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th garden works holds up the bucket of compost he s been speading written by jennifer langston for the seattle post intelligencer june 3 2008 instead of fighting hunger with grocery store handouts some see part of the solution in gardens apartment balconies and front yards over the past five years the amount of fruit and vegetables grown or harvested in seattle neighborhoods for food banks and meal programs has doubled to more than 44 000 pounds though just a fraction of what fuels the emergency food pipeline it will help meet unprecedented needs this summer given rising prices and lines of low income people that have ballooned since the holidays it s really key to our success said rick jump executive director of the white center food bank which has seen its weekly demand increase by nearly 40 percent in the past several months we re all out there striving to find resources soon the food bank will start getting apples and plums from west seattle yards part of a neighborhood fruit tree harvest program pioneered four years ago by solid ground a social service organization there will also be fresh vegetables from gardens worked by community harvest of southwest seattl e a new volunteer group also offering canning gardening and tree care classes at senior centers and local grocery stores we re trying to increase access to local fresh fruits and vegetables not only by providing them but also by teaching people how to grow and preserve their own said founder and west seattle resident aviva furman at city hall conversations are under way to figure out how to expand programs enabling low income gardeners to sell produce directly to urban consumers generally it s illegal to sell from city p patches except for a small market garden program allowing immigrant farmers in public housing developments to sell weekly bags of greens and produce even foodies are struggling to shed some of the movement s preciousness peopled by those with the time to debate local vs organic or make handmade truffle pasta from scratch and become more egalitarian unfortunately people can get really snotty about where their food comes from said willi galloway a seattle tilth board member who has worked to spread organic gardening to lower income communities it s something that s fun that everyone can do and i hope our city becomes a place where everyone has a place to grow their food regardless of income at a recent container gardening class at the white center food bank regina bash scooped dirt from the bed of a pickup truck with a yogurt cup and poured it into a bucket she planted a sturdy tomato plant in one pot with salad greens carrots and radishes sharing another there were discussions on the best way to pick sweet peas often and protect roots carefully experts answered questions on the science of propagation and the art of watering at the end bash carefully loaded one pot in a backpack stuffed the other in a rolling duffel bag and headed toward the bus stop i ve always wanted cherry tomatoes because i love them said bash who lives in an apartment with no yard but i have a balcony so my little patio is waiting for me when i get home a few blocks away at newly renovated white center heights park 17 virgin garden plots will be tended by local residents and food bank clients this summer katie rains a former rat city rollergirl has volunteered to grow vegetables and herbs specifically for the food bank they get a lot of produce donations said the 25 year old evergreen state college student but the things they re not getting are more of the cultural foods bok choy chinese cabbage cilantro peppers eggplant immigrant farmers at seattle housing authority developments such as new holly and high point have been selling produce out of community gardens there for the last decade now the city neighborhoods department that oversees p patches and community gardens is considering how to widen the program to include other low income gardeners that could involve making more land available or creating farm stands or other means to distribute local produce but a major expansion would likely require partners from the private sector said rich macdonald the p patch program manager one complication is a state ban on allowing people to profit from public resources that s why some have entertained creating market gardens or urban agriculture training programs on private land owned by churches individuals or other community organizations it s a nice stable little program but it s little macdonald said of the market garden program and it s hard to imagine without a lot of resources that it would get much bigger paul haas development director for solid ground has just that kind of ambitious goal acquire 100 acres over the next 10 years for food bank low income and immigrant farmers the thing that s been lacking in this is a great tangible vision like the kennedy space program he said it starts with here s two acres we have this site let s do it last week emiko keller stopped by west seattle s high point market garden on the first day of the season picking up a bag of parsley spinach tah tsoi greens radishes bok choy and salad fixings high point market garden her family splits a half share which costs 310 for roughly four months with a neighbor down the street i like the feeling of this kind of community she said after giving gardener hien vinh nguyen a warm hug and i like the fact that i get things i don t normally see at the store the garden s proceeds will be split among five families this year including nguyen s a former south vietnamese army officer he spent 13 years in a hanoi prison where he grew beans rice potatoes and vegetables on the prison farm in 1994 he immigrated to seattle and helped build two community gardens at high point it s extra money for the low income people and the customers are so happy he said it s good for all the residents related articles urban farming sprouts in seattle overlooked nooks and crannies colonized 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community supported agriculture crop csa farm farm incubator and grower program food security food system growing land trusts local local food maverick farms mentoring north carolina small business small farm small planet institute small scale farming social southeast sustainable agriculture sustainable food training vegetable video youth leave a comment watch this video from msn about maverick farms hosted by anna lappé of the small planet institute maverick farms is an educational non profit farm dedicated to family farming as a community resource and reconnecting local food networks maverick farms formed in spring 2004 to preserve a small farm in the blue ridge mountains of north carolina an area under intense pressure from development it operates as an open laboratory experimenting with human scale farming techniques and traditional food preparation maverick farms works to reclaim the pleasures of eating and sharing meals in a culture overrun by industrial agriculture