[Community_garden] New York Times Farm bill article

2007-07-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, Folks! Nice article, but notice there is not one word about community gardens -- or even urban agriculture. If these other members of the coalition want community gardeners support, there MUST be some quid pro quo going on -- I can't see asking our community gardeners to take time from pus

[Community_garden] Nutrition gardens

2007-07-05 Thread Liesel Carlsson
ngs to laying in the last cover crops, he kept careful records of > what > he grew, what he ate, his labor, and his yields. Between April and > October, > he restricted his diet almost entirely to food from his "nutrition > garden," > which is located on a portion of the raised-bed garden site at the > Center's > 25-acre UCSC (University of California, Santa Cruz) Farm. > > Sharon > gordonse at one.net > > > > > ___ > 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: community_garden at list.communitygarden.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: > http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org > -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20070705/83ccb13c/attachment.html

[Community_garden] New York Times Farm bill article

2007-07-05 Thread Betsy Johnson
New York Times July 4, 2007 The Debate Over Subsidizing Snacks By MARIAN BURROS EVERY five years the farm bill comes up for renewal and, usually, the only people paying attention are the

[Community_garden] Farm Bill Update vol. 4

2007-07-05 Thread Betsy Johnson
n the lights went out briefly during her panel's subcommittee markup Tuesday. -- Community Food Security Coalition 110 Maryland Ave. NE Suite 307 Washington, DC 20002 Phone: 202.543.8602 Email: Steph at foodsecurity.org www.FoodSecurity.org -- next part -- An

[Community_garden] moving to Salem, Oregon

2007-07-05 Thread Starr Farris
Hi Connie, Marion-Polk Food Share, the regional food bank in Salem, has quite a few interesting gardening programs (including, I believe, the one at the prison you refer to). The garden coordinator is Jordan Blake and he can be reached at jblake at foodbanksalem.org or 503-581-3855 ext. 302. Goo