OK to respond to me and I'll forward to the Boston folks. Betsy Johnson 31 Mattoon Street Springfield, MA 01105 413-301-5387 [email protected]
Begin forwarded message: > From: Andy Cook <[email protected]> > Date: August 12, 2013 4:23:43 PM EDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: [COMFOOD: ] [COMFOOD]: Quick compost survey for urban farmers > Reply-To: Andy Cook <[email protected]> > > Hello Comfood list urban farmers- > > My name is Andy Cook, and I’m working on urban agriculture zoning for the > City of Boston. We’re in the last stages of finalizing urban ag zoning after > a full summer of community meetings and feedback. > > A question that has come up in those meetings is ‘how much space is enough > space for composting on an urban farm?’. We’re trying to come up with the > most reasonable guidelines possible for composting, but we need evidence to > support whatever gets decided. > > If you, or anyone at your farms that knows about composting, wouldn’t mind > taking the time to answer the following questions, we’d really appreciate it, > and it would help us design the most informed composting guidelines possible. > > > Also, if you know of other farmers that might be interested in putting in > their two cents, please feel free to forward this email! > > > Thanks a lot! > > Andy Cook > > (617)918-4324 > > > QUICK COMPOST SURVEY: > > 1. How big is your farm (square feet or acreage)? > > 2. 2. Do you compost on-site? > > 3. 3. How much space do you currently allot to composting (square feet > or acreage)? > > 4. 4. What kind of compost methods do you use (we’re thinking spacially. > Containers? Bins? Wind rows?)? > > 5. 5. Do you produce enough compost on-site to meet your farms needs? > > 6. 6. If so, do you sell any excess compost? If not, do you purchase > additional compost from off-site? > > 7. 7. Does your composting method require the use of machinery? If so, > what? > > Please include your farm name and location as well! > > > > > NO FUNDRAISING ON COMFOOD. NO JOBS LISTINGS: Post jobs, internships, or > volunteer opportunities to Comfoodjobs: To subscribe: > https://elist.tufts.edu/wws/subscribe/comfoodjobs > > Comfood posting guidelines: > http://foodsecurity.org/Comfood_Posting_Guidelines.pdf > > Subscribe to COMFOOD: https://elist.tufts.edu/wws/subscribe/comfood > Unsubscribe from COMFOOD: https://elist.tufts.edu/wws/signoff/comfood > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20130814/82c1dd0e/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
