> > Friends, > > This came from a member of the American Community Gardening Association <A > HREF="http://www.communitygarden.org/";> > American Community Gardening Association</A> about a highly productive LA > garden > that feeds the hungry in their area. Please take the time to send a snail > mail > letter and a well phrased e-mail to the political decision makers listed > below. Often out-of-town letters and e-mails can get the attention of > political > staffers who then forward them to the decision makers. > > As in " why in the hell would somebody 3,000 miles away give a damn about > this garden?" Also e-mailing and writing Governor Gray Davis: > > Governor Gray Davis > State Capitol Building > Sacramento, CA 95814 > Phone: 916-445-2841 > Fax: 916-445-4633 > <A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> > > and Governor-elect Schwartzenegger's transition team at: > > <A HREF="http://joinarnold.com/en/";>Join Arnold.com</A> > > While I am a left-leaning yellow-dog Democrat, I know that you miss 100 > percent of the shots you don't take. Land use is inherently political - take > a > shot, all they can say is no, and then you work on plans B &C. > > Best wishes, > Adam Honigman > Volunteer, > <A HREF="http://www.clintoncommunitygarden.org/";>Clinton Community Garden</A> > > > >> Subj: Fwd: Re: [LAEV] Help save urban garden >> Date: 10/26/03 8:44:35 PM Eastern Standard Time >> From: <A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> >> >> >>Save the Los Angeles Urban Garden @ 41st and Alameda >> >> >> >>1. What's going on? >> >> >> >>Gardeners at the LA Community Garden have been informed that the >> >garden, is >> >>going to be closing at the end of the year. Local farmers have been >> >working >> >>the 1st lot for over 12 years and the second lot for over 8 years. >> >Every >> >>plot has been invested with great effort to make them productive. >> >This has >> >>included the introduction of organic matter, fertilizers, fencing, >> >>diversified seed stock, and most importantly, hard labor. >> >> >> >>Currently, there are approximately 368 garden plots on 14 acres. These >> >>plots supplement the food purchases of the farmers and their families >> >while >> >>additionally providing their surplus to the local residents. >> >> >> >>Vernon, a city the size of 5.16 square miles, where the urban garden is >> >>located, has been made up of mainly industrial warehouses and low- >> >income >> >>residents. The median income in Vernon is $16,250. Families must >> >often rely >> >>on alternative strategies to provide for their food needs. Those >> >have been >> >>able to get an urban garden plot have come to rely heavily on the >> >>productivity of their land to supplement the family caloric intake. A >> >>family can easily cut a 1/3 of the grocery bill by working the garden >> >plot. >> >>Many farmers also sell some of their produce to local residents to >> >>supplement their income. Residents who are not able to get a garden >> >plot >> >>frequently rely on the other farmers as a source of food. >> >> >> >>It is the resolve of the urban farmers that they have invested over >> >a decade >> >>in making fallow ground extremely productive. Rumors have been offered >> >that >> >>relocation would be an option to the farmers, but where in Los Angeles >> >>County will you find 13.66 acres of contiguous land just waiting for >> >>marginalized people? Clearly, it seems easier to relocate warehouses >> >than >> >>living plants and trees that have taken years to grow and make >> productive. >> > >> >>The gardeners resolve to persevere at the current location. >> >> >> >>Please help inform the politicians about your support for the gardeners . >> > >> >>Please contact the following people and let them know we don't want >> >to lose >> >>our garden!!!! >> >> >> >>Councilwoman Jan Perry >> >>Ninth District >> >>200 N. Spring Street >> >>Suite 420 City Hall >> >>Los Angeles, CA 90012 >> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>(323) 846-2651 >> >> >> >>Mayor James K. Hahn >> >>Constituent Service Department >> >>200 N. Spring Street, Room 303 >> >>City Hall >> >>Los Angeles, CA 90012 >> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>(213) 978-0721 >> >> >> >>******************************* >> >>3. Please sign our online petition: >> >>http://www.petitiononline.com/lagarden/petition.html >> >> >> >>Coming soon: WWW.SAVEOURGARDEN.COM <http://www.SAVEOURGARDEN.COM> >> >> >> >>Contact: >> >>Committee to Save the Los Angeles Urban Garden @ 41st and Alameda. >> >>818 255-1483 >> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >>******************************************* >> >>3. SAVE OUR GARDEN STRATEGY MEETING >> >> >> >>4607 So. Main st. on Wednesday at 6:30 pm....