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 “A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.” Aldo Leopold _______________________________________________ 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
