Re: CSA farms on cohousing land?
From: Beverly Jones Redekop (beverly.jones.redekopgmail.com)
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 15:29:13 -0700 (PDT)
Groundswell Cohousing at Yarrow Ecovillage (35 households on 2.5 acres) has
20 acres of farms and a creek/riparian restoration zone. Yarrow, BC. Check
Facebook for Yarrow Ecovillage Community Farms.

On Wed, Jun 17, 2015, 7:24 AM Alice Alexander <alicecohous [at] gmail.com> 
wrote:

>
> Thank you Jerry for seeking out our cohousing communities that include CSAs
> and other farm-type businesses. This is of growing interest to us all, as
> an economic and environmental sustainability value.
>
> This aligns with two offerings at the National Cohousing Conference, hosted
> by Mary Vallier-Kaplan (Nubanusit); Mike Ortosky (Earthwise); and Bill
> Hartzell (Hundredfold Farm) - the two offerings being a network gathering
> on Friday of "rural and ag communities" and a session on Sat "Ag
> communities: working farms & enterprises."
>
> Per Mary, the networking/gathering included maybe 30 folks who want to stay
> in touch. These folks included those from established ag communities and
> others "who had land like a family farm or a current organic farm and were
> testing out if they could diversify into cohousing."
>
> I've offered Coho/US resources to "tag" these folks who want to stay in
> touch, within our current database. If there are others of you would would
> like to be part of this growing conversation of working farms, food systems
> and other ag enterprises integrating with cohousing, I could also include
> you in this tag.
>
> Additionally, I am collecting profiles of rural and ag communities, and we
> could indeed include on the cohousing.org website. The last issue of eNews
> end of May included a profile of farming at Katywil (in western Mass). I
> encourage other communities to send me stories, experiences, profiles -
> whatever - and super short is just fine!
>
> Alice Alexander, Coho/US Executive Director
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 9:42 AM, Jerry McIntire <jerry.mcintire [at] 
> gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > I know you're out there. Which cohousing communities have CSA or other
> > farm-type businesses on their land? Nubanusit, Ecovillage at Ithaca,
> > Hundredfold Farm, ...
> >
> > If there is a spot on the cohousing.org website where this information
> is
> > collected, I'd appreciate knowing.
> >
> > I am doing a presentation on Sustainable Rural Cohousing at the MREA
> Energy
> > Fair on June 21. This is the largest renewable energy show in the
> country,
> > held each year in Amherst, Wisconsin.
> > https://www.midwestrenew.org/energyfair
> >
> > Thanks, Jerry
> >
> > Jerry McIntire
> > Stone's Throw Ecovillage, in the heart of Wisconsin's beautiful Driftless
> > region
> > http://stonesthrowcommunity.wordpress.com/
> > 1-608-637-6620
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