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| Annika |
Posted - Dec 26 2007 : 10:01:02 AM
"About seeds-- many of you had asked if you could send seeds and the farmers are finally ready to address this. The best way to do this is to arrange for a credit or gift certificate from one of the seed companies listed below. Just specify which farm you want that credit to go to. The farms are listed below. After polling the veggie farmers I realized that they all buy from the same three seed companies. They are:
Osborne Seed Co. in Mt. Vernon WA www.osborneseed.com 360-424-7333 or 800-845-9113 for wa, or, id
Johnny's Seeds in Maine www.johnnyseeds.com 877-564-6697
Fedco Seeds in Maine www.fedcoseeds.com 207-873-7333
Boistfort Valley Farm (see www.boistfortvalleyfarm.com) SEE THEIR WEBSITE FOR FLOOD AND CLEANUP PHOTOS!!!
I talked to Heidi today and she said that they lost all their backstock, so they will be ordering more seeds than ever, this year. She said that they spend close to $3,000 on seeds each spring, not to mention the stuff like row cover and all the other incidentals that were lost.
Rising River Farm www.risingriverfarm.com SEE THEIR WEBSITE FOR AWESOME SCARY FLOOD PHOTOS!!! Wobbly Cart is part of the collective, so these photos reflect their impact too.
BESIDES SEEDS, ALSO NEEDS THE FOLLOWING:
help putting back together their yurt which they rely on as a farm worker dwelling
one or two "beater" trucks (they lost both) for bringing the harvest in from the fields to the cooler (they had a 3/4 ton and a 1/2 ton but they'll take anything that runs)
help servicing the tractor implements that were all submerged in the flood. The alternative is to get them a credit or gift certificate for Country Tractor, where they get their service done. www.countrytractorandgarden.com 1-800-574-1954
Wobbly Cart
BESIDE SEEDS, ALSO NEEDS THE FOLLOWING:
a dryer powered by propane (or natural gas-- they can convert it) these folks have an infant and a 3 year old and they use cloth diapers!!
a freezer. They lost the freezer and everything in it that they had "put up" for the winter off the farm.
Thank you to everyone emailing with ideas for donations, questions about where to send stuff, and hugs and prayers! When I hear about the chaos at United Way and Red Cross donation centers, and how folks are being abandoned by FEMA and their insurance companies, I become more and more firmly planted in my resolve to provide DIRECT help to the farmers I know, for as long as they need help.
Lizzie"
Many of us want to help but feel that we cannot do anything. But we can send gift certificates to the farms hard hit, listed above. I'm calling out to the farm sisters to help us out here. Some of the Inner Mountain Mud Hens have been wanting to send seeds. Seeds are a wonderful way to heal and go forward. Hope is a seed. Please help out if you can. I will do all that I can. Every little bit helps, this we all know.
Lizzie and Jen, please keep us up to date, and we will try to help. Let us know of other needs that we can fix from a distance and we will try to do what ever we can
Wishing you joy in small things and peace in your heart
Annika
farmgirl sister#13
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