You gotta love those evasive plants! Karen
From: "Gary Haneline (Verizon)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 10:38 AM
Subject: [Community_garden] Questions of Rules and Guidelines..
Good Day, I have volunteered to be on our Community Gardens Task Force,
where we are attempting to revamp some of the current regulations
and guidelines. Abandoned plots, trees, evasive plants, dangerous
fences, etc are overwhelming current resources and posing danger as well
as being deemed "ugly" by near by residences. So we are attempting to
poll other community gardens for ideas. So if direction, guidelines,
rules, recommendations, etc could be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]; we
would greatly applicate it.
In addition, for community gardens that have revamped rules, were
current plot holder's fences, arbors, trellises, etc Grandfathered ?
Thanks in advance.
Gary
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Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:07:55 EDT
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Subject: [Community_garden] Closing the Food Gap-Food Policy Council
Workshop w/Mark Winne
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RE: List serve FYI Closing the Food Gap--Food Policy Council
love and hugs to all
jim embry
859-312-7024
Sustainable Communities Network
SustainLex.org
Lexington, KY
"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can
hear her breathing." ~Arundhati Roy
"Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable ... It comes only through
the tireless efforts and passionate concern of dedicated individuals ... This
is no time for apathy nor complacency. This is a time for vigorous and
positive action."~? Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
******************************
Sustainable Communities Network
Bluegrass Partnership for a Green Community
Present
"Man's attitude toward nature is today critically important simply
because we now have acquired a fateful power to alter and destroy
nature. But man is part of nature and his war is inevitably a war
against himself" Rachel Carson
Closing the Food____Gap<<<<
A Regional Conference
Lexington, KY
Exploring New Ways to Grow Food, Eat Locally, Strengthen Community and
Support the Local Economy
SAVE THE DATE
WHAT:
Closing the Food__Gap, a regional conference will engage participants in
discussions of how and why our food system works as it does, whether
it is secure,
just, and sustainable, and how it might be reshaped for the future. The
conference will provide an interactive forum that enables attendees
to make new
connections and shareinformation around the common goal of
developing innovative
and practical solutions to local and national food-related challenges.
These Featured speakers are coming to Kentucky!:
Mark Winne, author of Closing the Food Gap, Resetting the Table in the Land
of Plenty,
Mark Winne? the executive director of the Hartford Food System in Hartford,
Connecticut from 1979 to 2003. He is also a cofounder and board member of the
Community Food Security Coalition. He was instrumental in the development and
passage of the federal Community Food Projects Grant Program and
farm-to-school
legislation. Mark recently completed a two-year stint as a Food and Society
Policy Fellow. He is now doing consulting and writing about food
systems issues
from his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Mark will serve as keynote speaker on
Thursday evening and will lead a 3-hour workshop, Advancing Food Policy
Council, on Friday.
Anthony Flaccavento, Executive Director of Appalachian Sustainable
Development
Anthony Flaccavento is a founding member and Executive Director of
Appalachian Sustainable Development which has helped to create an
infrastructure of
sustainability in both agriculture and forestry in southwest
Virginiaand northeast
Tennessee. In sustainable agriculture, he has been instrumental in creating
an alternative means of income through the promotion of certified organic
farming and establishment of market opportunities for farmers, such
as farmers'
markets and a co-op program for new and experienced organic farmers.
Featured workshop (Friday October 17):
*Food Policy Council Development Workshop w/Mark Winne*
This workshop is designed to assist individuals and organizations in Kentucky
interested in the development of local, regional or state food policy
councils.The training will emphasize the organizational development
of coalitions and
networks that may precede the actual establishment of a food policy council,
the operation of food policy councils, and the development of effective local
and state food policy strategies. As such, the workshop is suitable for
beginners as well as those with more experience.
Other Friday workshops include:
Faith and Food*The 2008 Farm Bill &KY Legislation* Achieving Agricultural
Justice and Domestic Fair Trade*Ecological Basis of Food Systems*
Food Energy and
Economy*Worker Justice as an Element of Sustainable Food* Food Banks and the
Food Crisis* Lexington Food Assessment-More Than the Corner Store* Impact of
Organic Agriculture* Global Perspective on Agricultural Policy*
See this web site for more details and registration:
http://www.sustainlex.org/
Who should attend:
Local farmers, gardeners, environmentalists, state and county governments,
schools, nutritionists, health institutions, community organizers, social
service, research and any other organizations who want to make a
difference in food
sustainability for all. In addition, this conference will launch an effort to
organize Food Policy Councils to serve our communities.
Registration fees:
COST: PAY WHAT YOU CAN No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Everyone
needs to Register online at SustainLex.org or call 859-312-7024 or email at
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
What is the Cost??? Conference fees are $25 for Thursday dinner and $45 for
Friday sessions, but we ask conference participants to pay what you can or if
funds are low attend at no cost. . We want NO one to feel that they can not
attend because of lack of funds. We witness the Federal Government bailout of
huge corporations and financial institutions and we figure that if they need
help, then our community members do as well. This offer of pay what
you can or if
funds are low attend at no cost. is our way of recognizing that the large
increases in gas prices, food prices, utilities are adversely affecting the
average citizen even more than big corporations. We also want lots
of community
input into this direction of food policy council and sustainable local food
systems.
WHEN:
October 16-18 2008
Thursday October 16 6:00pm-8:30pm
Conference Recognition Dinner
Reception, book signing, dinner and speaker (Mark Winne)
Individuals and organizations that contribute to Closing the Food Gap will be
recognized.
Location: UKCo-operative Extension Office 1140 Red Mile Rd, Lexington, KY
Friday October 17 8am-4pm
Conference Speakers and Workshops speakers, panel, workshops.
Speakers: Anthony Flaccavento, LouisvilleGrasshopper and Local Food Task
Group, KY State Dept of Agriculture, KentuckyProud
Location: UKCo-op Extension Office 1140 Red Mile Rd
Saturday October 18 9am-12noon
Conference Urban Gardeners Networking Summit
Opportunity for Lexington urban gardeners to meet and get to know each other,
share resources, describe experiences, plan for the future.
Winburn Community Action Center 1169 Winburn Dr..
.
WHERE:
Lexington, KY
UK Cooperative Extension Service, 1140 Red Mile Rd., Lexington, KY (Thursday &
Friday)
WinburnCommunityActionCenter(Saturday).
Co-sponsors: Heifer International, Community Farm Alliance, University of
Kentucky Sociology Department, Central Kentucky Council for Peace and Justice,
Central Christian Church, Sustainable Communities Network, UK Green Thumb,
Bluegrass Partnership for a Green Community, Good Foods Co-op,
Community Action
Council,
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