There are several initiatives that I know of. The Cornell Cooperative Extension has a database that matches up people with land to people who want to use it, and a Land Bank Cooperative pilot project is starting in Danby. The latter is for people interested in beginning gardening or farming enterprises and/or people who want their fields brush hogged and mowed for use as grass pellets.
At 03:10 PM 1/5/2009 -0800, Patricia Haines wrote: >The story below from <treehugger.com> and Planet Green reminded me of a >note that came across our listserv a few months ago about an emerging >initiative to bring folks who want to garden together with folks who have >land - do any of yo recall WHO was spearheading that? > >http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/01/land-sharing-is-trend.php 1.5.09 > >Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is a British national treasure. This writer, >organic farmer, chef, and passionate believer in local communities, has a >new venture: "Landshare"--a scheme which puts people with large unused >gardens in touch with gardeners wanting space. He calls it a "food >revolution destined to be the next great thing." With more people wanting >to grow their own food and allotments being harder and harder to come by, >he just may be right. "LandFit" is another group with the same ambit - >bringing ignored land back into use. ::More > >LEVEL GREEN - fostering sustainable community through collaborative >initiatives in hospitality, education and the arts, in the 150 year-old >democratic spirit of the Danish Folk School. 1519 Slaterville Road, >Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 339-9472 > > > >_______________________________________________ >For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, >please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > >RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: >[email protected] >http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins >Questions about the list? ask [email protected] >free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org _____________________________________________________ Elizabeth Keokosky Lead System Analyst at Tech Services Johnson Graduate School of Management Cornell University Phone: 607 255-9425 243 Sage Hall FAX: 607 255-6114 Ithaca, New York 14853 email: [email protected] _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