(this is the public >> >library). >> >>We are bringing together the South Central Coalition and the gardeners. >> >.. >> >> >> >>We would like all parties that are supporting the gardener's to >> >show so we >> >>can plan for the Nov. 10th Protest at Juanita Tate's office @ 5: >> >30 pm, on >> >>said date.... >> >> >> >>What We Need!!! >> >> >> >>1. Funds to pay for protester signs, "Gardens not Warehouses", "Jan >> >Perry >> >>is going down like a "hoe!"", "Save our Open Spaces", "Food not >> >Soccer", >> >>"Homeland Food Security", "Community Food Subsidy", "Homeland Crime >> >Free >> >>Zones", "Gardens provide Economic Development", etc. >> >> >> >>2. Funds to generate 1 page handouts. (a couple of thousand of them) >> >> >> >>3. Funds to get shirts printed. >> >> >> >>4. One Large Banner for the protest. >> >> >> >>***************************************************** >> >>4. >> >> >> >>October 18, 2003 >> >>EDITORIAL >> >>L.A. Needs These Oases >> >> >> >>http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-garden18oct18, >> >1,7703681 >> >>..story?coll=la-news-comment-editorials >> >> >> >>The heaps of brilliant yellow-orange squash flowers Alejandro Morales >> >had >> >>just harvested spilled out of two boxes. "We like to eat them," >> >said the >> >>32-year-old father of three, "and I share with my neighbors." >> >>Most mornings Morales tends the corn, fruit trees and melons on >> >his plot at >> >>the city's largest community garden. The produce he and his wife >> >grow adds >> >>fresh food to family meals. But Morales, who drives an ice cream >> >truck, says >> >>he comes as much for the fresh air, the soothing greenery and the >> >chirping >> >>birds ? all rare in the city's truck-choked industrial heart. This >> >leafy >> >>oasis in South Los Angeles is in jeopardy at a moment when the city >> >needs >> >>more such refuges. >> >> >> >>Some 300 urban farmers spade the soil at 41st and Alameda streets, >> >a garden >> >>created 11 years ago by the Los Angeles Food Bank. Most are poor >> >immigrants >> >>like Morales and Maria Navarro, who uses the aloe and alfalfa leaves >> >she >> >>grows to ease back pains and stomach troubles. >> >> >> >>City planners often labor mightily to create the happy alchemy ? the >> >>mingling of people of different ages and cultures ? that blooms >> >>spontaneously at this site. No public money went into the creation >> >of the >> >>garden. >> >> >> >>But neither is the 13-acre garden generating much in property tax >> >revenue >> >>for the county or income for its owner, developer Ralph Horowitz. >> >Howoritz >> >>owned the site in the mid-1980s when the city condemned it for a >> >>trash-burning plant. When local residents killed that plan, the >> >city lent >> >>the land to the food bank for a community garden. The original gardeners, >> > >> >>the food bank and city officials all knew the arrangement was temporary . >> > >> >>Horowitz has since reacquired the site and plans to build warehouses, >> >>creating jobs in a community with 50% unemployment. He's also agreed to >> >>donate space for soccer fields or other recreation uses. >> >> >> >>Morales, Navarro and the others know they will probably have to >> >leave by >> >>Dec. 1. They want to stay. They've petitioned their council member, Jan >> >>Perry, to get the city or a nonprofit agency to buy the land. Perry >> >says >> >>that's "highly unlikely." >> >> >> >>It's unlikely as well that they will find another vacant site as >> >large as >> >>this one for a new garden. Most of the 60 community gardens around Los >> >>Angeles are just an acre or two. But if she works with the growing >> >network >> >>of creative open space activists, Perry can find new homes for these >> >>enterprising green thumbs. At Perry's request, the city will quickly >> >>identify other potential garden sites ? vacant government land or >> >land that >> >>the public could buy. The Trust for Public Land has a strong track >> >record of >> >>doing these deals, and a new Neighborhood Oasis Land Trust, focusing on >> >>local greening projects, is just getting organized. If nothing else, >> >the >> >>garden