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FREE FARM STAND: Help us feed the poor
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Date:
Sunday, May 03, 2009
Time:
1:00 PM
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3:00 PM
Event Type:
Other
Organizer/Author:
Tree
Email:
iamtree99 [at] gmail.com
Location Details:
Treat Commons Community Garden located at Parque Niños Unidos at the corner of 23rd St. and Treat Ave., SF
I just love the people who have been coming out and helping run the stand, which has left me free to talk to people and to work a little with people that want to garden while the stand is open. I got busy for a while working with my young friend Zeus who loves to garden, so we planted some scarlet runner beans. I unfortunately didn't get a chance to talk to everyone and I know some people came that I wanted to say hi to. Also, I keep meeting people that want to help. There is so much gardening to do and seedlings to propagate. I am hoping that I can help enlist some of the gardening energy that is out there so we can grow more of our own produce.
And that ties into this other thought. I would still like to get a good garden information booth set up that can help people with their garden questions and can encourage people to grow their own (in English and Spanish). We have been giving away a lot of plants, but it could be better if we gave out information on how to care for them and if we could set up a garden support network.
---------- Hey nice people....
Got organic food to share? Know about organic gardening and want to share your knowledge with the public? Got seeds or seedlings to donate? Have a fruit tree that we can glean fruit from for feeding the poor? Care to volunteer your time helping us tend our gardens? Hook up with the Free Farm Stand!
BE SURE TO READ TREE'S BLOG AT http://freefarmstand.org/
We strive to attain the following goals:
•help make locally grown, fresh and nutritious organic produce accessible to all, especially those families and individuals on low-incomes and tight budgets.
•help empower people who have the space to grow their own food and become more self-reliant.
•promote good nutrition and health
What we do:
•We grow as much food as can in our Mission neighborhood and distribute it for free at our Sunday Free Farm Stand.
•We offer garden advice and help to those who want to put in a backyard garden.
•We grow seedlings and starts to give away and other plants.
•We offer a place where neighbors can come and share their extra produce that they have grown with others.
•We provide a drop-off place for local organic surplus food from both local gardeners and organic farmers.
•We offer a weekly gathering spot where neighbors can get to know each other and share their diverse cultures and traditions.
•We harvest organic fruit from backyard fruit trees and public spaces give away it away at the Free Farm Stand.
•We give away honey from local bee keepers and educate neighbors about bees and gentle beekeeping.
•We are working with the San Francisco Permaculture Guild on a number of food growing projects to turn a vacant lot on Potrero Hill into a Permaculture mini-farm that will grow food that will go to the Free Farm Stand and other groups that distribute food to the hungry.
•We are working with about fifteen kids that attend Jamestown after school program, teaching them about gardening and where our food comes. We work with them to gain a sense of care for their community.
The Free Farm Stand happens on Sundays 1-3pm. For more information or if you want to help or if you have or know of a fruit tree that needs picking email us.
And that ties into this other thought. I would still like to get a good garden information booth set up that can help people with their garden questions and can encourage people to grow their own (in English and Spanish). We have been giving away a lot of plants, but it could be better if we gave out information on how to care for them and if we could set up a garden support network.
---------- Hey nice people....
Got organic food to share? Know about organic gardening and want to share your knowledge with the public? Got seeds or seedlings to donate? Have a fruit tree that we can glean fruit from for feeding the poor? Care to volunteer your time helping us tend our gardens? Hook up with the Free Farm Stand!
BE SURE TO READ TREE'S BLOG AT http://freefarmstand.org/
We strive to attain the following goals:
•help make locally grown, fresh and nutritious organic produce accessible to all, especially those families and individuals on low-incomes and tight budgets.
•help empower people who have the space to grow their own food and become more self-reliant.
•promote good nutrition and health
What we do:
•We grow as much food as can in our Mission neighborhood and distribute it for free at our Sunday Free Farm Stand.
•We offer garden advice and help to those who want to put in a backyard garden.
•We grow seedlings and starts to give away and other plants.
•We offer a place where neighbors can come and share their extra produce that they have grown with others.
•We provide a drop-off place for local organic surplus food from both local gardeners and organic farmers.
•We offer a weekly gathering spot where neighbors can get to know each other and share their diverse cultures and traditions.
•We harvest organic fruit from backyard fruit trees and public spaces give away it away at the Free Farm Stand.
•We give away honey from local bee keepers and educate neighbors about bees and gentle beekeeping.
•We are working with the San Francisco Permaculture Guild on a number of food growing projects to turn a vacant lot on Potrero Hill into a Permaculture mini-farm that will grow food that will go to the Free Farm Stand and other groups that distribute food to the hungry.
•We are working with about fifteen kids that attend Jamestown after school program, teaching them about gardening and where our food comes. We work with them to gain a sense of care for their community.
The Free Farm Stand happens on Sundays 1-3pm. For more information or if you want to help or if you have or know of a fruit tree that needs picking email us.
For more information:
http://freefarmstand.org/
Added to the calendar on Tue, Apr 28, 2009 12:47AM
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