Re: CSA farms on cohousing land? | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
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 > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > > > > > > > > > -- > Alice Alexander > Executive Director > www.cohousing.org <http://www.cohous.org> > [image: The Cohousing Association] > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > > >
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CSA farms on cohousing land? Jerry McIntire, June 14 2015
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Re: CSA farms on cohousing land? Alice Alexander, June 17 2015
- Re: CSA farms on cohousing land? Beverly Jones Redekop, June 19 2015
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