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ivmeer
True Blue Farmgirl
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Amanda
Pawtucket
RI
USA
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 Posted - Dec 10 2007 : 06:59:40 AM
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I'm thinking about organizing some farmgirls together to possibly get some borrowed vacant land from the city of Chicago to create a community food farm. Basically, my idea is that we'd have a volunteer farm in the middle of a "food desert" area in the city where we could recruit some community members, grow some veggies, share our produce with our volunteers, and donate the rest to an organization like a soup kitchen or Midwest Workers Association or a church or something. Would you be interested in becoming involved in something like this? I'm thinking of having a meeting at my place after the new year and maybe getting the whole thing started for the growing season of 2009.
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Farmtopia
True Blue Farmgirl
1465 Posts
Zan
New York
New York
USA
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Posted - Dec 10 2007 : 07:56:45 AM
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Amanda, you may be a woman after my own heart! Alas, I'm in NYC, but I am totally down with the city girls trying to bring a bit of "country" into the urban jungle :)
~*~Dream all you dreamers~*~
www.bigtownfarmer.com
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ivmeer
True Blue Farmgirl
409 Posts
Amanda
Pawtucket
RI
USA
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Posted - Dec 10 2007 : 10:06:32 AM
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| Zan, I was thinking if we can do it here, it might be an exportable idea. There's all this vacant land in urban centers that's not being used. I know there have been problems in New York, however, with the city taking over community gardens as neighborhoods improve. I'll let you know how things go. |
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kitchensqueen
True Blue Farmgirl
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A Farm of My Own: Chicago area farmgirls needed!!! |
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Chicago area farmgirls needed!!!
