My questions exactly! What I can answer:
"more heavily managed..." just means -- managed more centrally perhaps? Like the park agency I mentioned. This is public land, so it can't be managed by neighbors coming and going as they please, making decisions at weekend meetings, etc -- or maybe it can? I am defining this model as I ask these questions! As for "functional food system", I am not anti-charity, but wouldn't we all like to see the day when non-profits are not having to cover for faults in the larger system? When we have such a "functional" food system, that charity isn't necessary! I know of farm systems that simply donate to a food bank, (I am starting a CSA that does just this) -- but I want to think there is another way to incorporate this particular project. a On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Alliums <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, Folks! > > Well, this opens up all sorts of philosophical questions. What is the > difference between a community garden and a public urban farm? > > My thoughts have always been that a "community garden" has many people > working the soil for many purposes, set by themselves (feeding themselves, > community gathering place, food donations, etc) and that an "urban farm" > had > a single unifying factor (the farmer/family) and was usually for profit. > > I'm not what "more heavily managed than a community garden" means. That > implies a bit more laise-faire than I know most of the community gardens > out > here in Southeastern PA are and I'm also a bit taken aback that those who > grow for charity are not "part of a functional food system." > > Those are my thoughts. Anyone else? > > Dorene > > Dorene Pasekoff, Coordinator > St. John's United Church of Christ Organic Community Garden and Labyrinth > > A mission of > St. John's United Church of Christ, 315 Gay Street, Phoenixville, PA 19460 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > amy > seek > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 2:33 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Community_garden] Precedents for Public Urban Farm needed > > Hi -- I'm proposing a large-scale public urban farm for a public park site > and need examples of agriculture incorporated into public space, perhaps > managed by something like a park agency. I am looking for something more > heavily managed than a community garden, but more public than a private > farm, and my preference would be that the food would not be grown for > charity -- but be part of a functional food system. The issue is -- how > do > you prioritize food distribution when being produced on public land? I > would love to see several different management structure-precents. I hope > not a tall order. Our site is several hundred acres, and I will not be > able > to convince anyone of the feasibility if it hasn't been done elsewhere in > any form! > > a > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > < > http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communityga > rden.org/attachments/20090217/4c481e1e/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of > ACGA's > services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find > out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org > > To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: > > http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.commu > nitygarden.org<http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.commu%0Anitygarden.org> > > > > _______________________________________________ > The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of > ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to > find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org > > To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: > http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20090217/4035272f/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
