Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Land Use on Coho Acreage

[Don Benson (benson6451]

Sorry, perhaps I have been listening to the folks with Agriculture Extension at 
local universities to long.  And seriously, food crops do not do well under 
trees. 

Don Benson
503.296.7249

On Aug 17, 2012, at 12:59 PM, John Beutler wrote:

> 
> Ah, but in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, almost everything grows 
> everywhere! Seriously....
> 
> JAB
> (a Corvallis native who's lived in the East his whole life)
> 
> Sent from my tricorder
> 
> On Aug 17, 2012, at 3:45 PM, Don Benson <benson6451 [at] aol.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> There is also the option to study the land and discover what it might be 
>> best used for.   Not all land is good for growing crops, etc. 
>> 
>> Don Benson
>> 503.296.7249
>> 
>> On Aug 17, 2012, at 12:37 PM, Nancy Baumeister wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> 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
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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