Re: Land Use on Coho Acreage | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Nancy Baumeister (nancybee![]() |
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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2012 12:37:56 -0700 (PDT) |
How much land should be devoted to food growing is a matter on ongoing
discussion at CoHo Ecovillage in Corvallis Oregon, as we are in the process of
updating our land use plan after 5 years of residence here. Food crops seem to
be mostly in competition with recreational space and wild space and also with
what people think is nice to look at.
I think that collaborating with people in the larger neighborhood on food crops has been an excellent strategy for relieving the tension. Even in a city there is lots of underutilized space.
Nancy On 8/17/2012 3:47 AM, Nessa Dertnig wrote:
Is there any cohousing community out there that functions with the assumption that there is (or will be) a coordinated food-growing effort among all members, to be as self-sufficient as possible on a community-wide scale? Or where you've made the distinction of wanting to retain certain amounts of land for annual crops vs perennial crops? Would such a community then truly fall under the definition of "cohousing", and/or would it be desirable or even possible to do this? (In our case, we're talking 36 households when fully sold) (We have not agreed to this, by the way, but it has come up in discussions and disagreements among some members). Thanks again! Nessa ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 09:34:16 -0400 From: <111rmp [at] gmail.com> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Land Use on Coho Acreage (Nubanusit Neighborhood & Farm, NH) To: <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> Message-ID: <003101cd7bb3$d5b9abd0$812d0370$@com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Here is a little bit on our experience with land use. At Nubi Neighborhood we have the following enterprises - a 50-share CSA run by an onsite farmer, - a "chicken club" operated by neighbors, - bee hives (one neighbor), - orchard (group of neighbors), - horses (private owners, but leased to neighbors and lessons) - cows (off site owners), - pigs (neighbor group) and, - fruit. Anyone using the land formally goes to the appropriate team (in these cases the Farm Team) and develops a Land Use Agreement (LUA) that clarifies the rights and responsibilities of each party (the group using the land and the community). The Farm Team acts as the liaison for any concerns neighbors and/or tenants have. We recently wrote a blog post on raising animals cooperatively with 7 tips for making it work. You can read it at http://blog.nubicoho.org/2012/07/7-strategies-for-raising-farm-animals-colla boratively/ It all isn't perfect but it sure isn't agri-business! The CSA is hosting a harvest party and pig roast this weekend - so we must be doing something right. If you would like more information feel free to contact us through nnfcoho [at] gmail.com. -Richard Pendleton Nubanusit Neighborhood & Farm Cohousing Peterborough, NH www.peterboroughcohousing.org ------------------------------ _________________________________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ End of Cohousing-L Digest, Vol 103, Issue 17 ******************************************** _________________________________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/
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- Re: Land Use on Coho Acreage, (continued)
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Re: Land Use on Coho Acreage Sharon Villines, August 12 2012
- Re: Land Use on Coho Acreage Sharon Villines, August 12 2012
- Land Use on Coho Acreage Thomas Lofft, August 12 2012
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Re: Land Use on Coho Acreage Nessa Dertnig, August 17 2012
- Re: Land Use on Coho Acreage Nancy Baumeister, August 17 2012
- Re: Land Use on Coho Acreage Don Benson, August 17 2012
- Re: Land Use on Coho Acreage John Beutler, August 17 2012
- Re: Land Use on Coho Acreage Don Benson, August 17 2012
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Re: Land Use on Coho Acreage Sharon Villines, August 12 2012
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