should remind us how important these urban havens are to all >> >>residents. >> >> >> >>-- >> >> >> >>The California Food and Justice Coalition is a statewide membership >> >>coalition committed to the basic human right to healthy food while >> >advancing >> >>social, agricultural and environmental justice. We are partners of the >> >>national Community Food Security Coalition, and collaborate with >> >>community-based efforts in California working to create a socially >> >just, >> >>ecologically and economically sustainable food supply. We envision a >> >>California food system in which all activities, from farm to table, are >> >>equitable, healthful, sustainable, and community-driven. >> >> >> >>California Food and Justice Coalition c/o CFSC >> >>P.O. 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What's going on? > >> > >>Gardeners at the LA Community Garden have been informed that the > >garden, is > >>going to be closing at the end of the year. Local farmers have been > >working > >>the 1st lot for over 12 years and the second lot for over 8 years. > >Every > >>plot has been invested with great effort to make them productive. > >This has > >>included the introduction of organic matter, fertilizers, fencing, > >>diversified seed stock, and most importantly, hard labor. > >> > >>Currently, there are approximately 368 garden plots on 14 acres. These > >>plots supplement the food purchases of the farmers and their families > >while > >>additionally providing their surplus to the local residents. > >> > >>Vernon, a city the size of 5.16 square miles, where the urban garden is > >>located, has been made up of mainly industrial warehouses and low- > >income > >>residents. The median income in Vernon is $16,250. Families must > >often rely > >>on alternative strategies to provide for their food needs. Those > >have been > >>able to get an urban garden plot have come to rely heavily on the > >>productivity of their land to supplement the family caloric intake. A > >>family can easily cut a 1/3 of the grocery bill by working the garden > >plot. > >>Many farmers also sell some of their produce to local residents to > >>supplement their income. Residents who are not able to get a garden > >plot > >>frequently rely on the other farmers as a source of food. > >> > >>It is the resolve of the urban farmers that they have invested over > >a decade > >>in making fallow ground extremely productive. Rumors have been offered > >that > >>relocation would be an option to the farmers, but where in Los Angeles > >>County will you find 13.66 acres of contiguous land just waiting for > >>marginalized people? Clearly, it seems easier to relocate warehouses > >than > >>living plants and trees that have taken years to grow and make productive. > > > >>The gardeners resolve to persevere at the current location. > >> > >>Please help inform the politicians about your support for the gardeners. > > > >>Please contact the following people and let them know we don't want > >to lose > >>our garden!!!! > >> > >>Councilwoman Jan Perry > >>Ninth District > >>200 N. Spring Street > >>Suite 420 City Hall > >>Los Angeles, CA 90012 > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>(323) 846-2651 > >> > >>Mayor James K. Hahn > >>Constituent Service Department > >>200 N. Spring Street, Room 303 > >>City Hall > >>Los Angeles, CA 90012 > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>(213) 978-0721 > >> > >>******************************* > >>3. Please sign our online petition: > >>http://www.petitiononline.com/lagarden/petition.html > > > > >>Coming soon: WWW.SAVEOURGARDEN.COM <http://www.SAVEOURGARDEN.COM> > >> > >>Contact: > >>Committee to Save the Los Angeles Urban Garden @ 41st and Alameda. > >>818 255-1483 > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >>******************************************* > >>3. SAVE OUR GARDEN STRATEGY MEETING > >> > >>4607 So. Main st. on Wednesday at 6:30 pm....