The Land Bank Cooperative is looking for members (living in Danby or close
by in Caroline) who are interested in participating, defining and/or
forming a pilot project cooperative in Danby.
The main immediate goals of the cooperative are to:
* Increase the chances of success for those who want to farm or garden
their own land.
* Contract with or connect entrepreneurs with those who would like to
utilize their land but dont want to farm, graze, or manage their forests
themselves.
* Create an infrastructure to anticipate market changes in food, fuels,
biofuels, and petro-chemical replacement.
* Increase our eligibility for grants
* Have our land classified for an agricultural assessment
See http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/evk1/danbylandbankcoop.html for
more information and a form to download
or contact Betsy Keokosky <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] or Mike
Rutzke 272-5838.
Danby Land Bank Cooperative is also looking for entrepreneurs who are
interested in
* Mowing, brush hogging, grazing, or managing forests.
* Innovative methods to reclaim marginal land.
* And especially creating a product and market for burning biofuels
wood chips, grass pellets.
See same contacts as above.
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Elizabeth Keokosky
Lead System Analyst at Tech Services
Johnson Graduate School of Management
Cornell University Phone: 607 255-9425
244 Sage Hall FAX: 607 255-6114
Ithaca, New York 14853 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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