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  • From: <pbunch@cox.net>
  • To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Mercado Verde
  • Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 4:58:34 -0700

Jardin Botanico de Medellin
Calle 73 No. 51D- 14 - MedellĂ­n, Colombia


http://www.botanicomedellin.org/



---- Ken Hargesheimer <minifarms2@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Please email to me the postal address of the Botanical Garden
> .
> Ken Hargesheimer
>
> --- On Mon, 7/5/10, pbunch@cox.net <pbunch@cox.net> wrote:
>
>
> From: pbunch@cox.net <pbunch@cox.net>
> Subject: [Livingontheland] Mercado Verde
> To: "livingontheland" <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Monday, July 5, 2010, 7:17 AM
>
>
> We went to the Mercado Verde (Green Market) at the Botanical Gardens here
> in Medellin yesterday. This is a very good, if new and growing, farmers
> market. Lots of organic growers and folks producing alternative crops like
> quinoa, kawichi (Amaranth) yacon and others. Also a lot of educational
> outreach. Things like growing sprouts, gardening, using herbs for cooking
> and other purposes.
>
> I was able to make contact with people who are growing some of the
> indigenous crops that are adapted to the higher elevations. Our finca is at
> 2400 meters and not all of the regular crops do well there. Also found some
> secondary contacts in the southern part of the country where some of these
> crops are still important pats of the diet.
>
> The event is held monthly and was well attended. One of the vendors is
> developing an organic produce nucleus at one of the big urban market places
> (La America). This is a step forward as finding  high quality produce grown
> with sustainable methods is not easy here.
>
> I should mention that the Botanical Garden is strongly promoting organic
> growing, composting, vermiculture, home gardening and other sustainable
> practices as well as more traditional conservation efforts.
>
> Phil
> Medellin/Piedras Blancas
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