(this is the public > >library). > >>We are bringing together the South Central Coalition and the gardeners. > >.. > >> > >>We would like all parties that are supporting the gardener's to > >show so we > >>can plan for the Nov. 10th Protest at Juanita Tate's office @ 5: > >30 pm, on > >>said date.... > >> > >>What We Need!!! > >> > >>1. Funds to pay for protester signs, "Gardens not Warehouses", "Jan > >Perry > >>is going down like a "hoe!"", "Save our Open Spaces", "Food not > >Soccer", > >>"Homeland Food Security", "Community Food Subsidy", "Homeland Crime > >Free > >>Zones", "Gardens provide Economic Development", etc. > >> > >>2. Funds to generate 1 page handouts. (a couple of thousand of them) > >> > >>3. Funds to get shirts printed. > >> > >>4. One Large Banner for the protest. > >> > >>***************************************************** > >>4. > >> > >>October 18, 2003 > >>EDITORIAL > >>L.A. Needs These Oases > >> > >>http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-garden18oct18, > >1,7703681 > >>..story?coll=la-news-comment-editorials > >> > >>The heaps of brilliant yellow-orange squash flowers Alejandro Morales > >had > >>just harvested spilled out of two boxes. "We like to eat them," > >said the > >>32-year-old father of three, "and I share with my neighbors." > >>Most mornings Morales tends the corn, fruit trees and melons on > >his plot at > >>the city's largest community garden. The produce he and his wife > >grow adds > >>fresh food to family meals. But Morales, who drives an ice cream > >truck, says > >>he comes as much for the fresh air, the soothing greenery and the > >chirping > >>birds ? all rare in the city's truck-choked industrial heart. This > >leafy > >>oasis in South Los Angeles is in jeopardy at a moment when the city > >needs > >>more such refuges. > >> > >>Some 300 urban farmers spade the soil at 41st and Alameda streets, > >a garden > >>created 11 years ago by the Los Angeles Food Bank. Most are poor > >immigrants > >>like Morales and Maria Navarro, who uses the aloe and alfalfa leaves > >she > >>grows to ease back pains and stomach troubles. > >> > >>City planners often labor mightily to create the happy alchemy ? the > >>mingling of people of different ages and cultures ? that blooms > >>spontaneously at this site. No public money went into the creation > >of the > >>garden. > >> > >>But neither is the 13-acre garden generating much in property tax > >revenue > >>for the county or income for its owner, developer Ralph Horowitz. > >Howoritz > >>owned the site in the mid-1980s when the city condemned it for a > >>trash-burning plant. When local residents killed that plan, the > >city lent > >>the land to the food bank for a community garden. The original gardeners, > > > >>the food bank and city officials all knew the arrangement was temporary. > > > >>Horowitz has since reacquired the site and plans to build warehouses, > >>creating jobs in a community with 50% unemployment. He's also agreed to > >>donate space for soccer fields or other recreation uses. > >> > >>Morales, Navarro and the others know they will probably have to > >leave by > >>Dec. 1. They want to stay. They've petitioned their council member, Jan > >>Perry, to get the city or a nonprofit agency to buy the land. Perry > >says > >>that's "highly unlikely." > >> > >>It's unlikely as well that they will find another vacant site as > >large as > >>this one for a new garden. Most of the 60 community gardens around Los > >>Angeles are just an acre or two. But if she works with the growing > >network > >>of creative open space activists, Perry can find new homes for these > >>enterprising green thumbs. At Perry's request, the city will quickly > >>identify other potential garden sites ? vacant government land or > >land that > >>the public could buy. The Trust for Public Land has a strong track > >record of > >>doing these deals, and a new Neighborhood Oasis Land Trust, focusing on > >>local greening projects, is just getting organized. If nothing else, > >the > >>garden should remind us how important these urban havens are to all > > >residents. > >> > >>-- > >> > >>The California Food and Justice Coalition is a statewide membership > >>coalition committed to the basic human right to healthy food while > >advancing > >>social, agricultural and environmental justice. We are partners of the > >>national Community Food Security Coalition, and collaborate with > >>community-based efforts in California working to create a socially > >just, > >>ecologically and economically sustainable food supply. We envision a > >>California food system in which all activities, from farm to table, are > >>equitable, healthful, sustainable, and community-driven. > >> > >>California Food and Justice Coalition c/o CFSC > >>P.O. Box 209, Venice, CA 90294 ¨ 310-822-5410 ¨ FAX 310-822-1440 > >>http://www.foodsecurity.org/california.html > >>email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>