and flavorless food the project arose out of springhouse farm which for 30 years sold hand picked vegetables to local restaurants maverick farms is continuing with that tradition while embarking on new education and outreach projects to connect local food producers and consumers they just started a new program that they call farm incubator and grower program fig on mentoring aspiring young farmers and teaching them over the course of two years all that great stuff you need to know about planning crop rotations and balancing farm budgets and running a csa and restaurant supply business on successful completion of the training maverick works with the young farmers gain access to land financing equipment and a ready made markets to launch their own farm enterprises the program will hopefully help to reestablish local food sources in the area because viable local food systems are often constrained by a lack of both land under cultivation and new farmers fig will collaborate with local landowners land trusts and town and county governments to identify land that could be rented at below market rates or deeded as common agricultural property i found maverick farms from this grist article grist is great for all environmental news may 21 2008 irony of bush veto on farm bill posted by beetknits under agribusiness food policy tags 2008 agribusiness bush bush administration capital area food bank comfood congress factory farm family farm farm bill farm policy food bank food policy food security george w bush hunger politics president bush senate small business small farm small scale farming subsidies veto washington dc white house leave a comment in a rapid rebuke of president bush s efforts for fiscal restraint the house voted to override his veto today of a 307 billion farm bill and the senate was poised to follow suit thursday only hours before the house s 316 108 vote bush had vetoed the five year measure saying it was an unnecessary gift to midland farmers at the expense of taxpayers and gave too much money to wealthy farmers when farm incomes are high the veto was the 10th of bush s presidency congress so far has overridden him once on a water projects bill in quick vote house overrides bush veto of farm bill sf chronicle empty shelves at the capital area food bank in washington dc cafb has seen a 37 percent increase over last year in the demand for the hungar lifeline an emergency food assistance program at the same time the bank is facing a 25 percent decrease in produce donated during the 3rd quarter of this year versus 2005 on behalf of the 25 million americans that we serve i commend the house of representatives for its leadership in taking one more step to enact a farm bill that will help hungry americans said vicki escarra president and chief executive officer of america s second harvest the nation s food bank network there is nothing more important right now to low income americans and the nation s food banks food pantries and soup kitchens than bringing a strong nutrition title in a new farm bill to every community nationwide in a recent survey of 180 food banks respondents reported an increase of 15 20 percent on average in the number of people turning to their food banks food pantries and soup kitchens for help more than 90 percent of respondents reported that increasing food and fuel prices are primary driving forces in increasing demands further more than 80 percent of food bank respondents reported that they are unable to adequately meet the needs of increased demands for emergency food assistance without reducing the amount of food available to agencies or clients or cutting back operations america s second harvest applauds house override of president s veto taken from the community food security coalition listserve on may 21 2008 the irony of a bush farm bill veto katherine ozer national family farm coalition president bush s veto of the 2008 farm bill further adds to the bewildering debate around it confusing advocates for progressive policies that support sustainable family farmers instead of factory farms and corporate agribusiness he has been quoted as saying lawmakers were not doing enough to limit payments to wealthy landowners many of whom don t farm this message comes from an administration that has championed payments and programs benefiting not only wealthy landowners but corporate agribusiness exporters the livestock industry food processors and grain traders at every step we agree that loopholes for those who don t farm whether land investors or mcmansion developers should be closed but limiting which farms can participate in farm and conservation programs due to off farm income is not the answer the bush administration is virtually silent on the real bad actors contributing to our broken industrial food system they get a free pass why don t they care that owners of mega dairy and livestock operations can tap up to 300 000 in taxpayer subsidies to clean up their pollution through the environmental quality incentives program eqip or that bush s justice department appears poised to approve the pending jbs brazil acquisition of two of the top five beef packing companies in the u s that will make a brazilian company the largest beef packer in the u s and the world which threatens the livelihoods of virtually all america s ranchers the bush administration while touting an anti subsidy line for wealthy farmers has irresponsibly and continually ignored what would be responsible measures to stabilize commodity prices for farmers an effective government policy that includes a strategic food reserve to help stabilize volatile food prices for consumers a price floor reflecting the true costs of production for farmers and meaningful conservation and land stewardship programs without policies that ensure farmers receive a fair market price not just in times of crisis or through misguided demand driven policies like ethanol production taxpayer supported payments or subsidies become essential to cushion low prices and to avert widespread foreclosures and rural community shutdowns for these reasons the national family farm coalition does not support the commodity title of this farm bill the administration has opposed the decade long efforts of senator grassley and others supporting real structural market reforms and to restore competition in livestock markets to provide independent family livestock operators fair access to their markets this competition is being blocked by increasing market concentration with four companies controlling 80 per cent of the meat slaughtered in the u s responding to questions on the rise of global food prices during an april 29 white house press conference president bush stated that we should buy food from local farmers as a way to help deal with scarcity but also to put in place an infrastructure so that nations can be self sustaining and self supporting this is the correct position on international food aid and one with which we agree yet it is ironic that...
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